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    Artist of the Week: The Weeknd

    The ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ hitmaker hits a touchdown on multiple music charts following his solid live performance at the Super Bowl LV Halftime show in Tampa, Florida.

    Feb 15, 2021
    AceShowbiz – The Weeknd is riding high on the success of his Super Bowl LV halftime show performance. The 30-year-old Canadian musician returned to multiple charts following his solid gig during the football game at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
    His tracks gained new traction with 385% increase in the U.S. sales and 41% surge in the streams. Songs across his entire catalog sold 36,500 copies and generated 48.9 million on-demand streams with singles “Blinding Lights” and “Save Your Tears” on the lead.
    2019’s massive hit “Blinding Lights” sit at No. 2 on Billboard Global 200, climbed up to No. 3 on Hot 100, and ruled Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Meanwhile, more recent single “Save Your Tears” reached the top 10 for the first time on Hot 100 since its August 2020 release.

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    On top of that, days before the highly-anticipated Super Bowl, The Weeknd broke record with his greatest hits album. “The Highlights”, released Friday before the Sunday game earlier this month, became the most streamed album of all time on Spotify.
    Despite the hurdles due to strict protocols amid the ongoing Covid-19, The Weeknd didn’t disappoint with his 13-minute live performance at the Super Bowl. The production was top notch and he wowed football fanatics with his vocal chops as he delivered a slick medley of his hit singles like “Starboy”, “The Hills”, and “Can’t Feel My Face”.
    The singer allegedly spent a whopping $7 million of his own money for the show. Nearly 100 million people around the world tuned in to watch the gig during the break at the annual football championship game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs on February 7.
    The making of the show, which involved officials at Jay-Z’s Roc Nation firm and Jesse Collins, the first black executive producer of the event, will be unfolded in a TV documentary. Directed by Emmy nominee filmmaker Nadia Hallgren, 90-minute film “The Show” is due to debut on Showtime later this year.

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    Morgan Wallen's 'Dangerous' Is Unbeatable in Its Fifth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200

    Meanwhile, this week’s chart sees The Weeknd’s new 18-song retrospective compilation ‘The Highlights’ debuting at No. 2 after earning 89,000 equivalent album units.

    Feb 15, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Morgan Wallen’s never-ending controversies seemingly don’t really affect his music career. His latest album “Dangerous: The Double Album” stays atop the Billboard 200 chart for a fifth consecutive week after earning 150,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending February 11, according to MRC Data.
    Of the number, SEA units comprise 107,000 which equals to 146.38 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs. Meanwhile, album sales comprise 37,000 with the rest being in the form of TEA units. “Dangerous” marks the third album to spend five weeks atop the chart in the last 12 month, joining Taylor Swift’s “Folklore” (eight weeks) and Lil Baby’s “My Turn” (five weeks).
    The stunning album sales arrived after Wallen apologized for using an N-word in a video. Sharing a 5-minute clip last week, the country singer acknowledged, “I’m long overdue to make a statement regarding my last incident.” He added, “The video you saw was me on hour 72 of a bender and that’s not something I’m proud of either.”
    Back to this week’s chart, The Weeknd’s new 18-song retrospective compilation “The Highlights” bows at No. 2 with 89,000 equivalent album units earned. It is the highest charting greatest hits set in over a year since Blake Shelton’s 2019 album “Fully Loaded: God’s Country”. Following it up is Foo Fighters’ new studio album “Medicine at Midnight” that is launched with 70,000 equivalent album units earned.

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    The final debut in the Top 10 this week is Pooh Shiesty’s “Shiesty Season”. Marking the rapper’s first album release, the set debuts at No. 4 with 62,000 equivalent album units. Meanwhile, Lil Durk’s “The Voice” plummets from No. 2 to No. 5 after earning 49,000 equivalent album.
    Occupying No. 6 is Pop Smoke’s former leader “Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon” that falls three spots with 41,000 equivalent album units. Ariana Grande’s “Positions” ascends from No. 9 to No. 7 with 32,000 equivalent album units, while Juice WRLD’s “Legends Never Die” dips from No. 5 to No. 8 with 30,000 album units.
    Rounding out the Top 10 this week are Luke Combs’ “What You See Is What You Get” and Wallen’s previous album “If I Know Me”. The former is at No. 9, dropping from No. 8 in last week’s chart after earning nearly 30,000 units. As for “If I Know Me”, it closes out the Top 10 of the chart with 29,000 equivalent album units earned.
    Top Ten of Billboard 200:
    “Dangerous: The Double Album” – Morgan Wallen (150,000 units)
    “The Highlights” – The Weeknd (89,000 units)
    “Medicine at Midnight” – Foo Fighters (70,000 units)
    “Shiesty Season” – Pooh Shiesty (62,000 units)
    “The Voice” – Lil Durk (49,000 units)
    “Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon” – Pop Smoke (41,000 units)
    “Positions” – Ariana Grande (32,000 units)
    “Legends Never Die” – Juice WRLD (30,000 units)
    “What You See Is What You Get” – Luke Combs (nearly 30,000 units)
    “If I Know Me” – Morgan Wallen (29,000 units)

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    Foo Fighters Top U.K. Albums Chart With 'Medicine at Midnight'

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    Dave Grohl and his bandmate have debuted at the top spot in the U.K. albums chart with their latest studio album, blocking The Weeknd’s greatest hits collection.

    Feb 14, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Rockers the Foo Fighters are doling out “Medicine at Midnight” atop the U.K. albums chart after securing their fifth number one.
    Frontman Dave Grohl and his bandmates debuted the project with 42,500 chart sales, outselling its six closest rivals combined.
    “I would like to thank everyone for honouring us with this Number 1 record,” Grohl told OfficialCharts.com.
    “After 25 years of being a band it still kind of blows our minds that this could actually happen and we’re very grateful and very thankful. We can’t wait to get back there to see you guys, sooner than later, I hope! We’re ready – every day we’re one step closer.”
    “Thank you very much, it’s an honour to have this Number 1 record. See you soon!”

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    Dave previously said he and his bandmates recorded the album in a haunted mansion.
    “So there was a house down the street from where I live that I actually rented about 10 years ago. It was an old house built in the ’40s, I believe,” he said. “We came back to record this (album), everybody felt creeped out and you could go one of two ways: You could run screaming out the front door with your tail between your legs or you could put your head down and make nine songs and then get the f**k out of there. That’s basically what we did.”
    The Weeknd’s “The Highlights” greatest hits package is new at two, ahead of Celeste’s “Not Your Muse” at three.
    “For the First Time” by Black Country, New Road and Fleet Foxes’ “Shore” round out the new top five.
    Meanwhile, Olivia Rodrigo continues to dominate the singles chart, earning her fifth consecutive week in first place with “Drivers License”.
    Nathan Evans’ “Wellerman” holds steady at two while “Without You” by Kid Laroi climbs one place to number three.

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    Celeste Fills Debut Album With Lots of Romance as She Experiences 'Real Love'

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    The 26-year-old singer/songwriter talks about her debut studio album ‘Not Your Muse’ and how her experience in the last year has influenced her music.

    Feb 14, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Celeste has explored herself “coming into womanhood” on her new album.
    The British singer-songwriter, full name Celeste Epiphany Waite, embarked on a relationship with poet Sonny Hall before the U.K. went into lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic and she admitted finding “real love” and growing up has proven to be a huge influence on “Not Your Muse”.
    She explained to Grazia magazine, “I think only now, in the last year or so, have I experienced what I can understand as real love.”
    “All the things I’ve written up until then were confused in a way.”
    “There’s a lot of love and romance on the album and it’s a picture of me evolving as a person.”
    “I’m not completely grown up yet, but I guess I would like to describe it as like coming into womanhood.”
    “I think it’s only in the last two years that I’ve sort of stopped feeling like I’m 21.”

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    The “Hear My Voice” singer admitted she was “probably more relaxed” about the shutdown triggered by the global health crisis than she should have been.
    “At the time, I took it in my stride,” she said. “I thought, ‘I’m going to have a bit more time to work on my album!’ ”
    “And then, all of a sudden, something hit me: all this opportunity, all the momentum, could just all go away.”
    “I didn’t know what to do to adapt.”
    Meanwhile, although Celeste has been tipped for an Oscar nomination for “Hear My Voice”, which she wrote for Netflix movie “The Trial of the Chicago 7”, she isn’t paying attention to the speculation.
    She said, “I really don’t know how tangible it is or what those rumours really mean.”
    “I recorded the vocals in my bedroom and, as the process went on, I learned more about Aaron Sorkin and how he’s in ‘that league.’ ”
    “But I am not somebody who thinks of myself in that position like Adele or [Lady Gaga]. I just go with the flow.”

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    Kelly Rowland Celebrates Love With Her Family in 'Black Magic' Music Video

    The Destiny’s Child star makes her latest music video a family affair as she enlists her first son and newborn baby boy as special guests to promote her new single ahead of EP release.

    Feb 14, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Kelly Rowland’s newborn son has made his music video debut in the promo for his mum’s new single, “Black Magic”.
    The R&B star gave birth to Noah Jon, her second child with husband Tim Weatherspoon, on 21 January (21), and now he has joined his big brother Titan, six, in the visuals for the singer’s latest track, which dropped on Friday (12Feb21).
    In the footage, a laughing Kelly wears a “Mom” necklace and holds the tot close to her chest as Titan leans in to kiss his new sibling.
    The Destiny’s Child beauty also shares clips from the final days of her pregnancy, with her bulging belly turned into a work of art as it’s painted like a globe, with the word, “Love”, spelt out over Africa.

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    Discussing the song, Kelly says, “Black Magic expresses everything there is to feel confident, feel proud of, feel encouraged by being Black.”
    “I am really excited that it’s coming now, which is in the thick of Black History Month. To me, I feel like we should be celebrating 365 days a year from what we’ve been through to what we continue to fight for when it comes to equal rights, and justice.”
    “To me this is a fight song,” she adds. “We’re continuing to put our magic forth so that we can put it on display for others to continue to see, even when they don’t want to see it. But I think they can’t help but see it because Black magic is effortless.”

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    Jessie Ware Confirms Collaboration With Kylie Minogue: It's Happening

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    Aside from teasing about her plan to hit the studio with the ‘Spinning Around’ singer, the ‘Spotlight’ hitmaker explains why she is working on a deluxe edition of ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’

    Feb 13, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Jessie Ware is working with Kylie Minogue after the pair “hit it off” over a fish dinner during a recording of the singer’s podcast.
    The “Spotlight” hitmaker and the Australian pop queen were both a part of the disco revival with their records “What’s Your Pleasure?” and “DISCO”, respectively, and now, Jessie, 36, has confirmed she and Kylie, 52, have started collaborating.
    Speaking to OfficialCharts.com, she teased, “I’m working with her. It’s happening. Maybe we wouldn’t have thought to work together if we hadn’t had made similar albums? We hit it off over a halibut. Christmas cards and everything!”
    Kylie let slip she was planning to hit the studio with the “Remember Where You Are” hitmaker in December.

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    She spilled, “I’ve got to get in the studio with Jessie. That’s happening which I am wildly excited about.”
    Meanwhile, after “What’s Your Pleasure?” started riding up the Official U.K. chart again, Jessie is working on a deluxe edition of the record.

    She said, “I had so many songs that didn’t make the record… but that doesn’t mean they’re not good! I wrote maybe 40 or 50 songs. I know that my next record is not going to be the same as ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’ so when I listened to them, it felt maddening that I had all these brilliant songs that I couldn’t (originally) put on the record. They fit so well in this ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’ world so it made sense to keep them for this rather than to make another record.”
    She continued, “So there’s some songs that didn’t make the record because I needed to tell the right story with ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’ and now actually, weirdly, the deluxe has created this new story and the new songs work really well together which is exciting. I think that if my fans liked ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’, this will keep them dancing a bit longer.”

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    Brandy Reunites With 'Cinderella' Co-Stars in Music Video for Medley of Film's Songs

    Choreographer Todrick Hall shares his excitement to have been able to work with the ‘Have You Ever?’ singer for the project that also features Whoopi Goldberg, Victor Garber and Bernadette Peters.

    Feb 13, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Brandy has teamed up with her “Cinderella” co-stars including Whoopi Goldberg, Victor Garber and Bernadette Peters on a music video for a medley of songs taken from the TV movie.
    “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella”, which starred Brandy in the titular role and the late Whitney Houston as her Fairy Godmother, is set for release on Disney+ on Friday (February 12). And, ahead of its streaming premiere, Brandy and choreographer/singer Todrick Hall dropped the new video, which begins with them singing Impossible in his house, before Brandy has her princess moment in an iconic blue ballgown.
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    “In 1997 I saw ‘Cinderella’ starring Brandy and it changed my life! It is THE REASON why I started singing and dancing and pursuing Broadway, so when @brandy agreed to sing with me, my fairy tale dream came true. I am living proof that dreams really do come true!” Todrick tweeted alongside the video.

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    The video, which also starred Paolo Montalban, Jason Alexander and Veanne Cox, came as Brandy told Vulture magazine she’s “working on” bringing a soundtrack for “Cinderella” – which never happened upon its original release – to life.
    “I am working on that. I am definitely working on that. I keep hearing the talks about it,” she smiled.
    She also reflected on having the opportunity to sing alongside Whitney, who died in 2012, saying, “Oh my God, the singing in the studio was unbelievable. Like, we just have so many beautiful moments and it’s actually captured. You can find it – our chemistry, us trying different melodies, trying different notes. We just were very open with each other and it was a collaborative effort. And then performing it in the actual film, like shooting with her – it was just so fun. I never could have believed that if you told me that when I was a kid.”

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    Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd Discuss Their Creative Partnership After Release of First Duet

    During their joint appearance on ‘Today’s Country Radio’, the ‘Chasing After You’ singers open up about why they initially were ‘scared’ about making music together.

    Feb 13, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Maren Morris and her husband Ryan Hurd have released their first-ever duet together.
    The country music pair – who welcomed their first child, son Hayes, into the world last March (20) – have teamed up on “Chasing After You” and the pair admitted working together creatively has always come “natural” to them.
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    Ryan, 34, said, “It’s been really natural. And I think that that’s the best part about it, is that it’s been such a seamless … There’s moments that are hard to be a creative partnership and actually have a life together. That’s it, there are moments where that Venn diagram is awkward, but I think for the most part we do this together, we always have. And then I do Maren’s career with her, just as much as she does mine with me. And so I think if you have that perspective, the timing stuff sort of figures itself out.”

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    “Middle” hitmaker Maren, 30, admitted she and her spouse were “scared” about making music together at first in case they ended up in a “serious relationship,” however, it ended up improving their “dynamic” as writers.
    She added during their joint appearance on Apple Music Country’s “Today’s Country Radio” with Kelleigh Bannen, “I mean, we still write together. I think that’s always going to be a part of our relationship, is being creative. There was a time that we wrote so many songs together in the beginning that we were scared. Like if we did get into a serious relationship, that we wouldn’t be able to write as honestly to and about each other in the room, but I don’t feel like that’s been the case. I think it’s only strengthened our dynamic in the writing room over the years.”
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    Elsewhere, Ryan, who tied the knot with Maren in 2018, teased his wife’s upcoming new album, which will be her follow-up to 2019’s “Girl”, and hailed his other half’s “world-class voice.”
    He gushed, “Obviously, we’re all excited about her next album, whenever that is. I’m the only one who’s heard all the songs, so I’m proud of that. I don’t know, I am constantly, don’t listen too closely, I am always amazed at how good Maren is. She’s my favorite songwriter and honestly, has just a world-class voice.”

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