Major.

One Liner: Supercharged love anthems and motivational speeches.

Wikipedia Genre: Soul, pop, R&B, gospel

Home: L.A. (via Denton and Houston)

Poster Position: Level 5 (25) 
Weekend One Only.
Sunday.

Thoughts:  The guy's voice is great, but damn if his songs aren't cheesy as hell.  Love songs, so many love songs.  His top seven most popular songs on Spotify have the word "love" in their title.  And they're sweet!  His love song about his momma is lovely!  But also a deep dish slice of cheesy glop.  Like, he's singing about "holding back the moon, in case you want a little more afternoon."

And then, in an even more strange development, he has TWO albums of pep talks.  2021's MAJOR.HOPE Motivations and 2022's MAJOR.HOPE Pep Talks.  Literally, some basic music in the background, but with him intoning something to encourage the listener.  Like "You're doing too much with your amazing self.  No one like to hear that, but if its truth, honor it and fix it."  Ten tracks of him speaking advice to you.  SO weird.  What the hell.  He also has a 2019 album of he and his friends reading?  What a weirdo.  His last album of actual music was 2018's Even More, which followed his 2016 debut called I Am MAJOR.

Top track is from that debut album - "Why I Love You," with 28.9 million streams.

I don't do much in the way of soft R&B, but this makes me think of John Legend, or at least my mental image of John Legend.  It is very sweet and nice.  It is also very treacly and cheeseball.  The other hits don't get much better - the second biggest tune is from the 2018 album, "Better With You In It." 3.2 million streams (so, a major fall-off after that one hit from seven years ago).

Oh, hey, a love song for once!  He is definitely biting Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" in the tune to that song.

Born in Denton, raised in Houston, he is a Grammy nominated singer who has been classically trained at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston and then the Berklee College of Music.  Stevie Wonder called "Why I Love You" the "wedding song of the year."  He just recently released a new EP - 2023's The Hope of My Soul, and it is more of the same.  The first song has "love" in the title.  I think I'm good on this guy!  He's got a great voice, but I am good on the supercharged love anthems and motivational speeches.