Hit with
Release
Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).
Both terms in one sentence
- Kirsty Mac Coll's proper second album Real remains unreleased; when it was ready for release, Kirsty had just had her biggest solo hit with "A New England" and her record label chose to cash-in with an Updated Re-release of her debut album instead.
Source: Missing Episode / Music - The Swon Brothers, finalists on Season 4 of The Voice, had a hit with their debut release "Later On" but were never heard from again.
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The release of Spartacus is his first hit with his own name on it.
Source: Film / Trumbo
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