New in the Zune Marketplace Week of February 13, 2012
The 54th Grammy’s took place this past weekend in L.A., and leaving the award show with the sweep was our Artist of the Week, Adele. The artist’s sweep came as no surprise, as her album 21 has achieved critical and commercial success. 21 became one of the longest-running number one albums in history, spending over 18 weeks at the top spot.
Russell Marsden (guitar and vocals), Emma Richardson (bass and vocals), and Matt Hayward are Band of Skulls, who are back with their second album this week. They recorded Sweet Sour in Wales with producer Ian Davenport, who has worked with Supergrass and Badly Drawn Boy.
R. Kelly has a new single this week, which is slated to be on his forthcoming record Write Me Back. “Share My Love” is a disco song fit for the dancehall, and a reminder that R. Kelly doesn’t just write soft-crooned love anthems.
For his new single, it’s clear that Chris Brown wants you to turn up the volume while listening. “Turn Up The Music” is the first single off of Brown’s forthcoming record, which will be titled Fortune.
Monica and Brandy have teamed up for the first time in 14 years, and the result is a new single called “It Belongs To Me”. Produced and written by Rico Love, the song will appear on both the artists forthcoming albums that are slated for release in March 2012.
Zune has an exclusive video this week from deadmau5, who took home the Grammy for Dance/Electronic Album of the Year this past weekend. The video contains footage of the full finale of the Meowingtons Hax Tour’s Toronto show. It’s available now in Zune Marketplace on your Xbox or PC.
Other new release highlights this week include Estelle‘s new single called “Wonderful Life”, new remixes by David Guetta with Nicki Minaj, Flo Rida‘s new remixes with Sia, Craig Campbell‘s new single “When I Get It”, and a new live album by Hillsong UNITED.
Leave us a comment about your favorite new release out this week!