Michael Buble to get throat surgery
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Whitney Houston’s duet with Christina Aguilera which was to be aired at the finale of The Voice was cancelled. The cancellation was made after the duet ‘I’m Every Woman’ was leaked online on 19th May. Whitney Houston’s Estate, NBC and Hologram USA were in agreement that the technology was too low and not appropriate enough for the iconic singer’s calibre. Houston was to appear singing the duet along with three other songs. Alki David the CEO of Hologram USA said they will work on the technology further as they still plan to stage a Whitney Houston hologram tour this year which will last an hour.Michael Buble has cancelled his upcoming shows to undergo surgery on his throat. Buble 40 will now miss the Canadian Governor General Performance Award Gala on 11th June. He was to be honoured at the Gala. Instead Buble will perform at the 2017 Gala and receive his award in 2017.
The 61st Ivor Novello Awards took place in London on 19th May honouring the songwriters for their contribution to the music industry. Among the winners were Adele for Songwriter of the Year, James Bay for co-penning his hit ‘Hold Back The River’ as the PRS Most Performed Work, the Stone Roses for the Inspiration Award, Daman Albarn for Lifetime Achievement Award and Bryan Adams the Music Special International Award.
The old vinyl record has made a serious comeback reversing the trend of new technology and to the benefit of the big time artists. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has revealed vinyl records sales have generated more money than YouTube streams last year. YouTube generated £24.4 million through 27.7 billion streams, while vinyl had £ 25.1 million from 2.1 million sales. This had helped artist such as Adele, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift. Worldwide album sales for 2015 ranked 1. Adele – ‘25’, 2.Ed Sheeran – ‘X’, 3. Taylor Swift –‘1989’, 4. Justin Bieber – ‘Purpose’, 5. Sam Smith – ‘In The Lonely Hour’.
Unconfirmed reports indicate Sony Music will shortly sign up a recording deal Adele for £90 million.
Calvin Harris was hospitalised on 20th May following a car crash in Los Angeles. The DJ/producer and singer had to cancel his performance at the Hangout Festival in Alabama on 21st May another in Las Vegas on the 22nd May.
Drake’s ‘One Dance’ is one hell of dance as the song has successfully stopped an attempt by Justin Timberlake’s ‘Can’t Stop The Feeling’ from taking the No: 1 spot on the UK singles chart. Mid-week indications were that Timberlake’ song was in the lead and on course to the top, but as the week ended Drake’s hit shot past with a combined sale of 105,000 as against Timberlake’s hit which managed 99,000 combined sales. Thus Drake’s ‘One Dance’ has secured a sixth week at No: 1 and is now the longest chart topping UK No:1 for 2016.
Meanwhile another of Drake’s songs ‘Too Good’ from his album ‘Views’ has crossed on to the UK singles chart at No: 8 from 23. The hip hop/ r&b track features Rihanna.
| UK TOP 10TW LW 1 1 One Dance – Drake ft: Wizkid |