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Elton John Sings BTS’ ‘Permission to Dance,’ Thanks ARMY: Watch
Elton John, the original Rocket Man, can still achieve lift-off with the right fuel. BTS power works fine. Elton is namechecked in BTS latest Billboard Hot 100 single “Permission to Dance,” co-written with Ed Sheeran. The love spread late last week, when BTS bandmember RM shared a snippet of himself lip-syncing to the song, and tagging Elton’s Twitter handle. 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.
Billie Eilish Is Dreaming About Her Sold-Out Tour
“I’ve had like six dreams this week about shows. Dead serious,” she told Jimmy Fallon during an interview Monday (Aug. 9) on NBC’s The Tonight Show. “It’s been so long. I can’t wait.” The seven-time Grammy Award winner also shared a glimpse at her upcoming Disney+ concert film Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles, with a cut of her performance of its title track. A Love Letter is due out next month, but it’s not yet in the can. “They’re still working on it,” she explained. “The animation is so complicated.” Happier Than Ever is currently No. 1 on the albums charts around the globe, including the U.K., Australia and the U.S., where it’s her second leader on the Billboard 200, after When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?. Direct...
Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever Has Second-Largest One-Week Vinyl Sales in 30 Years
Billie Eilish has earned her second No. 1 album with Happier Than Ever, which would have topped the Billboard 200 based on vinyl sales alone. The LP moved 238,000 equivalent album units for the week ending August 5th, according to sales tracking company MRC Data. Of that total, 153,000 units were in pure album sales. Physical sales comprised 129,000, with 73,000 vinyl copies purchased. According to Billboard, Happier‘s vinyl sales mark the second-largest sales week in at least thirty years. (MRC Data, previously known as SoundScan, didn’t start tracking vinyl sales until 1991). Currently holding the crown is Taylor Swift, who sold 102,000 vinyl copies of evermore when it finally arrived in the physical format earlier this year. Eilish’s vinyl sales are aided by three months ...
The Kid LAROI Celebrates ‘Stay’ Topping Hot 100… While ‘Locked in a Room’ With COVID
“WOAH. number f—ing 1!!! first of all, thank you to every single one of you mfs for streaming, buying and supporting the f— out of this record & thank you to my brother @justinbieber for being apart of this and going so hard for me constantly,” he captioned a graphic of the Hot 100 via Instagram on Monday. “This is not only a big moment for me, but a really big moment for Australia. growing up all I ever wanted to do was ‘make it big’ in America and show everyone what we have to offer. it’s been a while since I’ve been back home because of COVID (which I currently have rn and have been locked in a room for the past 7 days) but truuust me I been there in spirit lol.” The young hitmaker also took the opportunity to spotlight fello...
Orlando Bloom Made a Huge Mistake in an Italian Vacation Post With Katy Perry
Tag, Orlando, you’re not it. The couple that posts together stays together. Or so Katy Perry says. The singer and American Idol judge playfully dinged longtime love and fianceé Orlando Bloom over the weekend when he made a serious social media faux pas while the pair were on a what looked like an otherwise lovely get-away in Capri, Italy. Bloom posted a carousel with 10 images from their luxury vacay with the emoji-filled caption, “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizzapie That’s amore ❤️When the world seems to shine✨ like you’ve had too much wine That’s amore ❤️.” It was a sweet post from the 44 year-old actor, with a selfie in which he smiles with the beautiful coast in the background, a shot of him chillin...
Billie Eilish Earns Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Happier Than Ever’
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Aug. 14, 2021-dated chart (where Happier Than Ever bows at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Aug. 10. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. Of Happier Than Ever’s 238,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending Aug. 5, album sales co...
Rihanna Nearly Played Rihanna Opposite Adam Driver (and a Puppet) in the Movie Musical ‘Annette’
The film centers on stand-up comedian Henry (Driver) and opera singer Ann (Cotillard), who marry and then welcome a child. As The Hollywood Reporter‘s chief film critic David Rooney described it in his review: “They marry and she soon becomes pregnant, prompting visions of blood-drenched childbirth and a baby with a garish clown face. That child is Annette, represented by a marvelous Pinocchio-like wooden puppet, its features both innocent and inscrutable yet unexpectedly expressive.” Annette goes on to become a famous singer, and Rihanna would have played a fellow performer threatened by the young star. “When Baby Annette becomes famous, there was a duet between the puppet and Rihanna,” Carax told USA Today. “But then Rihanna feels upstaged by this baby...
Jonas Brothers Bring ‘Remember This’ to the Tokyo Olympics Closing Ceremony
The 2021 Tokyo Olympics came to an end on Sunday, and the Jonas Brothers got to join in on the closing ceremony celebration. The group’s anthemic “Remember This” was paired with a feel-good montage of moments from the Olympics. “A moment I’ll never forget,” Kevin Jonas said after their Olympics-inspired edition of the song aired. 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.
Fans Choose The Weeknd’s ‘Take My Breath’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
“Take My Breath” is The Weeknd’s first new music since the March 2020 release of his fourth album, After Hours, which blasted to No. 1 in at least 20 markets, including the U.S. where it became the 31-year-old Canadian singer’s fourth leader. The electrifying new song is accompanied by a cinematic visual — directed by Cliqua and produced by Roisín Audrey Moloney with Somesuch — that comes with a stern warning for epileptics due to its intense strobing effects. The Weeknd announced “the dawn is coming” at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards in May. “I just want to say the After Hours are done and the dawn is coming,” he said during his acceptance speech after winning the Top Hot 100 Song award for his smash single “Blinding Lights,” which ma...
Justin Timberlake Mourns Loss of Backup Singer Nicole Hurst in Heartfelt Tribute: ‘We Were Blessed’
“My heart is so heavy. We lost a beautiful soul this week,” Timberlake captioned the celebratory gallery, which included a backstage clip of his crew singing “Happy Birthday” to Hurst while on tour with the Tennessee Kids. “Nicole lit up every room she walked into. On and off the stage she was a constant source of joy and positivity. Some things feel so unfair and we will never understand why they happen.” Timberlake’s throwback slides also included several photos of the pair lovingly embracing and performing alongside each other on stage. “What I do know is that we were blessed to laugh with her, to travel with her, and to experience her infectious smile and love for a life filled with music,” the former *NSYNC member continued. “...
Jessie J Apologizes to Nicki Minaj Over ‘Bang Bang’ Mixup Seven Years After the Song’s Release
But according to Minaj, who responded to Jessie J’s quotes on Thursday with a correction, “I didn’t hear the song & ask 2get on it.” “The label asked me2get on it & paid me,” Minaj tweeted. “How would I have heard the song? Chiiille what am I the damn song monitor? Snoopin around for songs chile? This was said by another artist recently as well. Yall gotta stop. LoveU.” For what it’s worth, Minaj did want to get on Jessie J’s “Do It Like a Dude” after catching it on the radio. “but the worst part about this no1EVER asked me,” she tweeted with laughing face emojis. “I have been obsessed with that song since the min I heard it.” On Friday, Jessie apologized to Minaj over the confusion about how ...
Britney Spears’ Father Says ‘No Grounds Whatsoever’ for Conservatorship Removal
James Spears’ filing came in response to court papers filed a day earlier by Britney Spears’ new attorney Matthew Rosengart, which requested an emergency hearing as soon as possible to suspend him from the conservatorship. James Spears said Rosengart “does not (and cannot) specify what the wrongdoing is” to prompt such a suspension. James Spears stepped aside from the part of the conservatorship that controls his daughter’s life decisions in 2019, with Montgomery taking over, though her official status remains temporary. The allegations made by Britney Spears at hearings in June and July that seem to have spurred Rosengart’s call for her father’s removal, including “serious allegations regarding forced medical treatment and therapy, improper medical care, and limitations on personal rights...
