Have You Heard!

Here’s are some of my favorite artist’s and song’s so far this year. I’ve been starting to like more of the alternative sounding music from artist such as Florence and the Machines, Lana Del Ray, and Bastille. 

If you haven’t heard of Lana Del Ray she is winner of two brit awards for "International Breakthrough Act" and "International Pop Female Solo Artist," sold over 5 million copies of her album, and most recently her songs were played in movies such as “The Great Gatsby” featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and upcoming movie “Maleficent” featuring Angelina Jolie. Here both trailers feature her singing.

In the "Great Gatsby Lana Del Ray's highly acclaimed song "Young and Beautiful" was a perfect match for this movie and trailer, with her voice described as unique, captivating and highly emotional. 

In the movie "Maleficent" she is able to show the more somber and some what creepy side of her singing to bring a devilish and sinister tone.

Another great artist is called Bastille who had their break out song in 2013 called “Pompeii”, this band formed in London in 2010. As of February 2014, Bastille have sold over 2.07 million records in the UK alone. Here’s their hit single

The band "Of Monsters and Men" is a great indie folk pop band from Iceland that formed in 2010 a few of their hits are "Mountain sound" and "Little talks".

Another growing artist became popular for his single “Let her go.” His real name Michael David Rosenberg. Previously the main vocalist and songwriter of Passenger, Rosenberg opted to keep the band's name for his solo work after the band dissolved in 2009. One of his most successful single is , "Let Her Go", which has topped the charts in many countries.

Last we have the more well known artist such as One Republic, Phillips Phillips, Lady Gaga, and Ellie goulding. Some of their songs that I’ve been liking are “Counting the Stars”, “Gone, Gone, Gone”, “Applause”, and “Explosion”. You can check all the songs I’ve talked about on either Youtube or Itunes.

Here a link to the billboard hot 100 where you can see the top artist and songs on the billboards.

http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100

If you like what you heard from these artist you can also type in their names in to Pandora and hear similar music and you might find your new favorite band!