DRAKE MAKING HEADLINES

Grammy nominated superstar, GQ US Man Of The Year, and without question one of the most interesting rap artists to emerge in years, Drake is releasing his brilliant new single “Headlines” on October 24th through Young Money/Cash Money Records. The single is released on Drake’s birthday, the same day as his highly anticipated new album “Take Care”, the follow up to his 2010 debut “Thank Me Later” which established the Canadian as one of the breakthrough artists of the year. “Thank Me Later” went Gold in the UK, no mean feat considering the absence of a top ten hit, and went on to sell steadily throughout the year, easily outselling the last Kanye West album. The anticipation “Take Care” has reached fever pitch with the two recent leaked tracks, “Club Paradise” & “Free Spirit”, holding the number 5 and 6 slots on Hype Machine, while Drake is 150,000 likes shy of 20 million on Facebook, has well over 3 million followers on Twitter, has combined Youtube views in excess of a staggering half a billion, not to mention his UK number 1 single with Rihanna on “What’s My Name”. The new album will feature contributions from the legendary Stevie Wonder. Speaking of the collaboration Drakes says : "He helped me out with a lot of the music, just came and sat with me, listened to my music, told me where I could add a couple things to make it more sonically appealing, and not only that but we actually are writing together, which is an incredible experience," In the US “Headlines” hit the #2 spot on iTunes Main Music Chart, selling 139,274 copies in its first few days and was released via Drake’s website October’s Very Own on the evening before his amazing sold out OVO Festival, which drew a crowd of over 16,000 fans and featured performances by Stevie Wonder and The Weekend. “Headlines” was the second new song from Drake and followed the somber song “Marvin’s Room”, which was released in June spawned multiple remixes from artists including JoJo and Chris Brown. Drake exploded onto the scene with the enormous success of his classic single “Best I Ever Had” which peaked at no.2 in the US charts, and since then there was no doubting that the 26 year old, born Aubrey Drake Graham, would become the hottest property in hip hop and that his debut album would be the most feverishly anticipated long player in years. Drake has already enjoyed Top 10 chart success in the UK as a key member of the Young Money collective whose single “Bedrock” was a huge hit in the UK. Solo chart success soon followed with the hit singles “Over” and the Kanye West produced “Find Your Love”. You will also have heard Drake’s distinctive flow on big singles from the likes of Jay-Z, Eminem, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Mary J Blige to name but a few. 

Drake is co-managed by Bryant Management and Hip Hop Since 1978. For up to date, confirmed album announcements and live concert appearances, please visit Drake’s official facebook page at www.facebook.com/drake as well as his blog October’s Very Own at http://www.octobersveryown.blogspot.com. 

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