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    Artist of the Week: Niall Horan

    The One Direction member recently released his second studio album entitled ‘Heartbreak Weather’, which opened at No. 4 on Billboard 200 and received positive reviews.
    Mar 30, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Ever since One Direction went on an indefinite hiatus, the boys continued to prove their talent through their solo release. Among them is Niall Horan, whose debut single “This Town” was appealing to both the group’s fans and others thanks to his vocals and beautiful chorus. But that wasn’t the only song that helped him shine, as he recently released his second studio album “Heartbreak Weather”.
    Hitting the stores on March 13, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics and did well on music charts. It opened at No. 4 on Billboard 200 and launched atop the Irish Albums Chart and the U.K. Albums Chart. Meanwhile, its lead single “Nice to Meet Ya” peaked at No. 1 on U.K. Singles Chart and was certified silver in the country.
    Described as a perfect mix of alternative rock and pop, Niall said of the song in an interview, “I was out one night and locked eyes with this girl. We got chatting, and she was with a group of her mates and I was with a group of my mates. It felt like every time I turned around — like the lyric says — she just kind of disappeared. But then over the course of the same night, in different bars around that same area, we would bump into each other.”
    In support of the album, the British heartthrob is set to embark on a tour called “Nice to Meet Ya Tour” this year. Its North American leg is scheduled to open on April 20 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville and wrap up on May 20 at SAP Center in San Jose. He will resume the tour in Australia in September and conclude it in Mexico in December. Lewis Capaldi, Fletcher and Maisie Peters are set to open the tour.

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    The Weeknd Posts Biggest Debut of 2020 on Billboard 200 With 'After Hours'

    The ‘Blinding Lights’ singer’s fourth studio album launches at the top of the U.S. albums chart with 444,000 equivalent album units, marking his personal weekly best.
    Mar 30, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The Weeknd is getting some good news amid the bleak time for show business due to the coronavirus crisis. The Canadian singer’s latest album “After Hours” had a successful start, debuting atop the Billboard 200 chart for the week ending March 26.
    The fourth studio album from the 30-year-old R&B singer, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, raked in 444,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. alone in its first week, posting the biggest week for any album in 2020. The sum additionally marks his personal weekly best.
    The album’s first week total of 444,000 equivalent album units comprises 275,000 in album sales, 163,000 in SEA units and 6,000 in TEA units. The album’s SEA sum equates to 220.7 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks in its first week. The streaming sum alone would have earned The Weeknd the No. 1 debut even if he hadn’t sold a single physical copy.
    Meanwhile, former two-week champion Lil Uzi Vert’s “Eternal Atake” falls to No. 2 with additional 115,000 equivalent album units, or down 53% from last week. Another former No. 1, Lil Baby’s “My Turn”, also drops one spot to No. 3 with 60,000 equivalent album units (down 22%), while Bad Bunny’s “YHLQMDLG” slides from from No. 3 to No. 4 with 51,000 units (down 26%).
    Conan Gray’s debut studio album “Kid Krow” opens at No. 5 with 49,000 equivalent album units. Of that sum, 37,000 were in album sales, thanks in part to the concert/ticket album sale redemption offer with his tour late last year, and merchandise/album bundles. Previously, the 21-year-old singer/songwriter entered Billboard 200 with his debut EP, “Sunset Season”, which debuted and peaked at No. 118 on the December 1, 2018-dated tally.
    Roddy Ricch’s “Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial” holds on to No. 6 with 43,000 equivalent album units (down 13%), while Post Malone’s “Hollywood’s Bleeding” rises 8-7 with 38,000 units, despite seeing a 8% slide in sales. Jhene Aiko’s “Chilombo” climbs up three spots to No. 8 with 37,000.
    In the wake of Kenny Rogers’ passing on March 20, his greatest hits collection “The Best of Kenny Rogers: Through the Years” enters the Billboard 200 chart for the first time since its release in 1983. It debuts at No. 9 with 32,000 equivalent album units, with 10,000 of that sum in album sales.
    Closing out the top 10 is the soundtrack to “Frozen II”, which holds steady on the spot with 31,000 equivalent album units, or down only 1% from last week.
    Top Ten Billboard 200 (Week ending March 26, 2020):
    ” After Hours” – The Weeknd (247,000 units)
    “Eternal Atake” – Lil Uzi Vert (115,000 units)
    “My Turn” – Lil Baby (60,000 units)
    “YHLQMDLG” – Bad Bunny (51,000 units)
    “Kid Krow” – Conan Gray (49,000 units)
    “Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial” – Roddy Ricch (43,000 units)
    “Hollywood’s Bleeding” – Post Malone (38,000 units)
    “Chilombo” – Jhene Aiko (37,000 units)
    “The Best of Kenny Rogers: Through the Years” – Kenny Rogers (32,000 units)
    “Frozen II” Soundtrack – Various Artists (31,000 units)

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    Rumer Unveils Story Behind Collaboration With Hugh Prestwood for New Album

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    Speaking of ‘Nashville Tears’, the ‘Slow’ singer describes it as an album of songs from the Nashville songwriting community that ‘didn’t get the attention they deserved.’
    Mar 30, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Acclaimed British singer Rumer has recorded a new album full of tracks written by Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer Hugh Prestwood.
    Nashville Tears features Rumer’s take on songs like “The Song Remembers When”, which was a hit for Trisha Yearwood, and “Hard Times For Lovers”, previously recorded by Judy Collins.
    The singer admits she had never heard of Prestwood before she started work on an album inspired by the “lost gems” of Nashville after becoming a mum.
    “When I had a baby in 2017, I was living in rural Arkansas, and hadn’t quite thought through how isolating that would be once the baby was born…,” she writes on her website. “As the months wore on I couldn’t imagine writing a song again. I wondered if I would ever be able to write an album.
    “Hardly anyone in the music world called me during that time. It was a lonely time. I felt far out at sea as though I had drifted too far away and didn’t know how to get back. But one person kept calling me. His name was Fred Mollin… a funny Canadian producer… He called me every week, he wanted to do something with me, an album project with me. I kept putting him off because I had this small baby and I was just totally lost and couldn’t figure out how to get back into music again.”
    Eventually she suggested an album of songs from the Nashville songwriting community that “didn’t get the attention they deserved”.
    Mollin loved the idea and posted an ad in industry publication Music Row, which read: “Is your song the saddest song in Nashville? Is your song the song that got away?.”
    “We had hundreds, maybe thousands of submissions,” Rumer writes. “I listened and listened but I wasn’t feeling that we were finding what we were looking for.
    “Then Fred sends me a song from his collection. A demo of Oklahoma Stray by Hugh Prestwood. I had never heard of Hugh Prestwood – but his song blew me away. Then we listened to more of his demos and cuts. I couldn’t believe I had never heard of this great songwriter. I was thrilled – it was like finding gold. The quality of his writing surpassed every other writer we had heard out of Nashville. I knew in that moment we had to make an album of Hugh Prestwood songs and to curate a beautiful collection for you all to hear.”
    Nashville Tears drops on 24 April.

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    Lady GaGa and Ellen DeGeneres Added to Elton John's Coronavirus Relief Concert

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    The ‘Fox Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America’ is aired on the same day the canceled iHeartRadio Music Awards were set to be broadcast to salute those putting their lives on the line.
    Mar 30, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Lady GaGa and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres have become late additions to Sir Elton John’s star-studded coronavirus relief TV concert.
    The British rock icon will lead the artists, performing from his own home for the Fox Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America on Sunday night (March 29) – the same day the cancelled iHeartRadio Music Awards were set to be broadcast.
    Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, Billie Eilish, the Backstreet Boys, Tim McGraw, and Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong were among the first wave of musicians unveiled on Wednesday, and on Friday, Dave Grohl, Sam Smith, Camila Cabello, Demi Lovato, Lizzo, H.E.R., and Ciara added their names to the hour-long event.
    Now Elton’s close friend GaGa has also signed up to make an appearance, as have DeGeneres, “The Hangover”‘s Ken Jeong, actress Melissa McCarthy and her filmmaker husband Ben Falcone, and TV personality Ryan Seacrest.
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    During the event, the stars will salute first responders and other essential members of the workforce putting their lives on the line to help others during the coronavirus crisis.

    Viewers will be encouraged to donate to Feeding America and the First Responders Children’s Foundation as Elton and his famous friends belt out their hits from 9 P.M. EST.

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    Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood to Do Another Live Studio Session During COVID-19 Lockdown

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    Days after entertaining fans home during the coronavirus chaos, the country music couple will do an hour-long isolation special for CBS on Wednesday, April 1.
    Mar 30, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Married country stars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are taking their popular social media studio sessions to TV for a live concert special.
    The singers will field fans’ song requests for “Garth & Trisha: Live!”, which will be broadcast from the comfort of Studio G, the recording studio located in the couple’s Nashville, Tennessee home.
    Brooks has been performing regular gigs for fans via Facebook Live for the past few years, and last week (March 23), he recruited Yearwood, his wife and fellow musician, to help entertain fans stuck at home during the coronavirus chaos.
    The show proved so popular, with 5.2 million fans tuning in, the session crashed a number of times, prompting the pair to play on for longer than planned.
    Now Brooks and Yearwood are set to do it all again on Wednesday (April 01), only this time, the hour-long isolation special will be broadcast on U.S. network CBS from 9 P.M. EST.
    The country couple is also digging deep to help those in need with a generous charity donation.
    “We’re seeing how big things can be when we all do them as one,” Brooks and Yearwood share in a statement.

    “In addition to the special, we and CBS will donate $1 million to charities to be determined, combating the COVID-19 virus.”

    The musicians join the likes of Angelina Jolie, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Taylor, Kylie Jenner, and Kim Kardashian in making $1 million (£803,000) pledges to aid in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

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    The Who Reschedule Moving On! Tour to Fall 2020 Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

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    Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey and their bandmates were initially set to kick off the North American leg of their jaunt on April 21, but are now delaying it ‘out of an abundance of caution.’
    Mar 30, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The Who are delaying the North American leg of their “Moving On! Tour” due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
    Rockers Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey announced the jaunt had been delayed until the fall of 2020, in a statement on the group’s official website.
    “The April and May stops on The Who’s Moving On! Tour are proactively being rescheduled to the fall/autumn out of an abundance of caution,” the statement reads. “As soon as we have the dates finalized we’ll share the updated schedule, and all tickets will be honored accordingly. Thank you for your understanding.”
    “Both Pete and Roger — and the rest of The Who band — cannot wait to get out there and be with you all and share in some great music. Long live rock.”

    The Moving On! Tour’s North American leg was scheduled to begin April 21, and included the band’s first Cincinnati-area concert since a stampede incident at their show on December 3, 1979, resulted in the deaths of 11 fans.
    The dates also included a trio of rescheduled gigs and a six-night residency at Las Vegas’ the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

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    Britney Spears Reflects on 20 Years Since 'Oops!…I Did It Again' Release

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    The pop superstar takes to Instagram to share a photo of her wearing a red, PVC catsuit that was taken when she was filming the music video for the 2000 hit.
    Mar 30, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Britney Spears took to social media to reflect on 20 years since the release of her iconic 2000 hit “Oops!…I Did It Again”.
    The star released the tune as the lead single from her second album of the same name, with the record peaking at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and securing Britney a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
    The release was accompanied by a music video featuring the singer wearing a red, PVC catsuit and, alongside stills from the shoot, she wrote on Instagram: “Oops!….how did 20 years go by so fast?!??! I can’t believe it.”
    “I remember that red suit was so freaking hot …. but the dance was fun and it made the shoot fly by !!!!!” she continued. “And now we’re sitting in quarantine wishing we were on Mars….. of course I am just kidding !!!!! But seriously you have all shown so much support for this song and I thank you for it …. ”
    “sending love to you all,” she finished, adding a bunch of red heart emojis.

    The “Toxic” star is fortunate to remember the shoot at all, with MTV reporting at the time she suffered a serious head injury after a camera fell on her. Following the incident, amid her mum Lynne Spears’ fears that she might have suffered a concussion, Britney required medical attention and received stitches, before resuming filming four hours later.

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    Camila Cabello and Sam Smith to Join Elton John's Coronavirus Relief Concert From Living Rooms

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    The ‘Rocket Man’ hitmaker is leading the line-up for Fox Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America on the day the canceled iHeartRadio Music Awards were set to be broadcast.
    Mar 28, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Dave Grohl, Sam Smith, and Camila Cabello have signed on to perform from their living rooms as part of Sir Elton John’s star-studded coronavirus relief concert.
    The “Rocket Man” legend is leading the line-up for Fox Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America on Sunday (March 29) – the same day the cancelled iHeartRadio Music Awards were set to be broadcast.
    He unveiled the initial bill of artists on Wednesday, when Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, Billie Eilish, the Backstreet Boys, Tim McGraw, and Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong were all announced, and now fans have been given even more reason to tune in after rocker Grohl, Smith, and Cabello added their names to the hour-long event.
    Also taking part are Demi Lovato, Lizzo, H.E.R., Ciara, and her sportsman husband Russell Wilson.

    The show will feature all the musicians performing from the comfort of their own homes, with the use of video and audio equipment, and will pay tribute to first responders and other essential members of the workforce putting their lives on the line to help others during the coronavirus crisis.
    Viewers will be encouraged to donate to Feeding America and the First Responders Children’s Foundation as Elton and his famous friends belt out their hits.
    It’s just one highlight self-isolating music fans have to look forward to this weekend.
    On Saturday (March 28), another crop of top artists, including John Legend, Ellie Goulding, Rita Ora, Barry Gibb, Diplo, Ryan Tedder, and Joe Jonas will perform from their homes for the 12-hour Twitch Stream Aid fundraising concert.
    Charlie Puth, and Madison Beer will also join in the fun, which begins at 12pm EST, with all money donated during the event benefiting the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.

    Meanwhile, Diplo will also deliver a Major Lazer DJ set on the group’s YouTube page from 4pm EST, and singer Jack Johnson will front the Global Citizen and World Health Organization’s virtual concert series, Together, at Home on his Instagram Live account from 6pm EST.

    Country couple Vince Gill and Amy Grant will hit the stage at an empty Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee for a family show as part of the Opry Livestream from 8pm EST, and on Sunday, singer Lisa Loeb will be playing for fans on Facebook Live at 2pm EST.

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