Camila Cabello has the distinction of recording Camila, the first album I ever downloaded after signing up for the Amazon Music streaming service.
She also sits at #8 on Billboard’s Hot 100 with ‘Never Be the Same,’ the lead-off track from that album.
I’m sure she’s more proud of the former accomplishment.
Occupying the #7 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 is ‘Look Alive’ by BlocBoy JB, featuring none other than, you guessed it, Drake. That gives Drake three songs in the top seven. And it won’t be the last time we hear from him this week.
BlocBoy JB is a Memphis rapper and former gang member who has released a number of mixtapes but is enjoying his first whiff of the charts with this track. Pretty sure he has Drake to thank.
Today’s Random iTunes Selection comes at a good time.
I’ve been a bit down on Belle and Sebastian lately due to the uncharacteristic mediocrity of their most recent release. The band’s first new material since 2015’s Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance is a collection of EPs that combine to form a 15-track album titled How to Solve Our Human Problems. And for my money, it’s the weakest thing they’ve ever recorded.
Broken Bells is a band formed in 2010 by James Mercer of The Shins and producer/songwriter Brian Burton (better known as Danger Mouse). The two share songwriting credits and play all of the instruments on their songs, with Mercer as lead vocalist and Burton handling production duties.
They released a self-titled album in 2010 and sophomore effort After the Disco in 2014. No word on whether they will collaborate again.
What do you know, back to back country performers in Billboard’s Top Ten! Maren Morris follows up her well-received 2016 album Hero by serving vocal duties on an EDM track by German DJ Zedd.
‘The Middle’ doesn’t exactly sound like a country/dance crossover. In fact, it was recorded by a laundry list of well-known performers before reaching Morris. Everybody from Tove Lo to Camila Cabello, Carly Rae Jepsen to Demi Lovato.
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