GRACE NOTE

"Gather around, everyone," burbled Warner Records co-Chairman/COO Tom Corson to the label’s team during this Brooklyn photo op celebrating the success of U.K. artist Kenya Grace. "One more trade photo and that free cappuccino is ours at last!" Seen huddling together for warmth are (approximately l-r) Warner’s Mike Chester, Michele Nadelman, Laura Swanson, Corson, Kenya Grace, co-Chairman/CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck, Major Recordings' Sam Mobarek, co-manager Nick Shymansky, Ceri Roberts, Dionnee Harper, Karen Kwak, Chris Morris (on Karen's phone, for those of you with hawk-like eyesight) and Steve Carless. We note that Grace made her U.S. performance debut at Brooklyn’s Elsewhere in the wake of having a #1 dance hit (and streaming giant) with “Strangers,” the first such chart-topper written, produced and performed solely by a female artist.