
1s.)Ģ022 spawned five Top 10 hits from film soundtracks - a feat last achieved in 2018 via Kendrick Lamar ’s Black Panther collabs with the Weeknd ("Pray for Me") and SZA ("All the Stars"), Swae Lee and Post Malone ’s "Sunflower" ( Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse ), Khalid & Normani ’s "Love Lies" ( Love, Simon ), and the A Star Is Born cut "Shallow." Yet the once-golden bridge between Hollywood and Billboard was quiet in the intervening years, perhaps due in part to the pandemic. ( Aladdin favorite "A Whole New World" is also in the exclusive club of Disney animation No. 1 for five weeks - the highest tally for a soundtrack release in seven years. The nominees for Best Song Written For Visual Media at the 2023 GRAMMYs are proof: Four of the six nominated songs charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with "We Don't Talk About Bruno" sitting at No. With the domestic box office now showing signs of returning to pre-COVID days, the soundtrack single has, once again, become a key marketing tool and chart staple.

It also led to the renaissance of a particular crossover: the soundtrack hit.

50, quickly becoming a record-breaking, multi-million-selling phenomenon. The film's "We Don't Talk About Bruno" entered the first Hot 100 chart of 2022 at No. Lin-Manuel Miranda ’s 2021 animated film Encanto was all-conquering, and its success also touched the Billboard charts. It’s the kind of development even an animated fortune teller voiced by John Leguizamo couldn’t have predicted. The Magic Of ESSENCE 25th Anniversary Celebration: "It's Like A Family Reunion Even Though You Don't Know Everybody Here" While her fans are at the edge of their seat, taking it slow has meant she's been able to put her all into it, as she said: "I want this album to represent and encompass all that Normani is." Her solo debut album is in the works and it's something she's been taking her time with. I genuinely can call her a friend of mine and I don't take that word lightly." It's been the best experience ever and I'm just really grateful that I get to support such an amazing artist, I mean the biggest pop star in the world right now. Regarding openning on tour for the "7 Rings" singer, she said they have more than a working relationship. "Even though I'm a new artist, I've also taken what I've learned from the last seven years that I was in Fifth Harmony," she said. 6lack, lets her powerfully magnetic vocals shine alone. Normani has built her name around major collabs that tug at your heart strings: "Dancing With A Stranger" wth Sam Smith and "Love Lies" with Khalid. "There's so many things I've learned not only as an artist, but also as a business woman." "I'm stronger than I give myself credit for," the singer says about one of the things she learned since going solo. The New Orleans native, who recently hit the road for the first leg of Ariana Grande's Sweetener tour, has experienced plenty of success since her former pop group Fifth Harmony went on indefinite hiatus last year-and performing in her hometown only added to the glow.

Emerging singer Normani was right at home during her ESSENCE Fest performance on Sunday.
