MUNI LONG SHARES SULTRY VERSION OF “SANTA BABY” FOR APPLE MUSIC’S CAROLS COVERED CAMPAIGN

BREAKOUT R&B SUPERSTAR NETS TWO AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD NOMINATIONS, FOUR BET SOUL TRAIN MUSIC AWARD NOMS & PEOPLES CHOICE NOMINATION FOR THE NEW ARTIST OF 2022!

MUNI IS BILLBOARD AND HITS CONTENDER FOR BEST NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR GRAMMY® AFTER “HRS AND HRS” EARNS #1 GLOBAL PLATINUM SUCCESS

Muni Long – the breakthrough R&B superstar who is making noise headed into Grammy season with four American Music Awards nominations, two BET Soul Train Awards nominations and a People’s Choice Awards nomination for The New Artist of 2022–– gets into the holiday spirit with a sultry new version of “Santa Baby” (the Eartha Kitt 1950s standard), as heard on CAROLS COVERED, the exclusive new yule collection available today via Apple Music, in immersive Spatial Audio. Listen here.

Muni joins a stellar multi-genre roster for CAROLS COVERED, returning in 2022 with a new line-up of exclusive-to-Apple-Music holiday songs reimagined by some of contemporary music’s most impactful artists, also including: Amelia Moore, Brett Eldredge, charlieonafriday, Elio, Ellie Goulding, glaive, Jvck James, Katie Gregson-MacLeod, RAYE, Shygirl, SiR, and Yahritza Y Su Esencia. The new Classical Carols Covered playlist similarly highlights beautiful new versions of carols and festive songs performed by top classical artists.

Def Jam Recordings artist Muni Long, whose “Hrs And Hrs” was an RIAA platinum #1 urban and rhythmic global smash (from Public Displays Of Affection, her landmark EP of 2021), was nominated in October for American Music Awards for Favorite Female R&B Artist and Favorite R&B Song (“Hrs And Hrs”). One week later, Muni was nominated for BET Soul Train Music Awards for Best New Artist, Song of the Year (“Hrs And Hrs”), Video of the Year (“Hrs And Hrs”), and the prestigious Ashford and Simpson Songwriter’s Award.

Muni, tapped by both Billboard and HITS as a serious contender for Grammy®’s Best New Artist Of The Year, released PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION: THE ALBUM, her full-length debut, in September. The 18-track album compiled all eight tracks from Public Displays Of Affection; plus the five cuts from the follow-up EP Public Displays Of Affection Too (her Def Jam label debut released in July 2022, containing “Pain,” “Another,” and the summertime anthem “Baby Boo” featuring Saweetie); plus six new tracks. October brought the vinyl configuration of Public Displays Of Affection.

The most streamed and buzzworthy artist in R&B today, Muni has exploded since the success of “Hrs And Hrs.” In addition to netting over 200 million streams and peaking at #1 at Urban & Rhythmic radio, the track rose to Top 5 at Apple Music, and hit #17 on the Billboard Hot 100. Tastemakers are still astonished over Muni’s triumphant performance of “Hrs And Hrs” at the 2022 BET Awards in Los Angeles in June.

Underscoring her BET Awards success, Muni was MTV’s featured Global PUSH Artist in June. In addition to two inspired new performances of her hits for the coveted global program, she joined MTV Push to talk about emerging from behind the scenes of the industry, her breakthrough PDOA, and how her best songs are written.

In addition to her MTV honor, Muni was named to iHeart Radio’s ‘On The Verge’ program; BET Amplified, YouTube’s Artist On The Rise, Spotify Frequency Artist, Snapchat Artist to Watch, and Amazon Breakthrough Artist of the Month. Muni was also the subject of an in-depth profile for ABC News’ Nightlineand GMA3. She also performed “Hrs And Hrs” on NBC’s The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.

Muni was embedded in Grammy® history at the first-ever Black Music Collective ceremony the night before the awards in April. She joined a stellar lineup of performers – Summer Walker, Chloe Bailey, Cordae, and Jimmie Allen – as they honored groundbreaking female rapper MC Lyte and singer-songwriter John Legend. Muni was nominated for a 2022 Grammy® Award for her work on H.E.R.’s Back of My Mind album (the track entitled “Process”).

Before her soulful, conversational songwriting and powerful vocals caught fire around the world with “Hrs And Hrs,” Muni Long spent a decade as one of the best-kept behind-the-curtain secret weapons in the industry. Her journey as a much-in-demand songwriter, co-mingling R&B, rap, and pop, resulted in a diverse catalog of hits accumulated by Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Madonna, Chris Brown, Ariana Grande, Mary J. Blige, Kelly Clarkson, and Selena Gomez, to name a few.

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