In addition, Ariana Grande is the first artist since the Beatles to have songs in the top three spots of the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Thank U, Next was released on February 8 by Republic Records and quickly earned Grande her fourth No. 1 album at the Billboard 200 charts. The album will also open at No. 1 in on February 20, when Billboard ranks this week’s albums. The delay follows the US national holiday celebrated on February 18.

With four albums having debut in Billboard’s 200 charts, only Taylor Swift equals Grande’s record. Lady Gaga, however, has had five albums at the No. 1 since 2010. Grande’s three other albums at the Billboard are: Yours Truly, launched in 2013, My Everything launched in 2014 and Sweetener launched September last year.  

It’s also worth noting that Sweetener and Thank U, Next are only separated by a six-month gap. Only one female artist has had such success, Olivia Newton-John back in 1974/75. With Grande’s album first, the second album on Billboard 200 charts is Gaga’s Shallow. Bohemian Rhapsody is at position three thanks last December’s biopic.

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“Please Me” is not the first project Cardi has worked on with Mars. Last year, the duo did a remix of Bruno’s “Finesse” and performed the song at the Grammys together last week. She was also expected to open Bruno’s North American tour last year but she pulled out after having a baby.

The brand-new song was produced by Mars and his crew, the Stereotypes. Its lyrics talks about Bruno pleading for some love from Cardi before she replies that they get onto the dance floor before taking things to the next level.

After her single with Mars, Cardi plans to work on her new album which should come out any time this year. While giving an interview last year, Cardi said she hoped the album will be out the same period Invasion of Privacy came out—on April.

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“This summer I decided I wanted to do something big for my birthday, since it’s a big birthday,” JLO told Ellen. “I’m going on a U.S. tour, it’s called It’s My Party…We’re only doing 25, 28 shows, something like that. It’s just a small amount of shows, but we’ll be out all through June and July.”

While tickets for the tour will be released later on, JLO promised to treat her fans to a performance worth of attendance. She also acknowledged how gracefully she has aged, saying she feels 26. “It’s nuts. Anybody else still feel like you’re 16? I feel like I’m 26,” she said.

The Summer tour will be her first series of shows since her Las Vegas Residency which ended last year. Other than that, JLO has not been on a tour since her Dance Again World Tour which she did with Enrique Iglesias in 2012.

JLO’s first concern will take place in Phoenix, before heading to Las Vegas, San Diego, LA, San Jose, Sacramento, San Antonio, Hidalgo, more than ten other cities and conclude it in Miami on July 26.

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Wiz gave a hint the album would be due this year last December but didn’t release the names of the songs until this week. The project is a continuation of Wiz and Curren$y’s other projects How Fly released in 2009 and Live in Concert that was released in 2013.          

The duo will kick off a tour to promote the project this Friday, with the firs show taking place in Seattle and the final stop to be held in San Antonio later this March. The two will also perform in Portland, Chicago, Detroit and New Orleans. A special performance will also be held in May at the Rolling Loud Miami.

Individually, Wiz is expected to release a solo album later this year as well as a deluxe version of Rolling Papers 2.

“I said that I was going to do and R&B album but I think I’m just going to drop some like dope ass players s**t.”

As of now, fans can stream songs from “2009” from all major streaming network.

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Best rap Album

Cardi B won the award for Invasion of Privacy in a category that also included Mac Miller, Pusha T, Travis Scott and Nipsey Hussle. Miller had been nominated for his album Swimming, Nipsey for Victory Lap, Pusha for Daytona and Travis for Astroworld.

Best R&b Album

Newcomer H.E.R. clinched the award for her project H.E.R. It was not a full album but rather a smaller collection of songs. In the musical world, such a project is called an EP. The 21-year-old was nominated alongside Toni Braxton, Leon Bridges, Lalah Hathaway and PJ Morton.

Best Rap Song

Drake’s “God’s Plan was unsurprisingly the winner after its commercial success last year. Other songs in the category included “King’s Dead” by Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, and James Blake. “Lucky” by Eminem and “Sicko mode” made up the other nominated songs.

Best Country Album

Kacey Musgraves won the award for her album Golden Hour, edging out Kelsea Ballerini, Brothers Osborne, Ashley McBryde and Chris Stapleton. The artists had been nominated for their albums, Unapologetically, Port Saint Joe, Girl Going Nowhere and From a Room: Volume 2 in respective order.

Song of the Year

Donald Glover, aka. Childish Gambino clinched the award with “This is America”, the first time a rap song won the prestigious award. He beat Drake’s “God’ plan”, Lady Gaga’s “Shallow”, Lamar’s “All the Stars”.

Best Pop duo/group Performance

In a  category that also included Christina Aguilera and the Backstreet Boys, Lady Gaga emerged the winner for her song “Shallow” alongside Bradley Cooper. She beat six other pop duos to clinch the award, including Maroon 5 and Cardi B’s “Girls Like You.”

Best Pop Solo Performance

Another win for Lady Gaga but this time for Joanne (Where do you think you’re Goin?). She beat Beck (Colors), Camila Cabello (Havana), Ariana Grande (God is a Woman) and Post Malone (Better).

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The “Do What U Want” singer was given a nod for the event on Wednesday, a day that pop star Ariana Grande also confirmed she had turned down a performance due to disagreement with Grammy producers. Gaga was confirmed together with Mark Ronson, Dua Lipa, Yolanda Adams, Travis Scott and Chloe X Halle.

The “Shallow” singer is nominated in five categories at the event and will be hoping to clinch a seventh award this year. Already, more than a dozen artists have been confirmed for the event. Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Young Thug, Little Big Town, Ricky Martin, Miley Cirus, Janelle Monae, Diana Ross and more artists.

Travis Scott, who recently performed at the Super Bowl alongside Maroon 5, will be one of a few rappers at the event. Alicia Keys will act as the awards’ host while AEG Ehrlich Ventures will produce the show.

The Grammys are yet to confirm which songs each artist will perform but it is expected most of the nominated artists will perform those songs they are already nominated for. The event will take place on February 10.

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PBS broke the news at the Television Critics Association conference in Pasadena, confirming that the documentary will be 16 and a half hours long. Like many of Burns’ documentaries, Country Music will feature actual live footage of performances done in the last few decades.

Burns also confirmed that the documentary will limit its number of on-screen historians and allow only one scholarly author, Bill Malone. A big reason for that is because most of the country artists featured have been in the business for long and know about the genre’s history pretty well.

“We made it clear to some of the people who appear in our film as commentators—like Dierks Bentley, Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show and Rhiannon Giddenns—that they’re too damn young for us to cover their career,” Dayton Duncan, a writer and producer in the film, said.

In total, 101 country artists were filmed, including 40 Half of Famers and 17 who’ve already passed away.

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This year’s NBA All-Star Game will take place at the Spectrum Center, the home arena of NBA team Charlotte Hornets. J. Cole first performed at the event in 2012 in a year he also took part in the Celebrity Game. Last year, the performances were done by rap group Migos and N.E.R.D.

Apart from performing at his hometown, J. Cole is having one of the best years in his career. He has two Grammy nominations this year and recently released a new single, “Middle Child,” on January 23^rd. He has seven Grammy nominations in total and has had five No.1 albums in Billboard’s Top 200 charts.

Meek Mill will precede Cole, performing as the All-Star team enters the stage. He has two albums that topped Billboard 200. For the anthem singers, the NBA found a local singer, 48-year-old R &B singer Anthony Hamilton. He has had 17 Grammy nominations in total. Carly Rae Jepsen, on the other hand, became famous after her hit single “Call me Maybe went Viral in 2012.

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The event will be the sixth iHeartMedia’s such event and will bring together country musicians from all across the US. It will take place at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin May 4^th and will consist of more than a dozen artists.

“I look forward to the iHeart Country Festival every year,” the event’s creative director and producer Bobby Bones. “It’s always special to have so much of the Country music community together in one place, including some really talented new artists we have been supporting on Women of iHeart Country.”

Apart from the headliners, Frank Erwin, Luke Combs, Little Big Town, Old Dominion, Lauren Alaina, and the Raging Idiots will also perform at the event. Bones, who hosts the Bobby Bones show on iHeartMedia’s national radio, will host the event.

Since this year’s festival will be geared toward promoting young female artists, iHeartCountry is expected to name several female country musicians to grace the event. In the meantime, fans who intend to take part in the May event have one week until tickets are made available on February 8^th.

Those who can’t attend also have the chance to listen to the event in any of the 150 country music radios owned by iHeartMedia.

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The festival’s organizer Tariq Cherif broke the news on Monday, confirming a list of more than 50 artists to perform in the three-day event.

“Haters will say this isn’t a good lineup,” Cherif said on Instagram.

Migos will lead Friday’s group of artists. They will be joined by Miami-native Rick Ross, Wacka Flocka Flame, Young MA Cardi B and tens of other youngsters. Travis Scott will headline Saturday’s event and will be joined by Lil Wayne, Young Thug, and 21 SAVAGE, Kid Cudi will be the headline on Sunday alongside Lil Pump, Lil Uzi Vert, DMX, Wiz Khalifa and TYGA.

Rapper DMX will be headlining one his first events after a one-year stay in prison. He was released on January 25^th (last weekend) and went straight to a show at Staten Island to fill-in for Ja Rule. Migos fans will, however, have to wait to find out if the rap group will perform their upcoming album Culture III at the festival.

In a recent interview, rapper Quavo confirmed that the album is not ready and would be released only after Offset releases his solo project.

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In addition, Ariana Grande is the first artist since the Beatles to have songs in the top three spots of the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Thank U, Next was released on February 8 by Republic Records and quickly earned Grande her fourth No. 1 album at the Billboard 200 charts. The album will also open at No. 1 in on February 20, when Billboard ranks this week’s albums. The delay follows the US national holiday celebrated on February 18.

With four albums having debut in Billboard’s 200 charts, only Taylor Swift equals Grande’s record. Lady Gaga, however, has had five albums at the No. 1 since 2010. Grande’s three other albums at the Billboard are: Yours Truly, launched in 2013, My Everything launched in 2014 and Sweetener launched September last year.  

It’s also worth noting that Sweetener and Thank U, Next are only separated by a six-month gap. Only one female artist has had such success, Olivia Newton-John back in 1974/75. With Grande’s album first, the second album on Billboard 200 charts is Gaga’s Shallow. Bohemian Rhapsody is at position three thanks last December’s biopic.

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“Please Me” is not the first project Cardi has worked on with Mars. Last year, the duo did a remix of Bruno’s “Finesse” and performed the song at the Grammys together last week. She was also expected to open Bruno’s North American tour last year but she pulled out after having a baby.

The brand-new song was produced by Mars and his crew, the Stereotypes. Its lyrics talks about Bruno pleading for some love from Cardi before she replies that they get onto the dance floor before taking things to the next level.

After her single with Mars, Cardi plans to work on her new album which should come out any time this year. While giving an interview last year, Cardi said she hoped the album will be out the same period Invasion of Privacy came out—on April.

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“This summer I decided I wanted to do something big for my birthday, since it’s a big birthday,” JLO told Ellen. “I’m going on a U.S. tour, it’s called It’s My Party…We’re only doing 25, 28 shows, something like that. It’s just a small amount of shows, but we’ll be out all through June and July.”

While tickets for the tour will be released later on, JLO promised to treat her fans to a performance worth of attendance. She also acknowledged how gracefully she has aged, saying she feels 26. “It’s nuts. Anybody else still feel like you’re 16? I feel like I’m 26,” she said.

The Summer tour will be her first series of shows since her Las Vegas Residency which ended last year. Other than that, JLO has not been on a tour since her Dance Again World Tour which she did with Enrique Iglesias in 2012.

JLO’s first concern will take place in Phoenix, before heading to Las Vegas, San Diego, LA, San Jose, Sacramento, San Antonio, Hidalgo, more than ten other cities and conclude it in Miami on July 26.

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Wiz gave a hint the album would be due this year last December but didn’t release the names of the songs until this week. The project is a continuation of Wiz and Curren$y’s other projects How Fly released in 2009 and Live in Concert that was released in 2013.          

The duo will kick off a tour to promote the project this Friday, with the firs show taking place in Seattle and the final stop to be held in San Antonio later this March. The two will also perform in Portland, Chicago, Detroit and New Orleans. A special performance will also be held in May at the Rolling Loud Miami.

Individually, Wiz is expected to release a solo album later this year as well as a deluxe version of Rolling Papers 2.

“I said that I was going to do and R&B album but I think I’m just going to drop some like dope ass players s**t.”

As of now, fans can stream songs from “2009” from all major streaming network.

The post Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y Release Joint Project Dubbed “2009” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Best rap Album

Cardi B won the award for Invasion of Privacy in a category that also included Mac Miller, Pusha T, Travis Scott and Nipsey Hussle. Miller had been nominated for his album Swimming, Nipsey for Victory Lap, Pusha for Daytona and Travis for Astroworld.

Best R&b Album

Newcomer H.E.R. clinched the award for her project H.E.R. It was not a full album but rather a smaller collection of songs. In the musical world, such a project is called an EP. The 21-year-old was nominated alongside Toni Braxton, Leon Bridges, Lalah Hathaway and PJ Morton.

Best Rap Song

Drake’s “God’s Plan was unsurprisingly the winner after its commercial success last year. Other songs in the category included “King’s Dead” by Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, and James Blake. “Lucky” by Eminem and “Sicko mode” made up the other nominated songs.

Best Country Album

Kacey Musgraves won the award for her album Golden Hour, edging out Kelsea Ballerini, Brothers Osborne, Ashley McBryde and Chris Stapleton. The artists had been nominated for their albums, Unapologetically, Port Saint Joe, Girl Going Nowhere and From a Room: Volume 2 in respective order.

Song of the Year

Donald Glover, aka. Childish Gambino clinched the award with “This is America”, the first time a rap song won the prestigious award. He beat Drake’s “God’ plan”, Lady Gaga’s “Shallow”, Lamar’s “All the Stars”.

Best Pop duo/group Performance

In a  category that also included Christina Aguilera and the Backstreet Boys, Lady Gaga emerged the winner for her song “Shallow” alongside Bradley Cooper. She beat six other pop duos to clinch the award, including Maroon 5 and Cardi B’s “Girls Like You.”

Best Pop Solo Performance

Another win for Lady Gaga but this time for Joanne (Where do you think you’re Goin?). She beat Beck (Colors), Camila Cabello (Havana), Ariana Grande (God is a Woman) and Post Malone (Better).

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The “Do What U Want” singer was given a nod for the event on Wednesday, a day that pop star Ariana Grande also confirmed she had turned down a performance due to disagreement with Grammy producers. Gaga was confirmed together with Mark Ronson, Dua Lipa, Yolanda Adams, Travis Scott and Chloe X Halle.

The “Shallow” singer is nominated in five categories at the event and will be hoping to clinch a seventh award this year. Already, more than a dozen artists have been confirmed for the event. Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Young Thug, Little Big Town, Ricky Martin, Miley Cirus, Janelle Monae, Diana Ross and more artists.

Travis Scott, who recently performed at the Super Bowl alongside Maroon 5, will be one of a few rappers at the event. Alicia Keys will act as the awards’ host while AEG Ehrlich Ventures will produce the show.

The Grammys are yet to confirm which songs each artist will perform but it is expected most of the nominated artists will perform those songs they are already nominated for. The event will take place on February 10.

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PBS broke the news at the Television Critics Association conference in Pasadena, confirming that the documentary will be 16 and a half hours long. Like many of Burns’ documentaries, Country Music will feature actual live footage of performances done in the last few decades.

Burns also confirmed that the documentary will limit its number of on-screen historians and allow only one scholarly author, Bill Malone. A big reason for that is because most of the country artists featured have been in the business for long and know about the genre’s history pretty well.

“We made it clear to some of the people who appear in our film as commentators—like Dierks Bentley, Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show and Rhiannon Giddenns—that they’re too damn young for us to cover their career,” Dayton Duncan, a writer and producer in the film, said.

In total, 101 country artists were filmed, including 40 Half of Famers and 17 who’ve already passed away.

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This year’s NBA All-Star Game will take place at the Spectrum Center, the home arena of NBA team Charlotte Hornets. J. Cole first performed at the event in 2012 in a year he also took part in the Celebrity Game. Last year, the performances were done by rap group Migos and N.E.R.D.

Apart from performing at his hometown, J. Cole is having one of the best years in his career. He has two Grammy nominations this year and recently released a new single, “Middle Child,” on January 23^rd. He has seven Grammy nominations in total and has had five No.1 albums in Billboard’s Top 200 charts.

Meek Mill will precede Cole, performing as the All-Star team enters the stage. He has two albums that topped Billboard 200. For the anthem singers, the NBA found a local singer, 48-year-old R &B singer Anthony Hamilton. He has had 17 Grammy nominations in total. Carly Rae Jepsen, on the other hand, became famous after her hit single “Call me Maybe went Viral in 2012.

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The event will be the sixth iHeartMedia’s such event and will bring together country musicians from all across the US. It will take place at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin May 4^th and will consist of more than a dozen artists.

“I look forward to the iHeart Country Festival every year,” the event’s creative director and producer Bobby Bones. “It’s always special to have so much of the Country music community together in one place, including some really talented new artists we have been supporting on Women of iHeart Country.”

Apart from the headliners, Frank Erwin, Luke Combs, Little Big Town, Old Dominion, Lauren Alaina, and the Raging Idiots will also perform at the event. Bones, who hosts the Bobby Bones show on iHeartMedia’s national radio, will host the event.

Since this year’s festival will be geared toward promoting young female artists, iHeartCountry is expected to name several female country musicians to grace the event. In the meantime, fans who intend to take part in the May event have one week until tickets are made available on February 8^th.

Those who can’t attend also have the chance to listen to the event in any of the 150 country music radios owned by iHeartMedia.

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The festival’s organizer Tariq Cherif broke the news on Monday, confirming a list of more than 50 artists to perform in the three-day event.

“Haters will say this isn’t a good lineup,” Cherif said on Instagram.

Migos will lead Friday’s group of artists. They will be joined by Miami-native Rick Ross, Wacka Flocka Flame, Young MA Cardi B and tens of other youngsters. Travis Scott will headline Saturday’s event and will be joined by Lil Wayne, Young Thug, and 21 SAVAGE, Kid Cudi will be the headline on Sunday alongside Lil Pump, Lil Uzi Vert, DMX, Wiz Khalifa and TYGA.

Rapper DMX will be headlining one his first events after a one-year stay in prison. He was released on January 25^th (last weekend) and went straight to a show at Staten Island to fill-in for Ja Rule. Migos fans will, however, have to wait to find out if the rap group will perform their upcoming album Culture III at the festival.

In a recent interview, rapper Quavo confirmed that the album is not ready and would be released only after Offset releases his solo project.

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