Khalid hit our Australian shores last November with an incredible sold out tour in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Love Lies also broke the Top 5 on the streaming platform's US (#2) and Global (#3) Viral Charts. Since its release, the track has racked up over 150 million streams on Spotify alone, and the song's official video has over 30 million views on YouTube.
The track which was just certified GOLD by the RIAA, certified PLATINUM in Australia and peaked at #3 on our local ARIA Singles Chart, is garnering critical acclaim with MTV calling it "a match made in musical heaven" and The FADER calling it a "slow-burning R&B ballad". Khalid's most recent release Love Lies with Keep Cool/RCA Records Normani is off to an explosive start having debuted at #43 on the Billboard Hot 100 and it has already received over 200 million streams worldwide since its release on February 14 th.
Just last week, Khalid appeared on the Today Show (U.S.) to announce the 2018 Billboard Music Award nominations for which he has been nominated for five awards including: Top New Artist, Top R&B Artist, Top R&B Male Artist, Top R&B Album for American Teen which is certified Gold in Australia, and Top R&B Song for his 5 x Platinum hit Young Dumb & Broke. Multi-platinum global superstar Khalid has released a brand-new track entitled OTW featuring Ty Dolla $ign and 6lack via Right Hand Music Group, RCA Records and Sony Music Entertainment Australia. Khalid recently wrapped his third headlining North American tour.Khalid Nominated For Five 2018 Billboard Music Awards
In addition to his own work, Khalid has been featured on a number of songs, including hits like Calvin Harris’s “Rollin” with Future, “1-80” with Logic and Alessia Cara, “Silence” with Marshmello, “Lovely” with Billie Eilish, and “Youth” with Shawn Mendes - which the pair performed as a a pro-gun-control statement at the Billboard Music Awards earlier this year: The pair were joined onstage by the show choir from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where 17 people were killed by 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz in February. 4 “Location” is certified four-times platinum by the RIAA and “Young Dumb & Broke” is triple-platinum. “American Teen” followed just a few months later and remained in the Billboard Top 200 for 51 weeks, peaking at No. The 20-year-old singer moved quickly to stardom after dropping his first single, “Location,” just before his graduation from high school. The clip was directed by Calmatic and the song comes from the singer’s 2017 album “American Teen,” which garnered five Grammy nominations, including one for Best New Artist. Khalid dropped a video Tuesday morning for his single “OTW,” featuring collaborators Ty Dolla $ign and 6lack.
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