{"id":2778,"date":"2016-11-04T14:56:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T12:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2016-11-04T14:56:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T12:56:59","slug":"the-legendary-stevie-wonder-delivers-faith-featuring-ariana-grande-at-all-digital-retailers-sing-releases-2-december-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/11\/04\/the-legendary-stevie-wonder-delivers-faith-featuring-ariana-grande-at-all-digital-retailers-sing-releases-2-december-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legendary Stevie Wonder Delivers &#8220;Faith&#8221;, Featuring Ariana Grande, At All Digital Retailers &#8211; Sing Releases 2 December 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STEVIE WONDER delivers the much-anticipated duet \u201cFaith\u201d [feat. ARIANA GRANDE] at all digital retailers today via Republic Records. Also announced today, the official motion picture soundtrack for SING will be available for pre order from November 18 to arrive at all digital and physical retailers on December 9. SING arrives in theaters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFaith\u201d unites Academy Award\u00ae- and GRAMMY Award-winning Stevie Wonder and multi-platinum GRAMMY Award nominee Ariana Grande. Produced by powerhouses and multi-GRAMMY Award-winning songwriter\/producers Ryan Tedder [Adele, Beyonc\u00e9, U2] and Benny Blanco [Rihanna, Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry], \u201cFaith\u201d marks the first song that Stevie Wonder has contributed to a film in more than 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>Stevie Wonder remains one of the most legendary and influential artists in history. In addition to selling more than 100 million albums worldwide, he has garnered a total of 25 GRAMMY Awards\u2014the most-ever awarded to a male solo artist in history. Among countless accolades, he is an Academy Award\u00ae winner and landed at No. 6 on Billboard\u2019s Hot 100 All-Time Artists. A paragon of goodwill, charity and activism, he was even named a Messenger of Peace by the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sing | Trailer 2\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_OAh_BReIpQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6>ABOUT SING<\/h6>\n<p>Illumination has captivated audiences all over the world with the beloved hits Despicable Me, Dr. Seuss\u2019 The Lorax, Despicable Me 2 and Minions, now the second-highest-grossing animated movie in history. Following the release of this summer\u2019s comedy blockbuster The Secret Life of Pets, Illumination presents SING.<\/p>\n<p>With its highly relatable characters, heart and humor, the first collaboration between writer\/director Garth Jennings (Son of Rambow, The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy) and Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri marks the sixth fully animated feature from the studio.<\/p>\n<p>The event film stars Academy Award\u00ae winners Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon, alongside Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton and Grammy Award-nominated Tori Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>Set in a world like ours but entirely inhabited by animals, Sing stars Buster Moon (McConaughey), a dapper koala who presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. Buster is an eternal\u2014some might even say delusional\u2014optimist who loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Now faced with the crumbling of his life\u2019s ambition, he has one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world\u2019s greatest singing competition.<\/p>\n<p>Five lead contestants emerge: Mike (MacFarlane), a mouse who croons as smoothly as he cons; Meena (Kelly), a timid teenage elephant with an enormous case of stage fright; Rosita (Witherspoon), an overtaxed mother run ragged tending a litter of 25 piglets; Johnny (Egerton), a young gangster gorilla looking to break free of his family\u2019s felonies; and Ash (Johansson), a punk-rock porcupine struggling to shed her arrogant boyfriend and go solo.<\/p>\n<p>Each arrives under Buster\u2019s marquee believing that this is their shot to change the course of their life. And as Buster coaches each of his contestants closer and closer to the grand finale, he starts to learn that maybe the theater isn\u2019t the only thing that is in need of saving.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring more than 65 hit songs, Sing is produced by Meledandri and his longtime collaborator Janet Healy. Together, they have produced all of Illumination\u2019s films since the studio\u2019s inception. Released by Universal Pictures, Sing arrives in theaters 2 December 2016.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.singmovie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.singmovie.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6>ABOUT ARIANA GRANDE<\/h6>\n<p>Within less than a year, ARIANA GRANDE captured No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 twice\u2014first with her Republic Records debut \u201cYours Truly\u201d and also with its 2014 follow-up, \u201cMy Everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYours Truly\u201d yielded the game-changing pop smash \u201cThe Way\u201d featuring Mac Miller, which went triple-platinum, landed in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, and seized No. 1 on the iTunes Overall Top Songs chart. Meanwhile, the platinum-selling My Everything garnered a GRAMMY Award nomination for \u201cBest Pop Vocal Album\u201d and spawned the six times-platinum hit \u201cProblem.\u201d Upon the single&#8217;s release, Ariana became \u201cthe youngest woman to debut with over 400K sold first-week,\u201d while the song ranked as the 5th \u201chighest digital song debut for a female artist\u201d and 9th highest ever. Moreover, it debuted at No. 1 in 85 countries, topping the iTunes Overall Top Songs and Pop Songs charts for four weeks.<\/p>\n<p>During release week, \u201cMy Everything\u201d was No. 1 on Spotify as Ariana personally rose to No. 1 on Billboard&#8217;s Artists 100 chart. She also became the first woman in history and the first artist since Michael Jackson to simultaneously have three songs\u2014\u201cProblem,\u201d \u201cBreak Free\u201d featuring Zedd, and \u201cBang Bang\u201d with Nicki Minaj and Jessie J\u2014in the Top 6 of the Digital Songs Chart. \u201cBang Bang\u201d went platinum and was GRAMMY-nominated for \u201cBest Pop Duo\/Group Performance.\u201d By the end of the year, she landed four songs in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100; the most of any artist in 2014. Ariana has enjoyed five Hot 100 Top 10 smashes.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, Ariana was named \u201cBest New Artist\u201d at the American Music Awards. Other accolades followed, with Ariana winning \u201cFavorite Breakout Artist\u201d at the People\u2019s Choice Awards 2014, the \u201cYoung Influencer Award\u201d at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, the \u201cRadio Disney Chart Topper Award,\u201d \u201cChoice Female Artist\u201d and \u201cChoice Single\u201d \u201cProblem\u201d at the 2014 Teen Choice Awards, and more. At the 2014 MTV VMAS, \u201cProblem\u201d was named \u201cBest Pop Video\u201d as well. In November, Ariana took home the award for \u201cFavorite Female Artist \u2013 Pop\/Rock\u201d at the 2015 American Music Awards.<\/p>\n<p>2016 sees Ariana release her mega-anticipated third full-length album, \u201cDangerous Woman,\u201d driven by the title track, which captured No. 1 on both iTunes Overall Top Songs Chart and Top Pop Songs Chart minutes after release. \u201cDangerous Woman\u201d also debuted in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, earning her the distinction of becoming the first artist to debut on the chart with the lead single from her first three albums.<\/p>\n<h6>ABOUT ILLUMINATION ENTERTAINMENT<\/h6>\n<p>Illumination Entertainment, founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007, is one of the entertainment industry\u2019s leading producers of event animated films. Illumination, which has an exclusive financing and distribution partnership with Universal Pictures, is the creator of the hugely successful Despicable Me franchise, which includes Minions\u2014the second-highest-grossing animated film of all time\u2014as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2013\/06\/30\/despicable-me-2-review\/\">Despicable Me 2<\/a>, an Academy Award\u00ae nominee for Best Animated Feature of 2013. In all, Illumination\u2019s films, which also include 2016\u2019s record-breaking The Secret Life of Pets, 2011\u2019s Hop and 2012\u2019s Dr. Seuss\u2019 The Lorax, have grossed nearly $4 billion in worldwide box-office revenues and feature some of the world\u2019s most renowned talent.<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming films include Despicable Me 3, starring Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig and Trey Parker, which is set for June 2017; The Secret Life of Pets 2, written by Brian Lynch and directed by Chris Renaud, which arrives in theaters in July 2018; and a newly imagined version of Dr. Seuss\u2019 How The Grinch Stole Christmas, starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role of The Grinch, which is set for release in November 2018. In addition, \u201cDespicable Me: Minion Rush\u201d (more than 750 million downloads) has become one of the world\u2019s most popular apps, and Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem attracts huge crowds at Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STEVIE WONDER delivers the much-anticipated duet \u201cFaith\u201d [feat. ARIANA GRANDE] at all digital retailers today via Republic Records. Also announced today, the official motion picture soundtrack for SING will be available for pre order from November 18 to arrive at all digital and physical retailers on December 9. SING arrives in theaters. \u201cFaith\u201d unites Academy&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/11\/04\/the-legendary-stevie-wonder-delivers-faith-featuring-ariana-grande-at-all-digital-retailers-sing-releases-2-december-2016\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Legendary Stevie Wonder Delivers &#8220;Faith&#8221;, Featuring Ariana Grande, At All Digital Retailers &#8211; Sing Releases 2 December 2016<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}