#9 ON 'THE BILLBOARD 200' CHART
#3 ON BILLBOARD'S 'R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS' CHART
#9 ON THE 'BILLBOARD COMPREHENSIVE' CHART
SOL-ANGEL AND THE HADLEY ST. DREAMS PLEASES THE CRITICS
SOLANGE CELEBRATES TONIGHT WITH OFFICIAL ALBUM RELEASE PARTY AT NYC'S
BUTTER
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 4 -- The multi-talented rising
lead, Solange (Singer, Songwriter, Artist, Choreographer, Video Director,
Executive Producer and more than), makes a splash with the release of her new
album, "SoL-AngeL and The Hadley St. Dream" (Music World
Entertainment/Geffen Records), entrance the Top 10 (#9) on "The Billboard
200 Chart." The album is Top 5 (#3) on Billboard's "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums"
chart and Top 10 (#9) on the "Billboard Comprehensive" chart.
Released on August 26th and musically compared to the likes of Gnarles
Barkley, Little Jackie, Dusty Springfield and Amy Winehouse, Solange's
"SoL-AngeL and The Hadley St. Dreams" has already produced two strike singles:
"I Decided" and "Sandcastle Disco." "I Decided" has enjoyed the top point on
industry charts including, #1 on Billboard's "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
Sales" chart (presently #9), #1 on Billboard's "Hot Dance Singles Sales"
chart (currently #4) and reached #2 on Billboard's "Hot Singles Sales"
chart. In addition, "I Decided" has been #1 on iTunes' R&B Chart for 9
weeks in a row patch "Sandcastle Disco" has been #1 "Most Viewed Video" on
MTV.com.
The album reviews are pouring in from the critics:
-- LA Times tells us that SoL-AngeL is " ... an appealingly freewheeling
set of lightly psychedelic somebody music that shares the retro-futuristic
vibration of Gnarles Barkley"
-- NY Times says " ... it's impressive"
-- USA Today says Solange is "moving in a good management"
-- Entertainment Weekly heralds the record album as "Tasty" (B+)
-- US Weekly gives Sol-AngeL ... three out of tetrad stars
-- Houston Chronicle gives Solange three and a 1/2 out of four stars and
says there ar interesting twists in every song
-- Giant Magazine says its "[Solange's] fairness that makes [her medicine] so
relatable"
-- Newsweek calls Solange "Savvy"
-- Time Out NY says "The new disc's commingle of retro-cool beats, trip
electronica and straight-talking back talk relocates Solange somewhere in
the neighborhood of Gnarls Barkley (whose Cee-Lo Green co-wrote deuce cuts),
Raphael Saadiq, and Little Jackie, with admiring nods to Dusty
Springfield and Martha Reeves."
-- Perez Hilton writes he is "whole feeling the new Solange"
-- The Boston Globe states that "There's no way afterward this [acquittance] that
Solange won't be taken on her have terms because this sister can sing"
On "SoL-AngeL and The Hadley St. Dreams", Solange enlisted the who's
wHO of red-hot producers and songwriters. The dream team includes: The
legendary award-winning Lamont Dozier wHO teams up with the newest purveyor
of Soul, Mark Ronson on the sure to be classical, "6 O'clock Blues," the
forever eclecticist Cee-Lo lends a handwriting hand on the Jack Splash
produced 2nd single, "Sandcastle Disco," the constant hit-making Pharrell
Williams writes the kickoff single "I Decided" with production from The
Neptunes and remix by the Freemasons, and the formidable chart-topping Lil
Wayne shares the limelight on "ChampagneChronicKnightCap." Other dream
makers on "SoL-AngeL and The Hadley St. Dreams" include Boards of Canada,
Soulshock & Karlin, Shea Taylor, Bama Boyz, Bilal and more.
Solange will officially celebrate the release of "SoL-AngeL and The
Hadley St. Dreams", tonight, September 4, at the New York hotspot, Butter.
Be trusted to check for Solange performing on the following National TV
outlets:
-- Fashion Rocks (September 9 on CBS)
-- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (September 10 on ABC)
-- The View (September 17 on ABC)
-- The Tyra Banks Show (airdate TBA)
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