Christina Aguilera to release eight album
View(s):Christina Aguilera is to release her eight album ‘Liberation’ on June 15. The 37 year old is releasing a new album after six years. She is also preparing to undertake her first tour in 10 years. Aguilera who has served as a mentor on the US edition of The Voice has also released her new single called ‘Acceleration’ featuring Dolla $ign and 2 Chainz. The 15 track album is mostly hip hop inspired with Christina being the executive producer. Her last big hit was ‘Say Something’ with the Great Big World in 2013.
Sir Paul McCartney received his Companion of Honour (CH) medal from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on 4th May. He was conferred with the honour last June for his service to music. As a member of the Beatles he received his MBE along with other members of the group in 1965. He was made Knight Bachelor in 2007.
Pitbull’s music career has taken him to a new level after he created music to film on the US mafia boss John Gotti. The film which stars John Travolta as Gotti will have the theme Pitbull created played with credits at the end of the screening.
Queen + Adam Lambert have signed up for 10 days of shows at the Park MGM Theatre in Las Vegas. The concerts will be held between September 1 -22. Lambert who has been acting as the lead vocalist for the legendry rock band Queen has been well received by audiences. Together they have done over 150 shows in nearly 10 years.
The new super group LSD formed by Labrinth, Sia and Diplo has released their first singles called ‘Genius’ last week.
‘One Kiss’ by Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa continued to hold sway over the UK singles chart as the song held on to the No: 1 position for a third week with combined sales of 70,000 with streaming at 7.3 million. The popularity of the song took off further as video was also released. Until now ‘One Kiss’ has largely relied on radio airplay, lyrics video and streaming of live appearance coupled with vinyl and CD sales.
Ariana Grande’s ‘No Tears Left To Cry’ has stalled at the No: 2 spot with Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa’s ‘One Kiss’ firmly at the top spot. Ariana’s dance pop disco hit remains at the No: 2 spot for a second week while it has topped the charts in Australia and Norway. Meanwhile Grande’s new album ‘Sweetener’ which features her current hit song will be released on 20th July .US rap star Post Malone’s new album ‘Beerbongs & Bentleys’ debuted at the top of the UK album chart. Additionally several tracks from the album were picked up and downloaded to the extent that two songs have managed to get placed on the singles chart. Of the two the highest debuting track and only new entry on the top 10 is ‘Better Now’ which checked in at No: 9. The only officially released single from Post Malone’s album is ‘Psycho’ which is risen from 10 to No: 6.
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1 1 One Kiss – Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa
2 2 No Tears Left To Cry – Ariana Grande
3 3 Nice For What – Drake
4 4 Freaky Friday – Lil Dicky ft: Chris Brown
5 8 2002 – Anne-Marie
6 10 Psycho – Post Malone ft: Dolla $ign
7 5 Paradise – George Ezra
8 7 Answerphone – Banx & Ranx ft: Ella Eyre/ Yxng Bane
9 – Better Now – Post Malone
10 6 Lullaby – Sigala & Paloma Faith