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Following up the ‘Back to the Future’-themed teaser, the official full video for the rapper’s Christmas song sees him as an unorthodox Santa Claus dressing in silver.

Nov 13, 2020
AceShowbiz – Lil Nas X is back to spread the Christmas spirits early. Just in time for the Yuletide season, the Grammy Award-winning rapper debuted his new song aptly titled “Holiday” along with its official music video on midnight Friday, November 13.
Picking up where the “Holiday” teaser left off after the “Old Town Road” hitmaker ditched his cowboy ensemble for a Santa Claus costume, he does take the baton as Father Christmas with a twist. Instead of donning the classic red outfit, he’s clad in silver as he appears to portray Santa from the future, playing along with the “Back to the Future” homage in the teaser.
Lil Nas also portrays three other characters within a gigantic, sci-fi Santa’s Workshop at the North Pole. One of them sees him in a black robotic costume as he seemingly depicts a character from a video game. He then trades the all-black ensemble for a striped outfit which has spikes on it and matches his hairstyle, while riding a red car.

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The fourth character is dressed in silver with a sleeveless top and a short skirt, while sporting long silver braids. He’s dancing with some robots in the background during the chorus which goes, “Ayy, it’s a holiday/ I got h**s on h**s and they outta control, yeah/ Ayy, it’s another way/ All my n***as on go and I hope that you know it.”
The video ends as Lil Nas’ Santa takes a ride across the United States in a high-tech sleigh, a Christmas-red Dodge Challenger, pulled by robotic reindeer, which flies past his own versions of Mount Rushmore, the Hollywood sign, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Statue of Liberty and Times Square.
“Holiday” is produced by Tay Keith and Take A Daytrip. It marks Lil Nas’ first new single in almost two years after he released “Rodeo” featuring Cardi B and Nas, which peaked at No. 22 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. He is expected to perform the new song at a virtual concert this Saturday, November 14th, on the children’s video game Roblox.

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The ‘Hot Girl Summer’ rapper is scheduled to perform her new track, which will be released on November 20, at the 2020 American Music Awards, which will broadcast on Sunday, November 22.

Nov 13, 2020
AceShowbiz – Megan Thee Stallion has really good news for her fans! On Thursday afternoon, November 12, the Hot Girl Summer announced her debut album, which is appropriately titled “Good News”, in a new Instagram post. The upcoming album is set to be released on November 20.
The Houston raptress shared in the photo-sharing platform a picture of an art of the highly-anticipated set. The “Savage” hitmaker could be seen being trapped in a glass case while seemingly naked. She covered her modesty with a newspaper that features headlines inspired by her.
“Hotties , I first want to say thank you for riding with me, growing with me, and staying down with me since my first mixtape Rich Ratchet !” she wrote in the caption. Seemingly referring to her shooting drama involving Tory Lanez and her ex-BFF Kelsey, Megan added, “Through this rough a** year we’ve all been having I felt like we could all use a lil bit of good news. So with that being said MY OFFICIAL ALBUM ‘GOOD NEWS’ IS DROPPING NOVEMBER 20TH PRE ORDER WILL BE AVAILABLE TONIGHT #GOODNEWSMEGAN.”

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Fans were unsurprisingly excited for the new album as one wrote in the comment section, “YASSSS QUEEN WE WANT MEGNIKA.” Another fan added, “OMFG YASSSSS THIS IS REALLY #GOODNEWS I CANT WAIT TO HEAR IT!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!” One person was so eager, saying, “MAMA DROP THE TRACKLIST !!”
Fellow celebrities also sent support in their comments. Tokyo Vanity wrote, “4th quarter pressure,” while La La Anthony said, “Congrats…can’t wait!!!” “Hidden Figures” actress Taraji P. Henson also raved about her red locks, writing, “COME ON REEEEDDD #REDHEADSHAVEMOREFUN.”
“Good News” follows Megan’s recent project “Suga”, which was out back in March, and “Fever”, which was released in 2019. The rapper also released several hit singles and collaborative songs including “Girls in the Hood”, “WAP” with Cardi B and “Savage” remix with Beyonce Knowles. The last two tracks debuted atop Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.
Megan is scheduled to perform her new track at the 2020 American Music Awards, which will broadcast on Sunday, November 22 at 8 P.M. on ABC.

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The ‘When the Party’s Over’ singer is tapped to return to the American Music Awards stage for this year’s ceremony on Sunday, November 22 to perform her brand new song.

Nov 13, 2020
AceShowbiz – Billie Eilish finds the perks of the coronavirus lockdown in a freshly-released music video for her new song “Therefore I Am”. The Grammy Award-winning artist is exploring a deserted mall all by herself in the clip, which was premiered on Thursday, November 12.
The 18-year-old roams the empty Glendale Galleria shopping mall, a familiar stomping ground for Eilish during her early teen years in California. She raids food from Wetzel’s Pretzels, Hot Dog on a Stick and Chipotle before getting caught by a security guard.
“I’m not your friend or anything/ Damn, you think that you’re the man/ I think, therefore, I am,” she sings in the chorus. The video ends with Eilish scrambling to run away from the security guard, still with the foods she has stolen in her hands.

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In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music, Eilish said the song is “very, very up for interpretation.” Looking forward to her fans’ reactions to her song, she admitted, “I’m very curious to see what people get from it and also what they feel when they hear it. I don’t know. But yeah, it’s a little mean. I love it.”
The song follows Eilish’s previous single “My Future”, which was released last July. In the softer song, she sings about walking away from a relationship and deciding to put herself and her future first. She also released “No Time to Die”, a song she recorded for an upcoming James Bond movie of the same title, in February.
Eilish is tapped to perform her brand new song “Therefore I Am” at the 2020 American Music Awards (AMAs), which is going to take place on Sunday, November 22. She is nominated for two awards, favorite artist – alternative rock and favorite social artist, at the ceremony, which will broadcast live from Los Angeles at The Microsoft Theatre at 8 P.M. ET/PT on ABC, with Taraji P. Henson serving as the host.
The “Bad Guy” hitmaker is also scheduled to perform live on iHeartRadio’s Jingle Ball 2020 on December 10. The event will be carried live on over 90 iHeartRadio stations and as a live video stream.

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Website: BlackMusicLibrary.comThe writer Jenzia Burgos posted a few slides on Instagram in June that she quickly turned into a website that catalogs the Black roots of popular music through links to books, articles, films and podcasts covering two dozen genres. Contributions by Black creatives are highlighted, and information on music that emerged from the Caribbean (like calypso and bachata) is robust.Check it out More

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The ‘Blinding Lights’ hitmaker is officially announced to headline the halftime show at the upcoming Super Bowl in Tampa Bay, Florida in February next year.

Nov 13, 2020
AceShowbiz – R&B superstar The Weeknd has scored a musical touchdown as the 2021 Super Bowl Halftime Show headliner.
The “Blinding Lights” hitmaker was announced as the performer for the coveted slot on Thursday (12Nov20), and he admitted it was a dream come true.
“We all grow up watching the world’s biggest acts playing the Super Bowl and one can only dream of being in that position,” the Canadian singer says. “I’m humbled, honoured and ecstatic to be the centre of that infamous stage this year.”
Super Bowl LV will mark the second year representatives at Jay-Z’s Roc Nation entertainment firm have worked with bosses at the National Football League and sponsors Pepsi to book the Halftime Show stars, following Jennifer Lopez and Shakira’s co-headlining slot at the 2020 event.
In a statement, Jay-Z declares, “The Weeknd has introduced a sound all his own. His soulful uniqueness has defined a new generation of greatness in music and artistry.”

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“This is an extraordinary moment in time and the Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show is going to be an extraordinary experience with an extraordinary performer.”
Super Bowl LV will take place in Tampa Bay, Florida on 7 February (21).
Previous acts to land the big gig in recent years include Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Beyonce Knowles, and Bruno Mars.

Details of his performance are still scarce, but The Weeknd posted a short clip that teased what to expect from the upcoming gig. The footage included reference to his latest hit single “Blinding Lights” from fourth studio album “After Hours”.

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Black voices mattered, at least nominally, at the 54th annual Country Music Association Awards, which were broadcast Wednesday from Nashville on ABC — the rare indoor live event featuring an audience during the Covid-19 pandemic.Darius Rucker, the lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish who re-emerged over the last decade as a country singer-songwriter, hosted the show alongside Reba McEntire; he was only the show’s second Black co-host, following Charley Pride in 1975. Pride himself was also there, receiving a long overdue lifetime achievement award that was presented to him by a young Black country singer, Jimmie Allen, who performed his own No. 1 country hit (and debut single), “Best Shot.” (Allen was nominated as new artist of the year but lost to Morgan Wallen.)And when Maren Morris was named female vocalist of the year, her acceptance speech pointedly included a list of Black women making country music: Linda Martell, Yola, Mickey Guyton, Rissi Palmer, Brittney Spencer and Rhiannon Giddens.But the show was determinedly anodyne. Promoting the broadcast in a tweet, the Country Music Association had promised a “no drama zone,” which many took to mean a gag order on politics and the major issues gripping the United States today, though it later stated, “We welcome every artist’s right to express themselves.”But the Covid-19 pandemic hovered over the show. Unlike the Academy of Country Music Awards, which had its performances in nearly empty rooms and prerecorded many of them — precautions similarly taken by the Billboard Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards and the BET Awards — the three-hour CMA ceremony took place live and indoors, with a small but unmasked in-person audience consisting largely of the show’s performers. Full bands shared the stage, and musicians got to hear some applause, something they have clearly missed. The lineup had last-minute changes after a small roster of artists tested positive for the virus or revealed they had possibly been exposed: George Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line, Lee Brice, Rascal Flatts, Jenee Flower and Lady A. The show took place as the number of new cases in the United States hit record highs.Eric Church received the final award, entertainer of the year, which usually goes to a top touring attraction — an impossibility during the pandemic. “If there was ever a year not to win this award …” Church said, trailing off to laughter. “This year, at least for me, has been about the loss of this year: loss of life, loss of playing shows, loss of freedom, loss of kids being in school. You know what the win is? The win is we were all here tonight, together, as country music — in person, live, not on Zoom.”He added, “It’s going to be music that brings us out of this. That is the one thing that’s going to save the entire world. Politicians are about division. Music is about unity.”The show’s other big winners were Morris (song of the year and single of the year for “The Bones,” female vocalist of the year) and Luke Combs (album of the year and male vocalist of the year).The program paid tribute to songwriters and singers who died in 2020 — Kenny Rogers, Mac Davis, Charlie Daniels and Joe Diffie — yet it ignored other influential ones: John Prine, Billy Joe Shaver and Jerry Jeff Walker. The Daniels tribute was rootsy and rowdy, and allotted multiple songs enough verses to tell their stories; the Rogers tribute was Little Big Town reverently singing “Sweet Music Man,” a thoroughly ambivalent song about a working musician. And the song chosen to honor Davis — the 1969 Elvis Presley hit “In the Ghetto,” sung by Rucker and McEntire — was no doubt well-intentioned, but its sanctimoniousness hasn’t aged well.Current country has learned a lot from the arena rock of decades past. When Church, Wallen and Chris Stapleton performed, they sounded like the foundation of country music was the growls and marches of Bruce Springsteen, not, say, the honky-tonk of Hank Williams. Ashley McBride’s “One Night Standards” has the wordplay and specificity of vintage country songwriting, but her performance also used the pealing guitar dynamics of U2. Gabby Barrett’s intricately seething revenge fantasy, “I Hope,” which she performed with Charlie Puth, crested with power chords like a classic-rock ballad.Country also makes alliances with current pop. “The Bones,” the single that brought Morris her awards, compares a marriage to the stability of a house, in clear country style, but its producer was Greg Kurstin, who has made pop bangers with Adele. The duo Dan + Shay became a three-tenors trio by adding Justin Bieber on “10,000 Hours.” For the awards show, they performed it together at an unattended Hollywood Bowl, and the vastly more popular Bieber made himself a team player as he harmonized with the country duo.The Country Music Association Awards summed up a complicated year for country music — a year when its white male domination was up for interrogation, a year when its barnstorming tours could not happen, a year of deeply divided politics, a year of health crisis. All an awards show could do was to muddle through, and — given its production choices — hope not to become a superspreader event. More