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Steven J. Horowitz
Senior Music Writer
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Timothy Norris/Getty Images for Live Nation You’ve probably heard the adage that Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist, but in hindsight, it feels prescient. Since the start of his career, which rang off with a feature on the inescapable smash “See You Again” with Wiz Khalifa in 2015, Puth has gone from wallowing in schlocky doo-wop to crafting sharpshooting anthems, ever in the quest to write the perfect pop song. But his mainstream success never quite matched the scope of his talent — sure, he picked up a handful of hits along the way, for himself and others, but it’s somehow always felt like he’s been just out of reach of pop’s upper ranks.
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