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KATY PERRY IS NO. 1

Witness, Katy’s Third Album To Debut At No. 1 On Billboard 200,Sets Record For Biggest First-Week Sales By A Female Artist In 2017

Album Tops The iTunes Chart In 46 Countries

Katy Is First Person To Reach 100 Million Followers On Twitter

“Witness World Wide,” 96-Hour Live Stream Event On YouTube, Generates More Than 49 Million Views, Reaching Fans In Over 190 Countries

Tickets On Sale Now For WITNESS: The Tour

Katy Appears On Cover Of The New York Times Sunday Arts & Leisure Section

“‘Witness’ is the confessional album the world has been waiting for Katy Perry to make. And her admission is this: She’s indomitable and awesome.”- Variety

Katy Perry’s new album, Witness (Capitol Records), is No. 1 on the Billboard 200, marking her third album to debut atop the chart. With 180,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S., it marked the biggest week for an album by a female artist in 2017. It also claimed the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Top Current Albums and Current Pop Albums charts.

Globally, Witness topped the iTunes Albums chart in 46 countries. It contains the Platinum-certified hit “Chained to the Rhythm” featuring Skip Marley, “Bon Appétit” featuring Migos, and Katy’s new single, “Swish Swish” featuring Nicki Minaj, which has begun its climb, breaking into the Top 40 at Pop radio, iTunes and Spotify this week.The official video for “Bon Appétit,” which can be seen HERE, has set a new record for Katy, surpassing 100 million views in just 18 days.

Last week, she reached a new milestone on Twitter, becoming the first person to reach 100 million followers. Katy has been the most followed person on Twitter since 2013. She recently partnered with YouTube on the 96-hour online phenomenon, “Katy Perry – Witness World Wide.” Documenting every minute of every day, Katy revealed it all throughout the live-streamed global event, which generated over 49 million views by fans from over 190 countries. From thought provoking conversations about feminism, politics and issues of diversity, to lighthearted segments and exclusive music performances, the event featured such celebrities and friends as: James Corden, Sia, Caitlyn Jenner, Gordon Ramsay, Anna Kendrick, Dita Von Teese, America Ferrera and Arianna Huffington plus YouTube stars like Pentatonix, Liza Koshy and Gigi Gorgeous. The event culminated with an exclusive concert in Los Angeles for 1,000 fans, which was broadcast live exclusively on YouTube.

Tickets are on sale now for Katy’s upcoming North American tour. Each ticket purchase for WITNESS: The Tour also includes a copy of her new album.The run, which kicks off on September 7, will include three New York City shows – October 2 and 6 at Madison Square Garden and October 11 at Barclays Center – plus three evenings at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on November 7, 8, and 10. See below for itinerary or visit http://katyperry.com. Katy will be partnering with Boys & Girls Clubs of America in a variety of ways on the tour and $1 per every ticket sold will also be donated to the organization.

Katy spoke at length about Witness to The New York Times’ Caryn Ganz for yesterday’s Arts & Leisure cover story, which can be found HERE. “Change is…the theme of the throbbing ‘Witness,'” Ganz noted. While there are still plenty of relationship songs…seven tracks deal plainly with her new mind-set. The most direct is ‘Bigger Than Me,’ a statement of purpose akin to Michael Jackson’s ‘Man in the Mirror.'”

Variety said, “‘Witness’ is the confessional album the world has been waiting for Katy Perry to make. And her admission is this: She’s indomitable and awesome.”Stereogum praised the album’s “bright, bold melodies and exultant shades of gospel and house” while Entertainment Weekly observed,”the thumping jam ‘Swish Swish’ is one of the best party-starters of her career.”

Katy wrote each of the album’s 15 soul-baring songs, working with a variety of collaborators. She and longtime collaborator Max Martin served as Executive Producers. Witness follows 2013’s PRISM, which has sold more than 12.5 million adjusted albums worldwide. Katy is the first female artist to earn two RIAA Digital Single Diamond Award. A Diamond Award honors U.S. sales of 10 million or more. In her 10 years with Capitol, she has racked up a cumulative 18+ billion streams alongside worldwide sales of more than 40+ million adjusted albums and 125+ million tracks.

Katy Perry’s WITNESS: The Tour – North American Leg

2017

9/7 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center

9/9 – Montréal, QE @ Bell Centre

9/10 – Quebec City, QE @ Videotron Centre

9/12 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre

9/13 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre

9/16 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center

9/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center

9/21 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

9/22 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena

9/25 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center

9/27 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center

9/29 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden

9/30 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden

10/2 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

10/6 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

10/8 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center

10/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center

10/16 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center

10/18 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena

10/22 – St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center

10/24 – Chicago, IL @ United Center

10/25 – Chicago, IL @ United Center

10/27 – Kansas City, KS @ Sprint Center

11/7 – Los Angeles, CA @ STAPLES Center

11/8 – Los Angeles, CA @ STAPLES Center

11/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ STAPLES Center

11/14 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center at San Jose

11/22 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Arlington Theatre

11/24 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena

11/26 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center

11/28 – Omaha, NE @ CenturyLink Center

11/29 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center

12/1 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center

12/2 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena

12/4 – Milwaukee, WI @ BMO Harris Bradley Center

12/6 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena

12/7 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena

12/9 – Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse

12/10 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena

12/12 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena

12/15 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena

12/17 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center

12/20 – Miami, FL @ AmericanAirlines Arena

2018

1/5 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center

1/7 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center

1/10 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center

1/12 – Little Rock, AR @ Verizon Arena

1/14 – Dallas, TX @ AmericanAirlines Center

1/19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Gila River Arena

1/20 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena

1/31 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden1 Center

2/2 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center at Rose Quarter

2/3 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome

2/5 – Vancouver, BC @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena

Angelina Jolie Loves Henri Bendel Sunglasses!

LOS ANGELES – June 19, 2017 – Angelina Jolie was photographed wearing Henri Bendel again over the weekend at the airport in Los Angeles. The actress traveled in style with a trench coat, boots and her Henri Bendel Dalton Aviator sunglasses ($155, www.Henribendel.com).

Sir Sly Announce Sophomore Album “Don’t You Worry, Honey”

SIR SLY ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM — DON’T YOU WORRY, HONEY—OUT JUNE 30^THON INTERSCOPE RECORDS

NEW VIDEO FOR “ASTRONAUT” AVAILABLE TODAY

“Built for large-scale sing-alongs” – Vulture
“Mind blowingly catchy” – Pop Matters

June 19th 2017—Santa Monica, CA— Sir Sly will release their sophomore album entitled Don’t You Worry, Honey – on June 30^th via Interscope Records. The album will include the melodic, slow jam “Altar”, “High” –#6 at alternative radio—and Sir Sly’s latest track “Astronaut.”

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “ASTRONAUT” HERE.

“Don’t You Worry, Honey is the most intensely personal piece of work I’ve ever been a part of,” says lead singer Landon, explaining the profoundly cathartic experience that was making their new album. “Making this album gave me a safe space to come and make music with two people I appreciated more than anything. That safe space saved my life and gave me a sense of purpose and renewed verve for life. This album is an amalgamation of all feelings and the revelations that came during the process. It’s full of grief, bitterness, lightheartedness, questions I was asking myself along the way, and against all odds, joy. We worked tirelessly to make something we were proud of– something folks could sing along to, dance to, laugh along with, and something to make some folks feel less like they are alone in the world.”

The West Coast rock trio will kick off their headline tour on June 29 in Los Angeles at the El Rey and hit major cities including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Atlanta (see full listing below). Tickets are available to the general public and can be purchased HERE.

Since forming in 2012, Sir Sly have forged their singular sound by drawing upon each member’s long-honed musical talents: Jacobs’s introspective yet infinitely searching lyricism, Suwito’s in-studio ingenuity, and Coplen’s sophisticated musicianship and sense of song-craft. Orange County natives and friends since high school, Jacobs and Coplen connected with Suwito through the local music scene. Their early collaborations yielded songs like “Ghost,” a Neon Gold release that quickly earned buzz online. After making their Cherrytree Records debut with the Gold EP in 2013, Sir Sly put out You Haunt Me (which reached #14 on Billboard’s Alternative Albums chart) in September of the following year.

SUMMER TOUR DATES
June 29, 2017 Los Angeles, CA – The El Rey
July 8, 2017 Atlanta, GA –Vinyl
July 9, 2017 Charlotte, NC –Visualite Theatre
July 11, 2017 New York, NY –Bowery Ballroom
July 12, 2017 Washington, DC –Rock & Roll Hotel
July 15, 2017 Philadelphia, PA –The Foundry
July 16, 2017 Pittsburg, PA –The Club @ Stage AE
July 17, 2017 Columbus, OH –A&R Music Bar
July 19, 2017 Chicago, IL –Bottom Lounge
July 20, 2017 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave Bar
July 21, 2017 Indianapolis, IN –The Hi-Fi
July 22, 2017 St. Louis, MO –Blueberry Hill
July 23, 2017 Kansas City, MO –The Riot Room
July 25, 2017 Colorado Springs, CO –The Black Sheep
July 26, 2017 Salt Lake City, UT –Kilby Court
July 29, 2017 Sacramento, CA –Goldfield Trading Post
July 30, 2017 Fresno, CA –Strummer’s

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Electric Guest Announce Headlining Fall Tour

“Dreamy” – The Fader
“Pure emotion– Billboard
“We wish LA Electric Guest would write a sweet song about us” – i-D

June 19^th, 2017— After wrapping up a successful tour with Portugal The Man, Los Angeles based duo Asa Taccone and Matthew Compton, together known as Electric Guest, will kick off their second U.S. headlining tour of the year this fall in Las Vegas on August 30^th at the Bunkhouse Saloon. The band will hit major cities such as Chicago, Portland, as well as returning to New York City after two previous sold out shows (full listing below). Tickets will go on sale Friday June 23^rd at 10AM local time.

LISTEN TO “OH DEVIL”

“On the original version of ‘Oh Devil’ the chorus had some inaudible mumbling that I had sung as a joke,” frontman Asa Taccone explains, sharing the history behind the track’s new edit. “We tweaked it out and made it sound like a sample but we always wanted it to be clearer. We saw Devin Di Dakta on this Jamaican TV show called Magnum Kings & Queens of Dancehall and loved his stuff so we wrote lyrics to the mumbling and sent it to him. He recorded it in Jamaica and we flipped when we heard it.”

The group’s long-awaited, sophomore album ‘Plural’—released in February—displays Electric Guest’s off-kilter blend of electronic, pop and R&B with an even more adventurous spirit than on 2012’s ‘Mondo.’ Written during a period of self-reflection, ‘Plural’ embraces Taccone and Compton’s original instincts, forgoing detailed arrangements and falsettos in favor of a back-to-basics approach – strong, natural vocals, intuitive musical instinct, and unbridled inspiration. The result is a sonic mélange that sounds as if it’s from both the past and future, layering everything from 80s synths to iPhone drum machines to Latin and Caribbean percussion.

FALL TOUR DATES
August 8^th, 2017               Las Vegas, NV—Bunkhouse Saloon
September 1^st, 2017        Boulder, CO— Fox Theatre
September 3^rd, 2017      Chicago, IL—North Coast Music Festival
September 4^th, 2017       Detroit, MI—Magic Stick
September 5^th, 2017       Cincinnati, OH—Woodward Theatre
September 7^th, 2017       Buffalo, NY—Tralf Music Hall
September 8^th, 2017       Cleveland, OH—Beachland
September 9^th, 2017       Toronto, ON—Lee’s Palace
September 11^th, 2017     Montreal, QC—Belmont
September 12^th, 2017     Portland, ME—Port City Music Hall
September 14^th, 2017     New York, NY—Music Hall Of Williamsburg
September 15^th, 2017     Baltimore, MD—Metro Gallery
September 16^th, 2017     Charlottesville, VA—The Southern
September 18^th, 2017     Asheville, NC—The Grey Eagle
September 19^th, 2017     Charlotte, NC—The Underground
September 20^th, 2017     Athens, GA—Georgia Theater
September 22^nd, 2017    Baton Rouge, LA—Spanish Moon
September 23^rd, 2017     Austin, TX—Mohawk
September 24^th, 2017     San Antonio, TX—Paper Tiger
September 26^th, 2017     Santa Fe, NM—Meow Wolf
September 27^th, 2017     Tucson, AZ—191 Toole

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1 AMVRKA TO RELEASE DEBUT EP ONE AMERICA ON JUNE 23 rd ON WLDFIRE/CAPITOL RECORDS

Debut Single “Raised In The Wild” Out Now – Watch The Video For New Track “American Muscle”
Los Angeles-Based Duo On Tour in California This Month
June 14, 2017 – (Hollywood, CA) – Los Angeles-based duo 1 AMVRKA (pronounced “One America”) will release their debut One America EP on June 23rd via WLDFIRE/Capitol Records. At the heart of 1 AMVRKA’s dynamic sound are the divergent sensibilities of singer/lyricist Jesse Scott (an Oklahoma native who started out writing country songs on a three-string guitar) and L.A. born producer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Rudy Maya. True to the name they adopted, the duo aim to unify an increasingly fragmented country and break down barriers of all kinds – a mission mirrored in their gritty blend of hip-hop, folk-rock, country and pop. The five song EP was produced by Maya and all songs were co-written by Maya and Scott.

In partnership with Five Four, 1 AMVRKA has created a long form video featuring performances of each song on the EP which will premiere on Vevo on June 23rd. Watch a video teaser HERE.

The band will also perform a trilogy of California shows this month kicking off on June 20th at The Observatory in Santa Ana and The Catalyst in Santa Cruz before heading up the coast to perform at Café Du Nord in San Francisco. More dates to be announced soon.

1 AMVRKA recently released their debut single – “Raised In The Wild” -the song hit No. 3 on the U.S. Viral chart and No. 7 on the Global Viral chart while the track is already approaching 700K combined streams. Atwood Magazine has called it “a rallying cry,” adding that “it’s an anthem for celebrating your roots and reclaiming your life, for embracing your world and powering through whatever struggles or hurdles might come your way, for finding your voice, and letting your individuality be heard.”

With its warm melody, heavy beats and Scott’s urgent yet nuanced vocals, “Raised In The Wild” is both piercingly intimate and universal in scope. “The song is about growing up on your own in a world that doesn’t care about you, and trying to make something of yourself anyway,” Maya explains. Listen to an acoustic version of the song HERE.

Watch the lyric video for 1 AMVRKA’s new track “American Muscle” HERE. With its triumphant harmonies and infectious melody, the song puts an upbeat, heartfelt spin on the working-class anthem and gives thanks to underappreciated workers across the country. “People break their backs every day just to make a buck, says Scott. We made this song for them.” The song was also featured on the HBO Sports Series Hard Knocks. Says Billboard, “1 AMVRKA have set out to bring some light to the country amid its rather tough political climate, creating music with meaning…their latest song, ‘American Muscle,’ does just that. Scott’s spoken word section about bettering ourselves as a country really makes an impact.”

Track Listing – One America EP

1. Hard Work In The City

2. Cover Girl

3. Raised In The Wild

4. American Muscle

5. Timmy’s Got A Gun
1 AMVRKA June Trilogy Tour Dates

6/20 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory

6/21 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst

6/22 San Francisco, CA Café Du Nord

About Five Four

Founded by Andres Izquieta and Dee Murthy, Five Four is a contemporary men’s fashion brand based in Los Angeles. Their apparel, shoes and accessories are exclusively sold online in their ecommerce store and through their widely popular membership-based program Five Four Club.

Hey Violet release From The Outside

June 16, 2017 – (Hollywood, CA) – Hey Violet release their debut album From The Outside today on Hi or Hey Records/Capitol/Caroline via all digital retailers. Those who purchase the album at Target will also receive three additional bonus songs and a limited edition vinyl version of the L.P. will be available exclusively at Urban Outfitters. Full track list is below. The band co-wrote songs on the album which was produced by Julian Bunetta. Says front woman Rena Lovelis, “We’ve been building our sound for about two years now and it feels really good to finally be able to share the album! There is a lot of variety on the record, but these are all songs that we hope you wanna go on long drives and listen to.”

In the past year, the L.A.-based five-piece have proven the power of their immaculately crafted alt-pop. The band’s latest single “Break My Heart,” was included on Spotify’s New Music Friday Playlist and has racked up over eight million combined streams. Idolator says “Break My Heart” is a “monstrous electro-anthem” and declares, the band is “destined to have a massive year.” Alternative Press calls the track “irresistible,” while Nylon raves, “Hey Violet knows how to write a good pop hook and ‘Break My Heart’ is a testament to that. This song has spunk.” The song is the follow-up to Hey Violet’s smash single“Guys My Age,” which has more than 41 million combined streams, while the video has over 14 million views. “Guys My Age” was named one of the Best Songs of 2016 by The New York Times, who called it “teen-pop’s revenge: an urgent dark song about sexual rebellion” and one of the 20 Best Songs of 2016 by V Magazine. Hey Violet was also nominated for a 2017 iHeart Radio award for Best Underground Alternative Band and been dubbed an Artist Primed For A Breakout in 2017 by Billboard and a 2017 Artist To Watch by The Guardian, PopCrush, and more.

Watch the animated video for new track “O.D.D.” which recently premiered on Rookie.

The band recently wrapped up a sold out North American headline tour, graced the March cover of Alternative Press, and performed “Guys My Age” on both The Late Late Show With James Corden and Late Night With Seth Meyers. Hey Violet’s Brand New Moves EP debuted as the #1 album on iTunes in the U.S., and U.K. The Los Angeles Times compared their move “from grimy punk to shiny pop” to the Go-Go’s, while Galore declared front woman Rena Lovelis, “emits an unheard of level of rock-stardom for such a small girl without even singing a single note. But when she does sing, it’s as if Courtney Love, Gwen Stefani, and Hayley Williams crashed into each other and made a whole new generation of rock star.”

Hey Violet is Rena Lovelis,her sister Nia Lovelis (drums), Miranda Miller (keys, vocals), Casey Moreta (lead guitar) and Iain Shipp (bass).

FROM THE OUTSIDE Track List

Break My Heart
Brand New Moves
Guys My Age
Hoodie
My Consequence
O.D.D.
All We Ever Wanted
Fuqboi
Unholy
Where Have You Been (All My Night)
Like Lovers Do
This Is Me Breaking Up With You

TARGET Bonus Tracks

1. Cannibals

2. These Moments

3. When Will I Learn (Demo)

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M.I.A. Releases Video For “Finally” Today

“Finally” is featured on M.I.A.’s latest album AIM

M.I.A. curates the 24^th Meltdown in the UK and will perform at the festival June 18^th.

Look for M.I.A. to come stateside in September when she will perform at The Meadows Music & Arts Festival September 16^th in New York, NY and at Riot Fest September 17^th in Chicago

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VERA BLUE ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM ‘PERENNIAL’ OUT JULY 21

June 15, 2016 — Hollywood, CA — Unstoppable singer-songwriter Vera Blue will release her debut album, Perennial, on Friday, July 21 [Capitol Records/Deep Well Records]. Preorder will be available Friday, June 23. Today she also shares the new video for her current single “Mended“: WATCH HERE.

An intensely personal album, Perennial traces the circular pathways between love and loss across its 12 tracks. The album is arranged into three chapters, which chronologically trace the development of Vera Blue; from her very first week writing, raw after the breakdown of a relationship, towards a place of renewed strength and vivacity. Included on the album is first single “Private,” with currently over 2.2 million streams worldwide, and “Mended.” The new album introduces a fully-formed Vera Blue, seamlessly synthesizing her folk past with a bold, electronic pop future.

“‘Perennial’ is a term for plants that come back year after year, and I like to relate that to memory, feelings and emotions,” says Vera Blue. “It’s what the record is all about; relationships can be very cyclical, or never-ending, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It’s just part of life.”

Directed by one of Australia’s most exciting emerging artists Cloudy Rhodes, the powerful “Mended” video is a celebration of love and womanhood. Cloudy explains, “I wanted to make a film where we witness the triumph of a young woman rising-up to the experience of love. I wanted Vera to be the protagonist of the film who falls from the night sky, out of the darkness into the light – her falling is a metaphorical representation of ‘falling in love.’ ‘Mended‘ to me is all as about the female experience and that’s what I tried to convey through the visuals in this clip.”

Perennial track listing:

1. First Week

2. Give In

3. Regular Touch

4. We Used To

5. Said Goodbye To Your Mother

6. Private

7. Lady Powers

8. Magazine

9. Fools

10. Overachiever

11. Pedestal/Cover Me

12. Mended

13. Settle *

14. Hold *

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YOUNG THUG RELEASES THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED “BEAUTIFUL THUGGER GIRLS”

ICONIC SUPERSTAR ANNOUNCES VISIONARY NEW PROJECT

WIDE RANGE OF INTERNATIONAL LIVE APPEARANCES SLATED THROUGH THE SUMMER

“BEAUTIFUL THUGGER GIRLS” ARRIVES EVERYWHERE TODAY

(New York, NY) 300 Entertainment recording artist Young Thug has announced details of his upcoming new project. “Beautiful Thugger Girls” is available at all digital music retailers and streaming services here.

“Beautiful Thugger Girls” sees the visionary multi-art form superstar singing all 14 tracks on a collection of songs recorded earlier this year. Young Thug heralded the project this week via a post on his hugely popular Instagram (@thuggerthugger1). The post earned immediate media attention from a number of top music media outlets.

One of popular music’s most charismatic and crowd-pleasing live performers, Young Thug will celebrate “Beautiful Thugger Girls” with a series of North American dates, including headline shows and appearances on Future’s blockbuster “Nobody Safe Tour” slated for Ridgefield, WA’s Sunlight Supply Amphitheater (June 11^th) and Austin, TX’s Austin360 Amphitheater (June 23^rd). Other U.S. dates include the star-studded BET Experience Live, at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on June 24^thand Wantagh, NY’s Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival (August 19^th-20^th). In addition, appearances are also set for a number of upcoming European festivals, including London’s Wireless Festival (July 7^th-9^th), Gothenburg, Sweden’s Way Out West Festival (August 10^th-12^th), and Helsinki, Finland’s Flow Festival (August 11^th-13^th).

“Beautiful Thugger Girls” marks Young Thug’s first new release since last year’s widely acclaimed mixtape, JEFFERY. The 10-track collection, executive produced by Wheezy and TM88, is available now at all leading DSPs and streaming services.

JEFFERY made a spectacular chart debut upon its release, arriving at #8 on the overall Billboard 200 as well as at #5 on the “Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums” tally. The collection – which features tracks like “Wyclef Jean” and the smash “Pick Up The Phone (Feat. Quavo,” performed by Young Thug and Travis Scott – also drew unprecedented critical attention, with Rolling Stone applauding “Thugger’s strongest collection since 2014” by noting that, “as usual it’s Thug’s own sound that predominates: the heroic howls, rasps, mumbles and wheezes of a man who is as captivating a vocalist as any in pop.” The former Jeffery Lamar Williams makes black comedy out of irrepressible sound,” wrote legendary critic Robert Christgau in NOISEY, “cutting the fool with such delight that I found myself not just engaged but agape. Nude or digital, speaking or chanting, narrating or bragging, exclaiming or explaining, sobbing or gasping or chuckling or cackling, his hoohoos and melismas and blahs and mwas and frogcroaks and put-puts are the message.” “Thug understands the modern pop song construction better than anyone: anything and everything can be a hook,” declared Pitchfork. “For nearly 42 minutes, JEFFREY explores spacing, lines, form, texture, and beauty…It’s rangy and stunning, an exciting new curve in the fascinating Young Thug arc.”

“BEAUTIFUL THUGGER GIRLS” TRACK LIST

1. Family Don’t Matter ft. Millie Go Lightly (Produced by Wheezy & Rex Kudo)

2. Tomorrow Till Infinity (Produced by Ben Billions & Rex Kudo)

3. She Wanna Party ft. Millie Go Lightly (Produced by Charlie Handsome & Rex Kudo)

4. Daddy’s Birthday (Produced by London On Da Track & Scott Storch)

5. Do U Love Me (Produced by London On Da Track)

6. Relationship ft. Future (Produced by Billboard Hitmakers & BL$$D)

7. You Said (Produced by Wheezy)

8. On Fire (Produced by Wheezy & Charlie Handsome)

9. Get High ft. Snoop Dogg & Lil Durk (Produced by Young Chop)

10. Feel It (Produced by Wheezy)

11. Me Or Us (Produced by Charlie Handsome, Rex Kudo & Post Malone)

12. Oh Yeah (Produced by Wheezy)

13. For Y’all ft. Jacquees (Produced by Billboard Hitmakers)

14. Take Care (Produced by JUDGE)

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