On July 17, 2015, Magic! released a new single, '#SundayFunday', this ended up being a non-album single. On July 1, 2015, Magic! performed at Canada Day in Ottawa, and later performed at the Coca-Cola Stage at the Calgary Stampede on July 12, 2015. On June 22, 2015, Magic! was awarded the International Achievement Award by SOCAN at the 2015 SOCAN Awards in Toronto. On June 13, 2015, the band was part of the line-up at the Pinkpop Festival. The official video had been uploaded on YouTube since March 2, 2015. In April 2015, 'No Way No' was released as a single. Adam Messinger won the Juno Award for Producer of the Year. In March 2015, Magic! won two Juno Awards - for Breakthrough Group of the Year and Single of the Year, out of five nominations. On November 23, 2014, Wyclef Jean and Magic! performed together at the 42nd American Music Awards.įrom February until June 2015, Magic! opened for Maroon 5 in North America and Europe on their Maroon V Tour. Marc Anthony joined the band on stage for a special performance of 'Rude'. Magic! was among the performers at the 15th Annual Latin Grammy Awards held on November 20, 2014. The official music video, directed by David Rousseau, was published online on October 31, 2014. It peaked at number 20 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. On October 7, 2014, 'Let Your Hair Down' was issued to contemporary hit radio by RCA Records as the third single from the album (the second to be released in the US).

The album peaked to number 5 on the Canadian Albums Chart and number 6 on the Billboard 200. The band released their debut album Don't Kill the Magic on June 30, 2014. 'Don't Kill the Magic' was released as the second single from the album on April 4, 2014, peaking at number twenty-two on the Canadian Hot 100 and fifty-three in Australia. The song peaked at number six on the Canadian Hot 100 and also proved a great international success, topping the charts in the United States and the United Kingdom and peaking within the top ten of the charts in Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden. Magic!'s debut single ' Rude' was released on October 12, 2013. Julian Taylor and Jeremy Elliot had enjoyed success playing in Staggered Crossing with 'Further Again' hitting #6 in 2001 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. Prior to joining Magic!, Ben Spivak had been playing with the Toronto-based Julian Taylor Band, releasing Never Gonna Give You Up in 2012. He and Mark Pellizzer knew each other, since they both had been members of the Justin Nozuka band for several years. Nasri described the chemistry between himself and Pellizzer as 'different than writing chemistry, it was more artistic.' A few weeks later, while Mark was playing a reggae tune on the guitar, Nasri suggested starting a band like 'modern-day Police.' He met Mark Pellizzer in the studio and within a week they wrote the song ' Don't Judge Me' for Chris Brown. The lead singer of Magic!, Nasri, had worked with and written songs for different pop acts prior to the start of the band, mainly alongside Adam Messinger, together known as the Messengers. All members of the band are from the Toronto area of Canada.

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