![]() She’s sitting with her mom before taking a red-eye from Los Angeles to Rihanna’s Diamond Ball in New York City. “It’s just been a real pivotal moment for me,” Normani tells Rolling Stone. More than radio popularity, the success of “Love Lies” gave Normani the artistic credibility a pop group ex-pat needs to stand out as a soloist. “Love Lies” started as a bit of an outlier, but it latched onto a rising wave of window-steaming hits from heavyweights like Drake to newcomers like Ella Mai. If there was ever a time to call in a favor from DJ Khaled or Pitbull, this would’ve been it.īut Normani held her own, and so did “Love Lies.” After spending a record-breaking 24 weeks on the Billboard Pop Songs radio airplay chart, the lovelorn scorcher slow-burned all the way to Number One - a first for both Normani and Khalid. Instead of playing to her obvious strengths, Normani took the road less travelled with her scintillating solo debut, “Love Lies.” She not only released a slow R&B ballad in the dead of winter but she recruited the genre’s prodigal son, five-time Grammy nominee Khalid, to sing with her. ![]() With all the choreo queens - Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Beyoncé - occupied by tours or side projects, the skilled girl group singer-dancer could have booty-popped to the top in her sleep. ![]() When 22-year-old pop singer and dancer Normani flew the Fifth Harmony coop to embark on a solo career, timing could not have been more perfect for a big, brazen pop anthem.
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