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The lineup for Tomorrowland 2025 is here. The organizers of the Belgian mega-festival released a bill with more than 600 dance acts spanning the genre’s sound spectrum on Thursday (Jan. 23). The bill includes a load of Tomorrowland regulars including Martin Garrix, Steve Aoki, Armin van Buuren, Charlotte de Witte, David Guetta, Hardwell, Nervo, Nicky Romero and many others. The bill also includes John Summit, Fisher, Amelie Lens, Alok, Agents of Time, Miss Monique, The Blessed Madonna and other artists making mainstage, house, techno, trance, bass and more. The gentlemen of Swedish House Mafia will perform twice, once as Swedish House Mafia and once as a b2b2b featuring the trio’s members — Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso — doing a house set on one of the event’s more intimate stages. Solomun will perform not once but thrice with a weekend one set on the mainstage, a weekend two b2b with Anyma and a third set on the festival’s Freedom Stage. Tomorrowland will also offer a flurry of b2b sets from Dimitri Vegas b2b Fantasm, DJ Boring b2b Haai, Kevin de Vries b2b Cassian, Kölsch b2b Artbat and many more. The festival’s 19th edition happens across two weekends — July 18-20 and July 25-27 in Boom, Belgium. The event typically draws more than 400,000 people over its back-to-back weekends. Tickets for Tomorrowland 2025 go on sale Feb. 1. Before the festival’s flagship summer edition, Tomorrowland Winter happens March 15-22 at Alpe d’Huez, a ski resort in the French Alps roughly two and a half hours southeast of Lyon. 2025 marks the fifth edition of the event, which will host a crowd of roughly 22,000.  See the full lineup for Tomorrowland Belgium below: Tomorrowland Courtesy of Tomorrowland Source link

Diane Warren received her 16th Oscar nomination for best original song on Friday (Jan. 23) — a tally equaled by only three other songwriters in the 91-year history of the category. Sammy Cahn leads with 26 nods, followed by Johnny Mercer with 18 and Paul Francis Webster, also with 16. Warren was nominated this year this year for “The Journey,” sung by H.E.R. in The Six Triple Eight. Moreover, this is the eighth year in a row Warren has been nominated, which enables her to tie Cahn for the longest continuous streak of nominations in this category. Cahn was nominated eight years running from 1954 to 1961. Clément Ducol and Camille have two of the five songs that are nominated for best original song — “El Mal” and “Mi Camino,” both from Emilia Pérez. (They cowrote “El Mal” with the film’s director, Jacques Audiard.) This marks the first time that a songwriter or team of songwriters has had two nominated songs in the same year since 2017, when Justin Hurwitz and the team of Pasek & Paul had two nominated songs from La La Land, “City of Stars” (which won the award) and “Audition (The Fools Who Dream).” Audiard, nominated for directing and original song for Emilia Pérez, becomes only the third person to be nominated in both the directing and original song categories, and the first to do so for the same film. Leo McCarey and Spike Jonze received their nominations in separate years. This is the fifth year in a row that one or more non-English language songs has been nominated in the original song category. The streak started with “Io Sì (Seen)” from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se) and continued with “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto, “Naatu Naatu” from RRR and “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon. Elton John received his fifth Oscar nomination for co-writing “Never Too Late” Elton John: Never Too Late. It’s the second nod for his collaborator Bernie Taupin; and the first for fellow collaborators Brandi Carlile and Andrew Watt. “Never Too Late” is the first song written by four songwriters to be nominated for best original song since “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever two years ago, which was cowritten by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson. Best Original Song Nominees “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez; Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren “Like a Bird: from Sing Sing; Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez; Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late; Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin The Motion Picture Academy released a shortlist of 15 contenders for best original song on Dec. 17. One song, “Forbidden Road” from Better Man (Paramount Pictures) was removed from the shortlist two days later because of similarities to a 1973 film song, “I Got a Name” from The Great American Hero. Among the notable songwriters who were shortlisted but not nominated: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Pharrell Williams, and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Miranda was shortlisted for writing “Tell Me It’s You” from Mufasa: The Lion King. Miranda has been just an Oscar away from an EGOT since 2014, when he won his first Primetime Emmy. He has been Oscar-nominated twice for writing “How Far I’ll Go” from Moana and “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto. Shortlisted But Not Nominated for Best Original Song “Beyond” from Moana 2 (Walt Disney Pictures) — Abigail Barlow, Emily Bear “Compress/Repress” from Challengers (Amazon MGM) — Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino “Harper and Will Go West” from Will & Harper (Netflix) — Sean Douglas, Kristen Wiig, Josh Greenbaum “Kiss the Sky” from The Wild Robot (DreamWorks Animation) — Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi “Out of Oklahoma” from Twisters (Universal Pictures) — Lainey Wilson, Luke Dick, Shane McAnally “Piece by Piece” from Piece by Piece (Focus Features) — Pharrell Williams “Sick in the Head” from Kneecap (Sony Pictures Classics) — Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvaí, Adrian Louis Richard Mcleod, Toddla T “Tell Me It’s You” from Mufasa: The Lion King (Walt Disney Pictures) – Lin-Manuel Miranda “Winter Coat” from Blitz (Apple Original Films) — Nicholas Britell, Steve McQueen, Taura Stinson Best Original Score Volker Bertelmann, who won two years ago for All Quiet on the Western Front, is nominated for Conclave. Kris Bowers received his first scoring nomination for The Wild Robot. He has been nominated twice in documentary categories, for A Concerto Is a Conversation and The Last Repair Shop (both collabs with Ben Proudfoot). Clément Ducol and Camille were nominated for Emilia Pérez. They are the third married couple to be nominated in a scoring category. Composer Fred Karlin and lyricist Tylwyth Kymry were nominated in 1971 for best original song score for The Baby Maker. Lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman were nominated for best original song score and its adaptation or adaptation score in 1984 for Yentl, on which they teamed with Michel Legrand. John Powell and Stephen Schwartz were nominated for Wicked. The film has become the top-grossing film ever adapted from a Broadway musical. Best Original Score Nominees The Brutalist (A24), Daniel Blumberg Conclave (Focus Features), Volker Bertelmann Emilia Pérez (Netflix), Clément Ducol and Camille Wicked (Universal Pictures) John Powell and Stephen Schwartz The Wild Robot (DreamWorks Animation), Kris Bowers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, two-time winners in the category (for The Social Network and Soul, a collab with Jon Batiste), were passed over for Challengers. This was not Hans Zimmer’s year at the Oscars. First, his score for Dune: Part Two was ruled ineligible due to exceeding the Academy’s limit on pre-existing music. Academy rules state: “In cases such as sequels and franchises from any media, the score must not use more than 20% of pre-existing themes and music borrowed from previous scores in the franchise.” Zimmer’s score for Dune: Part Two incorporates substantial elements from his Oscar-winning score for 2021’s Dune. Zimmer was in on the score shortlist for his work on

Let T-Pain buy U a drank down on Bourbon Street — or Rum Street, actually. In celebration of the 2025 Super Bowl taking over New Orleans on Feb. 9, Captain Morgan is transforming the city’s iconic Bourbon Street into Rum Street leading up to the Big Game from Feb. 6 to 8, when T-Pain will hit the stage and perform his biggest hits. The company serves as the Official Spiced Rum Sponsor of the NFL. In addition to the celebration, fans can scan QR codes across the French Quarter to unlock a $10 mobile payment that can be used toward your first rum cocktail. For rum drinkers at home, Captain Morgan will be dropping exclusive merch via KidSuper, dropping on Feb. 7 here. Kendrick Lamar will serve as the headliner for the highly anticipated Super Bowl LIX halftime show. The Apple Music halftime show is executive produced by Roc Nation in combination with Jesse Collins. K. Dot’s pgLang creative agency will provide direction for his performance. “Rap music is still the most impactful genre to date,” Lamar said at the time of his halftime announcement. “And I’ll be there to remind the world why. They got the right one.” Additionally, Jon Batiste is set to sing the national anthem prior to the game, with Ledisi performing “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” The NFL also called on Louisiana natives Trombone Shorty, Lauren Daigle and Ledisi to take part in the Big Game’s pre-game entertainment. The 2025 Super Bowl (Feb. 9) will air on Fox. The teams facing off in the game will be determined in the coming weeks. Source link

Steven Tyler’s sixth annual Jam for Janie Grammy Awards Viewing Party has been announced, with the star-studded charity event to kick off on Feb. 2 at the Hollywood Palladium. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Hosted by Grammy-winning comedian Tiffany Haddish, the evening features a powerhouse lineup of performers, including Billy Idol, Joan Jett, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Linda Perry, Matt Sorum, and Nuno Bettencourt. A special highlight will be a reunion performance by members of Aerosmith. The event supports Janie’s Fund, the rocker’s nonprofit aiding young women and girls who have survived abuse, and expands its philanthropic reach this year to benefit the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and the Widows, Orphans, and Disabled Firefighter’s Fund. The event will welcome more than 100 firefighters who have been at the forefront of combating the California wildfires, to celebrate the major night in music. “What the Los Angeles community has endured with these wildfires is unthinkable. Music has healing powers and we hope to bring a moment of joy and levity to our first-responder firefighters and those most affected by the fires,” Tyler said. “The trauma experienced by the girls we work with is also unthinkable and we will continue to shed light and support the amazing work of Janie’s Fund.” The night will include a red carpet, cocktail reception, dinner, live auction, and an exclusive after-party benefitting Janie’s Fund, as well as support both the Widows, Orphans and Disabled Firefighters Fund and Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation by raising critical funds to help meet the immediate needs for lifesaving equipment and resources.  Event Chairs include Ace & Matt Sorum, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Andrea Bocelli, Ashlee Simpson & Evan Ross, Bill Maher, Bo Derek, Chris & Rich Robinson, Dolly Parton, Flavor Flav, Jane Lynch, Kayte & Kelsey Grammer, Lionel Richie, Melissa Joan Hart, Miley Cyrus, Nuno Bettencourt, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson, Sammy Hagar, Scarlett Johansson, and Shep Gordon. Named after Aerosmith’s 1989 hit “Janie’s Got a Gun,” which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won the band their first Grammy for best rock performance, Janie’s Fund has been a lifeline for vulnerable girls. With its expanded mission this year, the event promises to raise vital funds for lifesaving equipment and resources. Tickets and sponsorship details are available at JaniesFund.org. Source link

Emilia Pérez received 13 nominations for the 97th annual Academy Awards, more than any other film this year and more than any other non-English language film in Oscar history. The latter record was previously held by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and Roma (2018) with 10 nods each. Runners-up to Emilia Pérez for most nominations this year were The Brutalist and Wicked, with 10 nods each; A Complete Unknown and Conclave with eight nods each; Anora with six; and Dune: Part Two and The Substance with five nods each. Two musicals (Wicked and Emilia Pérez) were among the 10 films nominated for best picture. This marks the first time two musicals have been nominated for best picture in the same year since 1968, when Oliver! and Funny Girl were two of the five nominated films that year. The Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown was also nominated for best picture. The nominations were announced on Thursday (Jan. 23). Three actors from A Complete Unknown – Timothée Chalamet (who plays Dylan), Edward Norton (Pete Seeger) and Monica Barbaro (Joan Baez) – are nominated for acting honors, the first time in Oscar history that three actors from a music biopic have been nominated. Four actors received Oscar nominations for performances in musicals – Karla Sofía Gascón and Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez, and Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande for Wicked. Three acting nominations are for non-English language performances: Gascón and Saldaña in Emilia Pérez, and Fernanda Torres in I’m Still Here. In eight of the last 10 years, at least one non-English language performance has been nominated. For the sixth consecutive year, at least one film nominated for best picture has been directed by a woman. Coralie Fargeat’s nomination for The Substance is the 10th directing nomination for a woman. Diane Warren was nominated for best original song for the 16th time  — a tally equaled by only three other songwriters in the 91-year history of the category. Sammy Cahn leads with 26 nods, followed by Johnny Mercer with 18 and Paul Francis Webster, also with 16. Warren was nominated this year this year for “The Journey,” sung by H.E.R. in The Six Triple Eight. Moreover, this is the eighth year in a row she has been nominated, which enables Warren to tie Cahn for the longest continuous streak of nominations in this category. Cahn was nominated eight years running from 1954-61. Here’s a complete list of nominees for the 2025 Academy Awards. Best Picture Anora, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers The Brutalist, Nominees to be determined A Complete Unknown, Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers Conclave, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers Dune: Part Two, Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers Emilia Pérez, Nominees to be determined I’m Still Here, Nominees to be determined Nickel Boys, Nominees to be determined The Substance, Nominees to be determined Wicked, Marc Platt, Producer Actor in a Leading Role Adrien Brody, The Brutalist Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown Colman Domingo, Sing Sing Ralph Fiennes, Conclave Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice Actress in a Leading Role Cynthia Erivo, Wicked Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez Mikey Madison, Anora Demi Moore, The Substance Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here Actor in a Supporting Role Yura Borisov, Anora Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown Guy Pearce, The Brutalist Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice Actress in a Supporting Role Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown Ariana Grande, Wicked Felicity Jones, The Brutalist Isabella Rossellini, Conclave Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez Directing Anora, Sean Baker The Brutalist, Brady Corbet A Complete Unknown, James Mangold Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard The Substance, Coralie Fargeat Writing (Adapted Screenplay) A Complete Unknown, Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks Conclave, Screenplay by Peter Straughan Emilia Pérez, Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi Nickel Boys, Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes Sing Sing, Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield Writing (Original Screenplay) Anora, Written by Sean Baker The Brutalist, Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold A Real Pain, Written by Jesse Eisenberg September 5, Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David The Substance, Written by Coralie Fargeat Music (Original Score) The Brutalist, Daniel Blumberg Conclave, Volker Bertelmann Emilia Pérez, Clément Ducol and Camille Wicked, John Powell and Stephen Schwartz The Wild Robot, Kris Bowers Music (Original Song) “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez; Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren “Like a Bird” from Sing Sing; Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada: “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez; Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late; Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin Animated Feature Film Flow, Nominees to be determined Inside Out 2, Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen Memoir of a Snail, Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Nominees to be determined The Wild Robot, Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann Animated Short Film Beautiful Men, Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande In the Shadow of the Cypress, Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi Magic Candies, Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio Wander to Wonder, Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper Yuck!, Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet Cinematography The Brutalist, Lol Crawley Dune: Part Two, Greig Fraser Emilia Pérez, Paul Guilhaume Maria, Ed Lachman Nosferatu, Jarin Blaschke Costume Design A Complete Unknown, Arianne Phillips Conclave, Lisy Christl Gladiator II, Janty Yates and Dave Crossman Nosferatu, Linda Muir Wicked, Paul Tazewell Documentary Feature Film Black Box Diaries, Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin No Other Land, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham Porcelain War, Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety Sugarcane, Nominees to

For their next act, Linkin Park 2.0 are stripping it down, all the way down. The rebooted rockers announced on Wednesday (Jan. 22) that they will release From Zero A Cappellas on Friday (Jan. 24), a vocals-only version of the group’s Nov. 2024 comeback album featuring new singer Emily Armstrong. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news At press time no additional information was available about the LP, which will mark the second release from the group since the death of singer Chester Bennington in 2017. The band surprised the world last fall when they re-emerged from years of silence to announce their second act, fronted by the Dead Sara vocalist. After the release of singles “The Emptiness Machine” and “Heavy Is the Crown,” From Zero hit the top of the charts in 10 countries and reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album charts. LP earned their seventh No. 1 on Billboard’s Rock & Alternative Airplay chart — and second from the From Zero album — when “Heavy Is the Crown” jumped three spots to the top of the Jan. 25-dated survey. The band is now in sole possession of the third-most No. 1s on the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, after previously being in a three-way tie with Cage the Elephant and Twenty One Pilots at six each. The band is currently in the midst of the From Zero World Tour — featuring guests Queens of the Stone Age, AFI, Architects, grandson, Jean Dawson, JPEGMAFIA, Spiritbox and PVRIS — which will hit Mexico City on Jan. 31. Watch the A Cappellas album announcement below. Source link

Last year was a season of capital B bangers old and new at Ushuaïa Ibiza. In 2024, 4,717 tracks in total were identified as being played at the beach club. A list of the club’s 50 most played songs contains music that defined the moment, such as Adam Port, Stryv, Keinemusik, Orso and Malachiii’s 2024 hit “Move,” along with classics like Calvin Harris and Rihanna’s 2011 “We Found Love” and David Guetta’s “Titanium.” Notably, nine slots on the list, the most held by any artist, are occupied by original tracks and edits by Martin Garrix, who was also a resident at the club. Fellow resident Calvin Harris comes in a close second, with eight tracks on the list. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The data that created this list was collected by KUVO Powered by DJ Monitor, who install technologies in clubs and use music recognition technology (MRT) and direct metadata capture (DMC). See the complete list below. The 50 Most Played Tracks at Ushuaïa Ibiza in 2024 Sem Jacobs & Tagmann, “Blue Berries” Marlon Hoffstadt & Fisher, “It’s That Time (Fisher Remix)” Gala, “Freed From Desire (2024 Version) (Diplo Remix)” Cajmere & Dajae, “Brighter Days (Marco Lys Remix)” Adam Port, Stryv, Keinemusik, Orso & Malachiii, “Move” Benny Benassi Pres. The Biz, “Satisfaction (David Guetta Remix)” Blackchild, “So Good (Heat Mix)” Loofy, “Last Night (Anyma X Layton Giordani Remix)” David Guetta & Afrojack, “Raving” Daft Punk, “One More Time (Zedd Remix)” David Guetta & Bebe Rexha, “I’m Good (Blue) (Cedric Gervais Extended Remix)” Peggy Gou, “(It Goes Like) Nanana (Edit)” Swedish House Mafia, “Don’t You Worry Child” Rihanna, “We Found Love” Calvin Harris & Rag’n’bone Man, “Giant (Riva Starr Tribe Vibe Remix)” Calvin Harris, “Blame” Calvin Harris, “How Deep Is Your Love” Diplo & Hugel, “Stay High (Feat. Julia Church) (VIP)” Central Cee & Lil Baby, “Band4band (Julian Jordan & Nova Blue Remix)” John Summit, Hayla & Gorgon City, “Where You Are (Gorgon City Remix)” Raffa Guido & Goom Gum, “Famax (Goom Gum Remix)” Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding, “Miracle” Disclosure, “You & Me (Feat. Eliza Doolittle) (Rivo Remix)” Calvin Harris, “One Kiss” Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa, “Scared To Be Lonely (Dubvision Remix)” MK & Dom Dolla, “Rhyme Dust” Calvin Harris, “Summer” Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Tiësto & Dido, “Thank You (Not So Bad)” Tyla, “Water” David Guetta, “Titanium (David Guetta & Morten Future Rave Extended Mix)” Artemas, “I Like The Way You Kiss Me” Florence + The Machine, “Spectrum (Say My Name, Calvin Harris Remix)” Martin Garrix/Dubvision/Shaun Farrugia, “Starlight (Keep Me Afloat)” Lewis Capaldi, Martin Garrix, “Someone You Loved (Martin Garrix Remix)” Calvin Harris, “This Is What You Came For” David Guetta, “Sexy Bitch” Zerb & Sofiya Nzau, “Mwaki (Tiësto’s VIP Mix)” Sean Paul & Odd Mob, “Get Busy (Odd Mob Club Mix)” Martin Garrix, “Lions In The Wild” Martin Garrix, “Tremor” Groove P, “Are They Real” Martin Garrix Feat. Bonn, “High On Life” Massano, “The Feeling” Nic Fanciulli Feat. Robert Courtois, “Set Me Free” John Summit, Hayla & Cassian, “Shiver (Cassian Remix)” Dom Dolla, “Girl$ (Layton Giordani Remix)” Crusy, “Feels Like Summer” Martin Garrix & Sentinel Feat. Bonn, “Hurricane”  Martin Garrix, “Summer Days (Vintage Culture & Bruno Be Extended Remix)” Martin Garrix & Mesto Feat. Wilhelm, “Breakaway”  Source link

Singer-songwriter Jason Nelson earns his fifth No. 1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart (dated Jan. 25) as “Yahweh,” featuring Melvin Crispell III, rises a spot to the top of the Jan. 25-dated survey. During the Jan. 10-16 tracking week, the song increased by 8% in plays, according to Luminate. Nelson, who hails from Baltimore, co-authored “Yahweh” with Danielle Iriana Baylor, Jerome Delonte Baylor and Johnie Huntley Steele III, and Dana Sorey produced it. The track is from Nelson’s 11-song live album, You Belong, which was released last June. “I’m amazed that the message of ‘Yahweh’ has reached No. 1,” Nelson tells Billboard. “This song really conveys the truth that every breath we take gives praise to our God. Knowing that this is the fifth time that one of my songs has reached No. 1 is extremely humbling,” he adds. “I’m grateful.” “Residue” became Nelson’s fourth Gospel Airplay No. 1 when it led for a week in November 2021. Before that, “Forever” dominated for three frames beginning in October 2018; “I Am” led for six weeks starting in January 2015; and Israel & New Breed’s “It’s Not Over (When God Is in It),” on which he and James Fortune are featured, ruled for 11 weeks starting in January 2013. He first reached Billboard’s rankings in 2011. Crispell III previously topped Gospel Airplay with “Wonderful Is Your Name” for a week in August 2021. The singer, who has been appearing on Billboard charts since 2019, has a second song on the Jan. 25-dated list, “God Is,” which pushes 20-17 (up 11%). Source link

One of the survivors of the Oct. 7, 2023 invasion and massacre of Israelis by Hamas forces will represent her county at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. According to The Hollywood Reporter, 24-year-old aspiring singer Yuval Raphael — who escaped the mass killing of hundreds at Israel’s Nova Music Festival — punched her card this week to sing for her nation at this year’s contest in Basel, Switzerland after she won the 11th season of Israel’s singing competition Rising Star. The victory resulted in her being tapped to represent Israel at the global sing-off. Previous Eurovision representatives from Israel who went on to Eurovision after winning the show include Israeli singer Netta, who won Eurovision in 2018; pop stars Noa Kirel and Eden Golan finished in third and fifth place, respectively, over the last two years. According to THR, Raphael won Rising Star on Wednesday (Jan. 22) after performing a stripped-down version of ABBA’s “Dancing Queen,” a nod to the Swedish pop supergroup that blew up after their 1974 Eurovision win; she also performed a cover of Sam Smith’s 2015 Oscar-winning song James Bond Spectre track “Writing’s on the Wall.” In addition to praising her vocal abilities, the show’s judges said Raphael’s gripping personal story of surviving the massacre resonated with them. The singer described running away from the EDM festival and taking cover inside a public bomb shelter outside of Kibbutz Be’eri, where she hid in a cramped cement bunker, trapped under dead bodies as she herself played dead for more than eight hours to escape being murdered by Hamas invaders. The singer who is fluent in English, French and her native Hebrew, was rescued by the father of another Nova attendee, who drove into the battle zone to save his daughter, and others’, lives. “Every time we [those who were still alive] raised our heads, we couldn’t understand why there were less and less people in the bomb shelter,” Raphael said in a March 2024 speech in front of the UN Human Rights Council on behalf of the Jerusalem Institute of Justice. “We thought the terrorists were taking the dead bodies. We didn’t realize it was because of the grenades, blowing up their bodies.” Raphael has been an advocate for Israel over the past year and has said that she hopes, “the world will hear a first-person account of what I went through and have been dealing with every day, so no one could claim otherwise.” The Oct. 7 assault in which Hamas militants killed, sexually assaulted and abused more than 1,200 mostly civilian Israelis and took 251 hostages led to a nearly three-year war between Israel and Hamas that ended over the weekend thanks to a tenuous ceasefire. The world’s biggest music event — which regularly draws 200 million viewers in more than 40 countries — is headed into its 69th year. Typically averse to any displays of political speech or nationalism, the European Broadcasting Union defended the inclusion of an Israeli contestant last year in the midst of the war that Palestinian authorities said resulted in the death of more than 46,000 residents of Gaza. As some called for Israeli contestant Eden Golan to be left off the stage in much the same way that Russia was uninvited in 2022 following its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the singer faced boos when she sang “Hurricane” on the show. Golan, who finished fifth, later said she faced death threats during her run in last year’s contest. Source link

Tina Turner famously left it all on the stage when she performed. The late rock icon also left behind some unheard songs from her career-defining 1984 Private Dancer album and now we can hear one of those tracks thanks to the release on Thursday (Jan. 23) of the previously unheard album outtake “Hot For You Baby.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The uptempo rocker featuring Turner’s signature gritty, urgent vocals over a galloping beat and a chorus of male backing vocalists repeating the title phrase back to her will be included on the upcoming 40th anniversary edition of Turner’s fifth solo album, which was originally released in May 1984. The collection helped push Turner back into the public consciousness thanks to a handful of now-iconic hit singles, including “Stay Together,” “What’ Love Got to Do With It,” “Better Be Good to Me” and the title track. Singing in her husky, growly voice, Turner belts, “The way that you’ve been moving to the music as you’re dancing/ Sweet sight to see/ But I can’t take it anymore, that’s why I’m out here on the floor/ So, won’t you dance with me?,” before the track rolls into the burning chorus: “I’m hot for you, baby/ I wanna love you/ I’m hot for you baby/ How hot can you get?” The barreling chronicle of all the ways a lover’s dancing is getting her hot and bothered has a brief, classically early 1980s wailing guitar solo and plenty of cowbell. But despite fitting into the rock/soul groove Turner explored on the album, it was left off the final version. Australian singer John Paul Young (“Standing in the Rain”) originally released the song in 1979 to little notice. It was written by fellow Australian musicians George Young and Harry Vanda and produced by John Carter, who also produced the album’s title song. Private Dancer ran up to No. 3 on the Billboard 200 album chart and included the Hot 100 No. 1 smash “What’s Love Got to Do With It.” The previously unreleased song will be featured on the anniversary release due out on March 21, which will also come in a 5CD/Blu-Ray version that will rope in more never-before-released songs, live performances and music videos. Among the special extras is an upgraded 55-minute Private Dancer Tour show filmed in 1985 that featured guest spots from David Bowie and Bryan Adams. Private Dancer marked an only-in-Hollywood-style revival for Turner, who had set the world on fire in the 1960s and early 70s when she and then-husband Ike Turner released a series of career-defining hits including “River Deep, Mountain High,” their signature cover of CCR’s “Proud Mary” and “Nutbush City Limits,” among others. The couple split in 1976, after what Tina Turner later said were years of physical abuse from Ike, leading to nearly a decade in the pop wilderness for Turner, who struggled to gain attention with her solo career as she played Las Vegas showrooms and released a series of solo albums to little notice. Her fortunes were turned around by Private Dancer, which leaned into Turner’s many strengths — vulnerability, power vocals, sensuality, grit — and earned her three Grammy Awards, including record of the year for the slow-burn ballad “What’s Love Got to Do With It”; the latter also served as the title of a lauded 1993 semi-autobiographical biopic that earned stars Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne Oscar nominations. After her tumultuous years with Ike, Turner found love again with German music exec Erwin Bach, who she married in 2013 after nearly 30 years together. After years out of the public eye, Turner died in her home in Switzerland at age 83 in May 2023. Listen to “Hot For You Baby” below. Source link