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Alex Newell

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B

Alex Newell is a Contemporary R&B act. Their sound grew out of Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Beyoncé, Autumn and The Knocks. Those roots explain a lot about how Alex Newell arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as RuPaul, Nicole Scherzinger, Jax Jones, Ce Ce Peniston and Alice Chater, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Clean Bandit, Blonde, Adam Lambert, Jess Glynne and The Knocks, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Alex Newell, reaching back through Aretha Franklin and forward to Clean Bandit. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Alex NewellAretha FranklinChaka KhanBeyoncéAutumnThe KnocksDonna SummerSylvesterDiana RossClean BanditBlondeAdam LambertJess GlynneThe KnocksRuPaulNicole ScherzingerJax JonesCe Ce PenistonAlice ChaterNeon JungleFleur EastMNEK

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Alex Newell connections

Alex Newell grew out of Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Beyoncé and Autumn, shares an orbit with RuPaul, Nicole Scherzinger, Jax Jones and Ce Ce Peniston, went on to shape Clean Bandit, Blonde, Adam Lambert and Jess Glynne. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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