17 Jan 2014

A Great Big World
Say Something feat. Christina Aguilera

RCA

WE SAY

Not to get all 'preferred their earlier stuff' on you, but we've been trying to feature Ian Axel and Chad Vaccarino, aka A Great Big World, since last April, when the rousing piano pop of This Is The New Year had our hit-o-meter needles aquiver for weeks. Management told us then that big plans were afoot for the US and UK and they weren't kidding. With a guest appearance from Christina Aguilera, Say Something is a sparse and delicate ballad that's proving an unlikely but gargantuan hit stateside. Following an appearance on So You Think You Can Dance, the track debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Digital Songs Chart, reaching the top spot on iTunes and Shazam, and this week becoming the most played song on US Spotify. With 2m sales worldwide and counting, and an eye-watering 25m video views in two months, the track has already been added at Capital, Heart and Real Radio, also picking up a Record of the Week at Radio 2. Expect more adds over the coming weeks, and plenty of promo when the boys arrive in the UK on February 11 and 12.

CONTACTS

Label: Chris Dashwood, RCA
Radio: Neil Hughes, RCA
Online: Livy Jenkins, RCA
Press: Nienke Klop, Sony Music
TV: Nicki Ross, RCA

SEARCH TITLE / ARTIST / LABEL

SEARCH CONTACT

Jaakko Eino Kalevi - No End

Jaakko Eino Kalevi
No End

Weird World

Anyone at Eurosonic would do well to check out Finnish cult hero (and part-time tram driver) Jaakko Eino Kalevi tonight at Forum...

more
16 Jan 2014
Claire - Games

Claire
Games

Capitol

A second outing for the sunny post-pop vibes of Games by Munich five-piece Claire, whom we featured as an unsigned...

more
15 Jan 2014
Le Youth feat. Dominique Young Unique - Dance With Me

Le Youth feat. Dominique Young Unique
Dance With Me

Sign Of The Times / Epic

It's a brave man that takes on Cassie's unimprovably cool Me & You, but Le Youth's C O O L found myriad new layers...

more
14 Jan 2014
Gorgon City feat. MNEK - Ready For Your Love

Gorgon City feat. MNEK
Ready For Your Love

Black Butter / Virgin EMI

Combining the talents of two of 2014's hottest new acts, Gorgon City and MNEK team up for their smash new...

more
13 Jan 2014
Wet - Dreams

Wet
Dreams

Neon Gold (this release)

The fantastic Dreams has a hook perfect for a big summer sync, courtesy of hot New York band Wet. "Bring...

more
10 Jan 2014
Rosie Lowe - Right Thing

Rosie Lowe
Right Thing

37 Adventures

The transcendent Right Thing illuminates Rosie Lowe as one of the most exciting artists to arrive in 2014. Her soulful...

more
09 Jan 2014
Sick Individuals & Axwell feat. Taylr Renee - I Am

Sick Individuals & Axwell feat. Taylr Renee
I Am

Positiva/Virgin EMI Records

Swedish House Mafia's Axwell teams up with rising electro-house duo Sick Individuals and Californian vocalist Taylr Renee on I Am, a Beatport-topping...

more
08 Jan 2014
Tom The Lion - Sleep

Tom The Lion
Sleep

Decca

No one who is familiar with Tom The Lion's MO will be the tiniest bit surprised he has quietly delivered...

more
07 Jan 2014
DJ Fresh vs Jay Fay ft Ms Dynamite - Dibby Dibby Sound

DJ Fresh vs Jay Fay ft Ms Dynamite
Dibby Dibby Sound

Ministry of Sound Recordings

Lord knows it's about time the UK had a moombahton number one, and having scored the first ever dubstep and...

more
06 Jan 2014
Passenger - Let Her Go - Record of the Year

Passenger
Let Her Go - Record of the Year

Nettwerk

This year's Record of the Year accolade goes to Mike Rosenberg, aka Passenger, whose six-year journey to overnight success is...

more
23 Dec 2013
San Fermin - Sonsick

San Fermin
Sonsick

Downtown (US) / PIAS (Europe)

We're excited, before the year is out, to squeeze in a feature for San Fermin, the Brooklyn-based collective helmed by...

more
20 Dec 2013
Boy & Bear - Southern Sun

Boy & Bear
Southern Sun

Nettwerk Records

It has indeed been a vintage year for Australian music and Boy & Bear, whose harmony-heavy, folk-inflected classic rock first pricked...

more
19 Dec 2013
Vancouver Sleep Clinic - Collapse

Vancouver Sleep Clinic
Collapse

self-released

The name so palpably conveys the glacial, somnolent soundscapes in his songs that it's hard to believe Vancouver Sleep Clinic...

more
18 Dec 2013
ZEDD feat. Hayley Williams - Stay The Night

ZEDD feat. Hayley Williams
Stay The Night

Polydor

Radio: make room on your A lists now for the first crossover dance anthem of 2014. Stay The Night, from German...

more
17 Dec 2013
Cerebral Ballzy - Better In Leather

Cerebral Ballzy
Better In Leather

Cult Records

Being anointed 'the coolest band in the world' by Julian Casablancas might be about as self-fulfilling as being named 'the...

more
16 Dec 2013
EAST INDIA YOUTH - DRIPPING DOWN

EAST INDIA YOUTH
DRIPPING DOWN

Stolen Recordings

East India Youth's stunning debut album Total Strife Forever is so emphatically the sum of its parts that to lift...

more
13 Dec 2013