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Sam Smith and Celine Dion Have the Sweetest Things to Say About Each Other
Soon after the clip went up, Dion reached out. “Aww, thank you so much Sam Smith. It was great to see you last year in London, and forget about me – I think you’re so amazing!! Take care … hope to see you again soon,” she wrote, from one great singer to another. Smith and Dion have been members of the mutual appreciation society for several years. In July 2019, the multiple Grammy Award winners professed their admiration for one another on social media. “Celine Dion changed my life,” Smith tweeted at the time. Both artists are wrapping big years in music, which would’ve been bigger still if COVID-19 didn’t mess with everyone’s travel and touring plans. Dion bagged the year’s No. 2 Top Tour, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. The Courage World...
Daddy Yankee & Marc Anthony’s ‘De Vuelta Pa’ La Vuelta’ Debuts at No. 6 on Hot Latin Songs Chart
Plus, Luis Fonsi and Farruko’s “Perfecta” bows at No. 1 on Latin Pop Airplay. A week after it debuted at No. 7 on the Tropical Airplay chart (dated Dec. 19) with only three days of airplay, Daddy Yankee and Marc Anthony’s “De Vuelta Pa’ La Vuelta” arrives at No. 6 on the Hot Latin Songs chart (dated Dec. 26). In the process, it secures Daddy Yankee his 35th top 10 and a total of 81 entries on the list. Marc, meanwhile, collects his 27th top 10s. “De Vuelta Pa’ La Vuelta” was released Thursday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. ET via El Cartel. Now, after its first full tracking week, the salsa collab. bows in the top 10 mainly on the strength of streaming activity. Hot Latin Songs blends airplay, digital sales and streaming activity. “De Vuelta” logged 3.2 million on-demand streams in the week ending Dec...
Pepe Aguilar’s Livestream Tribute to Mother Flor Silvestre Leads Top Facebook Live Videos Chart
Aguilar’s Nov. 26 Facebook livestream lasted more than an hour and showed a large crowd following a hearse containing Silvestre’s casket, followed by the funeral service itself. In its first seven days, the video was viewed 17.3 million times, a sizable count when considering that the next closest video by a musician in terms of views for November 2020 received 1.4 million views. Additionally, Aguilar’s clip was shared 119,000 times, was reacted to 467,000 times and received 101,000 comments, according to Shareablee. See the full top 10 for November 2020 below. 10. Elissa 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. ...
Music Biz Applauds Pandemic Aid Package: ‘These Relief Provisions Will Save Lives and Livelihoods’
“We also welcome the inclusion of consensus-driven intellectual property reforms in the omnibus bill. The Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act and Protect Lawful Streaming Act (PLSA) will strengthen creators’ ability to protect their works against infringement online, and promote a safer, fairer digital environment, which are particularly needed as the arts struggle to survive the pandemic. We look forward to continuing our work to provide greater relief for the American creative community.” Chief among the music and entertainment-focused measures included in the bill is the Save Our Stages Act, which will provide $15 billion in relief funding for “live venues, independent movie theaters and cultural institutions” that have been devastated by coronavirus-related clo...
Paul McCartney’s ‘III’ On Track For U.K. Christmas No. 1
Recorded in isolation earlier this year, McCartney performed every instrument on the new release. The master songwriter is already the most successful albums act in U.K. recorded music history, with 22 No. 1s across his career with the Beatles, Wings, and solo efforts. His most recent solo collection, 2018’s Egypt Station, went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 but peaked at No. 3 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart. It wouldn’t be the first time he’s worn the Christmas chart crown. Twenty years ago, The Beatles hits collection 1 ruled the 2000 Christmas chart, and the Liverpool legends nabbed six holiday chart leaders in the 1960s. Further down the midweek chart is Eminem’s surprise release Music To Be Murdered By – B Side (Interscope), new at No. 6, while Britpop era band Shed Seven return to ...
Tones And I’s ‘Dance Monkey’ Shimmies to 2 Billion Plays on Spotify
Indeed, just two tracks have accumulated more streams on the platform, Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” (at 2.7 billion) and Post Malone’s “Rockstar” featuring 21 Savage (2.079 billion), both of which were released in 2017. Ever since Tones unleashed “Dance Monkey” in May 2019, she’s been smashing records left and right. The single went on the rule the U.K. chart for 11 weeks, a record for a solo female artist, and led the ARIA Singles Chart for 24 non-consecutive weeks, a streak unchallenged by any other artist. “Dance Monkey” also went top 5 in the U.S., she became the inaugural leader on Billboard’s Alternative Songwriters list and Tones went to No. 1 on the Hot 100 Songwriters’ Chart. All told, it reached No. 1 in more than 30 countries and it’s the most “Shazamed̶...
K.T. Oslin’s Biggest Billboard Hits: ’80’s Ladies,’ ‘Come Next Monday,’ ‘Hold Me’ & More
“80’s Ladies” marked Oslin’s first of seven top 10s, a sum including four No. 1s, among her 17 appearances on Hot Country Songs through 2001. She also posted three top 10s on Top Country Albums, including her lone No. 1: Her first LP 80’s Ladies debuted in August 1987 and hit No. 1 for a week in February 1988. Oslin released her most recent album, Simply, in 2015. It followed a decade-and-a-half break from recording after her LP Live Close By, Visit Often, which reached No. 35 on Top Country Albums in 2001. In 2018, Oslin was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Here is a recap of K.T. Oslin’s biggest hits on Hot Country Songs. K.T. Oslin’s Biggest Billboard HitsRank, Title, Peak Position, Year1, “Hold Me,” No. 1 (one w...
The COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Would Make Illegal Streaming a Felony
Congress looks to provide relief to U.S. citizens and small businesses, but the omnibus bill includes some legislative priorities for the entertainment industry as well. Providing relief via direct assistance and loans to struggling individuals and businesses hit hard by COVID-19 has been a priority for federal lawmakers this past month. But a gigantic spending bill has also become the opportunity to smuggle in some other line items, including those of special interest to the entertainment community. Perhaps most surprising, according to the text of the bill being circulated, illegal streaming for commercial profit could become a felony. It’s been less than two weeks since Sen. Thom Tillis released his proposal to increase the penalties for those who would dare stream unlicensed work...
Chad Stuart of ’60s Folk-Pop Duo Chad & Jeremy Dies at 79
The song became a No. 37 hit in their home country, but was more successful on U.S. shores, where it peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, as part of a growing wave of popular post-Beatles U.K. acts collectively known as the British Invasion. The group would score two more Stateside hits off their eventual 1964, also titled Yesterday’s Gone: “A Summer Song” (No. 7) and “Willow Weep For Me” (No. 15). The former, a wistful, string-laden and impossibly lovely goodbye ballad, would endure as a signature hit for the duo. It received contemporaneous covers from successful ’60s acts The Lettermen and Skeeter Davis., and later appeared in movies as far-reaching as Wes Anderson indie favorite Rushmore, Anne Hathaway teen fantasy The Princess D...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Willow’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
Here’s a deeper look at the coronation of “Willow,” released Dec. 11 on Republic Records, concurrent with Evermore. The song is the 1,115th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 62-year history. Streams, sales & airplay: “Willow” drew 30 million U.S. streams and sold 59,000 downloads in the week ending Dec. 17, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It also earned 12.3 million radio airplay audience impressions in the week ending Dec. 20. The track debuts at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart and No. 4 on Streaming Songs, while bubbling under the Radio Songs survey. Breaking down the song’s first-week sales, seven purchase options were available in Swift’s webstore during the tracking week, with all discounted for the frame’s last 31 hours to bet...
Taylor Swift Completes Chart Double In Australia With ‘Evermore,’ ‘Willow’
By landing two No. 1 albums in just 19 weeks, Swift sets a new ARIA Charts record for the shortest space between successive No. 1 albums, easily beating the 25 weeks separating Ariana Grande’s Sweetener (No. 1 in August 2018) and Thank U, Next (No. 1 in February 2019). With Christmas just around the corner, Delta Goodrem’s Only Santa Knows jingles up the albums chart 12-2, for a new chart peak. Its climb follows the Dec. 12 airing of the Delta At Christmas special on the free-to-air Nine TV network. Twenty years after the release of their cut ‘n’ paste masterpiece Since I Left You, Australian electronic act Avalanches crash into the albums chart at No. 4 with We Will Always Love You, their third album. We Will Always Love You is the followup to Wildflower, which ruled the AR...
LadBaby On Track For U.K. Christmas No. 1 Threepeat
The race is underway for the U.K.’s coveted Christmas No. 1, and there’s a holidays theme spread across the main contenders. The reigning champ LadBaby is off to the best possible start with “Don’t Stop Me Eatin’,” which blasts off with 80,000 chart sales after just 48 hours and is poised for one of the biggest opening weeks of 2020. “Don’t Stop Me Eatin’” is No. 1 on the Official Chart: First Look, which ranks tracks based on the weekend’s sales and streaming activity, ahead of Jess Glynne’s cover of Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas,” rocketing 9-2. 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 chatt...
