Proving to be a huge hit, R5, debuted on Billboard’s Pop Album Chart at the #1 spot and #6 on the Billboard 200, with their new album “Sometime Last Night.” The album also debuted on iTunes’ top ten, following the success of their debut album, “Louder,” which climbed to No.1 on iTunes. R5 is one of the latest calendar licenses acquired by BrownTrout.

The band is comprised of American songwriters and musicians, including siblings Ross Lynch (Lead/vocalist/rhythm, guitarist), Riker (bass/vocals), Rocky (lead guitar/vocals), and Rydel (keyboard/vocals), along with friend Ellington “Ratliff" (drummer/vocalist). For their second new album “Sometime Last Night," the group collaborated with producer Matt Wallace and songwriter Savan Kotecha, who also wrote for pop stars Ariana Grande, Ellie Goudling, and The Weeknd. Ross Lynch and the rest of the band, are considered Disney Artists, with Lynch playing in Disney’s “Austin and Ally” on the Disney Channel.

In an interview with radio.com, R5 talked about their songwriting experiences, and how their hit song “Sometime Last Night” came about. The band had their second album completed, but decided to start from scratch. In the end, it worked to their benefit. “We went to the label and we were like, ‘Let’s scrap it all, and we’re gonna write a new one.’ So we would write a song, and if it was better than the one that we had on a previous record, [we’d use it]. We kept writing and crossing older songs off, and sooner or later, we had 'Sometime Last Night',” said Lynch.

So far, the band has been successful with their new music video for their single “All Night," with 1 million hits within its first week. Premiering on July 8, the video was filmed at the Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles.

R5’s tour “Sometime Last Night” began July 7 in Orange Park, Florida and will end March 15 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The tour will be hitting a total of 75 cities.

R5's Official Website

Link to Disney's Music Artists: R5

Debuting on July 10, “Minions” conquered at the box office their first weekend, outselling “Jurassic Park,” which was box office king consecutively each week since its premiere five weeks prior to “Minions."  Also, “Magic Mike” premiered July 1, debuting with $11.6 million over the film’s first weekend (Business Insider ). BrownTrout is a distributor of the official Minions and Magic Mike 2016 wall calendar.

According to Bloomberg Business, “Minions” became the second-biggest animated film debut at the box office in its first weekend Bloomberg’s Article on “Minions" ). “Minions” collected $115.7 million in the U.S. and Canada during its first weekend. As of the third weekend in July, “Minions” made a gross of $262 million, and was knocked off the top spot at the box office, by the premieres of “Ant Man” and “Pixels” (Box Office Mojo ). 

BrownTrout is a distributor of the official Minions and Magic Mike 2016 wall calendar.

Further proving the success of adult coloring books, Parade Magazine recently issued a news article ( Parade News Article ) on the benefits and joys of coloring as an adult. The article accessed popular coloring books for adults, mentioning the variety of genres, including a “Colour Me Good Benedict Cumberbatch," featuring the famous British Actor who has played in "Star Trek" and the Oscar-nominated film “The Imitation Game."  Recently, BrownTrout’s Color Your World line includes 2016 calendar products, such as a wall calendar, desk pad, engagement and pocket planner.

The article also emphasizes how the adult coloring book craze is still trending, becoming not only a sporadic fun activity from time to time, but developing into a hobby for adults. Unlike when we are kids, as adults, we can set aside time to color as a hobby, and it can become a daily activity to de-stress and unwind from other responsibilities. In Parade’s article, Psychologist Alice Domar, Ph.D. asserts that coloring utilizes both sides of the brain, which are required for creative and tactical activities, and as a result, can be more stimulating compared to doodling. 

Parade’s article also entails other benefits of adult coloring books- specifically in respects to collaboration and sharing. Some social media feeds (Pinterest for example) consist of designs and patterns, allowing people to share amongst each other different designs to color. Becoming more common in group therapies or with friends, people are starting to share the activity of coloring together in a group setting. Either way, the coloring craze continues to spread, as more people discover this fun and stress-free activity.  

Watch for BrownTrout Color Your World line of 2016 calendar products, including a wall calendar, desk pad, engagement and pocket planner.

Parade Magazine's Article on Adult Coloring Books

The popular History channel show “Pawn Stars," watched around the world, surrounds a popular pawnshop called Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas. “Pawn Stars” airs Mondays on the History Channel, with its development rooted in the history savvy Harrison family. The show surrounds three generations of the Harrison family and their expertise on the credibility of historical artifacts. Moreover, BrownTrout publishes the official Gold & Silver Pawn Shop calendar.

The show started in 2009, and the show’s creator and producer, Rick Harrison, never expected the show to be a huge hit. The show appears in 150 countries, broadcasting in 38 languages, and the show has become one of the most popular reality shows on cable TV. In Gold and Silver Pawn Shop ’s Interview, Rick Harrison explained: “I pitched the show for four years. Everyone kept telling me no one wants to watch a show about four fat guys in a pawn shop."

The biggest appeal of the show is mainly the history lessons throughout each episode, which captivate the audience in a light-hearted manner rather than a monotonous history lesson. “(People) love to get history lessons from their uncle, not a professor," said Harrison. "Young people love to watch the show because I can make all these antiques’ history, all this history, relative to today.”

The show continues to produce intriguing and entertaining episodes for its viewers. “We’re trying to get a lot more history lessons in and things like that. You know, it’s a lot more history lessons, just a lot more stuff,” said Harrison. “We’re sort of back to [the way] we started the show.”

"Pawn Stars" Official Website

Fox News Article on "Pawn Stars"

The Australian pop-punk band, 5 Seconds of Summer, recently started their “Rock Out With Your Socks Out” World Tour, along with a new single called “She’s Kinda Hot." Ashton Irwin (Drums) has explained to  Billboard  that this single is something “for us to give our fans a place to belong.” The song incorporates more guitars, playing more into their second album, which is still untitled. Ashton Irwin, along with Joel and Benji Madden of Good Charlotte, and the album’s executive producer John Feldmann, wrote “She’s Kinda Hot." BrownTrout is delighted to be the official calendar publisher for the band.

The band is comprised of Michael Clifford (Guitar), Luke Hemmings (Guitar), Calum Hood (Bass guitar), and Ashton Irwin. 5 Seconds of Summer’s “Rock Out With Your Socks Out” tour has already begun (first show was on July 17, in  Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Events Center) and will wrap up on September 13, at the Coral Sky Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida.

5 Seconds of Summer appeals to teenagers, while incorporating the influences of Blink 182 and Green Day into their music. The group has been successful with their hit “Amnesia” which broke into the Top 20 of the Hot 100. According to  Billboard , their self-titled debut album rocketed to No. 1 last July with 259,000 copies sold in its first week.

5 Seconds of Summer's Official Website

Rolling Stone's Article on 5 Seconds of Summer