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The ‘Dance Monkey’ hitmaker bags the Song of the Year trophy and the Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year prize, while the ‘Cheap Thrills’ singer claims Most Performed Australian Work Overseas.
May 26, 2020
AceShowbiz – Tones And I was the big winner at Australia’s APRA Music Awards on Monday (May 25), taking home two prizes including the prestigious Song of the Year trophy.
Tones, real name Toni Watson, bagged the peer-voted APRA prize for artists’ favourite song with her international smash hit “Dance Monkey”, as well as the prize for Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year.
Collecting the Breakthrough award, the star said: “As an artist, we don’t get recognised, a lot of the time as songwriter, but as an artist that does write my music, I want to say thank you.”

“Dance Monkey” topped the charts in more than 30 countries, including a record-setting 24-week run atop Australia’s ARIA Singles Chart and 11 weeks at the summit of the U.K.’s singles rundown – the most by a solo female artist.
Other winners included Aussie hip-hop trio Hilltop Hoods, who won the Songwriter of the Year award and the most performed urban work gong for their track “Leave Me Lonely”.
Teenage sensation Kian Brownfield, 17, and his co-writer Jerome Farah also won two APRA awards, for his track, Waiting, recognised for Most Performed Australian Work and Most Performed Alternative work.
Sia Furler’s “Cheap Thrills” won the Most Performed Australian Work Overseas trophy for the third consecutive year.
The APRAs, run by Australian performing rights organisation APRA AMCOS, were originally slated to take place on 28 April at the International Convention Centre in Sydney, but plans for the ceremony were scuppered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Instead, Monday’s virtual event was emceed by rapper Briggs and featured special performances curated by musical director Kate Miller-Heidke.

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Days after confirming she was undergoing stem cell therapy treatment to repair knee injury, the Material Girl singer offers a snippet from her ‘Hung Up’ performance.
May 26, 2020
AceShowbiz – Madonna has given fans a Memorial Day treat, sharing previously unseen footage from her first Coachella festival set in 2006.
A snippet from her performance of “Hung Up” 14 years ago appeared during the recent “Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert” documentary, which launched online in April, and now the pop superstar has uploaded the full video to her YouTube page.
“You’re watching ‘Hung Up’ live from the Sahara Tent at Coachella 2006,” a caption reads.
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Meanwhile, Madonna is currently receiving stem cell therapy treatment to repair a nagging knee injury.
The 61-year-old confirmed she was undergoing regenerative treatment to fix the problem that plagued her on the road throughout her “Madame X” tour and on 14 May she posted X-rays of her busted knee on her Instagram Stories, as well as blood being processed.

“Finally going to get my regenerative treatment for my missing cartilage!!” she wrote on social media. “I would be jumping up and down if i could after 8 months of being in pain! Wish me Luck (sic)!”

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Reflecting on how far she’s come since first bursting onto the music scene, the ‘Umbrella’ hitmaker offers her gratitude to God for leading her to her devotees.
May 26, 2020
AceShowbiz – Rihanna celebrated the “trippy” 15th anniversary of her debut single “Pon de Replay” in a heartfelt post thanking her “supportive” fanbase on Sunday, May 24.
The 32-year-old singer trended on Twitter over the weekend as her fans and followers took to social media to reflect on how far she’s come since first bursting onto the music scene.
After reading the messages from her devotees, who are nicknamed her “Navy”, Rihanna took to Instagram herself to ponder her career trajectory so far.
“Thank you for all the love on this hashtag today!” she wrote. “Man this is trippy. Feel like just yesterday I was shaking in the hallways of Def Jam waiting to audition for Jay.”

” ‘Pon de Replay’ is where it all began… 15 years later and I’m here because God led me to you, and you guys have held me up, supported me, tolerated me, loved me, kept it too real with me, and we got always be connected because of that. I love you Navy, and I cherish you. I’m so grateful to be gifted you as my fans and family. G4L!”

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Hip-hop dominates the Billboard album chart once again, as Future reaches No. 1 with “High Off Life,” the seventh time in the last three months a rap album has held the top spot.“High Off Life,” with guest spots by Drake, DaBaby, Lil Uzi Vert and Travis Scott, had the equivalent of 153,000 album sales in the United States, including 186 million streams, according to Nielsen Music. It also moved 16,000 copies as a complete package, with help from merchandise bundles on Future’s website.“High Off Life” is Future’s seventh No. 1 album — the Atlanta rapper’s previous times at the perch have included “The Wizrd” in 2019, his back-to-back chart-toppers “Future” and “Hndrxx” in 2017 and “What a Time to Be Alive,” his 2015 mixtape with Drake.For the last 12 weeks, the only non-hip-hop titles to reach No. 1 have been “Here and Now,” by the country singer Kenny Chesney, and “After Hours,” by the R&B-pop star the Weeknd, which held the top slot four times in a row.Also this week, the Chicago rapper Polo G opened at No. 2 with “The Goat,” whose song “Wishing for a Hero” is at least the 17th track to sample Bruce Hornsby and the Range’s 1986 piano ballad “The Way It Is.”Lil Baby’s “My Turn” is No. 3, Drake’s “Dark Lane Demo Tapes” is No. 4, and DaBaby’s “Blame It on Baby” is in fifth place. “Good Intentions” by the Canadian rapper Nav, last week’s chart-topper, fell to No. 10 in its second week out. More

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Collecting 153,000 equivalent units, the latest record from the ‘Life Is Good’ hitmaker pushes MC Polo G’s ‘The Goat’ to the runner-up position while Lil Baby’s ‘My Turn’ settles for third.
May 25, 2020
AceShowbiz – Rapper Future is “High Off Life” after taking his latest project to the top of the U.S. albums chart.
The hip-hop star has earned 153,000 equivalent units for his seventh Billboard 200 number one, with 16,000 in actual sales, making for the biggest solo week of his career to date.
Future’s last sales milestone occurred in 2015 with “DS2”, which logged 151,000 equivalent units.
“High Off Life” forces MC Polo G’s “The Goat” to settle for second place, ahead of Lil Baby’s “My Turn”, which takes third place.
Drake’s “Dark Lane Demo Tapes” slips one spot to four, while DaBaby’s “Blame It On Baby” completes the all-rap top five at five.

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In addition to Hopkins, Recording Academy officials gather Sugarland touring keyboardist Brandon Bush, singer Christine Albert and top engineer Jeff Powell to rework ‘Angel from Montgomery’.
May 25, 2020
AceShowbiz – Zac Brown Band musician John Driskell Hopkins has helped to record a cover of folk legend John Prine’s “Angel from Montgomery” to raise coronavirus relief funds.
Recording Academy officials have gathered members including Hopkins, Sugarland touring keyboardist Brandon Bush, singer/songwriter Christine Albert, and top engineer/producer Jeff Powell to rework Prine’s 1971 tune to benefit the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund.
Prine, who received the 2020 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, died from coronavirus complications in April (20), aged 73, and the new release is designed to also celebrate his memory and his generous spirit, while helping to provide financial support to musicians in need during these trying times.
“John Prine was one of the most amazing songwriters we’ve ever had, he’s just unparalleled,” Recording Academy trustee Michael Romanowski shared in a statement. “We want to honor John and all of his awesomeness.”

“We started this project as a way to raise money for MusiCares,” he added. “With John’s passing, we also wanted to raise awareness that this can strike anybody. It doesn’t matter if you’re famous or not, a seasoned veteran, or the perhaps just building your career. If we can help in some way, if we can help make sure that those in need have food, or rent, or something else to help keep get them through.”

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The controversial rapper breaks multiple records with his comeback single ‘Gooba’ and almost sends his rival Ariana Grande to therapy and early retirement due to his overwhelming numbers.
May 25, 2020
AceShowbiz – Almost everything about Tekashi 6ix9ine seems to fascinate people these days. From his rainbow hair, family drama, celebrity feud, criminal record, to musical craft, they often become a topic of discussions on the internet. When he was released from prison early, people were flocking to him.
The controversial rapper caused a storm online with his first post-jail Instagram Live video. He defended himself for testifying against his former gang and racked up two million views, breaking the record previously held by Tory Lanez and Drake’s Quarantine Radio which had 310,000 viewers.
The 24-year-old lyricist, real name Daniel Hernandez, soon followed it up with a comeback song called “Gooba”. With catchy beat and lyrics as well as a vibrant music video full of twerking girls and a cute puppy, it’s no brainer that the clip quickly accumulated millions of views on YouTube.
He garnered over 43 million views in 24 hours, breaking the previous record held by Eminem to become the biggest debut for a hip-hop video in YouTube history. Back in 2018, the Slim Shady amassed 38.1 million views in the first day of release for his Machine Gun Kelly diss song.
On top of that, “Gooba” became the fastest video to reach 100 million views online, surpassing Taylor Swift’s “ME!” and Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next”.
The song also dominated the charts. It launched at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart with 55.3 million streams in the U.S. alone and started at No. 3 on Digital Song Sales with 24,000 sold. Meanwhile, it debuted at No. 3 on Billboard Hot 100 and entered the U.K. singles chart at No. 6.
Although he didn’t get No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart, he gave his rival Ariana quite a scare. In an Instagram Story and now-deleted tweet before the rankings were revealed, the “Dangerous Woman” singer called the release week “terrifying” and said she needed therapy due to the anxiety. She even pleaded with fans to buy her song and hinted at early retirement if the top spot was not hers.

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It was indeed a neck-and-neck race to No. 1. The competition included Doja Cat’s “Say So” remix featuring Nicki Minaj, Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” remix featuring Beyonce Knowles, The Weeknd’s former champion “Blinding Lights”, and Drake’s “Toosie Slide”.
Although Tekashi69 was disappointed when he didn’t score No. 1 on Hot 100, he quickly moved on. He’s now gearing up for his next music offering and vows to break the internet again. Details of his upcoming single are still scarce but rumors suggest it’s a collaboration with Nicki Minaj.

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