Khalid

Khalid is a nontraditional R&B singer and songwriter with a large following attracted to his undemonstrative but heartfelt vocal style and down-to-earth perspective. Although he attained a major-label contract within months of uploading his first songs, "Location," released when the El Paso native was just out of high school, moved into the mainstream at a slow tempo similar to that of the song itself and became a Top 20 pop hit just after the release of American Teen (2017), one of the biggest album debuts of the late 2010s. Within a period of just over a year, Khalid went from an unknown, everyday teenager to a chart-topping, platinum-certified pop star with Grammy nominations for "Location" and American Teen, plus Logic's "1-800-237-8255," on which he appeared. The Billboard 200-topping Free Spirit (2019) wasn't released until two years after American Teen, but Khalid was busy throughout the interim with an assortment of featured appearances and collaborations, highlighted by the Top Ten pop hits "Love Lies" (with Normani) and "Eastside" (headlined by Benny Blanco). Khalid returned to his solo work with the 2021 mixtape Scenic Drive (The Tape) and three years later delivered his third album, Sincere, previewed with a pair of singles that hit the R&B Top Ten.

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