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Karmin ignited the blogosphere last year when they posted a cover of Chris Brown's Look At Me Now on YouTube and became one of the most viewed videos of 2011. Their debut EP contains seven new Karmin songs.

Singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes's highly anticipated sophomore album includes the single Treat You Better, which is already top twenty at pop radio. He has also performed on the Today Show Summer Concert Series.

Phoebe Bridgers doesn't write love songs as much as songs about the impact love can have on her life, personality, and priorities. Her fourth release and second solo album is concerned with that subject. To say she writes about heartbreak is to undersell her blue wisdom, to say she writes about pain erases all the strange joy her music emanates. This cements Phoebe Bridgers as one of the most clever, tender and prolific songwriters of our era.

Since her 2014 release, Van Etten guest-starred in The OA, performed in David Lynch's Twin Peaks revival, and wrote her first film score and song for TV. Amidst these endeavors comes this album. 'Comeback Kid' began as a piano ballad and evolved into a dark, menacing anthem. 'Seventeen' winds up a star-spangled nod to Springsteen, exploring gentrification and generational patience. The breadth of Van Etten's new passions has inflected this album with...

While many of the songs for Jason Mraz's new album were written in the aftermath of the 2016 Presidential election, he has chosen to convey an uplifting, positive message. It also includes the single Have It All.

The top nominees from the 61st annual Grammy Awards are assembled in a collection that includes some of the year's biggest hits.