Rihanna travels to Senegal
View(s):Pop star Rihanna travelled to the Senegal on 1st February without any hindrance as she attended the Global Partnership for Education financing conference despite calls by the head of a religious association to ban her. The meeting held in the West African nation’s capital Dakar was chaired by the former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and addressed by President Macron of France and Senegal President Macky Sall. The religious group claimed Rihanna was a member of the Freemason which conspiracy theorist’s claim control world affairs. Rihanna is ambassador for the Global Partnership for Education and is campaigning to raise $3.1 billion to fund schools around the world.
Reports from the US say an attempt to kidnap pop singer Lana Del Rey has been foiled after a 43 year old man named Michael Hunt was arrested outside a concert venue where the artist had performed on 2nd February in Orlando, Miami. Police claim they received a credible tip-off. On 5th February Lana took to social media to say she was doing fine and thanked her fans.
Dennis Edwards the lead singer of the soul group the Temptations died aged 74 on 1st February. He passed away at a Chicago hospital after suffering a stroke a day before his 75th birthday. Edwards was the singer on the famous Temptations hit ‘Papa Was A Rolling Stone in 1972. He also ventured out a solo career recording the famous hit song ‘Don’t Look Any Further with Siedah Garrett in 1984.
The Spice Girls have taken to social media to post a picture of their official reunion on February 2 at Geri Horner’s house in Hertfordshire, England. It was the first time in six years all five girls met together with their former manager Simon Fuller. There is speculation he offered the girls a lucrative deal said to be worth £10 million. What it contains is not known but details will be out soon. The last time the group performed live together was at the London Olympics in 2012. The Spice Girls took the world by storm in 1996 with the hit ‘Wannabe’. The group disbanded in 2000. The Spice Girls comprise Victoria Beckham, Geri Horner, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown and Melanie Chisholm.
Drake extended his stay at the top of the UK Singles chart for a second week with ‘God’s Plan’ as it clocked 7.6 million streams. ‘God’s Plan’ is produced by Ronald La Tour, Matthew Samuels and Noah Shebib. As Drake dabbles with his EP ‘Scary Hours’ the news is that the Canadian artiste is to release fuller album called ‘Culture II’ shortly.
Sigrid the 21 year old Norwegian songwriter and singer made her debut on the UK top 10 singles with ‘Strangers’ advanced from 14 to No: 10. Sigrid won the BBC Music Sound 2018, a poll by music critics and industry officials to find out most promising new talent. And since then she has appeared on many UK radio and TV shows including performing ‘Strangers’ live on the Graham Norton show recently. ‘Strangers’ entered the UK chart at 94 rising fast to 26, 14 and 10. The synthpop track is a standalone song.
TW LW
1 1 God’s Plan – Drake 
2 2 Barking – Ramz
3 3 River – Eminem ft: Ed Sheeran
4 4 IDGAF – Dua Lipa
5 10 I Know You – Craig David ft: Bastille
6 5 Tip Toe – Jason Derulo ft: French Montana
7 9 Breathe – Jax Jones ft: Ina Wroldsen
8 8 This Is Me – Keala Settle/ Greatest Showman Ensemble
9 6 Finesse – Bruno Mars & Candi B
10 14 Stranger – Sigrid