Connell Cruise is a singer, songwriter and musician from Joburg. After achieving chart success with his debut album, which produced three number one hit singles: Not Just Friends, 99%, and I Oughta Tell You, as well as a surprise number one on iTunes covering Avicii's global smash hit Wake Me Up. He also received two South African Music Award nominations in 2014 for Best Adult Contemporary Album and Male Artist of the Year. In June/July 2014, Cruise headed off to the US to continue work on his second album, working in New York City and Los Angeles with top songwriters including John Ryan of One Direction fame and Jamie Hartman who has penned some of Adam Lambert and Christina Aguilera's biggest hits. In August 2014 Cruise signed a worldwide record deal with Epic/Sony Music after being discovered by LA Reid (famed for his role as a judge on the American music show X Factor), who will personally be working with Connell on his second album.
Matthew Mole's debut release The Home We Built entered the top of the iTunes chart on its release, making Mole the country's first artist ever to achieve the feat and leapfrogging the likes of Imagine Dragons and Michael Buble. Other notable achievements include three South African Music Award nominations for 2014 and being voted and featured in Record of the Day.
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