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This week: Olivia Dean’s new album keeps growing on streaming, while Role Model gets a bump from a TV appearance (and a Charli XCX cameo) and a big show for synchs wraps its second season.
Olivia Dean’s Breakout Album Keeps Breaking: ‘Art of Loving’ Still Growing After Two Weeks
It’s already been an incredible year on both sides of the Atlantic for rising British singer-songwriter Olivia Dean, who has both topped her home country’s Official Songs Chart for the first time and rea