Monthly Archives: February 2021

Meghan Trainor’s Valentine’s Day baby arrived early – Music News

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Meghan Trainor is a new mum after giving birth to her first child on Monday.

Little Riley was due on Valentine’s Day but arrived a little early.

The All About That Bass singer has posted several shots of the newborn on Instagram alongside the caption: “This sweet baby boy’s due date was today on Valentine’s Day. We got to meet him Monday, Feb 8th. “

Exclaiming: “We are SO IN LOVE Thank you @darylsabara for the best Valentine’s gift ever!” she added: “Welcome to the world Riley!”

Famous friends, family and friends jumped on the singer’s Sunday post to offer up congratulations to Megan and her husband, Daryl Sabara, with Ashley Graham writing: “Riley!!!! Welcome to the world!!! Congratulations mom & dad!!” and Jennifer Love Hewitt adding: “So proud of you and congrats!!”

Trainor recently revealed she was more than ready to meet her baby – she posted an Instagram shot of herself baring the baby bump while dressed like an earth mother, complete with a flower crown.

“Baby is breech again at 36 weeks so I’ve been laying upside down on my couch everyday lol (laugh out loud)… other than that we are doing amazing and we’re ready to meet this baby!!!!” she wrote.

Meghan announced her pregnancy in October and has been posting updates ever since, revealing she has been suffering from gestational diabetes.

“It is tough going to all the doctor appointments alone, without my husband, but it’s also, like, the time I’ve been waiting for my whole life. I’ve been waiting to be pregnant forever,” she shared.



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Callum Beattie thinks his parents’ divorce was the ‘best thing’ to happen to him – Music News

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The Scottish singer was raised by his dad after his mother and father split when he was just eight years old, and although it was a “very sad” time in his life, he credits the period with making him into a songwriter.

He told The Telegraph newspaper: “Although [the divorce] was very sad, it was almost the best thing that happened to me. It made me a songwriter. I had stories to tell. Music became my escape.”

And the 29-year-old star recalled how his dad introduced him to classic records from a young age.

He said: “After work, he would come home, crack open a bottle of red and play me all these fantastic records from Elton John to Pink Floyd.

“I begged him for a guitar, so he brought me a second-hand one and a chord book.

“He said: ‘There we go, there’s a thousand chords, so start there.’ I kinda panicked.”

Callum was just 10 when he played his first gigs.

He recalled: “I started playing pubs when I was around 10. My dad would put a wee ashtray on the floor and ask me to sing Elvis and people would chuck money in it.

“I used to play the roughest bars imaginable. In one – I won’t tell you which because they’re good people and I don’t want to dob them in – a prostitute used to come and sit right in front of me. And she would spread her legs whenever I played The Beatles.

“I was quite a young lad, so I thought, ‘Woah, okay’. You never knew what you were going to get there.” Meanwhile, the ‘Tears in My Eyes’ singer’s tour in support of his album, ‘People Like Us’, has been postponed three times due to the coronavirus pandemic, which he’s found “really difficult”.

He said: “Performing is my medicine, my release, so to not have that is really difficult.

“It took me two years to produce this album, and now I won’t be able to perform it for another two.

“I know we’re making these sacrifices for family and friends, so that helps me keep on.”



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Lil Tjay & 6LACK’s ‘Calling My Phone’ set to end Olivia Rodrigo’s reign Number 1 – Music News

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The Official Chart: First Look, which airs on BBC Radio 1 today between 6pm – 7pm, offers a first glance of the Top 20 ahead of Friday’s Official Singles Chart Top 100. The chart is based on preliminary sales and early streaming reports.

US rappers/singers Lil Tjay and 6LACK are set to score their big breakthroughs this week with new collaboration Calling My Phone, which takes an early lead at Number 1 on the Official Chart First Look. The track could end Olivia Rodrigo’s five-week reign at the top with Drivers License this Friday, should it maintain its current momentum.

Bronx rapper Lil Tjay landed his first UK Top 40 hit last year as a guest feature on Pop Smoke’s Top 5 smash Mood Swings, while for Atlanta-born rapper/singer 6LACK, Calling My Phone would mark his first Top 40 single.

Meanwhile, Taylor Swift’s re-recorded version of Love Story, now titled Love Story (Taylor’s Version), is new at Number 4. The original peaked at Number 2 in 2008 and marked her first UK chart entry.

Party banger Friday by Riton & Nightcrawlers ft. Mufasa & Hypeman continues to climb, currently up another eight places to Number 8, potentially earning the British DJ/producer his first UK Top 10 single.

Finally, Dua Lipa’s new single We’re Good, taken from her newly released Future Nostalgia (The Moonlight Edition) album, starts at Number 20.

The Official Singles Chart Top 100 is revealed on OfficialCharts.com every Friday at 5.45pm. Listen to the Top 40 countdown live on BBC Radio 1’s Official Chart show with Scott Mills every Friday from 4pm.



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Geri Horner shares message of self-love in Valentine’s Day lyric video ‘Without Love’ – Music News

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This Valentine’s Day, Geri Horner (née Halliwell) shares a message of self-love to accompany the lyric video for her song ‘Without Love’ – and a special jam tart recipe, as a treat.

“Valentine’s Day can be the loneliest day of the year for some. I wanted to say to everyone – women and men, girls and boys and everyone in between – that I’m thinking of you, and I know what that feels like. For years my mother used to write me Valentine’s Day cards and pretended it wasn’t from her. Maybe today can be about us sharing the love and giving yourself a bit of self-love.”

The idea for ‘Without Love’ came to Geri a few years ago, she said: “The song was inspired by a young artist in a boyband. I looked at him and I wondered if he was lonely. It reminded me of when I was younger. I was having all this success, I chased all those things and flew too close to the sun, but I didn’t have love in my life.”

“It’s a cliché but it’s true – you have to learn to love yourself first. Everything else comes after. Otherwise, you will constantly feel empty no matter how many people adore you.”

‘Without Love’ lyrics

You’re Number One, now everyone is so impressed,
Charmed by your ways, those easy lays, they get undressed.
Flying high is lonely, showbiz is phony.
Look in the mirror and ask yourself.

Without love,
Where would you be without love?
When will all this be enough?
Where would you be without love? Without love?
Remember who you used to be,
A boy who’d give just anything and more,
Anything just to be loved.

You’re in the sky, burning so bright, close to the sun,
Still you can fly, chasing that high, you feel so numb.
Your world is changing, it’s busy faking.
Don’t be afraid to ask yourself.

Without love,
Where would you be without love?
When will all this be enough?
Where would you be without love? Without love?
Remember who you used to be,
A boy who’d give just anything and more,
Anything just to be loved.



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Noel Gallagher reveals Paul Weller recorded a new album in lockdown – Music News

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The former Oasis rocker – who is good friends with the 62-year-old musician – has seen his pal during the coronavirus pandemic, and he’s been hard at work on the follow-up to 2020’s ‘On Sunset’, which topped the UK album charts.

Speaking on Matt Morgan’s podcast, Noel said: “I’ve seen him and I’ve spoken to him a couple of times.
“I’ve seen him, we didn’t talk about coronavirus, we’re not neurotic, I never mentioned it and he never mentioned apart from to say it’s s***.

“I know he’s recorded another album since lockdown started, he had one that came out in lockdown and about two weeks later he’d finished another one. He’s a got a great studio.”

The upcoming album will be the former Jam star’s 16th solo LP.

When it comes to the future, The Modfather doesn’t have a clear plan, as he just wants to continue doing things that make him happy.

Speaking last summer, he said: “I love just making music, making records. I don’t wish for anything else to be honest with you.”

Meanwhile, Noel has also kept busy during the pandemic, with plenty of writing and even some collaborations.
He previously revealed his new High Flying Birds material is as “if The Police and The Cure were in a band together”.

And teased that he’s penned one tune in particular which “sounds just like” the ‘Friday I’m In Love’ group.

He said: “I’ve written a tune that sounds very much like The Cure, and I didn’t even have to dial back the copyright, it just sounds like The Cure. It’s called ‘Pretty Boy’.”

The ‘Wonderwall’ songwriter also teamed up with dance duo CamelPhat on the tech-house track, ‘Not Over Yet’ also has a Dizzee Rascal collaboration on the way, whilst he also sings on Imelda May’s new single ‘Just One Kiss’, that also features Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood.



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Callum Beattie thinks his parents’ divorce was the – Music News

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The Scottish singer was raised by his dad after his mother and father split when he was just eight years old, and although it was a “very sad” time in his life, he credits the period with making him into a songwriter.

He told The Telegraph newspaper: “Although [the divorce] was very sad, it was almost the best thing that happened to me. It made me a songwriter. I had stories to tell. Music became my escape.”

And the 29-year-old star recalled how his dad introduced him to classic records from a young age.

He said: “After work, he would come home, crack open a bottle of red and play me all these fantastic records from Elton John to Pink Floyd.

“I begged him for a guitar, so he brought me a second-hand one and a chord book.

“He said: ‘There we go, there’s a thousand chords, so start there.’ I kinda panicked.”

Callum was just 10 when he played his first gigs.

He recalled: “I started playing pubs when I was around 10. My dad would put a wee ashtray on the floor and ask me to sing Elvis and people would chuck money in it.

“I used to play the roughest bars imaginable. In one – I won’t tell you which because they’re good people and I don’t want to dob them in – a prostitute used to come and sit right in front of me. And she would spread her legs whenever I played The Beatles.

“I was quite a young lad, so I thought, ‘Woah, okay’. You never knew what you were going to get there.” Meanwhile, the ‘Tears in My Eyes’ singer’s tour in support of his album, ‘People Like Us’, has been postponed three times due to the coronavirus pandemic, which he’s found “really difficult”.

He said: “Performing is my medicine, my release, so to not have that is really difficult.

“It took me two years to produce this album, and now I won’t be able to perform it for another two.

“I know we’re making these sacrifices for family and friends, so that helps me keep on.”



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Ludacris learning to cook in TV special – Music News

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Rapper/actor Ludacris is heading into the kitchen to pick up a few culinary skills for a new cooking special.

The Area Codes hitmaker is the first to admit he is pretty useless when it comes to whipping up tasty treats, but he hopes to change all that with Luda Can’t Cook, in which he will be trained by professional chef Meherwan Irani.

“When men like myself are hungry, we just want to eat,” he told Billboard. “We don’t want to take 30 minutes to an hour to cook.”

However, he was amazed by all the international flavours and new techniques he discovered from Irani, who gave him a lesson in Indian food.

“It was an eye-opener and so many lightbulb moments for me,” Ludacris confessed.

The hip-hop star, who is a co-owner of the Chicken + Beer restaurant at the Atlanta, Georgia airport, is spoiled at home by his wife, model Eudoxie, who serves up a lot of her favourite foods from her native Gabon for her man and their family.

“She does all the cooking, which is part of the reason I can’t cook,” he insisted. “She has her own style and she’s very, very good at it.”

And Ludacris admits he never learned how to make the basics when he was young because cooking wasn’t a skill his mother, Roberta, really mastered until later in life.

“I love my mother with all my heart. My mother was not the best cook in the world,” he shared. “Her food and cooking has gotten better and better over a long period of time.”

However, he claims there is one dish he can pull off on his own: “The whole Luda can’t cook is only 99 per cent true,” he smiled. “There’s one per cent; I can cook tacos.”

Luda Can’t Cook will debut on America’s discovery+ streaming service on 25 February.



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Kelly Rowland’s baby son makes music video debut – Music News

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Kelly Rowland’s newborn son has made his music video debut in the promo for his mum’s new single, Black Magic.

The R&B star gave birth to Noah Jon, her second child with husband Tim Weatherspoon, on 21 January, and now he has joined his big brother Titan, six, in the visuals for the singer’s latest track, which dropped on Friday.

In the footage, a laughing Kelly wears a “Mom” necklace and holds the tot close to her chest as Titan leans in to kiss his new sibling.

The Destiny’s Child beauty also shares clips from the final days of her pregnancy, with her bulging belly turned into a work of art as it’s painted like a globe, with the word, “Love”, spelt out over Africa.

Discussing the song, Kelly says, “Black Magic expresses everything there is to feel confident, feel proud of, feel encouraged by being Black.

“I am really excited that it’s coming now, which is in the thick of Black History Month. To me, I feel like we should be celebrating 365 days a year from what we’ve been through to what we continue to fight for when it comes to equal rights, and justice.”

“To me this is a fight song,” she adds. “We’re continuing to put our magic forth so that we can put it on display for others to continue to see, even when they don’t want to see it. But I think they can’t help but see it because Black magic is effortless.”



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Ava Max suffers awkward wardrobe malfunction as her ‘top came off’ during show – Music News

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The singer didn’t reveal when the awkward moment took place, but revealed she “didn’t realise” at first as she took the incident in her stride.

Asked about her “most embarrassing” on stage experience, she told ‘Smallzy’s Celebrity Small Talk’: “My top came off! I’m not gonna tell you which show…

“There was two layers, but the mesh top underneath was no bra, see through. But then the one on top – it’s like a belt – and it ripped off!

“I didn’t realise until I looked down, I was like, ‘Oh, nipple!’ “

She also revealed how star-struck she was getting to meet The Jonas Brothers when she was younger.

She gushed: “Oh my God, The Jonas Brothers, at Wembley stadium. They come towards me in synchronicity, they were walking exactly the same – and I think they had wind blowing up into their hair.

“I was like, ‘What is going on right now?’ This was the early 2000s, but it was literally them.”

Meanwhile, Ava has been celebrating after hit single ‘Sweet But Psycho’ – which featured on her debut album ‘Heaven & Hell’ surpassed one billion Spotify streams.

Reflecting on the track’s incredible success, she said: “It’s insanity… I’m freaking out internally. It’s crazy, I just can’t believe this. After, what, two and a half years? I feel like [it’s] such a milestone. The fans did that.

And the star credited her passionate fanbase for the song’s popularity, and how it changed her career.

She added: “Remember, that was out of nowhere – no one knew me before ‘Sweet But Psycho’. That song just took its own life.”



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Janet Jackson shares tearful video after ‘Control’ album tops the charts – Music News

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The record – which was first released on February 4, 1986 – recently celebrated its 35th anniversary and Janet became emotional when it hit the number one spot on Apple’s Top 40 US Pop Album chart.

She said in a video on social media: “I was at home just the other day by myself and I began to cry. I was crying because I was so thankful for all that God has blessed me with, all that he has given me. I’m so thankful for Him being in my life. And I am so thankful for all of you being in my life. You’re so special to me.

And I want to thank all of you for making ‘Control’ number one once again after 35 years. I never, never in a million years, I would never think that this would happen. I really appreciate you and I love you so, so much. Thank you.”

The influential record was Jackson’s third studio album and included hits such as ‘What Have You Done for Me Lately’.

The album spent 91 weeks on the Billboard top R&B and hip-hop album chart, peaking at number one for the first time April 19, 1986, just over two months after its release.



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