Sam Smith and Mary J.Blige wowed Harlem’s ‘Apollo‘ with a rousing serving of ‘Stay With Me’ yesterday evening, performing the song at the album release show for Smith’s ‘In the Lonely Hour.’
Currently in a chart battle with Lana Del Rey‘s ‘Ultraviolence’, the album’s US unveiling was celebrated by attendees of the show who saw last night what you can now see, and no doubt enjoy, below!
‘Stay’, after the jump…
Why must he collaborate with Mary j bilge. She doesn’t bringing nothing to the song at all. The song is better alone. His album is good from start to finish. He is the male Adele. I listen to his album every single day.
His album is amazing. He’s better singing solo.
I love me some Mary, BUT I agree with above statement 100%, BUT I get it; it’s to help him cross-over to the black audience.
His album is very good and he’s doing great for a debut artist.
I hope he debuts really well but he better not block lana.
I swear! But ever if she debuts at #2 it’ll be really good since she had literally no promo whatsoever in the US. He’s coming hard though, HDD says he has 7 TV performances and over 40 radio interviews lined up this week.
Billboard says Lana is on track to debut at #1, BTW.
I saw that and she has a healthy 30k lead on her upper prediction so it’s extremely likely that she will debut #1 but Sam is not letting up on that promo. Lana’s first week sales are going suffer in places like France and the uk too where she cancelled some really big promo opportunities (apparently due to illness). I can see ultraviolence opening with 400-500k WW when al is said and done.
The only reason I want her to get #1 is because it would be the biggest FU to all of her haters/doubters who said she would be over after BTD in the US, especially. Even if she doesn’t that’s extremely well for someone who’s selling off of internet hype and her name alone.
Capitol is keeping Sam’s album off of Spotify/streaming and is promoting him as the male Adele. Stay With Me is also blowing up. That’s why his numbers are so big. I think the gap will come even closer but at the end Lana will pull it off. I’m also predicting 400K+ worldwide.
You stan for sales
If I stanned for sales only I would be stanning for Beyoncé.
I was just looking him up earlier today before I got on the plane. He’s talented. I wish him well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtpP0uaEl_I
I love him, because he loves Amy Winehouse, who is QUEEN. He reminds me of boy George, which can never be a bad thing. He’ll sell like hotcakes and win a million Grammys.because he’s talented, and more british-blue-eyed-soul.
Mary brings the REAL soul to this record. Yes, the original is awesome, but she gave me that stank, that soul, that real conviction. Don’t discredit ROYALTY. Y’all would be the one’s to stan for white vocals over our own race. Instead of saying something negative, don’t say s*** at all. After all, I created these two.
The song is OK. I find it a bit too repetitive.
Perfect starter song in a relationship