Chart-topping phenomenon
BAZZI
unveils new track
BEAUTIFUL
(feat. CAMILA CABELLO)
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“Slinky, R&B-infused pop” – BILLBOARD
“Bazzi’s ‘Cosmic’ seems primed to linger near the top of the albums chart for quite a while” – STEREOGUM
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One of the biggest breakout artists of the past year, Bazzi, has teamed up with multi-platinum global chart topping singer/songwriter Camila Cabello, just off of her two back to back #1 singles Havana (feat. Young Thug) and Never Be The Same for a new version of his hit single Beautiful. This brings the two back together after Bazzi joined Camila on her sold-out North American Never Be The Same Tour. The track, co-written by Bazzi and Camila, is available today at all DSPs and streaming services.
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Of the collaboration, Bazzi said: “Working with Camila is really cool because she gives a similar vibe of what I’m trying to portray. A nod to ‘80s nostalgic music that really creates an experience. I think she really captures that and I’m excited for people to hear our moment together.
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Camila adds:“Bazzi opened for us on the ‘Never Be The Same’ Tour after I came across Mine’ and ‘Beautiful’. I fell more and more in love with it hearing it backstage every night, and a couple weeks ago on a day off from shows in Kentucky; I went to a studio there and wrote a verse to the song. It’s one of my favourite songs out right now. I hope people love it as much as I do,”
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Beautiful is featured on Bazzi’s breakthrough debut album, Cosmic, which has been streamed more than half a billion times globally.The track arrived alongside a breath-taking companion visual, now with over 10 million individual views via YouTube alone. Beautiful has also received critical acclaim to match its popular appeal, with Billboard writing:
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“Heavy in religious metaphors and bright and piercing special effects, the video is vibrant, colourful and romantic.” -BILLBOARD
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Bazzi performed Beautiful on U.S. television program TODAY this week, following a streak of high profile TV appearances including Jimmy Kimmel LIVE! and the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Bazzi – who has just been nominated for a 2018 MTV Video Music Award as “Best New Artist”– has spent much of the past year on the Cosmic Tour, including a sold-out headline run and special guest role on Camila Cabello’s sold-out Never Be The Same North American tour. He will soon perform more sold-out headline shows and highly anticipated festival sets including Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits Music Festival, as well as a coveted support slot on the European leg of Justin Timberlake’s blockbuster Man Of The Woods Tour.
Written predominantly by Bazzi, and produced by Rice N’ Peas and Bazzi, Cosmic has received ecstatic critical acclaim and proven to be aworldwide chart success, fuelled in part by the international smash single, Mine. The album – which also features such stand-out tracks as Honest, Myself, 3:15 and Why? –reached the top 15 in the U.S. charts, with similar rankings in Canada, Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Norway and more.
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Named among Billboard’s “50 Best Songs of 2018 (So Far)”, Mine is of course a global pop sensation. The single has been certified ARIA double-platinum in Australia with further platinum certifications in the U.S., Canada, New Zealand and Sweden. In Australia, Mine peaked at #11 on the ARIA chart, #4 on Spotify, #8 on Apple Music and #1 on Shazam. An online phenomenon boasting over 400 million streams to date, Mine reached #1 on Apple Music’s “Pop Streaming” chart and Shazam’s “Global Top 100,” and went top 5 on Spotify’s overall “Global Top 50.” What’s more, the Mine companion video is a massive favourite, now approaching 94 million views via YouTube alone.
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ABOUT CAMILA CABELLO:
Cuban born singer/songwriter Camila Cabello (Epic Records / SYCO) released her debut solo album, Camila, in January 2018 to rave reviews. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chartat the same time as her single Havana reached #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, making Camila the first artist in 15 years to hold the #1 spot on both the Hot 100 and Top 200 charts simultaneously. The U.S. gold-certified album, Camila, launched its debut at #1 on over 100 iTunes charts around the world, breaking the record for most #1 positions for a debut album in iTunes history.
Beginning her official solo career after four years in Fifth Harmony, Cabello released her U.S. triple-platinum smash hit Havana, in August 2017 where it obtained the #1 spot on the pop radio chart, marking her second top 40 #1 as a solo artist. Furthermore, Havana hit #1 on iTunes overall top songs chart, #2 on the Spotify Global chart and hit #1 in 80 countries around the world. Havana is the first song by a female artist to go #1 on HAC, POP, and RYTHMIC in 22 years and recently crossed 765M cumulative streams and attained “the longest run at #1 on Top 40 Radio by a female artist in five years”.
Her next single, Never Be The Same, was released in January 2018 and peaked in the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. Cabello had already earned a chart-topping smash with her recent double platinum-certified hit Bad Things with Machine Gun Kelly. The track generated over 240M Spotify streams. As a result of its success, she became “the first female artist to hit #1 on Top 400 Radio with and without a group.”
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