Maroon 5 to perform at the Super Bowl
View(s):Maroon 5 have been selected to perform during the half time at the US Super Bowl next year. The event will take place at the Mercedes Benz stadium in Atlanta, Georgia next February.
Two young musicians whose lives ended a few months ago have been brought together in a duet. Lil Peep who died aged 21 last year from an overdose and XXX Tenacion who shot aged 19 in June are on the new single ‘Falling Down’. They did not work together in their lifetime. However technology has made it possible and the indications are the duet will be a hit in many countries by next week.
It appears that pop singer Demi Lovato is recovering fast. Pictures have appeared online showing the singer with a few friends at a rehab centre. Lovota had a narrow escape from a drug overdose a few months.
Avril Lavinge has released her first single in three years after battling Lyme disease. ‘Head Above Water’ was released on 21st September. The piano led ballad is about her struggle with the illness which hit her in 2015. She wrote the song from her sick bed. Proceeds from the single will go to her charity The Avril Lavinge Foundation to help against Lyme disease.
Rita Ora’s next album will be called ‘Phoenix’. It will be her second album and will be out on 23rd November. Ora is releasing her album after a gap of six years. She terminated her last recording contract and had other personal relationship issues. Last week Rita Ora released the first single ‘Let You Love Me’ from the forthcoming album.
‘Promises’ by Calvin Harris & Sam Smith have topped the UK singles chart for a third straight week. The EDM/ House track has now been certified Silver and Gold status by the BPI. In the current lead up to the countdown, ‘Promises’ streamed over 6.8 million times.
Meanwhile numbers 2 to 4 also remain unchanged with the former chart topper ‘Eastside’ by Benny Blanco featuring Halsey and Khalid retaining wide popularity.
A song popular in Europe since July is ‘In My Mind’ by Dynoro & Gigi D’Agostino. Now it has taken root in the UK rather late having started chart life eight weeks ago. It debuted at the very bottom at 100 and this week moved up from 14 to No: 8. Dynoro is a Lithuanian DJ and producer who mixed the original 2012 song with the 1999 song ‘L’ Amour Toujours’ by the Italian DJ and singer Gigi D’Agostino. The end result is this catchy track.
Silk City the new act formed by Mark Ronson and Diplo have teamed up with Dua Lipa to release the current hit ‘Electricity’.
The song crossed over to the UK top 10 from 15. It’s a house track that features the vocals of the popular Dua Lipa. The song will also appear on Lipa’s forthcoming debut album. Silk City
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1 1 Promises – Calvin Harris & Sam Smith
2 2 Eastside – Benny Blanco ft: Halsey / Khalid
3 3 I Love It – Kanye West & Lil Pump
4 4 Body – Loud Luxury ft: Brando
5 6 Happier – Marshmello ft: Bastille
6 5 Taste – Tyga ft: Offset
7 9 Lucky You – Eminem ft: Joyner Lucus
8 14 In My Mind – Dynoro & Gigi D’Agostino
9 7 Girls Like You – Maroon 5 ft: Cardi B
10 15 Electricity – Silk City ft: Dua Lipa