WHAT IT IS: Breakout phenom Kenya Grace landed her first #1 in her native U.K., at U.S. Dance radio and the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart with her single “Strangers,” becoming the only female artist ever to top the latter chart as a sole writer, producer and performer. Grace shares that title with Kate Bush for the U.K. #1, which the rising star has held for three consecutive weeks as of press time. The single has also spent seven weeks atop the Shazam Dance chart, with a #3 peak on Spotify’s Global chart.
SINGLE: “Strangers”
RELEASE DATE: 9/1
LIVE: Kicked off her first EU/U.S. tour on 10/22, with nearly all dates sold out and her first L.A. show selling out in less than 30 minutes
INTERNET: 31m+ monthly Spotify listeners; 274m+ global stream on “Strangers,” 10m+ U.S. streams per week; official sound used across 3m+ videos with 100b+ plays; socials grew by 300% in three months; 100m+ YouTube weekly views
RADIO: #1 Most Added at Top 40 upon impact on 10/4; early leaders include KIIS-L.A. and Z100; #1 at Dance radio
PRESS: Vogue, Rolling Stone, Clash, Wonderland, more
BOOKING: Scott Schreiber & Samantha Kirby Yoh/UTA
PUBLISHING: Warner Chappell
MANAGEMENT: Nick Shymansky & Nick Huggett/Day One Entertainment