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Taylor Swift Set to Land Three ‘Folklore’ Tracks In U.K. Top 10
Taylor Swift’s isolation album Folklore is ready for a chart party in the U.K. No less than three songs from it are on track for Top 10 debuts on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, based on early sales and streaming activity. The single “Cardigan” (EMI), which was accompanied with an official music video, is on target to snare the week’s highest new entry. It’s at No. 4 on the Official Chart First Look, based on 48 hours of data. Also, Swift’s “The 1” is at No. 5 and “Exile,” her duet with Bon Iver, is at No. 7. If all three hold inside the Top 10, it would lift the pop star’s tally of U.K. Top 10s to 16. Taylor’s eighth studio album arrived with just 24 hours’ notice, and judging by the reaction from fans and critics, it couldn’t have come soon enough. Folklore has sold over 1.3...
Bryan Adams, Slash, Jared Leto and More Pay Tribute to Hollywood Great Olivia de Havilland
Tributes are flowing following the passing of Olivia de Havilland, one of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age who, away from the screen, took on the studio system and won a landmark legal case. The two-time Oscar winner, who lit up the silver screen in Gone With the Wind, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Snake Pit, The Heiress, and more, died Sunday (July 26) at her home in Paris. She was 104. Aside from her considerable acting talents, De Havilland is also remembered for helping to change Hollywood’s studio system when she successfully sued Warner Bros. to gain freedom from the studio after her contract had expired. The 1940s case is now known in legal circles as The De Havilland Decision, and many actors have since enjoyed higher compensation and greater creative&nb...
John Legend & Andra Day Perform Whitney Houston’s ‘Greatest Love of All’ at Joe Biden Fundraiser
John Legend and Andra Day delivered a beautiful duet during Joe Biden’s ‘Celebration for Change’ live streaming fundraiser Sunday night (July 26). The pair traded vocals and harmonized on a cover of Whitney Houston‘s take of “Greatest Love of All.” Legend sat at his piano by a shelf full of awards, while Day sang from a studio setting for the virtual event in support of Democratic presidential candidate Biden. Jay Leno, hosting the fundraiser, said both singers would return for solo performances later in the program. Legend came back with an emotional at-home version of “All of Me,” while Day graced the virtual stage again with new ballad “Remember I Bleed.” Sara Bareilles, Barbra Streisand, Dave Matthews,...
Adam Lambert Inspires With ‘Ready to Run’ at Joe Biden’s ‘Celebration for Change’
Adam Lambert, wearing a tiger-print shirt and backed by a socially distanced band, rocked his way through “Ready to Run” in support of Joe Biden. Lambert took part in Biden’s ‘Celebration for Change,’ a live streaming fundraiser for the Democratic presidential candidate, on Sunday night (July 26). Even without an in-person audience, Lambert commanded the virtual stage with soaring vocals. He grooved to the beat and ended the performance with a satisfied laugh. John Legend, Andra Day, Sara Bareilles, Barbra Streisand and Dave Matthews were among the other performers on the bill for the virtual event. Watch a clip of “Ready to Run” below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined w...
Ellie Goulding’s ‘Brightest Blue’ Bows at No. 1 In U.K.
Ellie Goulding bags her third U.K. No. 1 album with Brightest Blue (Polydor), while “Head & Heart” skips past “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” to give Joel Corry and MNEK their first leader on the national singles chart. Goulding’s collab-stacked new album bows at the summit of the Official U.K. Albums Chart, eclipsing the No. 3 peak of its processor, Delirium from 2015, and equaling the feats of her debut Lights from 2010 and its followup Halcyon from 2014. Brightest Blue features a collaboration with the late rapper Juice WRLD, whose posthumous album Legends Never Die (Interscope), slips 1-2 on the current tally, while Bob Dylan’s former leader Rough And Rowdy Ways (Columbia) bounces 16-4 following its release on vinyl. The Chicks complete their comeback with a top...
Alan Menken’s Daytime Emmy Makes Him an EGOT
Menken was born in New York City. Remarkably, the same is true of six other EGOTS. Alan Menken won a Daytime Emmy on June 12, which makes him the 16th EGOT. He won for composing “Waiting in the Wings” from Tangled: The Series: Rapunzel and the Great Tree, with lyrics by Glenn Slater. The song won outstanding original song in a children’s, young adult or animated program. Menken is the third of the 16 EGOT winners whose only Emmy is a Daytime Emmy, not a Primetime Emmy, which are higher-profile awards. Whoopi Goldberg and Robert Lopez have also won only Daytime Emmys—two each, in both cases. Goldberg won for co-hosting The View (2009) and hosting Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2002), about the pioneering performer who was the first African American to receive an Osc...
Raffi Wrote a Song About the Wall of Moms in Portland
Step aside Tom Morello, Raffi Cavoukian, better known to kids around the world simply as “Raffi,” has written 2020’s next protest anthem. Over the weekend, the beloved children’s singer shared a new song called “Portland Moms” that shows support for Black Lives Matter and calls out the civil unrest currently happening in Portland, Oregon. “in solidarity with #BlackLivesMattter, a tribute to the heroic protests vs injustice in Portland and elsewhere,” the “Baby Beluga” singer tweeted, “an idea that woke me up 3 am, now recorded.” The simple lyrics ask “Portland Moms won’t you come out tonight, come out tonight, come out tonight / Portland Moms won’t you come out tonight, by the light of the silvery moon,” and repeats the request for Black Lives Matter, Wall of Vets, and Strong and Peaceful....
BMW X5 Hydrogen on Track for 2022
Back in March, BMW said it would present a small number of X5 models powered by hydrogen fuel cell technology in 2022. That plan is still on track, according to a new report from Bloomberg, and BMW CEO Oliver Zipse says hydrogen tech “could have the potential to become another pillar in the portfolio of BMW.” Dubbed the BMW i Hydrogen Next, the midsize SUV will feature a 170-hp fuel cell system as well as the eDrive unit from the BMW iX3. Total system output is expected at 374 hp, according to early powertrain details released in March. As a hydrogen vehicle, the SUV will emit nothing but water vapor, and refueling should take around three to four minutes. Locating a convenient hydrogen fueling station, however, may remain a challenge. Germany recently presented a plan to bolst...
One Direction’s Streams Leap 174 Percent Amid Boy Band’s 10th Anniversary
The band’s catalog drew 21 million U.S. on-demand streams on July 23, the day of the band’s formation 10 years prior. In celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the formation of One Direction, the boy band’s catalog saw a 173.6 percent gain in U.S. on-demand streams the day of the anniversary (July 23), according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. On July 23, One Direction’s catalog, which includes five full-length albums, drew 21 million U.S. streams. That’s up 173.6 percent from July 22, which saw the band garner 7.7 million. Assisting in the streaming boost: One Direction’s Twitter account, which had been dormant for nearly two years, posted multiple times about the anniversary, as did the most recent lineup of the group — Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson. ...
Fans Pick Little Mix’s ‘Holiday’ As This Week’s Favorite New Music
Little Mix‘s new single “Holiday” has topped this week’s new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (July 24) on Billboard, choosing the U.K. quartet’s latest pop gem as their favorite new music release from the past week. “Holiday,” which will appear on the group’s upcoming sixth studio album, brought in 63 percent of the vote, beating out new music by Taylor Swift, Logic, Maroon 5, J. Cole and others. The song offer a delectable bass line, top-notch vocals and sensual lyrics (“Touch me like a summer night, you feel like a holiday,” goes the chorus). Coming in second place on this week’s poll with 23 percent of the vote was Swift’s surprise new album, Folklore. The 16-song set, her eighth studio release, takes Sw...
Juice WRLD’s ‘Legends Never Die’ Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart
Plus: The Chicks’ ‘Gaslighter’ debuts at No. 3 and Jhené Aiko’s ‘Chilombo’ surges 43-6 after reissue. Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die holds atop the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second week, as the set earned 162,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending July 23 (down 67 percent), according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The album blasted in at No. 1 a week ago with 497,000 units — 2020’s biggest week for any release. Meanwhile, The Chicks (formerly The Dixie Chicks) debut at No. 3 with their first studio album in 14 years, Gaslighter, and Jhené Aiko’s Chilombo roars back into the top 10, surging 43-6, after it was reissued with additional tracks. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on m...
Tove Lo Reveals She’s Married With a Hilarious Caption: ‘Oops!’
Tove Lo is a married woman! The Swedish singer-songwriter shared a photo on her Instagram Story of herself and love Charlie Twaddle showing off matching wedding bands on Saturday (July 25). “Oops! @seetwaddle,” the artist captioned the photo of herself with her new husband. In the picture, the bride is wearing what appears to be a beautiful vintage wedding gown with lace details, while the groom is in a powder blue tux with matching bow tie and a ruffled shirt. The two are also making adorable surprised expressions in the wedding photo. Fans may notice that the newlyweds are sporting their new jewelry on their right ring fingers instead of their left. According to The Knot, wedding bands are commonly worn on the right hands of those in Northern European countries such as Sweden...
