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Here’s a look at some of the new music released by artists who competed on The Voice.

Holly Henry has a new album out under a new name. The Shades, with former contestant Andrew DeMuro, have a new EP.

And Curtis Grimes and Viktor Kiraly can celebrates new singles and new awards.

The links below take you to the songs on Apple Music. And you can check out Spotify snippets of the songs below.

* Holly Henry from Season 5 unveiled a new project called Mooney last November, releasing a debut single called “Float.” Now she’s back with a nine-song indie pop album, “Softer,” which dropped Friday. She calls it “immersive, hypnotic, ethereal, and extraterrestrial” on her website. Oh, and “experimental.” But for those who remember her mesmerizing “The Scientist” cover from the Season 5 blind auditions, the voice will sound familiar.

* The Shades, featuring Season 11’s Andrew DeMuro, released a four-song EP called “Draw” on Friday. Two of the songs had already been released as singles. The new ones are “Mount Olympus” and “Stitch It Up,” which features especially impressive harmonies. The Shades, Chicago based, also include brothers Mark and Phil Jacobson and this marks their second EP since Andrew was on The Voice.

* Curtis Grimes from Season 1 released a new single called “I Saw the Light” on Friday, and it’s an original song. Meanwhile, all sorts of congrats are in order for Curtis. Last month, he was named Entertainer of the Year and singer of the Christian Single of the Year (“Had a Thing”) at the Texas County Music Awards. Last month, he and his wife also welcomed their second child, Cason Nash Grimes, born the day after the awards ceremony.

* Viktor Kiraly, from Season 9, has a new pop single out called “Bye Bye Baby.” And he’s already released a music video for the song as well. Viktor is a pop star in his native Hungary was will receive the award for Best Hungarian Performance at the MTV Europe Music Awards next month.

See also
Post-Voice singles released so far in 2019
Post-Voice EPs and albums released so far in 2019