GloRilla Announces Debut Album ‘Glorious’
The Memphis native’s debut features the Rihanna-co-signed ‘TGIF’ and a new single, ‘Hollon.’
GloRilla has announced her debut record, Glorious. Alongside the announcement, the Memphis native shared a new single, “Hollon.” Also on the 15-track album is the Rihanna-co-signed “TGIF,” which continues to rise up the charts. Glorious is out October 11.
In April, the 25-year-old GloRilla released the 12 track mixtape Ehhthang, Ehhthang, which has generated over 550 million streams in the U.S. to date. That project featured two of the summer’s biggest songs, “Yeah Glo” and “Wanna Be” with Megan Thee Stallion, which simultaneously hit Urban Radio Top 10 list. Those songs, along with “TGIF,” went on to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, with each peaking at the Top 30. For its part, “Wanna Be” went #1 on the Rhythmic Radio chart. GloRilla performed “Yeah Glo” and “TGIF” at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, where she was also nominated four times.
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Coming up on the horizon, GloRilla has been nominated seven times at October’s 2024 BET Hip Hop Awards. She previously won Best Breakthrough Hip Hop Artist at the awards in 2022. In September, GloRilla received the key to the city of Memphis for her musical achievements. She spent the summer opening for Megan Thee Stallion’s sold-out Hot Girl Summer tour and has been invited to serve as a presenter at the ESPYs, iHeartRadio Music Awards, and Billboard Women in Music.
GloRilla’s breakout hit, “F.N.F. (Let’s Go),” was nominated for Best Rap Performance at the 2023 Grammy Awards. Soon after, her collaboration with Cardi B, “Tomorrow 2,” debuted in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Both tracks appeared on GloRilla’s 2022 EP Anyways, Life’s Great, which sold close to 400K units and is the biggest label debut EP from a female rapper in three years.
