Canadian artistes
Two Canadian artists are battling for the singles crown on the UK chart. Justin Bieber is battling through his hit song ‘Love Yourself’ while Shawn Mendes is doing it with his song ‘Stitches.
This week Bieber has won the battle taking the No:1 spot with lead of 13,000. Bieber’s ‘Love Yourself’ is now his longest running UK No: 1 song with a total of six non consecutive weeks.
His previous longest running No: 1 was ‘What Do You Mean?’ with five non consecutive weeks and then ‘Sorry’ with two consecutive weeks at No: 1.
In total Bieber has spent 13 weeks at the No: 1 position between September 2015 and January 2016. Meanwhile ‘Love Yourself’ has topped the charts in Australia, Denmark, Ireland and New Zealand too.
Shawn Mendes has advanced to the No: 2 spot from 4, on the UK singles chart with his hit song ‘Stitches’. The song is still a strong contender for the No: 1 spot.
The pop track began its chart life on the UK chart on 1st October at 79 and then over the next 16 weeks has moved up and dropped down the chart and moved up again in almost roller coaster fashion to its present location.
‘Stitches’ is the third release from Shawn Mendes but the first track to reach the top 10 for the 17 year old. ‘Stitches’ is taken from his album ‘Handwritten’.
Glen Frey, a co- founder of the Eagles has died aged 67. Frey co- wrote some the Eagles best known hits such as ‘Hotel California’, ‘Layin’ Eyes’ and ‘New Kid In Town’. He also had a fairly successful solo career in the 80’s with two hits to his credit, namely ‘The Heat Is On’ and ‘You Belong ToThe City’.
Elsewhere on the singles chart it’s the late David Bowie who dominates the chart with 13 singles entering days after his passing away. The most popular of all is the song ‘Heroes’ which is re-entered the chart at No: 12.
The others are ‘Life On Mars’ (16), ‘Starman’ (18), ‘Let’s Dance’ (23), ‘Space Oddity’ (24),’Under Pressure’ (43), ‘Lazarus’ (45), ‘Changes’(49),’Blackstar’ (61),’Ashes To Ashes’ (62),’Rebel Rebel’, (65),’Ziggy Stardust’(76) and ‘China Girl’ (97).
A combined 167,000 singles have sold since within 5 days of his death along with 241,000 combined albums and 19 million track streams.
The only new songs are ‘Blackstar’ the title track of his album released on 8th January and ‘Lazarus’. Across the Atlantic in the US Bowie scored his very first No: 1 album as ‘Blackstar’ debuted at the top with sales of 181,000.
Ariana Grande is facing a dilemma with the title of her next album. The 22 year old singer is wondering if she should change the title ‘Moonlight’ which the album has been named so far. Her last album was called ‘My Problem’ in 2014.
One Direction has denied rumours the groups extended hiatus means they have split up for good. Many of the members have writing and recording material either to launch solo careers or directed at other artists.
Veteran singer Cher has donated more than 180,000 bottles of water to residents of the town Flint in Michigan in the US. The town is reported to be struggling with a water crisis since 2014 due to lead contamination. Cher’s donation started rolling out on January 20.
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