Mariah Carey cancelled her concert in Brussels, Belgium last Sunday following safety concerns. The singer was to mark her birthday with the concert in the European nation which was at the centre of several deadly bomb explosions last week. Carey took to social media to announce the concert cancellation wowing to return to the City [...]

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Mariah Carey cancels show in Brussels

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Mariah Carey cancelled her concert in Brussels, Belgium last Sunday following safety concerns. The singer was to mark her birthday with the concert in the European nation which was at the centre of several deadly bomb explosions last week. Carey took to social media to announce the concert cancellation wowing to return to the City later. Mariah Carey is on her Sweet Sweet Fantasy tour which concludes in New Orleans, Louisiana, US on 2nd July.

Meanwhile reports from the UK say Mariah Carey has been denied permission to film on location her reality TV show Mariah’s World at the London’s Harrods department store. The reason given was that her presence would be too disruptive to customers.

Justin Bieber is in the news almost daily. The reports on the 22 year old Canadian vary, at times bizarre ranging from his mishaps with the paparazzi, rude to someone, posing nude on social media or reports of him suffering from depression. All this together has given him the unique position of being named the most influential pop musician. The ‘What Do You Mean’ hitmaker made it to the top of a list of the Pop Power list for 2016 in poll conducted online. The criteria for the is based on various aspects of a pop artist such as the number of times he or she has been covered on social media, fan base size, wealth, chart position, reportage in both the print and electronic media, radio airplay, YouTube etc. The last few months have been very good for the singer as his album ‘Purpose’ has spawned the hit songs ‘What Do You Mean’, ‘Sorry’ and ‘Love Yourself’. The Pop Power list 20 of 2016 is as follows.1. Justin Bieber, 2. Adele, 3.One Direction, 4. Rihanna, 5. Coldplay, 6. Taylor Swift, 7. The Weekend, 8. Zayn, 9. Little Mix, 10. Ed Sheeran, 11. Shawn Mendes, 12. Beyonce, 13. Ellie Goulding, 14. Drake, 15. Calvin Harris, 16. Jason Derulo, 17. James Bay, 18. Rita Ora, 19. Jess Glynne, 20. Ariana Grande.

Barry Gibb is to returning to perform at the major public event in long time since the end of the Bee Gees following the death of his brother and fellow group members Maurice and Robin. Reports suggest Barry will join the band Coldplay to perform a medley of Bee Gees songs on the Pyramid stage on 26th June. This will be during the closing slot at the Glastonbury Festival in England. Barry Gibb was part of the iconic group that took the music scene by storm between 1977 and 1979 producing some of the biggest hits of that time from the soundtrack of the film Saturday Night Fever.

Mike Posner’s ‘I Took A Pill In Ibiza’ has taken the No: 1 position on the UK singles chart for a second consecutive week. The song scored a combined sale of 82,000 copies to hold on.

The new song with highest climbing position to gain entry to UK top 10 is ‘Say You Do’ by Sigala. The tropical house, drum and bass track, spiced with steel drums moved up from 46 to No: 5 this week. The track features the vocals of Imani and DJ Fresh. Norfolk born Sigala is enjoying his third top 10 hit following ‘Easy Love’ and ‘Sweet Lovin’’.

UK Top 10TW LW

1 1 I Took A Pill In Ibiza – Mike Posner
2 2 7 Years – Lukas Graham
3 4 Work From Home – Fifth Harmony ft: Ty Dolla Sign
4 3 Lush Life – Zara Larsson
5 46 Say You Do – Sigala ft: Imani & DJ Fresh
6 5 Work – Rihanna
7 6 Fast Car – Jonas Blue & Dakota
8 16 Cheap Thrills – Sia
9 10 Girls Like – Tinie Tempah ft: Zara Larsson
10 12 Pillowtalk – Zayn

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