Top 10 New Albums June 24, 2014
The top new album releases of the week for pop fans. Ed Sheeran's second solo album leads the week preceded by the hit single "Sing."
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran made a major international splash with his 2011 debut album +. He earned Grammy Award nominations as Best New Artist and Song Of the Year for the hit single "The A Team." On his second album x he collaborates with Pharrell Williams, Benny Blanco, Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody and tourmate Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance. This album includes the hit single "Sing."
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Bassnectar is the stage name used by electronic music producer and DJ Lorin Ashton. Bassnectar released a celebrated remix of Ellie Goulding's breakthrough hit single "Lights" in 2011. Noise vs. Beauty follows the 2012 album Vava Voom which peaked at #34 on the Billboard album chart.
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Foxes is the stage name of English singer-songwriter Louisa Rose Allen. She broke into the US pop mainstream with the featured vocal on Zedd's top 10 pop hit "Clarity." The pair won this year's Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for their work on "Clarity." Glorious is Foxes' debut solo album, and it reached #5 upon release in the UK back in May. It includes the UK top 10 pop hit single "Let Go For Tonight."
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Recording as G-Eazy, Oakland, California based rapper Gerald Earl Gillum is a veteran of 2012's Warped Tour. He has released a series of well-received mixtapes including the critically acclaimed The Endless Summer.
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R&B vocalist Joe, aka Joseph Lewis Thomas, has released a series of nine consecutive top 10 charting R&B albums dating back to 1997. He has earned seven Grammy Award nominations. The first single from this album was "Love & Sex, Pt. 2" featuring Kelly Rowland.
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Mastodon are a heavy metal band based in Atlanta, Georgia. Their music crosses boundaries and veers into other genres such as progressive rock and punk. Mastodon have received two Grammy Award nominations. Their most recent album The Hunter broke into the top 10 of the album chart.
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The band SomeKindaWonderful hail from Cleveland, Ohio. Their music combines influences from R&B and heavy rock. Lead vocalist Jordy Towers was formerly signed as a recording artist to Interscope. The song "Reverse" received strong radio airplay support from Los Angeles' KROQ radio station.
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Houston rapper Riff Raff broke into the rap singles chart last year with a featured appearance on "The Illest" by Far East Movement. His first album The Golden Alien was self-released. He is now signed to Mad Decent, the label run by producer Diplo. Neon Icon includes guest appearances from Mike Posner, Mac Miller, and Childish Gambino.
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Tom Krell is the artist behind the recording name How To Dress Well. His 2010 debut album Love Remains was celebrated by the alternative music press. He followed that achievement with the equally well received 2012 album Total Loss which Tom Krell says was heavily influenced by Janet Jackson's album The Velvet Rope. What Is This Heart? is his third studio collection.
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This is the second full-length album from Vacationer, a side project by singer-songwriter Kenny Vasoli. The music of Vacationer has wide pop influences from 60s psychedelia to 80s synth pop.
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1. Ed Sheeran - x
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran made a major international splash with his 2011 debut album +. He earned Grammy Award nominations as Best New Artist and Song Of the Year for the hit single "The A Team." On his second album x he collaborates with Pharrell Williams, Benny Blanco, Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody and tourmate Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance. This album includes the hit single "Sing."
Purchase / Download Buy from Amazon »
2. Bassnectar - Noise vs. Beauty
Bassnectar is the stage name used by electronic music producer and DJ Lorin Ashton. Bassnectar released a celebrated remix of Ellie Goulding's breakthrough hit single "Lights" in 2011. Noise vs. Beauty follows the 2012 album Vava Voom which peaked at #34 on the Billboard album chart.
Purchase / Download Buy from Amazon »
3. Foxes - Glorious
Foxes is the stage name of English singer-songwriter Louisa Rose Allen. She broke into the US pop mainstream with the featured vocal on Zedd's top 10 pop hit "Clarity." The pair won this year's Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for their work on "Clarity." Glorious is Foxes' debut solo album, and it reached #5 upon release in the UK back in May. It includes the UK top 10 pop hit single "Let Go For Tonight."
Purchase / Download Buy from Amazon »
4. G-Eazy - These Things Happen
Recording as G-Eazy, Oakland, California based rapper Gerald Earl Gillum is a veteran of 2012's Warped Tour. He has released a series of well-received mixtapes including the critically acclaimed The Endless Summer.
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5. Joe - Bridges
R&B vocalist Joe, aka Joseph Lewis Thomas, has released a series of nine consecutive top 10 charting R&B albums dating back to 1997. He has earned seven Grammy Award nominations. The first single from this album was "Love & Sex, Pt. 2" featuring Kelly Rowland.
Purchase / Download Buy from Amazon »
6. Mastodon - Once More 'Round the Sun
Mastodon are a heavy metal band based in Atlanta, Georgia. Their music crosses boundaries and veers into other genres such as progressive rock and punk. Mastodon have received two Grammy Award nominations. Their most recent album The Hunter broke into the top 10 of the album chart.
Purchase / Download Buy from Amazon »
7. SomeKindaWonderful - SomeKindaWonderful
The band SomeKindaWonderful hail from Cleveland, Ohio. Their music combines influences from R&B and heavy rock. Lead vocalist Jordy Towers was formerly signed as a recording artist to Interscope. The song "Reverse" received strong radio airplay support from Los Angeles' KROQ radio station.
Purchase / Download Buy from Amazon »
8. Riff Raff - Neon Icon
Houston rapper Riff Raff broke into the rap singles chart last year with a featured appearance on "The Illest" by Far East Movement. His first album The Golden Alien was self-released. He is now signed to Mad Decent, the label run by producer Diplo. Neon Icon includes guest appearances from Mike Posner, Mac Miller, and Childish Gambino.
Purchase / Download Buy from Amazon »
9. How To Dress Well - What Is This Heart?
Tom Krell is the artist behind the recording name How To Dress Well. His 2010 debut album Love Remains was celebrated by the alternative music press. He followed that achievement with the equally well received 2012 album Total Loss which Tom Krell says was heavily influenced by Janet Jackson's album The Velvet Rope. What Is This Heart? is his third studio collection.
Purchase / Download Buy from Amazon »
10. Vacationer - Relief
This is the second full-length album from Vacationer, a side project by singer-songwriter Kenny Vasoli. The music of Vacationer has wide pop influences from 60s psychedelia to 80s synth pop.
Purchase / Download Buy from Amazon »
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