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Super Falcons skipper Asisat Oshoala loses stepmum
Super Falcons captain Asisat Oshoala has announced the death of her stepmother. The Barcelona forward announced the news on her Instagram page with an emotional piece on Instagram on Sunday night. “I still find it difficult to accept but this is my reality, Allahu Alam. Mummy, I’m so short of words right now,” she said. “I’ve heard lots of it has happened, it has happened, there is nothing you can do to bring her back, you are a strong girl… I just cannot process these lines, mummy, you are not gone; it is not possible.” The 26-year-old promised her late “mummy” that she would chase all dreams for her. “Had two mothers, now I’m left with just one,” the player also wrote on Instastories. Get more stories like this on Twitter You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Onli...
Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drivers License’ Fast-Tracks to No. 1 In Australia
Rodrigo is all that stands in the way of The Kid Laroi bagging his first No. 1. The Sydney-raised rapper’s “Without You” holds at No. 2 on the singles survey. Also soaring on the national singles survey this week is Tones And I’s “Fly Away,” up 8-7 for a new chart peak. It’s the multiple ARIA Award-winner’s joint second-highest chart entry, equaling the best for 2019’s “Never Seen The Rain.” Tones’ breakout hit “Dance Monkey” is by far the longest No. 1 in the history of the ARIA Singles Chart, at 24 non-consecutive weeks, and it finished 2020 as the best-selling homegrown tune, ARIA reports. Meanwhile, Barry Gibb leads the ARIA Albums Chart as a solo artist for the first time with Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook, a collection of Bee Gees classics performed as country ...
The Supremes at 60: Mary Wilson Says Reunion ‘Up to Diana Ross’
In Artist Development, they were taught poise and polish by Maxine Powell, who ran a Detroit modeling agency; moves by Cholly Atkins, who also choreographed labelmates The Temptations; and harmonies by Maurice King, musical director at Detroit’s legendary Flame Showbar. The mood at Motown was competitive but “supportive, because Motown was magic. Everybody was talented,” says Wilson. The group was overshadowed by acts like The Marvelettes, but all that changed in 1964 when they scored five of their 12 No. 1 hits, including “Baby Love” and “Stop! In the Name of Love.” Says Wilson: “The Civil Rights Act was passed around then. We became divas and citizens in the same year.” The Vegas farewell, which made way for Ross to embark on a solo c...
Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drivers License’ on Track For Another Week at No. 1 In U.K.
It’s early days, but there is a challenge from Anne-Marie, KSI and Digital Farm Animals‘ “Don’t Play,” which opens at No. 2 on the chart blast and is on track to be this week’s highest new entry, at No. 2. If it holds its momentum, it would become Anne-Marie’s highest-charting single as a lead artist, following a No. 3 best for “2002,” and the best for both KSI and Digital Farm Animals. Another track that’s hit overdrive is Ariana Grande’s “34+35,” which is on course for a new peak. “34+35” rockets 11-3 following a new cut released last Friday featuring Megan Thee Stallion and Doja Cat. The Official U.K. Singles Chart is published late Friday local time. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begi...
The Weeknd, Harry Styles, Tame Impala Light up Australia’s 2020 Year-End Charts
Released in November 2019, “Blinding Lights” ruled the weekly ARIA Singles Chart for a full 10 weeks in 2020, longer than any other record during the year, earning him an ARIA Award nomination for best international act. When Aussies were keen to extend the mood, their album of choice was Harry Styles‘ Fine Line, which rules the 2020 ARIA Albums Top 10. The former One Direction star’s sophomore album spent just one week atop the weekly ARIA Albums Chart during the year, but critically, it had staying power. By year’s end, the LP had logged 48 weeks in the Top Ten, and Styles took out fan-voted best international act at the 2020 ARIA Awards. Aussies also loved Taylor Swift’s folklore, the No. 2 ranked album of the year, while collections from Billie Eilish (When We All Fall Asleep, Wh...
Here Are the Major Awards Phil Spector Won During His Career
Spector probably would have won more Grammys, but many Grammy voters were cool to rock in the 1960s, when he was at his peak. Phil Spector, who died on Saturday (Jan. 16) at age 81, may be best known today as a convicted killer, but he was one of the most successful and celebrated producers of the rock era. Spector and George Harrison co-produced The Concert for Bangladesh, which won a 1972 Grammy for album of the year. The triple-disk album, recorded live at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 1, 1971, featured many of the biggest rock stars of the era, including Harrison, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and Leon Russell. Spector and Harrison had been Grammy-nominated in that category the previous year for producing Harrison’s smash solo album, All Things Must Pass, which was also a triple-disk opus. T...
Dionne Warwick Joined TikTok — But No, She Will Not Be Doing the ‘Buss It’ Challenge
The legendary singer, whose wit has become a treasure to the Twitter crowd, promised she’ll start becoming active on TikTok “when I gain enough followers.” Just don’t expect her to follow all the trends. “I just asked my team what the ‘buss it’ challenge was,” wrote Warwick, after followers apparently suggested she try it out. “Why are you asking me to do that? Don’t make me delete TikTok before I even start.” In another message, she scolded, “Use the good sense God gave you.” See her tweets below (and don’t worry: she has no plans to stop tweeting), and follow her on TikTok at @dionnethesinger. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begi...
Morgan Wallen’s ‘Dangerous: The Double Album’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200, Breaks Country Streaming Record
Of Dangerous’ 265,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending Jan. 14, SEA units comprise 184,000 (equaling 240.18 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs), album sales comprise 74,000 and TEA units comprise 7,000. (Of Dangerous’ 74,000 in album sales, digital download album sales comprise 50,000.) Dangerous is Wallen’s second full-length album, following 2018’s If I Know Me, which peaked at No. 13 on the Aug. 29, 2020-dated chart. It has spent over 110 weeks on the tally and earned 1.7 million equivalent album units, while its songs have accrued 2.4 billion on-demand streams. Prior to Dangerous’ release, the singer-songwriter had snared 13 charting hits on the Hot Country Songs chart, including eight top 10s (two of which reached No. 1). On the all-genre Billboard...
Jay Sean Sings a Verse From the Point-of-View of Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drivers License’ Love Interest: Watch
Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” has inspired Jay Sean to give the breakout hit a little re-write — from the point-of-view of the song’s love interest (whoever that might be). “I love the song Drivers License by Olivia Rodrigo – I decided to write and record the ‘guys response’ version,” Sean tweeted Sunday night (Jan. 17). “I was in my feels on this one … beautiful song I had to hop on this trend,” he explained on TikTok, where he posted a short clip of his creative take on Rodrigo’s debut single, which looks to be 2021’s first runaway hit. 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 t...
New Radicals to Reunite After 22 Years for Biden Inauguration Event
In a reunion few could have seen coming, long-dormant and reclusive alt-rock band New Radicals will be performing (virtually) for the first time in 22 years at the upcoming Biden inauguration, according to Rolling Stone. The band’s seminal “You Only Get What You Give” is a song with great meaning to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The latter’s husband, Doug Emhoff, used the song to come on stage. As for Biden, in his memoir, Promise Me, Dad, the president-elect wrote how the song became synonymous with his late-son Beau’s battle with cancer. “During breakfast, Beau would often make me listen to what I thought was his theme song, ‘You Get What You Give’ by the New Radicals,” Biden wrote in his 2017 memoir Promise Me, Dad. “Even though Beau ne...
Marianne Faithfull ‘May Not Be Able to Sing Ever Again’ Because of COVID-19
After being diagnosed, and subsequently hospitalized, with COVID-19 at the beginning of the pandemic, Marianne Faithfull was one of the lucky ones who was eventually discharged. Though she technically recovered, the singer was left with three residual side effects — short-term memory loss, fatigue, and permanent lung damage — which she detailed during a recent interview with The Guardian. “I have to have oxygen and all that stuff. The side-effects are so strange,” she said. “Some people come back from it but they can’t walk or speak. Awful.” Unfortunately, the latter may end Faithfull’s music career. “I may not be able to sing ever again,” she confessed. “Maybe that’s over. I would be incredibly upset if that was the case, but, on the other hand, I am 74. I don’t feel c...
Dr. Dre Released From Hospital, Already Back In The Studio
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Dr. Dre has finally been released from the hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm over a week ago. Also, the iconic Hip-Hop producer has already returned to the studio. The N.W.A founder was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. on January 4 from his Pacific Palisades home. Multiple report confirmed he was placed in the ICU as doctors ran tests and tried to figure out what was wrong. According to TMZ, he was finally released on Friday, January 15 and will still be under the watchful eye of medical pros just in case something happens. Doctors are being cautious since they reportedly still don’t know what exactly caused the aneurysm. Fellow West Coast Hip-Hop legend and actor Ice T told fans he spoke to Dre and relayed that he was on the m...
