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    Macy Gray Admits Fear of Having to Continue Touring in Her 60s

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    Aside from explaining why she wants to earn as much as she can in the next 10 years, the ‘I Try’ hitmaker spills on why she thinks it is important for her to find love.

    Mar 30, 2021

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    Singer Macy Gray is aiming to bulk up her bank balance with as many live shows as possible over the next few years because she doesn’t want to be touring in her 60s. The “I Try” star admits her main career goal at present is to earn as much as she can through her concerts so she can comfortably retire from the road within the next decade.

    “What’s driving me at this point is money,” she candidly confessed to the Observer magazine. “I want to have a lot of money so when I get older I’m not running around touring and trying to make another ‘I Try’. In 10 years from now I don’t want to have to hustle. I don’t want to be on the road. That scares the s**t out of me.”

    Macy isn’t just focused on her professional life – the 53-year-old also wants to find lasting love so she has someone by her side in her twilight years. She shared, “I want to find love. I’ve not been in love for a while and I don’t want to grow old by myself. That’s important. I mean, you need that in life. You need a partner.”

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    However, Macy, who shares three adult kids with her ex-husband Tracy Hinds, admits socializing isn’t her strong point. “I’m not a people person. It’s not my gift,” she said. “People disappoint you, and I’m over being disappointed by people. The only thing I’ve ever really been afraid of is people.”

    And while Macy doesn’t want to grow old alone, she has really embraced ageing. “I like being in my 40s and 50s,” she mused. “You develop this natural cockiness – you’re a little bit better than everybody now, because you’re a little bit older, you’ve lived.”

    “People can’t tell you s**t any more. You’re like, ‘F**k you, I did that already!’ You know, it’s kind of cool.”

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    Artist of the Week: Silk Sonic

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    Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak kick off their collaborative project with a bang as their soulful debut single ‘Leave the Door Open’ soars high on multiple charts.

    Mar 29, 2021

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    Comprised of two Grammy winners Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic is packed with talent. The super-duo immediately heated up the chart with their slinky smooth R&B debut single “Leave the Door Open”. It rose to the second spot on Billboard Hot 100 with over 38.7 million spins on radio and 19.4 million streams.

    The two musicians really complimented each other on the lead single of their upcoming collaborative album titled “An Evening with Silk Sonic”. “24K Magic” hitmaker Bruno played the piano and belted out the hook while “Bubblin” star Anderson was in charge of the drums and seduced fans with his flirty lyrics.

    “He’s one of the baddest drummers I ever seen, you know,” Bruno gushed over his bandmate in an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “And you’re gonna hear that all over the album. That’s what really inspired so much. I had never created music like that, with drums being the focus.”

    “He comes from a different era, that’s what it felt like when I heard him play drums in the studio. It’s like, man, you don’t come from this new school of musicians, you come from those old school musicians back in the day that one drummer would play on everyone’s record, like the Funk Brothers at Motown.”

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    While they only released the first single recently, they actually have been working on material since 2017 when they were touring together. “We kept coming up with music and it felt like why you fall in love with music in the first place,” Bruno recalled. “This wouldn’t happen if it didn’t make sense and it didn’t feel natural and organic.”

    The recipe for creating magic in studio for them is the “live” element. Despite the pandemic, the duo insisted on making music face-to-face instead of connecting through email or zoom.

    “We can’t do shows right now. We just, we in there, so we created a show within the studio. It’s always showtime with us. We can’t help it. We could try to be regular, probably, at some point in our lives, but we can’t help it. It’s not in our nature,” Anderson said.

    He also explained, “People don’t understand that when you get in and you can jam with someone, another artist that can hold it down… that’s different. And you really creating a groove from scratch. You guys are trying to figure out what’s gonna work, what’s the math behind this that’s gonna get everybody feeling good. What is it? Is it too heavy? Is it not heavy enough?”

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    Justin Bieber Dethrones Morgan Wallen as 'Justice' Tops Billboard 200 Chart

    Meanwhile, Lana Del Rey’s ‘Chemtrails Over the Country Club’ follows it behind as her new set bows at No. 2 in this week’s chart with 75,000 equivalent album units earned.

    Mar 29, 2021

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    Justin Bieber’s new album “Justice” has arrived at No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. Taking over the leading position from Morgan Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” which spent 10 consecutive weeks in a row, the set earns 154,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending March 25, according to MRC Data.

    Of the number, SEA units comprise 119,000 which equals to 157.02 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs. As for album sales, it comprises just over 30,000 with a little more than 4,000 are in the form of TEA units. This marks the Canadian star’s eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. The album is also the second-biggest debut week for an album in 2021 after “Dangerous” (265,000).

    Back to this week’s chart, Lana Del Rey’s “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” trails it behind as it bows at No. 2 with 75,000 equivalent album units. Meanwhile, former leader Morgan’s “Dangerous” falls to No. 3 with 66,000 equivalent album units earned.

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    At No. 4 is Pop Smoke’s former leader “Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon”, which dips two spots with 40,000 equivalent album units earned. Dua Lipa’s “Future Nostalgia” is also one of those albums which descend this week, falling from No. 3 to No. 5 after earning 36,000 equivalent album units.

    Pooh Shiesty’s “Shiesty Season” is stationary at No. 6 with 31,000 units. As for The Weeknd’s “After Hours”, the album plummets from No. 4 to No. 7 with nearly 31,000 units earned. Lil Baby’s “My Turn” also falls one rang from No. 7 to No. 8 with 30,000 equivalent album units.

    Occupying No. 8 is Lil Durk’s “The Voice” that lowers from No. 8 to No. 9 after earning 28,000 units. Closing out the Top 10 of Billboard 200 chart this week is Luke Combs’ “What You See Is What You Get”. The album bounces back to the Top 10 with 27,000 equivalent album units.

    Top Ten of Billboard 200:

    “Justice” – Justin Bieber (154,000 units)
    “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” – Lana Del Rey (75,000 units)
    “Dangerous: The Double Album” – Morgan Wallen (66,000 units)
    “Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon” – Pop Smoke (40,000 units)
    “Future Nostalgia” – Dua Lipa (36,000 units)
    “Shiesty Season” – Pooh Shiesty (31,000 units)
    “After Hours” – The Weeknd (nearly 31,000 units)
    “My Turn” – Lil Baby (30,000 units)
    “The Voice” – Lil Durk (28,000 units)
    “What You See Is What You Get” – Luke Combs (27,000 units)

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    Craig David Announces 'Born to Do It' Livestream

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    The ‘Walking Away’ hitmaker is confirmed to perform all songs from his 2000 studio album with a live band in an upcoming livestream event scheduled to take place next month.

    Mar 28, 2021

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    Craig David has announced a livestream performance of his 2000 album “Born to Do It”.

    The “Walking Away” hitmaker will perform the landmark album in full for the first time with a live band and in the original running order of the track-listing on 24 April (21) via stabal.com.

    The singer’s chart-topping debut album turned two-decades-old last August, and with touring plans axed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the “7 Days” hitmaker decided on a virtual gig to celebrate the iconic LP which was released in 2000. Fans can also expect a classic set from DJ Spoony.

    He said, “This album means the world to me. I wanted to do something to celebrate the 20th anniversary and as touring live isn’t possible, I couldn’t let the anniversary go by without marking it in some way. Sharing this album with you has been one of the highlights of my career and I never thought I would get the opportunity to do the whole album in full like this – It’s going to be really special. Thank you for all the love and support these past 20 years…wow!”

    Meanwhile, Craig has been busy working on the follow-up to 2018’s “The Time Is Now” while in lockdown.

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    He released “Really Love” with KSI – real name is Olajide ‘JJ’ Olatunji – and Digital Farm Animals last year and thanked him for inspiring him with his “energy.”

    He said in October, “I’ve been recording loads through lockdown. When ‘Really Love’ came over from JJ, I loved that.”

    “I’ve been getting other songs together too. I’m drawing as much inspiration as I can, as I want the release to be uplifting. I love being around people with energy like JJ.”

    “It has spurred me on. It’s this that has helped my longevity in the industry. I feel rejuvenated when I meet people with different ideas, and am always learning…”

    He added, “I’ve learnt so much with JJ. I love to think I can keep singing forever. I hope the fans welcome that.”

    Tickets for the “Born to Do It” live-stream are on sale now via craigdavid.com.

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    Niall Horan 'Really Deflated' Over Second Album Release

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    The One Direction member really didn’t want to release his second studio album when the lockdown was first imposed in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

    Mar 28, 2021

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    Niall Horan tried to delay the release of his second album, “Heartbreak Weather”.

    The 27-year-old musician dropped his record in March 2020 just as the world was going on lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic and admitted he tried to stop it at the very last minute.

    Speaking to Dermot O’Leary on the presenter’s “People, Just People” podcast, he said, “I felt really deflated over it, like, what’s the point in releasing it? I nearly pulled the album release.”

    “I flew back to the U.K. (from the U.S.) and I was like, ‘We need to pull the album’, but it was minutes away from coming out in Australia. I wanted to cancel it, but then when would I have released it? Then I felt like, what’s the point in releasing new singles now because I can’t get out?”

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    Meanwhile, last year Niall revealed that his planned collaboration with Lewis Capaldi was not going well as they had been too busy drinking pints together to write songs.

    The pair had been working remotely on collaboration amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the Scottish singer then travelled to London and they spent their time catching up over a few beers instead of writing tunes.

    Niall said, “We’re good friends. He’s working on his album at the moment and I’m just writing bits and pieces.”

    “He’s been down to London, made some pieces. We’ve had a few more pints than we’ve written songs and that kind of gives away the friendship more than anything.”

    The two musicians were set to hit the road together last year for the “Nice To Meet Ya” Tour before the pandemic altered their plans.

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    Justin Bieber Treats Fans to Surprise Release of 'Justice' Deluxe Edition

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    One week after launching a follow-up to 2020’s ‘Changes’, the ‘Sorry’ hitmaker offers the Triple Chucks version that features collaborations with Lil Uzi Vert, Jaden Smith and Quavo among others.

    Mar 27, 2021

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    Justin Bieber has treated fans to six new songs as part of the surprise deluxe version of his new album “Justice”.

    The “Sorry” hitmaker originally dropped “Justice” last week (March 19), but on Friday, March 26, he served up even more new material with the previously-unannounced launch of “Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe)”.

    The day before, Justin’s manager Scooter Braun took to Instagram to share news about the album’s deluxe edition. “The response of this past week has been amazing to the album #justice that the man himself had to show love with even more music,” he wrote. “#justice triple chuck deluxe tonight. More tracks. More music! @justinbieber bravo.”

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    The latest additions to the 16-song project include “There She Go” with rapper Lil Uzi Vert, “I Can’t Be Myself” with Jaden Smith, and “Wish You Would” with Migos star Quavo.

    DaBaby teams up with Justin on “Know No Better”, and singer Tori Kelly adds her vocals to “Name”, while the pop superstar completes the new tracklisting with “Lifetime”.

    “Justice” is the follow-up to 2020’s “Changes”, and Justin recently revealed he “started from scratch” for the latest album, after initially planning to make the records “back-to-back”.

    In an interview with Vulture, Justin’s music director, Bernard “Harv” Harvey explained about the change to the “back-to-back” plan. “The original plan was to do two albums back-to-back [but keep them separate]. We literally started from scratch,” he said. “We wanted ‘Justice’ to have its own sound, its own identity, so we put those old songs back on the shelf.”

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    Lewis Capaldi Puts 2021 Shows on Hold to Prioritize Work on Second Album

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    Expressing his gratitude to ‘be able to call this music carry on a job for the past few years’, the ‘Someone You Loved’ hitmaker promises to be back with ‘a s**t load of shows’ in 2022.

    Mar 27, 2021

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    British singer Lewis Capaldi is postponing all of his live commitments in 2021 to concentrate on completing his second album.

    The “Someone You Loved” star has decided to take another year off touring due to the uncertainty regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and instead plans to spend the rest of the year focusing on the follow-up to his acclaimed 2019 debut, “Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent”.

    In a lengthy Instagram post to his 5.5. million followers, Lewis opened his message with some optimism, “Just want to start off this wee note by saying how class [great] it is to see things looking more hopeful for the world after an absolutely horrible year.”

    “I’ve been looking back at the madness of my life for the last little while and feeling really grateful to be able to call this music carry on a job for the past few years.”

    He then confessed he has been “terrified” about ensuring his second album lives up to the standard of his first, and although he’s “really excited” about his new material, he needs more downtime to continue concentrating on perfecting his tunes.

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    “Despite having all this extra time to write, all the COVID restrictions have made it harder to go and record stuff I’ve been working on or even be around all the people I loved working with on the first album,” he explained.

    “For that reason, it is with an extremely heavy heart that I’ve made the difficult decision to reschedule this year’s shows and put all my effort into making the best album I can for you.”

    “I hate the thought of letting anyone down, especially after the year we’ve just had but I know that, more than anything, getting the album right has to be my number one priority at the moment. I hope you understand.”

    Lewis concluded, “I’m really sorry I won’t be out there with you this year, but I’ll be back in 2022 with new music and a s**t load of shows in as many places as I can possibly get to across the world.”

    Among the dates affected are the Isle of Wight Festival and TRNSMT – which takes place in his hometown of Glasgow, Scotland.

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    Cardi B Dubs Rumors That Eminem Declines Her Collaboration Request 'Big Lies'

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    While setting the record straight on her Twitter account, the ‘Bodak Yellow’ raptress informs her online devotees that she hasn’t ‘sent no songs to no artist yet.’

    Mar 27, 2021

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    Cardi B has set the record straight on rumors about her collaboration with Eminem. Having heard speculations suggesting that the “Rap God” spitter rejected her feature request for her next album, the “WAP” hitmaker labelled the claims as “big lies.”

    The 28-year-old femcee offered her clarification via Twitter on Thursday, March 25. Retweeting a post that contained a shady report, she argued, “BIG LIES….I get off the internet and ya makin s**t up. I haven’t sent no songs to no artist yet. Love his work and much respect.This don’t even make sense.”

    Cardi B shut down rumors suggesting that Eminem rejected her collaboration request.

    The original post, which Cardi reacted to, read, “Insiders Report: that Eminem has now declined a ft request for Cardi B’s upcoming project: says ‘she doesn’t care about the culture or her craft.’ ” The user who brought up the fake news then added in another tweet, “Don’t shoot me I’m just reporting what the insiders said.”

    The “Bodak Yellow” raptress also set aside time to hit back at an individual who put out a since-deleted tweet. “CAUSE YA MAKE LIES ABOUT ME ALL THE TIME!!! Leave me the f**k alone !!!Ya be eating my d**k with mayonnaise even when I’m chillin then run with it,” she raged.

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    Cardi B urged one troll to leave her alone.

    Later on Friday, March 26, the wife of Offset made use of Twitter to tease her new project. “Since they like to make up LIES about me cause their so obsessed just know this .. y’all laughing about this fake rumor but wait until y’all see these next collab,” she pointed out.

    Cardi B teased her upcoming project.

    Cardi, whose song “Up” managed to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, previously shut down rumors about whether or not her latest track landed on the first position due to radio-play payola. “They love to run with that ‘Payola’ to make them feel better,” she stated on Instagram. “Mind you, I didn’t [debut] number 1 because of my low radio play and ‘WAP’ barely made radio cause it was so explicit yet still made number 1.”

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