Brent Faiyaz
Brent Faiyaz’s ‘Wasteland’ Debuts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart
Brent Faiyaz hits new career highs on Billboard’s charts, beginning with his first No. 1 album on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Wasteland. The set, released through the independently distributed label Lost Kids, opens atop the list dated July 23 with 88,000 U.S. equivalent album units earned in the week ending July 14, according to Luminate. Of Wasteland’s starting total, 81,000 units come from streaming-equivalent album units, equal to 107.5 million official on-demand streams of the album’s songs. 6,000 units are through album sales, and the remaining balance through track-equivalent albums. (One unit equals the following levels of consumption: one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and...
EP: Tems – If Orange was a Place
Nigerian vocal powerhouse, Tems has released her much anticipated project titled; ‘If Orange was a Place‘ featuring Brent Faiyaz. Through its five tracks, “If Orange Was a Place“ creates ample space for Tems’ distinctive voice to shine as she navigates through themes of finding inner peace and staying true to self. Tems (Temilade Openiyi) represents an alté sound driving a new wave of African R&B—one centred on mood, expression and originality, and one less concerned with trying to sound too familiar. “Growing up in Nigeria has created the rebel in me when it comes to my sound,” she explains, “and what motivates me to move every morning. All the encounters I have had brought out that rebel in me in different ways—the rebel that dares to do things her own way.” It is following...
Tems – Found ft Brent Faiyaz
Nigerian singer Tems is here with this new piece of music titled “Found” featuring Brent Faiyaz for her teeming fans and good music lovers. Raving female music act Tems drops a new single titled “Found“, featuring American musician Brent Faiyaz is taken off her sophomore extended play “If Orange Was A Place“. This is a sequel to her lead single “Crazy Tings” released a few days ago. Tems has had the most amazing year of her career yet as she got lots of attention from her collaboration with Wizkid. She was featured on “Essence” taken off the “Made In Lagos” album. The tune walked its way to the Billboard Hot 100 Chart which gave her much more exposure. She also recently featured on Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy” album on the track “Fountains“. Tems latest song is a big vibe and the en...
Brent Faiyaz’s Hell of a Year
“Everything I do is organic,” Brent Faiyaz says when asked about his songwriting process. “I don’t even really calculate this shit like that,” he continues. “I’m actually surprised that I do put out music in a timely fashion.” The 25-year-old R&B vocalist has, in fact, put out plenty of music since his 2013 EP Black Child. The Maryland-based artist has since released five EPs, one of which was with his side project Sonder, and a studio album, 2017’s Sonder Son. In the meantime, he has a single, “Gravity,” with Tyler, the Creator, and an upcoming song titled “Show You Off,” slated for International Women’s Day in March. Even aside from his music, he’s spent time modeling for Calvin Klein as part of a collaboration with Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free’s new company, pgLang. “It’s cool...
