Month: December 2021

Nearly three decades after its 1994 debut, Mariah Carey’s classic holiday tune “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has become the first song in Billboard Hot 100 history to reach No. 1 in “three distinct runs”.

According to Billboard, the song made its third streak at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, last topping the charts on December 21st, 2019, December 28th, 2019, and January 4th, 2020. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has extended its record for spending the most weeks at No. 1 with its sixth week atop the Billboard Hot 100. With 85 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, Carey is the first artist to have the historic rank in four distinct decades.

In honor of the holiday season, Carey recently teamed up with McDonald’s for ‘The Mariah Menu’, twelve daily menu deals in the McDonald’s app that offers free merchandise to select participants. Like other recent McDonald’s celebrity collaborations, ‘The Mariah Menu’ will be available for a limited-time, ending on Christmas Eve.

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The estate of the late R&B singer Aaliyah released a new posthumous single, titled “Poison”, featuring The Weeknd.  Aaliyah (born Aaliyah Dana Haughton) died at 22-years-old in a plane crash in the Bahamas in 2001, over 20 years ago.

The Weeknd previously sampled Aaliyah’s 2001 hit “Rock the Boat” for his single, “What You Need,” which appeared on his 2012 record, Trilogy.  The streaming service Spotify revealed in August that the first of several posthumous releases by Aaliyah would drop, beginning August 20 with One In A Million, a double-platinum record initially released in 1996. The Romeo Must Die soundtrack (2000) followed on September 3, and Aaliyah’s 2001 self-titled arrived on September 10. The I Care 4 U compilation album and Ultimate Aaliyah dropped on October 8.

Aaliyah’s new album, which does not have a release date as of yet, will be released via Blackground Records 2.0 and EMPIRE.

Check out the new song “Poison” – here.

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A star-studded lineup of special guests and musical performances have been announced for Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party, hosted by Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson and broadcasting live from Miami on Dec. 31st.

Joining Cyrus and Davidson to celebrate the end of 2021 are Brandi Carlile, Billie Joe Armstrong, Saweetie, Anitta, Jack Harlow, 24kGoldn, Kitty Ca$h and “more surprises to come,” according to the network.

NBCUniversal executive vice president of live events, specials and E! News Jen Neal said in a statement when the special was announced earlier this month: “In what is sure to be an exciting and fun evening, we are looking forward to partnering with Lorne Michaels and ringing in 2022 with a night of incredible entertainment, led by Miley and Pete.”

Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party broadcasts live from Miami on Dec. 31 from 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. ET on both NBC and Peacock.

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The Jonas Brothers have enlisted President Bifen for a recreation of the viral “Joe Byron” TikTok video.   The video, shot in the actual White House and posted to social media, shows Joe, Nick, and Kevin Jonas pop up in various locations at the President’s pad while lip-syncing to lines from the video. At the end, none other than the President himself is revealed to be “behind the camera.”

The “Joe Byron” clip stems from videos posted by Sidetalk NYC on YouTube, which went viral on TikTok in October. TikTok features numerous clips of people lip-syncing to lines from Sidetalk’s videos, such as “Bing Bong! Are you vaccinated? Yes, sir. Ey yo!”

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FKA Twigs and The Weeknd have released their new collaborative single, “Tears in the Club.” Produced by Arca, Cirkut, and El Guincho, the song comes with a music video directed by Amber Grace Johnson. The haunting visual shows Twigs dances in a nightclub under flashing strobe lights, before performing for The Weeknd in a large specimen tank while he watches on in tears.

Last year, FKA twigs worked on an entire album during quarantine with El Guincho, though it has yet to be released. She last dropped the Central Cee collaboration “Measure of a Man,” which features in the upcoming film ‘The King’s Man.’ Meanwhile The Weeknd also appears on a new posthumous Aaliyah song called “Poison,” as well as on song with Post Malone (“One Right Now”) and Rosalía (“La Fama”).

Check out the video for “Tears in the Club” – here.

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Shakira is partnering with NBC for a new dance challenge series titled “Dancing with Myself.”

‘Dancing with Myself’ is a ‘family-friendly competition that aims to bring out the performer in everyone. Every week a new group of dancers of all ages will compete in a series of dance challenges that are designed and demonstrated by the show’s celebrity creators, including Shakira.  Isolated in their own pods, contestants have a limited amount of time to learn the routines as well as add their own unique flare. They then are given the chance to perform the dance in front of a live audience. As each round of the competition progresses, Shakira and her panel of judges provide feedback and encouragement, leaving the audience with the decision of who wins Best Dancer of the Night to take home the cash prize.’

Said Shakira: “I’m excited to be a part of a dance competition that places such a high value on creative movement and how it translates into personal expression, not to mention how it contributes to a sense of community. I’ve personally been blown away by some of the talent I’ve seen thanks to people having access to their own platforms through social media. Dance has been an incredibly potent force throughout my life, and I’m eager to show the world how transformative, empowering and fun it can be.”

Shakira To Lead NBC Competition Series ‘Dancing With Myself’ From Irwin Entertainment 

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