Look out for Atlanta-based Hero The Band. They are a unique 4 piece and have a tough-to-pin-down sound- maybe an uptempo Imagine Dragons? I don’t know, figure it out with the track Trouble In My Mind. Either way, it’s fun. Their backstory is interesting as well. The band consists of all brothers, grew up in a musical family and have built their formative years playing in venues like the Masquerade, and opening for acts like the Mother’s Finest. They’ve released three albums independently and logged 350+ shows before signing with LAVA /Republic Records.

Tinashe inked a management deal with Roc Nation which houses Big Sean, DJ Khaled, Meek Mill and Rihanna. She previously released two albums with RCA Records but exited from the music label after facing creative differences. The 26 year old is readying the release of her new album ‘Songs for You’ this month via her imprint Tinashe Music.

UK’s Hatty Keane delivers drops a new track Digital Love. Her vocals are pretty powerful. She says the song is playing second fiddle in a relationship to the Digital age. The Michael King repped artist has tastemaker support from the likes of Spotify, Clash Magazine, Buzz Music and Celebmix.  She’s on 14+ Spotify playlists including Buzz Music. Moreover, she was flown to Israel by Forbes Magazine to perform at their biggest event of the year.

Nothing is stopping Kanye. His new album has launched into outer-space. Every single track on Kanye West’s “Jesus Is King” album have landed a spot on the Hot 100 this week, according to Billboard. The album launched at number 1 with 264,000 equivalent album units.

The track “Follow God” leads the Hot 100 at number 7, while “Closed On Sunday” sits at number 17.

This also marks the first time Kanye landed on Billboard’s religious charts reaching No.1 on both the Top Christian Albums and Top Gospel Albums.

West re-committed himself to Christianity and has kept his loyal fanbase. He also has dominated the national conversation with culture and politics. Moreover, Jesus Is King deviates from his previous releases, as the album is gospel-themed and contains no cursing.

Watch out for Nashville based singer-songwriter Madison Kozak. She just dropped the country flavored Little Bit Of You via Songs & Daughters / Big Loud Records. The 22-year-old Canadian native also released the video for the song which was written with Tofer Brown (Britt Nicole) and Claire Douglas.  The recent Belmont University graduate just wrapped up a show at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and a  high-profile acoustic gig at Live In The Vineyard in Napa Valley, CA.
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