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    Ed Sheeran Debuts New Song 'Afterglow' as Christmas Gift to Fans

    The ‘Thinking Out Loud’ hitmaker has released his new song called ‘Afterglow’, which he describes as a present to his loyal devotees for the upcoming festive season.

    Dec 22, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Ed Sheeran thrilled fans on Monday (21Dec20) by releasing “Afterglow” – his first new music since 2019.
    The singer-songwriter teased he’d be dropping a “Christmas present” for fans at 11 am GMT and, true to his word, the star made his latest single available to stream and download.
    Alongside a video clip of the star performing the track while strumming his guitar, Ed wrote on Instagram, “Hey guys. Afterglow is a song I wrote last year that I wanted to release for you.”
    “It’s not the first single from the next album, it’s just a song I love, and hope you love too,” he added. “Enjoy! Have a safe and happy festive break and New Year’s. Back to dad land for me now, ciao x.”

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    “Afterglow” is Ed’s first release since he welcomed a daughter named Lyra with his wife, Cherry Seaborn, in late August (20).
    His last new music, “No. 6 Collaborations Project”, dropped in July, 2019. It featured a string of collaborations with artists including Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper, Cardi B, Camila Cabello, and British rapper Stormzy.
    In December of the same year, the 29-year-old musician announced that he’s taking a break from making music. “Hello all. Gonna go on another break again,” he told his fans and followers on Instagram.
    “The Divide era and tour changed my life in so many ways, but now it’s all over it’s time to go out and see some more of the world,” he explained. “I’ve been a bit non stop since 2017 so I’m just gonna take a breather to travel, write and read. I’ll be off all social media until it’s time to come back.”

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    Justin Bieber Set to Ring In New Year With Livestream Concert

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    The ‘One Less Lonely Girl’ singer has been scheduled to ‘give everyone a safe way to kick 2020 out the door’ with a special one-off New Year’s Eve live concert.

    Dec 22, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Justin Bieber has added two additional broadcasts to his New Year livestream series.
    The “Holy” star is teaming up with T-Mobile to kick off 2021 with his first full-length live concert since 2017, with the show kicking off on 31 December (20) at 10.15 pm ET.
    He’s since announced two additional airings the following day – at 5 am and 3 pm ET – to allow fans around the globe to enjoy the one-off gig.
    Bieber is pulling out all the stops, with the show set to feature a five-piece live band, his dynamic crew of dancers who have performed with him since 2010’s My World Tour, a state-of-the-art light show, a newly-designed stage and an iconic location – which has yet to be revealed.

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    “I’ve worked with T-Mobile for a long time – they’re such a fun brand, and we’re working on more surprises to watch out for during this special night,” said the “Lonely” hitmaker.
    “I can’t wait to partner on this epic New Year’s Eve concert with them, and give everyone a safe way to kick 2020 out the door, together.”
    For more information and to secure tickets, click here: JustinBieberNYE.com.

    Justin Bieber has been sharing on Instagram a series of pictures and videos that offered a sneak peek of his rehearsals with his band and background dancers. “Gettin ready for this live show on New Years make sure to check it out,” he gushed in one post.

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    Cardi B Reacts to Viral 'WAP' Parody Video About Urging People to Wear Mask

    Titled ‘WAmP’, the hilarious take on the racy song features students from John Hopkins University wearing masks while reciting altered lyrics that go with the message they want to share.

    Dec 21, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Cardi B is open to any parody of her hit sing “WAP”. The Grammy-winning femcee caught wind of a viral parody from John Hopkins University, which made use of the popular song to urge people to wear face masks amid COVID-19 pandemic.
    Titled “WAmP”, the hilarious take on Cardi’s collaborative song with Megan Thee Stallion featured students from the school wearing masks while reciting altered lyrics that go with the message they wanted to share. “I don’t cook, I don’t clean, but let me tell you that I’ll get a vaccine #WAmP #WearAMaskPlease,” read the lyrics.
    The wife of Offset apparently found the clip funny as she replied, “Sksksksk.” Upon seeing the welcoming response, fans couldn’t help but asking the hip-hop star to collaborate with the university. “Cardi, please collaborate with @JohnsHopkinsSPH to release a special public service version of WAP!” one of her followers begged. Meanwhile, someone said, “This is epic.”

    Cardi B reacted to hilarious ‘WAP’ parody.

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    Applauding Cardi for her big influence, someone wrote, “our influence is craaaaaaaazy !!!!!” Also loving the parody, another user said, “YASSS! LOVE IT!”
    Despite the success, Cardi faced criticism for the explicit lyrics for “WAP”. Defending the song, the “Bodak Yellow” hitmaker said during an interview on Australia’s “The Kyle & Jackie O” show, “The people that the song bothers are usually conservatives or really religious people. But my thing is…I grew up listening to this type of music. To other people it might be vulgar, but to me, it’s almost really normal.”
    Cardi was also aware that the song is not for children, noting that she didn’t want her 2-year-old daughter Kulture, whom she shares with rapper Offset, to listen to it. “Of course I don’t want my child to listen to the song. But, it’s like, it’s for adults!” She also added, “It’s what people want to hear. If people didn’t want to hear it, if they were so afraid to hear it, it wouldn’t be doing so good.”
    Offset recently also stood up for his wife after Snoop Dogg shared his negative review for the song. “I love Snoop, man. [Cardi is] grown,” so the “Ghostface Killers” rapper said. “I don’t get in females business, so Ima just stay at that. I hate when men do that. I don’t do that. I don’t care if a girl woulda said something bad about me. I just don’t get in females business.”

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    Pharrell Williams Reveals Justin Timberlake’s ‘Justified’ Songs Were Meant for Michael Jackson

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    Pharrell Williams Reveals Justin Timberlake's 'Justified' Songs Were Meant for Michael Jackson

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    The ‘Get Lucky’ singer spills on N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN’s ‘Drink Champs’ that the former NSYNC member got most of the songs on his solo debut album after the late King of Pop rejected them.

    Dec 21, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Pharrell Williams has made a revelation regarding Justin Timberlake’s “Justified”. When making an appearance on “Drink Champs” podcast, the “Get Lucky” singer revealed that the former NSYNC member’s hit solo debut was meant for late King of Pop Michael Jackson.
    When speaking to N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN in the Saturday, December 19 episode of their podcast, the 47-year-old first mentioned that he sent some songs to Michael. “John McClain was his manager at the time. We sent him pretty much all the stuff you guys are hearing on the first ‘Justified’ album — that’s all Michael stuff,” he spilled. “All but one song, they were written for Michael.”
    Pharrell went on to claim that the late pop star was not into the tracks he offered. “John McClain was like, ‘Man, Michael don’t want that s**t! He want the s**t you givin’ Noreaga!’ He was like, ‘Yo, he want that ‘Superthug’,’ ” The Neptunes producer recalled.
    Aside from Michael, Pharrell additionally revealed that Prince also turned down tunes that he wrote. The “Happy” hitmaker shared, “I tried for years to make records for him.” He then added, “My first attempt at making a record with him was ‘Frontin’… I think I wrote a different version a little bit for him. He wasn’t into it.”

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    Elsewhere in the chat, the husband of Helen Lasichanh also weighed in on the feud between Drake and Pusha T. “I didn’t wanna see that go that way. That didn’t make me happy,” he pointed out. “I hate to see what him [Pusha] and Drake are going through – or what they went through. I hated to see all of it, every bit of it … it wasn’t good.”
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    Pharrell admitted that he would love to see both Drake and Pusha having a collaboration. “It still breaks my heart to this day, because I would’ve loved to have heard those guys on a song together or heard a joint project together. I would’ve loved to see that,” he wished. “By the way, Pusha says Drake’s got bars. When Drake makes something that’s amazing, we talk about it all the time.”

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    Artist of the Week: Ava Max

    The ‘Sweet but Psycho’ hitmaker is spreading empowerment message with her inspiring single ‘Kings and Queens’ while taking the throne on Billboard chart and radio airplay.

    Dec 21, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Ava Max is blasting to No. 1 on Billboard music chart with her inspiring single “Kings & Queens”. The pop dance song is not only easy on the ear, but it also carries a wonderful message. She connects with both genders as she toasts men who respect, support, and stand up for their women and celebrates all the brave queens who are “fighting alone.”
    “Female empowerment is very strong in my life and that’s how I am. I’m a very outspoken person and it shows in my music, especially my lyrics and in the album,” she explained in an interview with Billboard.
    The 26-year-old singer/songwriter hit the summit on Billboard’s Adult Pop Songs radio airplay with the empowering single. It marked her first No. 1 song in the music ranking after she reached the second place on the chart last year with her breakout hit “Sweet but Psycho.”
    “Kings & Queens”, which spawned a revamp with Lauv and Saweetie, also took the throne on the Mediabase hot adult contemporary radio chart for second consecutive week while staying at the runner-up position on this week’s Mediabase pop radio airplay chart.

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    The song additionally reached No. 13 on Billboard Hot 100 with over 628 million in all-format radio audience and 152 million on-demand U.S. streams. On Adult Contemporary, it climbed to No. 21, joining Ava Max’s new holiday single, “Christmas Without You,” which ranked five spots higher at No. 16 on the chart.
    While the festive anthem is a standalone song, both “Kings & Queens” and “Sweet but Psycho” are featured in Ava Max’s debut studio album “Heaven & Hell”.
    “It resembles everything I’ve gone through,” she explained the title, “and I think everybody goes through heaven and hell in their own ways, like good days, bad days, the yin and the yang you know? Both worlds, it’s never great all the time, so I think that’s why.”
    The album was divided into three sections; Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell. She elaborated, “Heaven is more of energetic, upbeat, and anthemic songs so if you’re feeling very happy, and Hell is more of a moody, sonically darker theme but there are no sad songs on that one, they’re all very bold and strong. I didn’t want any sad songs so they’re pretty much in-your-face anthems.”

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    Miley Cyrus Gets Cheeky With 'Three Way' Suggestion to Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello

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    The ‘Wrecking Ball’ hitmaker makes the eye-popping remark after being left impressed by a TikTok clip of the ‘Senorita’ singers covering her 2009 ‘Hannah Montana’ song ‘The Climb’.

    Dec 21, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Miley Cyrus has proposed having a “three way” in the recording studio with pop couple Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello.
    The “Wrecking Ball” hitmaker was impressed with a TikTok clip of the loved-up “Senorita” singers covering her 2009 “Hannah Montana: The Movie” song “The Climb”, and suggested they all get together to make sweet music.

    Commenting on the weekend post on Shawn’s account, Miley wrote, “Let’s have a three way.”

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    Miley Cyrus made eye-popping suggestion to Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello.
    She then clarified her eye-popping remark by adding, “A three part harmony obviously Shawn. You filthy animal.”
    Miley and Mendes previously worked together to perform a rendition of Shawn’s “In My Blood” single at the Grammy Awards in 2019. Meanwhile, Mendes had also collaborated with Cabello in 2015’s single “I Know What You Did Last Summer” prior to reuniting on their 2019 hit “Senorita”.
    Mendes and Cabello have been dating since summer of last year and spent the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic by self-isolating together. In his Netflix documentary “In Wonder”, the 22-year-old singer admitted that he has thought about proposing to his girlfriend. “Yeah, absolutely, I think for me it’s always been if I’m not willing to talk about that stuff then I kind of check out a little bit, and I don’t know, I really think when you know, you know,” he confessed.
    “She’s been one of my best friends since I was, like, 15 years old. I don’t know, at the same time, I know we are really young so I don’t want to jump, like, insanely fast, but I think when you find your person, you feel and you know that you have found your person,” he explained.

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    Taylor Swift Nabs Eighth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With Suprise Set 'Evermore'

    Meanwhile, Kid Cudi’s ‘Man on the Moon III: The Chosen’ arrives at No. 2 on this week’s chart with 144,000 equivalent album units earned, marking the rapper’s fifth top 10 album.

    Dec 21, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Taylor Swift’s “Evenmore” debuts atop the Billboard 200 this week. Her surprise album leads the Top 10 after earning 329,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending December 17, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It marks Taylor’s eighth No. 1 album on the chart and her second of 2020 following “Folklore”.
    Of the sum, SEA units comprise nearly 167,000 which equals to 220.49 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs. Meanwhile, 154,500 are in the form of album sales with TEA units comprising a little under 8,000. The album is also named as the fifth-largest week of the year for any album and the second-largest streaming week of 2020 for a non-R&B/hip-hop.
    Back to this week’s chart, Kid Cudi’s “Man on the Moon III: The Chosen” arrives at No. 2 with 144,000 equivalent album units earned, marking his fifth top 10 album. Meanwhile, Taylor’s “Folklore” soars high from No. 11 to No. 3 with 133,000 equivalent album units, thanks to sale pricing and promotion in her official webstore of the “Folklore” vinyl LP and a signed CD edition of the album.

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    Following it up at No. 4 is Michael Buble’s “Christmas”. The album stays steady at the position after earning 58,000 equivalent album units. This week’s chart also sees Jack Harlow’s debut studio album “Thats What They All Say” bowing at No. 5 with 51,000 equivalent album units, 48,000 of which are in SEA units.
    Meanwhile, Carrie Underwood’s “My Gift” falls from No. 5 to No. 6 with 47,000 equivalent album units. Also descending this week are Pop Smoke’s “Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon” and Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song”. Pop Smoke’s posthumous album dips one spot from No. 6 to No. 7 with 46,000 units, while Nat King Cole’s Christmas album drops from No. 7 to No. 8 with 45,000 units.
    Bad Bunny’s former No. 1 album “El Ultimo Tour del Mundo” significantly falls from No. 2 to No. 9 this week after earning a little over 44,000 units. Closing out the Top 10 is Mariah Carey’s “Merry Christmas” which is stationery at the No. 10 with 44,000 units.
    Top Ten Billboard 200:
    “Evermore” – Taylor Swift (329,000 units)
    “Man on the Moon III: The Chosen ” – Kid Cudi (144,000 units)
    “Folklore” – Taylor Swift (133,000 units)
    “Christmas” – Michael Buble (58,000 units)
    “Thats What They All Say” – Jack Harlow (51,000 units)
    “My Gift” – Carrie Underwood (47,000 units)
    “Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon” – Pop Smoke (46,000 units)
    “The Christmas Song” – Nat King Cole) (45,000 units)
    “El Ultimo Tour del Mundo” – Bad Bunny (a little over 44,000 units)
    “Merry Christmas” – Mariah Carey (44,000 units)

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    Ed Sheeran Teases First Music in Over One Year as Christmas Present to Fans

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    In a short video on his Instagram Story timeline, the ‘Shape of You’ hitmaker shares a brief clip of him sitting down with his guitar with a note of unveiling promise on December 21.

    Dec 21, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Ed Sheeran is gifting fans a Christmas treat with his first new material in almost 18 months.
    The British pop star, who has been enjoying a break to settle into fatherhood, teased the music release via Instagram on Sunday, December 20.
    He simply wrote, “11am GMT tomorrow. A Christmas present.”

    Sheeran shared the same message in a short video on his Instagram Story timeline, which included a brief clip of the singer sitting down with his guitar.

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    He didn’t offer up any other details, but officials at the U.K.’s Power Radio let slip the news on Twitter on Saturday, claiming the track would be titled “The Afterglow”, and released for airplay on Monday.

    Power Radio let slip about Ed Sheeran’s new song ‘The Afterglow’.
    This will be Sheeran’s new music after he last released an album, “No.6 Collaborations Project”, in July 2019. True to the title, the record featured a string of collaborations with artists including Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper, Cardi B, Camila Cabello and British rapper Stormzy.
    In December of the same year, the 29-year-old musician announced that he’s taking a break from making music. “Hello all. Gonna go on another break again,” he told his fans and followers on Instagram.
    “The Divide era and tour changed my life in so many ways, but now it’s all over it’s time to go out and see some more of the world,” he explained. “I’ve been a bit non stop since 2017 so I’m just gonna take a breather to travel, write and read. I’ll be off all social media until it’s time to come back.”
    Sheeran added, “To all my family and friends, see ya when I see ya – and to my fans, thank you for always being amazing, I promise to be back with some new music when the time is right and I’ve lived a little more to actually have something to write about.
    The “Shape of You” hitmaker welcomed a daughter named Lyra with his wife, Cherry Seaborn, in late August.

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