Anne-Marie Releases Debut Album, SPEAK YOUR MIND Out Today

Breakthrough U.K. artist Anne-Marie will launch her debut album, Speak Your Mind - released today by Warner Bros. Records - with a pair of U.S. television performances. She will appear on "Live with Kelly and Ryan" on Monday, April 30 and "The Late Late Show with James Corden" on Tuesday, May 1.

Taking the No. 1 spot on the global iTunes, Shazam and musical.ly charts, lead single "FRIENDS" has become one of the year's biggest hits. The official friend zone anthem has sold nearly two million adjusted units worldwide and exceeds 400 million streams. Views of the official video have surpassed 130 million while the new live acoustic video of "FRIENDS" racked up 3 million views in less than a week. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Remix recently premiered on WorldStarHipHop.com.

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On Speak Your Mind, Anne-Marie's playfully infectious pop spirit entwines with her humorous, idiosyncratic storytelling. The album spans a number of personal yet relatable topics that only Anne-Marie could unite so compellingly: album opener "Cry" is a message to the ex-boyfriend who wants you back after ditching you for someone else; the empowering "Perfect" is an ode to self-love and appreciation while "Machine" imagines a world free of negativity. Other tracks include her gold-certified single, "Alarm," and "2002," a song that she wrote with Ed Sheeran, who also contributes vocals.

The Essex-born artist worked with an all-star cast of producers on the album, including Steve Mac (Ed Sheeran), Nana Rogues (Drake), TMS (Emeli Sandé), Tom Meredith (One Direction) and of course, Marshmello. Co-writes come from Emily Warren (The Chainsmokers, Shawn Mendes), Ina Wroldsen (Clean Bandit, Jess Glynne), Jennifer Decilveo (Andra Day) and the aforementioned Ed Sheeran.

Since releasing "Alarm" in 2016, which went gold in the U.S., and featuring on Clean Bandit's 2x platinum "Rockabye" with Sean Paul, 5x BRIT Award nominee Anne-Marie has racked up 5 billion streams and 12 million global single sales. She supported Ed Sheeran on his 2017 arena tour and is now opening for her long-time friend on the UK/Ireland/European leg of his stadium tour, which included four sold-out nights at London's Wembley Stadium.

"There's nothing rudimentary about this rising princess of pop," said the Evening Standard, and Nasty Gal concurred, hailing her as a "new wave pop princess." The Guardian pronounced Anne-Marie a "human dynamo" and praised her "infectious blend of synth doodles and staccato beats."

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