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Brandy Releases Cover of Coldplay's "Magic": From Pop to R&B!

We’ve heard Brandy do covers of R&B girls like Rihanna (“Diamonds”) or Beyoncé (“1+1") or R&B legends such as Whitney Houston (“I Will Always Love You”), so imagine my surprise when I saw a tweet from Brandy on my timeline earlier this afternoon (July 13) linking to a Twitmusic page where you could stream/download a cover (in studio version!) of a POP song she just did. Now that's a first from her, right?

"Call it magic" https://t.co/vHxk3ckXXC http://t.co/2IiCiGMZH9

— Brandy Norwood (@4everBrandy) July 13, 2014

The Covered Song

Brandy shows her respect to British alternative rock band Coldplay. She covered their song “Magic”, which is the lead single from the Chris Martin-led band’s latest album “Ghost Stories”. “Magic” reached #14 on the Hot 100. Listen to the original version below:

Listen to Brandy's Cover

Review

Absolutely loving the cover! Vocals are on point, and Brandy’s R&B vibe totally work with original production. The cover of “Magic” is not ‘live’, but in studio version, which I find totally awesome! You could tell Brandy had been working on this for a while and it’s not something she did overnight.

Brandy’s such a great R&B vocalist. Just re-listen to this cover real quick. Her vocals are perfection. It's super sad the industry and the general audience have turned their backs on her. Her latest album “Two Eleven” sold miserably, she got dropped from Epic Records in 2009, and last year she was removed from the RCA roster website meaning she got dropped from there too. Will she make a comeback then? Well, Brandy’s too young and too good to quit music. She said in early 2014 she had started working on a new album so I guess a new album is coming. Via a major label? I don't think so. She's probably going to take the independent route now.

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