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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

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      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'

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      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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      Michael Stipe 'Thrilled' by Challenges of Composing Own Music for Solo Album

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      Although he cannot play any instrument and really does not know what he was doing, the former R.E.M. frontman insists on writing his 18 pieces of music himself for the first time.

      Dec 21, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Rocker Michael Stipe is really challenging himself for his upcoming solo album by insisting on writing all of the music himself for the first time – even though he “can’t play an instrument”.
      The former R.E.M. frontman previously relied on his bandmates to add the melodies and soundscapes to his lyrics, but he doesn’t want to lean on other musicians for his solo endeavour, so he’s tackling the whole process from scratch.
      He told Uncut magazine: “What I have at the moment are 18 pieces of music that I’m working on. Some of them are much more complete than others – some have lyrics, others don’t.”
      “I threw a bunch of barricades in my path by deciding to challenge myself with a lot of this music. I’ve never written music before, which means I’m coming from a completely different vantage point than I ever did with R.E.M.”

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      “I’m writing for things that I’ve never had any experience with whatsoever. But that’s where I get excited.”
      “I can’t play an instrument, so that makes composing for me that much more thrilling, because I really don’t know what I’m doing and I’m not afraid of stupid sounds. So banging around on synthesisers is, for me, an easy way to create.”
      And the “Losing My Religion” hitmaker isn’t concerned about what others will think of his music.
      He said: “I want something that’s gonna make me feel like I’m really living in the moment. At the age of 60, I don’t really want to do things that are easy. I can do whatever the f**k I want, in essence. I’m at that point in my life where I don’t really have to please anyone but myself.”

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      Ariana Grande Announces Engagement to Dalton Gomez

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      #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Best of 2020Best ComedyBest TV ShowsBest BooksBest MoviesBest AlbumsAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyAriana Grande Announces Engagement to Dalton GomezThe pop star shared the news of her engagement to the Los Angeles real estate agent on Instagram, writing, “forever n then some.”Ariana Grande at the 62nd Grammy Awards in January. She gained prominence as Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon show “Victorious,” but her music career gave her international stardom.Credit…Etienne Laurent/EPA, via ShutterstockDec. 20, 2020, 6:54 p.m. ETThe pop star Ariana Grande is engaged to the luxury real estate agent Dalton Gomez, she announced on Instagram on Sunday.Sharing photos of herself with Mr. Gomez (and a diamond and pearl ring), she captioned her post, “forever n then some.”Ms. Grande had hinted at her relationship with Mr. Gomez over the past year, tucking photos with him into stacks of images shared on Instagram.A music video for her collaboration with Justin Bieber on “Stuck With U,” a nod to quarantine, was the couple’s public debut in the spring, featuring a clip of Ms. Grande and Mr. Gomez dancing.Along with its “unapologetically and sometimes humorously libidinous lyrics,” Ms. Grande’s most recent album, “Positions,” which was released in the fall, has “occasional slips of vulnerability that reveal the giddiness and anxiety of new love,” The New York Times wrote in its review.Mr. Gomez, a real estate agent at the Aaron Kirman Group in Los Angeles, was born and raised in Southern California, according to his profile on the agency’s website. He has worked in luxury real estate for five years, overseeing sales of homes like Pierre Koenig’s Case Study No. 21 in Los Angeles, which served as the set of “Charmed.”Shortly after the release of Ms. Grande’s 2018 album, “Sweetener,” her ex-boyfriend, the rapper Mac Miller, died of an accidental overdose.He had collaborated with Ms. Grande on her hit song, “The Way,” in 2013.“I adored you from the day I met you when I was nineteen and I always will,” she said of Mr. Miller in a post on Instagram after his death.At the time of Mr. Miller’s death, she had been engaged to the comedian Pete Davidson for only a few months. Ms. Grande called off their engagement shortly thereafter.Mr. Davidson attributed their split to Mr. Miller’s death, telling the radio host Charlamagne Tha God in an interview that “I pretty much knew it was over after that.”In December 2018, Mr. Davidson shared a troubling post on Instagram: “I really don’t want to be on this earth anymore,” he wrote. A police officer checked on him at the Manhattan studios of “Saturday Night Live,” where he is a cast member, and NBC contacted the Police Department to say that he was fine, the police said at the time.In the deleted post, he said: “I’m doing my best to stay here for you but I actually don’t know how much longer I can last. All I’ve ever tried to do was help people. Just remember I told you so.”Ms. Grande, 27, gained prominence as Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon show “Victorious,” which aired from 2010 to 13, but it was her music career that gave her international stardom. Her song “Positions” peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200.AdvertisementContinue reading the main story More

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      Asian Doll Says 'Friendship Ended' After Megan Thee Stallion Ditched Her for JT on Debut Album

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      The ‘Unfuccwitable’ femcee hints at the end of her friendship with the ‘Hot Summer Girl’ hitmaker after initially insisting they’re still cool despite her being snubbed by Meg on her debut album.

      Dec 21, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Did Asian Doll end her friendship with Megan Thee Stallion? The female rapper also known as Asian Da Brat was seemingly hurt as she wrote a now-deleted tweet, “Friendship ended NEXT!” after revealing that Megan replaced her with JT of City Girls.
      The drama started when Asian played for her online followers her unreleased verse on “Do It on the Tip”, a song off Megan’s debut album that features the City Girls. As Megan was called out for ditching Asian, the “Unfuccwitable” star was quick to set the record straight. “Me & Megan still friends idgaf about no song I did in my sleep,” she wrote.
      But in a follow-up tweet, she admitted that, while she was cool with the “Hot Girl Summer” hitmaker, she was indeed upset at first. She confessed, “I was (mad) but ima Sagittarius we get mad then 10mins later WE DON’T GIVE A F**K BOUT NUNNADET SH*T. (sic)”
      While Megan kept mum, JT posted a series of cryptic messages that fans believed to be a response to Asian Doll’s tweets. “A real friend is something you bi***es really don’t know nothing about!” she penned. “I been doing good but ima bout to start laying y’all attention h**s out & I’m coming with FACTS!!!!! Sympathetic a** h**s are really starting to grind on my gears! FR!”
      JT added, “Like if you know it’s gone draw attention & cause commotion … why speak on it? Mind you lying! But GO OFF!”

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      While JT didn’t drop any names, Asian directly mention JT in her next tweet, insisting to keep a positive attitude as fans brought JT’s remarks to her attention. “If JT ain’t say my name then she wasn’t talking to me,” she tweeted before seemingly scolding fans for trying to pit her against the City Girls member, “Stop being messy cause what I said was between me & Megan!”
      Asian went on, “This whole song getting out of hand! My intentions wasn’t bad when I played it I DON’T WANNA BE ON THE DELUXE I Don’t Wanna Put It Out I played it because ITS NEVER coming out! I don’t need to be a pick me b***h cause at the end of the day I’m having my way with this sh*t.”
      “I was called & asked to do the song,” she explained why she sent her verse to Meg. “Some told me don’t do it anyways so I didn’t. Weeks later I was reminded to do it, so I DID It.”

      Asian, who previously defended Megan against Tory Lanez, then seemingly called out Megan for being silent. “A lot of sh*t I don’t even deserve,” she wrote. “God knows my intentions but these b***es don’t make it no better. How you don’t defend a b***h that RUN to defend you [laughing crying emojis].”

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