In Canada: Beyoncé, Charli XCX Songwriter Lowell Pairs With Universal; Mgk to Play Grey Cup Halftime

Lowell is embarking connected a caller originative concern with Universal Music Canada.

The Canadian songwriter and producer, calved Elizabeth Lowell Boland, has struck up a strategical collaboration with the large label, fusing her originative cognition and hitmaking prowess with UMC’s A&R team.

Lowell is simply a proven powerhouse successful the euphony industry, moving with artists similar popular it-girls Beyoncé, Charli XCX, Tate McRae and homegrown endowment including The Beaches, Lu Kala, Sofia Camara and more. From producing to penning to A&R, Lowell has a skilled manus successful creator development.

Lowell was a portion of the Grammy-nominated songwriting down Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter hits “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “Bodyguard,” and she helped pen Camara’s charting deed “Girls Like You,” which has made waves crossed the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 and Billboard Canada airplay charts.

“Universal Music Canada and I person been unofficially moving unneurotic each the mode backmost to our associated enactment with bülow, and much recently, Valley, Sofia Camara, and more. I’m truthful excited to beryllium capable to beryllium adjacent much progressive with the squad and each their astonishing artists,” says Lowell.

In this caller partnership, Lowell volition enactment alongside UMC’s A&R team, led by Amanda Kingsland and Shawn Marino, who were named co-heads of A&R this year.

“Her singular occurrence arsenic a songwriter and her quality to trade planetary hits talk volumes, but much than that, Lowell has an exceptional acquisition for uncovering and nurturing endowment portion helping artists turn into their champion selves,” shares Kingsland.

UMC’s president & CEO Julie Adam (and Billboard Canada Women successful Music Executive of the Year) emphasizes the label’s renewed mandate to sign, make and elevate the adjacent procreation of Canadian artists globally.

“Lowell is simply a originative force,” says Adam. “Her unthinkable passionateness and fearless attack to euphony marque her 1 of one. We beryllium to assistance artists execute creator and commercialized occurrence connected a planetary signifier retired of Canada, and we are truthful excited, and grateful Lowell is joining america to supercharge that mission.”

Lowell echoes a akin sentiment, detailing her excitement to enactment with Adam, calling them “kindred spirits,” arsenic she embarks connected this caller journey.

“I person truthful overmuch respect for her, not lone what she has already achieved successful a abbreviated clip successful her presumption but what I cognize she volition bash moving forward,” she shared. “She has rapidly shown maine her uniquely immense respect for creatives, and successful reasoning extracurricular of the box, which is imperative successful this rapidly changing industry. Her willingness to turn and larn adjacent from the apical inspires me.”

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MGK To Headline Grey Cup Halftime Show successful Winnipeg

Mgk is headed to Winnipeg.

The rapper and vocalist volition header this year’s Grey Cup halftime amusement astatine Princess Auto Stadium connected Nov. 16, the Canadian Football League (CFL) has announced.

The Grammy-nominated hitmaker, calved Colson Baker, is known for defying boundaries and crossing genres to scope fans of hip-hop, pop, stone and alternate — making him a premier performer for the shot crowd. Mgk’s enactment has been a occurrence connected the charts, with his astir caller album, Lost Americana, reaching No. 9 connected the Billboard Canadian Albums chart.

“Canada has immoderate of the champion fans, truthful I’m excited to play the Grey Cup halftime amusement and to spot immoderate epic Canadian football,” the vocalist said successful a statement.

While the CFL’s flagship crippled often includes Canadian performers, the past fewer years person seen American artists instrumentality the signifier for halftime. Last year, the Jonas Brothers headlined the halftime show astatine the Grey Cup successful Vancouver, portion Green Day played the twelvemonth before.

It’s wide Mgk has an affinity for Canada. In August, helium played a astonishment show astatine Toronto’s Ho...