Rumor Mill

Vibe Update1

May 23, 2013

LABRINTH FINDS HIS WAY: There's but one debut in our Vibe-Raters roundup this week--Syco/RCA's Labrinth, whose duet with Emeli Sande, "Beneath Your Beautiful," is #1 in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand and now making waves on our side of the world. There's mad love at Top 40 and Hot Adult, including Z100, KIIS, Y100, B96, WKQI, SiriusXM's Hits 1 and many more, and over 3 million tracks sold, not to mention 44 million video views. The BET Best International Act nominee, who's written and/or performed with Usher, Mike Posner, Dr Luke and Skylar Grey, will appear on Dancing With The Stars on 5/20. And you grammar sticklers will be pleased to know that the title does not contain a "you're/your" confusion--the refrain goes "would you let me see beneath your beautiful?" In other Vibe news, sales-chart champs Vampire Weekend move to #1 and Walk Off the Earth mosey up three spots to #5. Vibe on here. (5/23p)