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Rachel Platten scores Top 5 album with ‘Wildfire’

Published

January 12, 2016

This marks Platten’s highest career debut, as well as the week’s highest-charting CD to debut. The album features such top-notch songs as her breakthrough hit, “Fight Song” and her latest radio single “Stand By You,” as well as “Hey Hey Hallelujah,” a collaboration with Andy Grammer. The album garnered a glowing review from Digital Journal.

Her new single “Stand By You” has been making its way up the charts, where it is a Top 10 hit at adult pop radio and it has reached No. 5 on iTunes; moreover, it has been certified gold in Australia.

Platten is embarking on her “Wildfire” tour, in an effort to bring the new music to the fans. She will be playing two shows at Irving Plaza in New York City on March 10 and 11 respectively.

For more information on Platten’s new album and tour dates, visit her website.

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Written By Markos Papadatos

Markos Papadatos is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for Music News. Papadatos is a Greek-American journalist and educator that has authored over 24,000 original articles over the past 19 years. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in music, entertainment, lifestyle, magic, and sports. He is an 18-time "Best of Long Island" winner, where for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, and 2022), he was honored as the "Best Long Island Personality" in Arts & Entertainment, an honor that has gone to Billy Joel six times.