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Cardi B Congratulates Lesser-known Artists Ahead Of Grammy Awards
Cardi B has congratulated some of the lesser-known Grammy nominees on social media.The 28-year-old rap star has taken to Twitter to hail a group of "small" black artists who received nods ahead of the ceremony,...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 14 March 2021
The Weeknd's Blinding Lights Becomes First Song To Remain In Billboard Hot 100 For Full Year
The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' has become the first song to spend a full year in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The upbeat tune - which dropped in November 2019 - managed...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 09 March 2021
Spotify Teams Up With Tinder To Reveal The Dating App's Top Anthems
The Weeknd's tracks 'Blinding Lights' and 'Save Your Tears' have been named Top Tinder Anthems by Spotify.The streaming giant has teamed up with dating app to show how music can improve singletons' chances of bagging...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 12 February 2021
The Weeknd Wants Meduza Collaboration
The Weeknd is set to work with Meduza.The 'Blinding Lights' hitmaker - who performed the Super Bowl LV Half Time Show on Sunday (07.02.21) - has contacted the production trio about collaborating on his next...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 09 February 2021
The Weeknd Rocked A Givenchy Suit Jacket Dripping In Crystals For The Super Bowl Halftime Show
The Weeknd's custom Givenchy red suit jacket he wore for the Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show took 250 hours to complete.The 'I Feel It Coming' hitmaker - who spent $7 million of his own...
By Bang Showbiz in Fashion / Beauty on 08 February 2021
The Weeknd Honoured With His Own Day In Toronto Ahead Of Super Bowl Halftime Show
The Weeknd was honoured with his own day ahead of his epic Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show set.The 30-year-old Canadian star's home city of Toronto named February 7 'The Weeknd Day’, before his show-stopping...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 08 February 2021
Grimes Nears Completion On New Album
Grimes has teased she's close to finishing her new album.When asked about her follow-up to last year’s 'Miss Anthropocene' during a YouTube Q&A with her fans, she revealed she's in the process of completing the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 29 January 2021
The Weeknd To Release Greatest Hits Album The Highlights
The Weeknd has announced a greatest hits album called 'The Highlights'.The 'Starboy' hitmaker has listed the career-spanning collection on his official website with a release date of February 5.The 18-track CD - which includes his...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 27 January 2021
Miley Cyrus Announces Super Bowl Show
Miley Cyrus will perform for healthcare workers at a special Super Bowl pre-game concert.The 'Malibu' hitmaker has joined the line-up for the TikTok Tailgate event, which will take place before the NFL showpiece game on...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 January 2021
The Weeknd Teases Politically-charged New Album
The Weeknd has been "more inspired and creative" than ever this year.The 30-year-old singer - whose real name is Abel Tesfaye - admitted the follow-up record to this year's 'After Hours' is likely to be...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 30 December 2020
From Wap To Say So: 10 Pop Songs That Made Our Year
While we've been forced to party in the comfort of our own living rooms over the course of 2020, that doesn't mean we haven't had fun. The pop world has continued to push out hit...
By Holly Mosley in Music / Festivals on 22 December 2020
Rosalia Gives Album Update: 'I'm Closing The Cycle Of These Recordings'
Rosalía is close to finishing her third studio album.The Spanish pop star has revealed that she is "closing the cycles of these recordings" in an update on the progress of her follow-up to 2018's critically-acclaimed...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 16 December 2020
Dionne Warwick To Release Duet With Chance The Rapper And The Weeknd
Dionne Warwick is set to release a duet with Chance the Rapper and The Weeknd.The 80-year-old music legend - who is dubbed the Queen of Twitter - jokingly trolled the pair on the micro-blogging site...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 15 December 2020
Roddy Ricch Claims Apple Music's Top Global Album Of The Year
Roddy Ricch’s ‘Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial’ has been named the Top Global Album of 2020 by Apple Music.The rapper-of-the-moment's debut record leads the streaming service’s Top 25 Albums of the Year list.Standout track...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 03 December 2020
Bad Bunny Named Most-streamed Artist Globally In Spotify's Wrapped 2020 List
Bad Bunny and The Weeknd are among the Most-Streamed Artists of 2020.Streaming giant Spotify has unveiled its annual Wrapped list for the year, and the 26-year-old Puerto Rican rapper came out on top, with more...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 01 December 2020
Here's Why Music Fans Are Salty About This Year's Grammy Nominations
The nominations for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards are finally here, but it's left a lot of people scratching their heads in bewilderment. Not only are there a number of names on there that have...
By Holly Mosley in Music / Festivals on 25 November 2020
Harry Styles Named Variety's Hitmaker Of The Year
Harry Styles has been named Variety's Hitmaker of the Year.The 'Golden' singer has been recognised by the prestigious publication in their fourth annual list of honourees for their Hitmakers issue for having two of the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 11 November 2020
The Weeknd And Maulma Hint At Collaboration
The Weeknd and Maluma appear to have teased a collaboration.The 'Blinding Lights' hitmaker and the Colombian singer both shared a promo picture of the pair on Twitter, leading fans to speculate that they have a...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 05 November 2020
Ariana Grande Drops Positions
Ariana Grande has released her new album 'positions'.The pop megastar has dropped her sixth record, featuring collaborations with The Weeknd, Doja Cat and Ty Dolla $ign.The 'Blinding Lights' hitmaker features on the track ‘Off The...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 30 October 2020
The Weeknd And Roddy Ricch Lead Amas Nominations
The Weeknd and Roddy Ricch lead the American Music Awards 2020 nominations with eight each.The pair will compete for the prestigious Artist of the Year award, alongside Justin Bieber, Post Malone and Taylor Swift, while...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 26 October 2020
Ariana Grande Announces The Weeknd Collaboration On New Album
Ariana Grande will team up with The Weeknd on her upcoming album, ‘Positions’.The 27-year-old singer is set to release her sixth studio album next Friday (30.10.20), and over the weekend, she revealed the full tracklist...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 October 2020
Selena Gomez Felt Pressure To 'Shown Some Skin'
Selena Gomez felt under pressure to ''show some skin'' earlier in her career.The 28-year-old singer was encouraged to adopt an adult appearance in her music videos after rising to fame as a Disney child star,...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 09 September 2020
Miley Cyrus Blasts Mtv Vma Production Team For 'Sexist Comments'
Miley Cyrus claims members of the MTV Video Music Awards production team made sexist comments before her performance.The 'Midnight Sky' hitmaker has opened up about her experience singing her new track at the ceremony last...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 09 September 2020
Selena Gomez: My Exes Think I'm 'Crazy'
Selena Gomez's exes all think she's ''crazy''.The 'Heart Wants What It Wants' hitmaker - who has previously dated the likes of Justin Bieber and The Weeknd - joked that all of her former flames think...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 07 September 2020
The Weeknd Calls For Justice For Jacob Blake And Breonna Taylor At Vmas
The Weeknd used his acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards 2020 to call for justice for Jacob Blake and Breonna Taylor.The 'Blinding Lights' hitmaker won two awards on the Sunday night (30.08.20) for...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 31 August 2020
Lady Gaga Leads Mtv Video Music Awards 2020 With Five Gongs
Lady Gaga urged people to wear face masks as she won five gongs at the first ever socially distant MTV Video Music Awards 2020.The 34-year-old singer won big at the ceremony on Sunday evening (30.08.20),...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 31 August 2020
Lady Gaga Wins Big At Mtv Video Music Awards 2020
Lady Gaga was the big winner at the MTV Video Music Awards 2020.There was a different feel to this year's annual music awards ceremony, which was held in a socially distant manner on Sunday evening...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 31 August 2020
Keke Palmer Has 'Over 10' Covid-19 Tests Ahead Of Mtv Vmas
Keke Palmer has had ''over 10'' Covid-19 tests ahead of the MTV Video Music Awards.The host of the annual ceremony, which will be filmed at various locations outdoors across New York City on August 30,...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 28 August 2020
The Weeknd's Cathartic Songs
The Weeknd wrote ''cathartic'' songs after his split from Selena Gomez.The 'Blinding Lights' hitmaker has seemingly hinted he penned a number of songs following his split from the singer and actress and described the whole...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 26 August 2020
Calvin Harris And The Weeknd Confirm Collaboration
Calvin Harris and The Weeknd have confirmed their new collaboration, and the song will be released on Friday (28.08.20). The Weeknd - whose real name is Abel Tesfaye - took to Twitter to share some...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 24 August 2020
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