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As ‘Masked Singer’ Winner, Sun Hopes to Shine ‘Light Into This World in This Dark Time’
The clue packages for Sun hinted at a performer who started early, along with lots of references to the color blue and Disney. But it was her peerless voice that really made fans think that the woman behind the mask might be a legendary country star whose unmistakable sound has been in our ears for more than 25 years. And after guesses ranging from Madonna to Idina Menzel and Gwyneth Paltrow, when the solar dust settled, it turned out that the odds-on favorite to win this season was none other than “How Do I Live” singer LeAnn Rimes. The child star, who first rose to national attention at age 8 after appearing on Star Search and broke through at 13 with her multiplatinum debut Blue, was an unstoppable force on the show, and with a win under her belt, she’s ...
Crocodile Was ‘Blown Away That I Even Made It Top Three’ on ‘Masked Singer’
The 40-year-old veteran performer whose new solo single, “80’s Movie,” is due out this Friday, hopped on the phone with Billboard before his elimination to talk about why his pink Croc costume was a dead-on emotional choice and how he thinks his Britney cover was the perfect complement to BSB’s recently released collab with their former Jive Records labelmate on “Matches.” Crocodiles have a thick skin, and in the clue packages you alluded to the fact that you’ve had to grow one as a child star coming up in the biz. Why did you choose him and why was he so pink? People who know me, my friends and family and children, know that I’m extremely sensitive and I’m just a lover, and the color pink just popped up for me from the performance side ...
Here Are the Lyrics to Ariana Grande’s ‘Santa Tell Me’
Check out the lyrics and music video below. Santa, tell me if you’re really thereDon’t make me fall in love againIf he won’t be here next yearSanta, tell me if he really cares‘Cause I can’t give it all awayIf he won’t be here next year Feeling Christmas all aroundAnd I’m trying to play it coolBut it’s hard to focus when I see him walking around the room“Let it Snow” is blasting outBut I won’t get in the moodI’m avoiding every mistletoe until I knowIt’s true love that he thinks ofSo next ChristmasI’m not all alone, boy Santa, tell me if you’re really thereDon’t make me fall in love againIf he won’t be here next yearSanta, tell me if he really cares‘Cause I can’t give it all away...
Here Are the Lyrics to AJR’s ‘Bang!’
Check out the lyrics and music video below. I get up, I get down and I’m jumpin’ aroundAnd the rumpus and ruckus are comfortable nowBeen a hell of a ride but I’m thinkin’ it’s time to grow(Bang! Bang! Bang!)So I got an apartment across from the parkPut quinoa in my fridge, still I’m not feelin’ grownBeen a hell of a ride but I’m thinkin’ it’s time to go(Bang! Bang! Bang!)(Here we go) So put your best face on, everybodyPretend you know this song, everybodyCome hangLet’s go out with a bang(Bang! Bang! Bang!)I’m way too young to lie here foreverI’m way too old to try, so whateverCome hangLet’s go out with a bang(Bang! Bang! Bang!) Feel like I’m gonna puke ’cause my taxes are dueDo my password begin...
Ninajirachi & Kota Banks Talk the ‘Different Energy’ of Producing With a Fellow Female
In Agzarian’s experience, working alongside likeminded women had fostered creative freedom. She wanted other female artists to have the same experience. Enter singer/songwriter Kota Banks and producer Ninajirachi. Agzarian had been working with both Australian artists since 2017 via NLV Records and saw promise in putting them together in the studio. “It sounds a little maternal,” Agzarian says, “but in this day and age, thanks to the Internet, actual IRL connection to friends that do what you do and like what you like is harder to find, so linking them seemed essential.” This essential pairing also proved prescient, with Banks (born Jessica Mimi Porfiri) and Ninajirachi (born Nina Wilson) together producing their seven-song True North EP. Self-r...
Rainn Wilson Joking That He Doesn’t Know Who Taylor Swift Is Has Us Revisiting Her ‘Office’ Parody
Well, nine years ago, the singer-songwriter came up with her own parody of the hit NBC sitcom for a behind-the-scenes clip of her “Ours” music video. The mockumentary-style spoof featured similarly miserable employees in a sterile office reminiscent of Dunder Mifflin, who occupied themselves with gossip about Swift’s lovesick, cat video-watching character. “The sweater crow? Part scarecrow, part sweater, all blonde. Her?” one character commented. “I can’t remember her real name. But she uses a lot of company time to do inappropriate things on the internet.” Since her Speak Now days and somehow between releasing not one, but two surprise albums during quarantine, the Evermore singer recently told Swifties that she̵...
Watch Gwen Stefani & Carter Rubin ‘Make It Feel Like Christmas’ With Their Duet on ‘Voice’ Finale
Gwen Stefani and her 15-year-old mentee on The Voice Carter Rubin performed a seasonal duet of “You Make It Feel Like Christmas” for the season 19 finale Tuesday night (Dec. 15). Stefani’s ornate Christmas tree-like dress complemented Rubin’s velvet green tuxedo for their performance on stage, which transformed into an elf workshop. Her fiancé and fellow coach Blake Shelton‘s heart likely skipped as Stefani serenaded him with the verse, “I never thought I’d find a love like this/ But I found forever in that very first kiss/ I wanna thank you, baby/ You make it feel like Christmas.” “How big are the shoes, ’cause I’ve heard he’s really tall,” Rubin teased Shelton earlier about filling in his shoes f...
Billboard’s 2020 Boy Band Battle: The Finals
Meanwhile, One Direction also headed off some major challengers. They first reigned supreme over Piso 21, then the Backstreet Boys, before moving on to BigBang, and finally, NCT 127 for their shot at the crown. Cast your vote on whether you think Super Junior or One Direction should win the 2020 Boy Band Battle now! (Each person is allowed up to 10 votes per round.) Voting ends at 1 p.m. ET on Dec. 23, when we’ll declare this year’s champion. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Kelly Clarkson’s 10 Best ‘Kellyoke’ Covers of 2020
Our lives in 2020 would especially suck without Kelly Clarkson‘s covers of every hit known to man. Whether it’s pop, rock or country, she never fails to bring the house down with her “Kellyoke” covers to kick off The Kelly Clarkson Show. But this year, the double doors with theater marquee lights didn’t reveal the Grammy-winning singer’s grand entrance to the studio, where in-house audience members clapped, cheered, danced and sang along with her. Instead, vertical screen panels replaced physical seats but doubled as performance decor. And she had more room to turn her show into a full-on movie set for a Halloween-themed special. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins...
Taylor Swift Waits Till Dark to Unveil New ‘Moonlit Witch’ Version of ‘Willow’
It looks like that “lonely witch” from Taylor Swift‘s “Willow” remix released first thing Tuesday morning (Dec. 15) isn’t so lonely anymore. On Tuesday night, around 8 p.m. ET, Swift released yet another take on her Evermore single with the “willow (moonlit witch version).” This marks the third remix since the album and song were released on Friday, starting with the “dancing witch” version on Sunday, remixed by Elvira. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Inte...
Taylor Swift Isn’t So Sure She & Joe Alwyn Would Have Made Music Together If It Weren’t for Lockdown
One of the songs to come from their new musical partnership was Folklore‘s “Exile,” Swift’s duet with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. “We’re so proud of that one,” she said. “Also because I do remember the exact moment that I walked in and he was playing that exact piano part. And all I had to do was follow the piano melody with the verse melody. So because the vocal melody is exactly the same, pretty much it’s mirrored with the piano part that he wrote. And we did the same thing with [new Bon Iver-featuring song] ‘Evermore,’ where I’ll just kind of hear what he’s doing and it’s exactly, it’s all there. All I have to do is dream up some lyrics and come up with some gut-wrenching, heart-shattering stor...
What’s Your Favorite Rock Album of 2020? Vote!
Billboard picked out our 25 best rock albums of 2020, but we want to know: Which rock album from this year was your favorite? Haim‘s Women in Music Pt. III tackles romance, depression and sexism in the music industry and was our top pick; their third studio set scored a major Grammy nod for album of the year. Machine Gun Kelly tackles a new pop-punk sound (with the help of Travis Barker) for our No. 2 pick and his first Billboard 200 No. 1 album Tickets to My Downfall. And even though fans couldn’t see rock legends performing in arenas this year, it didn’t stop Ozzy Osbourne, The Strokes, The Killers and more from releasing new albums that made fans even more grateful for them. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you...
