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O f 2 0 1 6 … S o Fa r . . .
W i t h s o m a n y
g r e at a l b u m s o u t
t h i s y e a r , 2 0 1 6
i s p r ov i n g t o b e
a g o o d y e a r f o r
m u s i c e n t h u s i a s t s
a l l ov e r t h e
wo r l d . F r o m p o p
p r i n c e s s R i h a n n a
t o co m e b ac k
q u e e n A d e l e , h e r e
a r e s o m e o f t h e
m o s t i m p o r ta n t
r e l e a s e s o f t h e
y e a r t o dat e .
Ri hanna ’ s h i gh l y
anti c i pated e i ghth stud i o
a l bum made i ts way i nto
the market unexpected ly
when i t was acc i dent ly
up l oaded to streami ng
servi ce Ti da l . As a reacti on
to the i nc i dent ,
Anti , i n i ts
enti rety was made ava i l ab l e
for free on Ti da l for one
day. The a l bum has proven
to be a mega success ,
wi th the fi rst s i ng l e Work
stayi ng on top of the chart
for weeks . I t i s Ri hanna ’ s
strongest ef fort so far
featur i ng co l l aborati ons
wi th d i verse ta l ents l i ke
Drake , Kevi n Parker of
Tame Impa l a and Sza .
Views
was met wi th a l ukewarm revi ew upon i ts re l ease
but the a l bum somehow managed to c l imb to the top of
the chart , a l ong wi th the accompanyi ng s i ng l e , wh i ch
stayed for n i ne weeks at number one . Mus i c cr i ti cs
thought the a l bum a l i t t l e b i t too l ong and l ack i ng energy .
The 20-song a l bum mi ght be a b i t too l engthy for some
but for Drake ’ s fans , i t i s a g i f t that they get to treasure
for the rest of 2016.
Tegan and Sara has been on the scene for qu i te
sometime but i t was the i r 2013 a l bum
Heart throb
that
rea l l y put them stra i ght i nto the ma i nstream. The l atest
a l bum i s a conti nuati on of the prev i ous co l l ecti on of
beauti fu l l y wr i t ten acousti c-fo l k songs wi th h i t-maker
Greg Kursti n . The fi rst s i ng l e
Boyfr i end
has a l i t t l e b i t
of e i ghti es pop-synth i nf l uence wi th Tegan and Sara
s i gnature stra i ght forward l yr i cs .
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