Ed Sheeran’s Newest Hit Racing Up the Music Charts on Multiple Formats!
When Ed Sheeran delivers a new song, massive pop airplay on multiple formats is guaranteed, and his latest release, “Bad Habits,” which has been out just a little over two weeks, has raced up the charts: on Top 40, it’s #7, on Adult Top 40, #8, and on Adult...
This Song is Romantic, Dreamy & Delicious
British singer/songwriter Anne-Marie and former member of boy-band One Direction, Irishman Niall Horan, duet on "Our Song," a romantic, dreamy Pop-Adult Top 40 ballad about the all encompassing experience of falling madly in love, similar to the sound and message of...
Olivia Rodrigo is the Real Deal and This is Her Breakout Year!
In Feb., Olivia Rodrigo's power ballad, "Drivers License," went to #1 on Billboard-- almost instantly-- and stayed there for eight weeks, making history as the longest stretch ever at the top of the chart for a debut single. Her follow up, "deja vu," which is still...
BTS: On the Cover of the “Rolling Stone”
South Korean 7-member boy band BTS is on the cover of the current Rolling Stone magazine’s “Future of Music" issue, timed perfectly for the release of their newest sensation, pop hit "Butter," which got 11 million Spotify streams in a single day (a new high) and...
The Summer of Pink
Pink has released a new, live album, a new single, plus a documentary about her is streaming on Amazon Prime. The single, "All I Know So Far," is "a love letter to her daughter." It's soulful with revealing, introspective, and insightful lyrics especially meaningful...
“I’ll be dead at twenty-seven/Only nine more years to go”
Nessa Barrrett is an 18 y/o social media star and here’s a line from her hit song: "la di die” feat. jxdn: I’ll be dead at twenty-seven/Only nine more years to go Singer/songwriter Barrett has posted on social media that the song "touches on how fame is dramatised...
Coldplay’s Latest Single is “Space-y”
Coldplay fans have been waiting since 2019 for a new album, and it's possible one may arrive later this year, and while there's no definite date, there's a rumored title --"Music Of The Spheres." Last month the group released a single,"Higher Power," and the first...
“Music is the Universal Language of Mankind”*
Boomers who grew up listening to Top 40 radio regularly heard songs that were not in English: Remember "Sukiyaki" and ""Al Di La?" “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu?” In addition to “La Bamba,” Latin inspired songs were, and still are, especially popular: In 1974, Spanish...
It’s Not “Wicked Game,” But It’s Pretty Good, Anyway…
Few songs are as haunting and mesmerizing as Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game," but Dutch singer/songwriter Duncan Laurence's "Arcade (Loving You Is A Losing Game)" gives it a go. To date, it's the most streamed Eurovision song on Spotify, it has topped the charts in the...