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California King Bed is a Contemporary R&B act. Their sound grew out of Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé. Those roots explain a lot about how California King Bed arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Set Fire to the Rain and Moves Like Jagger, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Snoop Dogg, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 6 connections around California King Bed, reaching back through Kelly Clarkson and forward to Snoop Dogg. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"California King Bed" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her fifth studio album, Loud (2010). The song was written and produced by Andrew Harr and Jermaine Jackson, of the American production duo the Runners, with Priscilla Renea, Alex Delicata and Rihanna. The song was chosen to be a single from the album through Twitter, and it was released as the album's sixth single on May 13, 2011, by Def Jam. "California King Bed" is a rock and R&B power ballad. It received mixed reviews, with some praising Rihanna's vocals and others deeming them overwrought.
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California King Bed grew out of Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, shares an orbit with Set Fire to the Rain and Moves Like Jagger, went on to shape Snoop Dogg. 6 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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