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Justin Bieber Calls on Chance the Rapper for ‘Holy’: Listen
Justin Bieber is feeling “Holy.” Less than a year after the release of his highly-anticipated Changes album, the star returned on Friday (Sept. 18) with a new song featuring Chance the Rapper. As the name suggests, “Holy” incorporates a gospel element to Bieber’s characteristically smooth vocals, with soaring harmonies and an uplifting rhythm. “When you hold me, hold me, hold me / Feels so holy,” he croons in the chorus. Listen to “Holy” below. [embedded content] 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 he...
Ava Max’s Long-Awaited Debut Album ‘Heaven & Hell’ Is Here: Listen
Ava Max’s career immediately reached orbit with her breakout 2018 single “Sweet But Psycho.” More than two years on, the U.S.-born pop singer will hope to fly even higher with her debut album Heaven & Hell, which dropped in full at midnight. The double-album spans 15 tracks, including the previously released “Who’s Laughing Now,” “Kings & Queens,” “So Am I,” “Torn” and “Sweet But Psycho,” which bagged four consecutive weeks atop the Official U.K. Singles Chart and cracked the Top 10 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. Stream Heaven & Hell below. 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 b...
Which Song From Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Should Be Her Next Single? Vote!
Taylor Swift brought “Betty” out to the 2020 ACM Awards last night (Sept. 16), but the Swifties are anxiously waiting for which Folklore track could be her next big single. “The Last Great American Dynasty” certainly captivated listeners with its storytelling about Rebekah Harkness, the wealthiest woman in America. But “the 1” says it all in the title that it could be the one song to cross over to the single life, especially since it made the second-highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100 out of 16 Folklore songs behind her No. 1 hit “Cardigan.” Yet “Invisible String” has tugged on the heartstrings of her fans and maybe sealed its fate, a central lyrical theme of the sweet ballad, as the Swift’s next ...
Kylie Minogue Brings Back ‘Disco’ for ‘Say Something’ Performance on ‘Fallon’
Kylie Minogue looked like she was performing from inside a Disco ball when she sang “Say Something” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Wednesday night (Sept. 16). The pop star’s single comes ahead of her 15th studio album Disco, which is set to be released on Nov. 6. But her display came straight from the ’80s, from the dance floor aesthetic to the vintage VHS tape filter. And her lyrics couldn’t have brought more light during a time like this while also describing an endless chase for love. “So we’re going with our heart, yeah, it’s all the rage/ Oh, we’re just, just tryin’ to find ourselves in the storms we chase/ Eh, eh, eh/ Baby, in an endless summer, we can find our way,” she sings in the seco...
Kesha, Anthony Hamilton & More Perform for ‘Team Joe Sings’ Concert Series Supporting Joe Biden & Kamala Harris
The team behind Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and VP nominee Kamala Harris’ 2020 campaign launched the Team Joe Sings online concert series on Thursday (Sept. 17). Kesha, Anthony Hamilton, Los Lobos, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service, Harlem Gospel Travelers and MisterWives make up the first group of artists to perform one to two songs virtually in support of the Biden for President campaign. Performances will be uploaded onto the acts’ respective YouTube channels at 8 p.m. ET, starting tonight and occurring every Thursday until the Nov. 3 election. “We need change and we need it now. Our current president has proven over and over that he lacks basic empathy and honesty,” Kesha said in a press statement. “I love th...
Rihanna Reveals Announces 2020 Savage x Fenty Show with Travis Scott, Rosalía, More
Rihanna has announced the second annual Savage X Fenty lingerie fashion show. According to a new trailer, the event will stream through Amazon Prime on October 2nd and feature performances headlined by Travis Scott and Rosalía. Founded in 2018, Rihanna envisioned Savage X Fenty as a more inclusive underwear brand, with a wide-range of fabric colors to complement all skin tones and an expanded range of sizes. The first show took place last September during New York Fashion Week, and saw appearances by Migos and Halsey, among others. This year’s lineup is even more star-studded, as in addition to Scott and Rosalía, Savage X Fenty Vol. 2 will see performances from Miguel, Bad Bunny, Mustard, Roddy Rich, and Ella Mai. That would be one hell of a concert, but of course the purpose of this event...
Who Should Play Madonna in Her Biopic? Vote!
Madonna is underway co-writing (and soon directing) her biopic that Universal Pictures confirmed Tuesday (Sept. 15), but she’s still searching for a star to portray her. Fans began suspecting she has her eye on Primetime Emmy-winning Ozark actress Julia Garner after they noticed the singer and her manager Guy Oseary had followed the 26-year-old star on Instagram. Miley Cyrus is a fan-favorite option, especially for their striking resemblance in photo shoots and jaw-dropping musical career moments. But casting Lady Gaga would rebirth the star on the silver screen and potentially snag her more Oscars. Paris Jackson, daughter of the King of Pop Michael Jackson, was always rumored to play the Queen of Pop for an earlier biopic about her Blonde Ambition ...
Ava Max Had Doubts About Her Pop Career: ‘I Never Thought I Would Make It Through’
A little over a year after Ava Max’s breakthrough single “Sweet But Psycho” peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June of 2019 — she’s coasting up the chart again with her new hit, “Kings & Queens.” The track’s success comes at the perfect time, as the pop singer/songwriter’s debut album, Heaven & Hell, will be released on Sept. 18. What’s it been like for Max to see “Kings & Queens” climb up the charts? (The track also rises 24-22 on the Pop Songs airplay chart dated Sept. 19.) “I feel so grateful to even be releasing music and people are listening! Especially during a pandemic!” Max tells the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast (listen below). “I know that a lot of people are struggling right now. Music, for me, is medicine. And I just couldn’t hold it back anymore and I&...
Just How Global Are the New Global Billboard Charts?
The two new surveys feature artists from more than 30 international territories. MRC yesterday announced the launch of the two new global Billboard surveys, which are powered by MRC Data/Nielsen Music: the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts. The two lists, one inclusive of worldwide songs (Billboard Global 200) and the other including all territories but excluding the U.S. (Billboard Global Excl. U.S.), rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world. Chart rankings are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales from full-service digital music retailers from around the world. Cardi ...
David Guetta’s Guide to His Nine (!!) Collaborations With Sia
Together, David Guetta and Sia have been two of the key architects of the bridge between dance music and pop music. The French producer and the Australian singer first struck sonic gold nearly a decade ago, with their monumental and era-defining smash “Titanium,” which fused Guetta’s electronic production with Sia’s indestructible pop vocals. Although Guetta originally offered the song to Katy Perry, this past July Perry revealed that she turned it down because the vocalist on the demo, Sia, was so damn good. The world agreed, with the track becoming Sia’s highest charting song at the time and “Titanium” spending 13 weeks on the Hot 100, where it peaked at No. 7. The success of the song also opened the floodgates for a barrage of Guetta/Sia collabs...
Which Artist Should Write & Direct Their Own Biopic Next? Vote!
Madonna is bringing her superstar life to the silver screen once more as she co-writes and directs her own biopic, Universal Pictures confirmed today (Sept. 15). But which artist’s auto-biopic would you love to watch next? Back in 2016, Harry Styles was rumored to play Mick Jagger in The Rolling Stones‘ biopic Exile On Main Street: A Season in Hell With the Rolling Stones. But the Stylers would still love to see the former One Directioner steal the main spotlight in a Jagger auto-biopic. It’s still actress Taraji P. Henson‘s dream to one day portray (and produce) a project about her icon Diana Ross, according to a press junket interview she did in support of her 2019 movie What Men Want. “I don’t know if she’s rea...
Don’t Freak Out, But Ariana Grande Posted a New Song Snippet and Lyric
It’s been more than a year since Ariana Grande dropped her No. 1 album Thank U, Next and it sounds like the singer is gearing up for her follow-up. On Monday (Sept. 14) Grande posted a snippet of a new song along with what appeared to be a lyric, sending Arianators into overdrive with the prospect of fresh tracks. “Know my love infinite nothing that i won’t do,” read the lyric, which she posted a few hours before she dropped a five-second clip of a melodic, wordless vocal harmony with the message “brb.” And while no information was available at press time about what Grande is cooking up, in an interview earlier this year with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, she mentioned that she was working on a song with Doja Cat. “I’m obsessed with her. I l...
