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Flicker (album)
''Flicker'' is the debut solo studio album by Irish singer and songwriter Niall Horan. It was released on 20 October 2017 by Capitol Records. "This Town (Niall Horan song), This Town" was released on 29 September 2016 as the album's lead single, followed by "Slow Hands (Niall Horan song), Slow Hands", "Too Much to Ask", "On the Loose (Niall Horan song), On the Loose", and "Seeing Blind". ''Flicker'' debuted on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart at number one selling 152,000 units in the U.S., Horan's first number one album in the U.S. as a solo artist. Background In September 2016, it was announced that Horan had signed a solo deal with Capitol Records. In an interview with ''Entertainment Weekly'', Horan said the album was inspired by classic rock acts including Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles (band), Eagles. "Whenever I would pick up a guitar, I would always naturally play chords like that, and finger pick a lot and play that folky kind of style." He also described the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niall Horan
Niall James Horan ( ; born 13 September 1993) is an Irish singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence as a member of the boy band One Direction, formed in 2010 on the singing competition ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor''. The group released five albums and went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. After the band declared a hiatus in 2016, Horan signed a recording deal as a solo artist with Capitol Records. He has since released three albums: ''Flicker (album), Flicker'' (2017), ''Heartbreak Weather'' (2020), and ''The Show (Niall Horan album), The Show'' (2023). ''Flicker'' debuted at No. 1 in Ireland and the US, and reached the top three in Australia and the UK. The album's first two singles, "This Town (Niall Horan song), This Town" and "Slow Hands (Niall Horan song), Slow Hands", reached the top 20 in several countries. ''Heartbreak Weather'' was released in March 2020, and debuted at No. 1 in the UK, Ireland and Mexico, and at No. 4 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Kurstin
Gregory Allen Kurstin (born May 14, 1969) is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. He has won nine Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year, Non-Classical in 2017 and 2018, and contributed to five songs that peaked atop the ''Billboard'' Hot 100''.'' Kurstin worked closely with English singer Adele on her albums '' 25'' (2015) and '' 30'' (2021). He co-wrote and produced the former album's record-breaking lead single "Hello", as well as latter's lead single " Easy on Me," which entered the US Hot 100 five hours after its release, and broke all-time records on Spotify with 24 million plays within 24. Among others, he has worked with Kylie Minogue, Sia, Kelly Clarkson, Halsey, Jonas Brothers, Kendrick Lamar, Maren Morris, Beyoncé, Dido, Gorillaz, the Shins, Beck, Paul McCartney, Pink, Lily Allen, Harry Styles, Miley Cyrus, Liam Gallagher, and Foo Fighters. He often plays guitar, bass, keyboards and drums, as well as engineers and programs h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Evening Standard
The ''London Standard'', formerly the ''Evening Standard'' (1904–2024) and originally ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), is a long-established regional newspaper published weekly and distributed free of charge in London, England. It is printed in tabloid format, and also has an online edition. In October 2009, after being bought by Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev, the paper ended a 180-year history of paid circulation and multiple editions every day, and became a free newspaper publishing a single print edition every weekday, doubling its circulation as part of a change in its business plan. On 29 May 2024, the newspaper announced that it would reduce print publication to once weekly, after nearly 200 years of daily publication, as it had become unprofitable. Daily publication ended on 19 September 2024. The first weekly edition was published on 26 September 2024 under the new name of ''The London Standard''. History From 1827 to 2009 The newspaper was founded by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard 200
The ''Billboard'' 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Sometimes, a recording act is remembered for its " number ones" that outperformed all other albums during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, acquiring its existing name in March 1992. Its previous names include the ''Billboard'' Top LPs (1961–1972), ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums (1984–1985), ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums (1985–1991), and ''Billboard'' 200 Top Albums (1991–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales—both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, the tracking week begins on Friday (to coincide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lead Single
A lead single (or first single) is the first single to be released from a studio album by an artist or a band, usually before the album itself is released and also occasionally on the same day of the album's release date. A similar term, "debut single", is the first single released by a new artist. Release strategies Artists often choose songs that are more up-tempo, yet representative of the album's sound, as lead singles. Such songs are often catchier and attract the attention of listeners. The subsequent single might then be slower in tempo, in order to demonstrate the range of the album. Female vocalists like Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera often maintain a formula of an up-tempo first lead single with a slow ballad follow-up. For example, two singles were released by Miley Cyrus before her album '' Bangerz'' – an up-tempo track, " We Can't Stop", was released as the first, and a slow-ballad song, "Wrecking Ball", as the second. This was a successful practice of 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records (78s) collected in a bound book resembling a photo album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the ''album era''. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983, being gradually supplanted by the cassette tape throughout the 1970s and early 1980s; the popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seeing Blind
"Seeing Blind" is a song recorded by Irish singer-songwriter Niall Horan, featuring guest vocals from American singer Maren Morris. The song is taken from Horan's debut studio album '' Flicker''. It was written by Horan, Ruth-Anne Cunningham and Matthew Smith Radosevich and was produced by Jacquire King. The song was released to the Australian contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio (CHR, also known as contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top ... on 1 June 2018 as the album's fifth and final single. Music video An official acoustic video clip was released on 4 June 2018. Abby Jones from ''Billboard'' said " heacoustic video sees Horan and Morris in a cozy, homey studio, which serves as the perfect visual backdrop to the country-pop love jam. Horan strums away as he begins the tune, but it's not long before Maren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Loose (Niall Horan Song)
"On the Loose" is a song recorded by Irish singer-songwriter Niall Horan from his debut studio album '' Flicker''. It was written by Horan, John Ryan, and its producer Julian Bunetta. The song was released to the US Mainstream Top 40 radio on 20 February 2018 as the album's fourth single. The radio version was released commercially on 16 February 2018 and was labeled as the "alternative version". Background Horan debuted the song on 13 May 2017 during his performance at Channel 93.3's Summer Kick Off concert in San Diego. On 29 May 2017, Horan performed on The Today Show's Citi Concert Series, closing the show with a live TV debut of "On the Loose". Horan admitted in an interview with ''Herald Sun'' that he channelled Fleetwood Mac for the song. "You can hear the 'Mac in that. Everyone's always trying to write their own Dreams. I'm only 24, Fleetwood Mac is the music I've listened to since I was four years old. I listen to a lot of other types of music but that's the stuff that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Much To Ask
"Too Much to Ask" is a song recorded by Irish singer-songwriter Niall Horan. It was written by Horan and Jamie Scott, with production handled by Greg Kurstin. The song was released by Capitol Records on 15 September 2017, as the third single from Horan's debut studio album, '' Flicker'' (2017). Commercially, "Too Much to Ask" reached the top 10 in Hungary, Ireland, and Scotland as well as the top 20 in Australia, Belgium, Lebanon, Malaysia, the Netherlands, and Slovakia. Background Horan expressed in tweets that the song is "very special" to him and it stands out as one of his favourites on the album. He said of the song in an interview with BBC News: "I would obviously like it to go to number one, that would be the dream, but it is what it is. If it's getting a lot love and jumps in at number two or number three, I don't mind." In the single's promotional post on social media, Horan was pictured standing on the left on the escalator in the London Underground. "It's a special on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slow Hands (Niall Horan Song)
"Slow Hands" is a song recorded by Irish singer-songwriter Niall Horan, released as a single on 4 May 2017 by Capitol Records. The song was written by Horan, Alexander Izquierdo, John Ryan, Julian Bunetta, Ruth-Anne Cunningham and Tobias Jesso Jr., while the production was handled by Bunetta. It was serviced to US contemporary hit radio on 9 May 2017 as the second single from Horan's debut solo album '' Flicker'' (2017). "Slow Hands" peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart and number eleven on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming Horan's highest-charting single in those countries. Background and composition Prior to its release, Horan discussed the song in an interview with Mikey Piff on Sirius XM. The singer said that after listening to some of the material he had recorded for his debut album, he wanted to add "a bit more grit, funk and heavier bass." At the time he was listening to late 1970s and early 1980s music. "When Don Henley went solo in the early eighties, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Town (Niall Horan Song)
"This Town" is the debut solo single by Irish singer-songwriter Niall Horan, released on 29 September 2016 by Capitol Records as the lead single from his debut solo album ''Flicker (album), Flicker'' (2017). An accompanying music video of a live performance was released the same day. The song was written by Horan, Jamie Scott, Mike Needle, Daniel Bryer and produced by Greg Kurstin. It is Horan's first solo single, as well as the second solo single released by a One Direction member (the first being Zayn Malik's "Pillowtalk (song), Pillowtalk" earlier that year), following the hiatus of the band, which was announced in August 2015. It peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart, earning it his second highest-charting single as a lead artist to date, behind "Slow Hands (Niall Horan song), Slow Hands". It also peaked at number 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Composition The song is written in the key of A major with a common time tempo of 112 beats per minute. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartbreak Weather
''Heartbreak Weather'' is the second studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Niall Horan, released through Capitol Records on 13 March 2020. It was promoted with four singles: "Nice to Meet Ya (Niall Horan song), Nice to Meet Ya", "Put a Little Love on Me", "No Judgement" and "Black and White (Niall Horan song), Black and White". On the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart, ''Heartbreak Weather'' debuted at number four, marking Horan's second top-10 album in the United States. The album also debuted at number one on the Irish and UK album charts, marking Horan's first UK number one album as a solo artist. Background and recording Horan announced the album on 7 February 2020 alongside the release of the third single "No Judgement", and stated in a press release that with the album, he wanted to "tell the story that was in my head, hopefully lead people down the storytelling lane of an album track listing. [...] I wanted to write songs from different sides or from someone else l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
