Author: Popastic

Andrea Bocelli has landed his first chart-topping album in the UK with ‘Si’, the first classical album to hit Number 1 in almost 21 years. ‘Si’ includes collaborations of Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa and the artist’s own son. It is the first classical album that achieves the number #1 since the soundtrack of ‘Titanic’ (1998). In addition, Bocelli is the first classical vocalist to lead the list since ‘The Three Tenors in Concert’ by Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo reached number 1 in 1996. 1. (E) Andrea Bocelli – Si 2. (1) B.S.O. A Star Is Born 3.…

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With just over 200 days until the Grand Final, the slogan of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv has been revealed: Dare to Dream. The slogan was announced by Jon Ola Sand, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, who also explained the creative narrative behind it, after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss details of next year’s event. Inclusion, diversity, unity “This aspirational tagline represents and symbolizes everything that the Eurovision Song Contest is about. It’s about inclusion. It’s about diversity. It’s about unity,” Jon Ola Sand said during the announcement in Tel…

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Spanish singer Rosalía will launch her new album ‘El mal querer’ next November 2nd. With a Best New Artist Latin GRAMMY® nomination already to her credit for the debut album “Los Ángeles,” Rosalía has now further developed a distinctive sound of her own that meshes the classic flamenco influences of her heritage with modern urban sounds. The result is a new sound fusion that, when combined with Rosalía’s unique style and groundbreaking videos, has quickly propelled the 24-year old songwriter and vocalist to become a leading artistic voice for a new generation of music fans in Spain, with a worldwide…

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Against the odds, Lady Gaga is shining atop of the international music and movie charts with ‘A Star Is Born’. One of the most streamed songs of the album is the power ballad ‘I’ll Never Love Again’, a beautiful song that it’s already being discussed as an Oscar favorite. What the video for ‘I’ll Never Love Again’ here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52nfjRzIaj8

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On October 7th, 2008, Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, along with a group of other executives, launched their own streaming music service, after licensing deals with the major music labels. Ten years later, Spotify now has over 180 million monthly active users, with around 46% – or 83 million – paying for a subscription. According to the company, it has paid over €10 billion ($11.5 billion) to rights holders. The streaming music service now has over 2,000 genres. To celebrate the milestone, Spotify published reciently a new list looking back at the past ten years. Here are the top-ranked songs,…

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After Fifth Harmony’s hiatus, Normani is currently working on her solo career. The pop singer launched her Khalid collaboration ‘Love Lies’ some months ago and she also hopped on Jessie Reyez’s ‘Body Count’ remix with Kehlani. Now Normani is back with two new tracks: ‘Checklist’ featuring WizKid and ‘Slow Down’. The American singer has teamed up with Scottish DJ Calvin Harris, a news that she confirmed during this year’s American Music Awards. With Calvin’s previous two singles, ‘Promises’ featuring Sam Smith and ‘One Kiss’ featuring Dua Lipa, still growing up, it’s supposed to his collaborations with Normani will emulate a similar…

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