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Meanwhile, former leader Taylor Swift’s ‘Evermore’ dips to No. 2 in its third week after earning 71,000 equivalent album units in the week ending December 31, 2020.

Jan 4, 2021
AceShowbiz – Congratulations are in order for Playboi Carti! The rapper has just landed his first No. 1 album on Billboard 200 chart after his new album “Whole Lotta Red” debuts atop the tally. It bows with 100,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending December 31, 2020, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
Of the sum, 90,000 are in the form of SEA units which equals to 126.43 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs. Meanwhile, album sales comprise 10,000 with TEA units comprising the rest of the equivalent album units earned by the new 24-track album.
Back to this week’s Billboard 200 chart, former leader Taylor Swift’s “Evermore” dips to No. 2 in its third week with 71,000 equivalent album units earned. As for No. 3, it is occupied by Lil Durk’s “The Voice”, marking the rapper’s third top 10 effort. The album soars high from No. 46 to No. 3 with 66,000 equivalent album units earned after its first full tracking week.

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Following it up at No. 4 is Pop Smoke’s “Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon” which climbs up from No. 11 to No. 4 with 46,000 equivalent album units. Also bouncing back to the Top 10, now that Christmas albums have left the Top 10 chart, is Ariana Grande’s “Positions”. It ascends from No. 14 to No. 5 with 38,000 equivalent album units.
Taylor’s “Folklore” also steps up from No. 8 to No. 6 with 35,000 units. Megan Thee Stallion’s “Good News” is behind her at No. 7 after earning 34,000 equivalent album units.
At No. 8 is Luke Combs’ “What You See Is What You Get”, which jumps from No. 19 to the position with nearly 34,000 units. Closing out the Top 10 this week are Bad Bunny’s “El Ultimo Tour del Mundo” and Eminem’s “Music to Be Murdered By”. “El Ultimo Tour del Mundo” rises from No. 16 to No. 9 with almost 34,000 units while “Music to Be Murdered By” falls significantly from No. 3 to No. 10 with 33,000 units earned.
Top Ten Billboard 200:
“Whole Lotta Red” – Playboi Carti (100,000 units)
“Evermore” – Taylor Swift (71,000 units)
“The Voice” – Lil Durk (66,000 units)
“Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon” – Pop Smoke (46,000 units)
“Positions” – Ariana Grande (38,000 units)
“Folklore” – Taylor Swift (35,000 units)
“Good News” – Megan Thee Stallion) (34,000 units)
“What You See Is What You Get” – Luke Combs (nearly 34,000 units)
“El Ultimo Tour del Mundo” – Bad Bunny (almost 34,000 units)
“Music to Be Murdered By” – Eminem (33,000 units)

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The festive single, originally released by George Michael’s band in 1984, has hit the pinnacle at the U.K. chart, pushing aside Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’.

Jan 3, 2021
AceShowbiz – George Michael’s classic Wham! hit “Last Christmas” has become the U.K.’s first number one of 2021.
The festive favourite sets a new chart record as the longest time taken for a single to hit the top spot – it was originally released back in 1984. Tony Christie’s “(Is This the Way to) Amarillo” was the last holder of that record, at 33 years and four months.
“Last Christmas”, which rises from three to one, marks the first time in 24 years a song by the tragic singer has topped the countdown – the pop legend, who died on Christmas Day (25Dec) in 2016, last achieved the feat in 1996 with “Jesus to a Child”.

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Celebrating the news on Friday (01Jan21), his Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley posted on Twitter, “I am delighted, somewhat amazed & profoundly pleased that WHAM!’s iconic Christmas classic Last Christmas has finally achieved the accolade of becoming a No 1.”
“It’s a fitting tribute 2 George’s songwriting genius and 1 of which he would’ve been immensely proud & utterly thrilled (sic).”
Another recent long-overdue festive number one, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You”, holds steady at two, ahead of Jess Glynne’s “This Christmas”.
Meanwhile, Michael Buble takes his Christmas release to pole position on the U.K. albums chart, with Taylor Swift’s “Evermore” staying put at two and Dua Lipa’s “Future Nostalgia” kicking off the New Year at three.

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The Journey keyboardist shares the ‘cool’ story after his bandmate Neal Schon covered the late music icon’s hit 80s anthem for his new solo album, ‘Universe’.

Jan 2, 2021
AceShowbiz – Journey star Neal Schon’s cover of Prince’s “Purple Rain” for his new solo album, “Universe”, was a full circle moment for the guitarist, as the late music icon’s anthem was inspired by the band’s song “Faithfully”.
Schon’s bandmate Jonathan Cain recalls Prince reaching out to him back in 1984 and playing “Purple Rain”, admitting the chord changes resembled those on Faithfully – and he didn’t want the rockers to sue him.
“He said, ‘I want to play something for you, and I want you to check it out…’,” Cain tells Billboard. “I thought it was an amazing tune, and I told him, ‘Man, I’m just super-flattered that you even called. It shows you’re that classy of a guy. Good luck with the song. I know it’s gonna be a hit’.”

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Cain was rewarded with “amazing seats” on Prince’s “Purple Rain” tour. “I thought it was ridiculous how cool it was,” he adds.
Schon initially released his “Purple Rain” cover to mark Prince’s birthday in June (2019) and performed the song at a tribute show in Minnesota later the same month. Alongside the audio, Schon’s friend Rick Barron wrote an anecdote that read, “Late ’80s and I am sitting with Prince on the floor in his apartment at Paisley Park. We’ve listened to Joni Mitchell, Peter Gabriel.”
He went on to share, “I notice a worn Journey Escape record in his collection. Surprised, I turned to him and said, ‘Never took you for a Journey fan.’ He gave me that doe-eyed look that always made me uncomfortable and said: ‘Neal Schon is one of my favorite guitarists on the planet. … He is a genius.’ ”
“Neal’s beautiful interpretation makes the loss of the colossal talent of ‘P’ a little less sad. They are each prodigy’s that have woven themselves into the fabric of our lives and our lives are richer as a result,” Barron concluded.

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The Fenty Cosmetics founder catches wind of a fan’s comment on her Instagram post in which the fan suggests that the singer’s resolution in 2021 ‘should be releasing the album.’

Jan 2, 2021
AceShowbiz – Rihanna will release new music when she feels like to. The “Umbrella” hitmaker has made it clear when responding to one of her Instagram followers who weighes in on Rih’s resolution in 2021.
On January 1, the singer and cosmetic mogul treated her fans to pictures of her looking stunning in sparkling two-piece green dress. The pictures saw the Barbados-born musician posing by the pool in what seemed to be her mansion in her native country. “new year’s resolution: apply the pressure,” so she captioned the pics.

One fan, however, thought that Rihanna should have made another thing her resolution for this year. “Resolution should be releasing the album,” the fan wrote in the comment section, referring to the singer’s long-rumored and now-infamous album “R9”. Another fan similarly added, “Speaking of pressure, it’s the album for me.”

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Rihanna caught wind of the comments and decided to respond to the first user. “this comment is sooo 2019,” the Fenty Cosmetics founder wrote back to the fan, before urging her to “grow up.” She doubled down on her response as she replied again, “2021 energy,” alongside laugh-crying and flexed bicep emojis.

Fans initially speculated that the album might be coming soon as Skylar Grey shared a snippet of a song she’d revealed that she worked on with Diplo for the “Diamonds” hitmaker’s album. According to Grey, she and Diplo collaborated on the song “when Rihanna was supposedly doing some kind of reggae album.”
Prior to this, Rihanna sparked chatter after she shared a mysterious video on Instagram, seemingly hinting at the project. “Update: me listening to R9 by myself and refusing to release it,” she wrote back in late December 2019 alongside a clip of a small white dog energetically head-banging to House of Pain’s classic cut “Jump Around”.
That aside, Rihanna is currently enjoying the new year celebration in Barbados with her rumored boyfriend A$AP Rocky. In one picture that circulated online, the lovebirds were snapped enjoying a four-person rider tube called the Sportsstuff Great Big Mable on the water on Monday, December 28. Putting her hands around her man’s waist on a yacht, Rihanna was also seen leaning in to give him a kiss.

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The time-lapse BTS video that features the process of getting his tattoos on his arms, torso and legs hidden successfully sends fans into frenzy as the ‘Love Yourself’ singer is seen only in white briefs.

Jan 2, 2021
AceShowbiz – Justin Bieber rang in 2021 with a new music. The Grammy-winning singer released a music video for his new single “Anyone” on New Year’s Eve. Directed by Colin Tilley, the visuals shows the pop star playing a Rocky-esque boxer.
He is seen training and drinking raw eggs before hopping onto the ring to compete against his rival. Actress Zoey Deutch, who portrays his love interest in the clip, is featured cheering for him and praying for his victory. When Justin is declared as the winner, she quickly joins him in the ring before they lock lip.
“That you are the only one I’ll ever love/ (I gotta tell ya, gotta tell ya)/ Yeah, you, if it’s not you, it’s not anyone/ (I gotta tell ya, gotta tell ya)/ Lookin’ back on my life, you’re the only good I’ve ever done (Ever done),” so Justin croons on the song.
Fans, however, may notice something missing from the 26-year-old Canadian heartthrob. The singer, who is known for his tattoo collection, has removed his body tats for the music video.

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Not long after releasing the clip, Justin treated his Instagram followers to a behind-the-scenes time-lapse video featuring him in white briefs while getting his tattoos on his arms, torso, and legs hidden. “No tats for the #Anyonevideo,” so the husband of Hailey Baldwin captioned the video.

The video successfully sent fans into frenzy as they noticed the sheer white material that barely concealed his obvious bulge. “In my defense… it looked at ME first,” one Instagram follower commented. Another fan added, “I’m trying not to look.”
“Justin Bieber leaving literally nothing to the imagination,” another comment read. Meanwhile, a user asked Justin to “CLOSE YOUR LEGS.”
“Anyone” follows the “Sorry” hitmaker’s recent collaboration with Shawn Mendes on “Monster”, which is featured on the latter’s album “Wonder”. Prior to this, Justin also released “Holy” and “Lonely.”

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The former Oasis member has given his loyal fans a special treat on New Year’s Eve as he drops a new song demo titled ‘We’re Gonna Get There in the End’.

Jan 2, 2021
AceShowbiz – Noel Gallagher has released his demo of “We’re Gonna Get There in the End”.
The former Oasis star took to Twitter this week (end03Jan21) to share with his fans that he’s been “writing and noodling recently.”
And Noel explained he decided to release the track on New Year’s Eve (31Dec20) because “the lyrics are quite apt for the times” amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“Firstly let me wish everyone a Happy New Year. Things can only get better from here!! (saying that, they couldn’t get much worse could they?!),” he wrote. “Anyway I’ve been writing and noodling recently and I’ve made a little demo of a tune that I wrote a couple of weeks ago and it actually came out sounding pretty good.”

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“The lyrics are quite apt for the times and I think I’d like to share it with you. The song is called We’re Gonna Get There In The End. Hope your hangovers aren’t too horrific. Hopefully we’ll catch up soon. PS. IT’S ONLY A DEMO. ONWARDS. NG.”
On the uplifting tune, Noel sings, “Remember the dream that you’re keeping alive / Remember your love for the loved outside / Don’t fight the feeling / Don’t stop believing in what you know/ ‘Cause you can’t let go my friend / We’re gonna get there in the end.”
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Last year, Noel vented his frustrations at fans who showed up at his concerts and demanded Oasis’ songs. “The new stuff that I am doing they f**king hate it. Which makes me want to do it more,” the British musician said.

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