Normani is fast-becoming one of the world’s fastest-rising Pop stars thanks to the string of critically acclaimed smash hits she has released since Fifth Harmony disbanded.
This week, her star glides to even higher ground as her new Sam Smith-backed tune ‘Dancing with a Stranger’ dominates British radio.
Fantastic news below…
‘Stranger’ leads the way for the performer’s debut set and has already peaked at #3 in the United Kingdom thanks to sales and streams generated by a fan base who gave given radio platforms in the market no choice but to spin the track regularly.
As a result? Substantial gains.
The single has already received 67 spins this week (a 25% increase from last week) on Capital FM as it rises two places on BBC Radio 1′s Airplay chart and outperforms Ariana Grande’s ‘7 Rings.’
Your thoughts?
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Oh she’s playing her cards just right! i see you Normani! https://youtu.be/jk9gEXUWrUM
SO looking forward to watching her career grow & explode!
she and Ariana are showing a lot of promise for the new girls
Ariana has made the same album 3 times.
This reminds me of the 90s when regardless of race or size dark skin or light skin.
If you were talented you won.
And she is very talented out of this new breed of girls I’m glad she is winning
She still needs to prove herself musically and vocally. She is a good dancer/ performer but her voice/sound is generic and her music is listenable but not defined and fits in with everyone else’s. The 90’s has an array of stars because everyone’s sound and images (the successful ones at least) were defined, refined, cultivated and the music was the best of the best.
Her tones are AMAZING!!
She has a generic tone
no she doesnt. no one in the industry sounds like her. do u know what generic means? lmfao
Kid she literally sounds like 5-10 other ppl
who exactly? and why bash the talented black girl meanwhile we got taylor swifts and weve had janet jackson and britney spears who all didnt have vocals as decent as normani’s but they can be enough but mani cant? double standards for darker skin female artist. not cool
Kid Janet Jackson is one of the most original artists of all times with classic music, classics music, a voice that may not have been the strongest but recognizeable and unique, revolutionary dancing and videos and originality that is copied to this day. Normani has none of that. She can sing and dance but her style is not defined. Her voice sounds like any black girl who can sing a little bit in the industry, if you put a tape in of her singing a song that wasn’t her song I wouldn’t know who’s voice that was and her dancing, tho good is always either a beyonce junior moment or Janet junior moment. She needs to find something for herself to make her stand out. Idc if she’s black or not but I won’t praise mediocrity just cause she’s black. We have Rihanna for that
My twins love it, as do I, we are proud to say that we are part of #TheNation ⚜️ and we hear Dancing With A Stranger on my girls’ favourite London stations This Is Heart and Heat FM regularly, and when on it really helps settle difficult school runs, back seat arguments and inevitable traffic jams! So thanks Sam and thanks Normani ⚜️⚜️⚜️♥️
So y’all just gonna ignore the fact that Sam Smith is the sole reason why this song is performing so well! He’s a grammy award winner & has a solid supportive fanbase!
are we gonna talk about how u sound like an absolute hater! please review the comments under the song and video. people are praising her and shes gaining more fans by the hour. if people dodnt like her they wouldnt be talking about her in a positive light. just let her be great lol
I like her but the song is nothing special. Also, let’s not get too excited. This is not only the country where Little Mix and Rita Ora score hits, but the dreadful Cheryl Cole is still able to chart. Normani needs better material
Honey that’s Sams song not hers. And this is his homeland. Stop acting like it’s doing well because of her.
its doing well because of both of them. she held her own in the duet. people wouldnt be praising her if they didnt believe in her talent. shes getting the exposure and gaining fans as she deserves. she will get there with more time and honing of her craft. shes proving it more n more as time passes.
But Sam Smith carried most of the weight. Usually in the UK Sam Smith does well. he does well wherever he goes but this is mainly him lets not beat around the bush. Her last few songs didn’t chart
Exactly
LOL , i can’t why this blog gassing up Normani to be more than she is . Just because she’s a fierce dancer / performer . I can’t think of anyone who currently serves LESS vocals than Normani right now. Tbh .
I mean you act like the girls are running around serving vocals tho.. they’re not
She’s not “terrible” per say but she’s got nothing to offer in term of vocals that I can find elsewhere. She’s just…ok
If Rihanna and Britney Spears became superstars with sub-par vocals, it really just comes down to likeability and star power.
Honestly Sam Smith Carried this song.