NEW YORK , May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, BMI revealed the winners for its 2021 Pop Awards and Sony Music Publishing songwriters earned incredible success, taking home top honors for their work on many of the past year's most-performed songs.
Sony Music Publishing's songwriter honorees include Dominic Fike , Freddy Wexler , Edgar Barrera , beabadoobee, Tristan Norton , Martin Kottmeier , Ricky Reed , Carlo Montagnese , Sam Smith , Gabby Barrett, Zach Kale , JP Saxe, Adam Feeney , Camila Cabello , Elena Kiper , Kevin Jonas , Jeremiah Burden , BURNS, Lady Gaga, Vernetta Lynn Williams , Wayne Coyne , Steven Drozd , Michael Ivins , Lee Stashenko , JaeGreen, JAWSH 685, Ed Sheeran , Jorden Thorpe , BENEE, Joel Little , Jessica Agombar , and David Stewart .
Best pop songs of the last 30 years | Entertainment | richmond.com
Stacker put together a list of the 50 best pop songs of the last 30 years based on the Billboard Pop Songs chart from its inception all the way up to Sept. 30, 2017.
While pop music has origins as far back as the 1920s , it didn't really take shape as a genre until the 1950s. In the decades that followed, the term was largely used to denote a specific type of catchy sound or style, which usually overlapped with other genres like rock, country, folk, soul, R&B, and electronic. As the trend persisted into the 1980s and 1990s, the concept itself continued to evolve to the point that "pop music" didn't overlap with peripheral genres as much as it did swallow them whole. To keep pace, the Billboard Pop Songs Chart debuted on Oct. 3, 1992.
Stacker is listing out the greatest pop songs of all time, based on weekly performance on the Billboard Pop Songs chart from its inception all the way up to Sept. 30, 2017. Artists and songs are ranked by way of an inverse point system, with weeks at #1 earning the greatest value, and weeks at the lower spots earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates during various respective periods. Artists are then ranked based on a formula blending performance—as outlined above—of all their Pop Song chart entries.
Being that the list is bound by specific parameters, there's an absence of names like Michael Jackson or Madonna. Meanwhile, The Goo Goo Dolls and Bruno Mars have three songs on the chart—the most among all the artists. Nickelback, Bruno Mars, Timbaland, OneRepublic, Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson, and 3 Doors Down all have two songs on the chart. Everyone else has one song on the chart. OK, enough with the spoilers. Here are the best pop songs of all time.
In 2012, Taylor Swift continued to stray from her country roots to forge a broader pop aesthetic. Putting that newfound sensibility on full display was this hit single from her wildly successful album, "Red." With its palpable dubstep influence, the song sees Swift experimenting in terms of sound and style, but sticking close to familiar subject matter. Specifically, the song is about a break-up, albeit one that Swift saw coming from a mile away.
Proving Taylor Swift isn't the only artist who can channel bad romance into a hit song, Lady Gaga unleashed this infectious dance single in 2009, cementing her status as pop royalty. Along with the catchy music came an eye-popping video, which in 2018 was named by Billboard as the best music video of the 21st century .
Chris Brown may be as famous today for his endless legal troubles as he is his music. In 2005, however, he was among the industry's newest and brightest stars. Giving him a formidable boost was this aggressive hip-hop song, which was co-produced by then-hitmaker Scott Storch. Rap artist Juelz Santana provided additional lyrics.
Bearing no resemblance to a 1962 hit song of the same name, Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry" finds the artist coping with a breakup against a backdrop of relatively sparse instrumentals. Produced by fellow The Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am, this was one of a few singles to contribute to the success of Fergie's debut solo album, "The Dutchess." In 2017, Fergie released a follow-up album, "Double Dutchess," to less fanfare .
Popstar Ellie Goulding certainly isn't the only one who prefers to sleep with the lights on , but she might be the only one to turn that habit into a chart-topping single. In somewhat fitting style, the song proved to be a sleeper hit, taking its sweet time before landing on the Hot 100 chart, where it stayed for more than a year.
'Madonna: Truth or Dare' is Still the Ultimate Pop-Music Documentary - Rolling Stone
She doesn’t have to clean up the hotel room. You usually don’t get to spend time in luxury French hotel suites like this one unless you’re rich and megafamous, and when you get to be that rich and megafamous, you have plenty of people to clean up your messes. But the woman in the robe is still picking up the champagne flutes, pushing a tray of ice buckets into the corner, quietly tidying up the aftermath of a celebration. She’s talking about fear and anxiety and how last week, she was convinced she was having a nervous breakdown in Spain. The lights go out, she lays her weary head to rest, and the camera lingers on her, capturing what feels like an extremely vulnerable moment.
It’s August of 1990. Instagram will not be invented for another 20 years, and TMZ won’t slouch toward Bethlehem for another 15. Twitter is not even a gleam in Jack Dorsey’s eye yet. In this late-Mesozoic era of celebrity culture, the curating of a famous person’s image is still outsourced, publicity is still a commodity, and privacy is still a bargaining chip. But this woman, a bona fide pop star who’s allowing someone to film her while she opens up directly to the camera and throws away empty Heineken bottles and sleeps? Bitch, she’s Madonna . And as was characteristic with everything else the singer/dancer/cultural icon had a well-manicured hand in, she’s gleefully rewriting the rules of the game in real time.
The backstory has now become Her Madge-esty lore: Having seen filmmaker Alex Keshishian’s Harvard thesis (a pop-fueled take on Wuthering Heights ), Madonna requests a meeting. They hit it off. He’s hired to shoot concert footage and some behind-the-scenes tidbits for a possible special on the upcoming tour, and is quickly whisked off to Japan. While there, he begins interviewing the show’s dancers, a hodgepodge of European, Asian, Hispanic and African-American men who are as integral to the stage show as the musicians. Because he can only pin them down to talk in the morning after they’ve come home from a night of post-performance partying, Keshishian conducts most of their interviews in bed.
The end result remains a tantalizing mix of performance footage and Madonna-after-dark shenanigans, steely professionalism and NSFW personal fretting. This is Madonna you tend to think of when you think of her: the post-bracelets-and-lace blonde bombshell, all sinew and Gaultier corsets. (We stan the Cabaret droog look as well. ) But thirty years later, it practically plays like a greatest-hits album of private moments turned into pop-cultural touchstones: The water bottle. Kevin Costner calling the show “neat.” The Toronto cops turning “Like a Virgin” into a first-amendment Rubicon. The same-sex kiss. Blatantly flirting with Antonio Banderas. (The real hero of this doc? Antonio Banderas’ infinitely tolerant wife.) The montage of Madonna goofing around with her dancers between the sheets. The Pride parade. The clucking over a story involving an affair with the troupe’s one self-identified straight dancer. Warren Freakin’ Beatty.
Whatever Happened To These '90s Country Stars?
Country music had a big moment in the 1990s. As traditional country and pop intertwined thanks to artists like Shania Twain, Faith Hill, Garth Brooks, and Martina McBride, the genre saw an influx of new fans. It is an era that Wide Open Country dubbed "the underrated golden age in country music," noting that it is a "misunderstood and often unappreciated" time in the genre's history. While the crossover appeal of some country artists' music did pull in mainstream audiences, there were some fans who were not into the genre's sea change. "Because the decade brought a unique and new pop-country sound to Nashville, some may consider the '90s to be the time of traditional country's last gasp," wrote The Boot , "but there's so much more to the music of this decade than meets the eye."
Wondering what some of the artists who helped shape country music during the '90s have been up to since that era? Keep reading to find out.
Country music fans will remember Ricky Van Shelton for his Billboard country music chart smashes, such as 1988's "I'll Leave This World Loving You," 1990's "I've Cried My Last Tear For You," and 1991's "I Am a Simple Man." Van Shelton even teamed up with country legend Dolly Parton for the song "Rockin' Years," which was also a chart-topping hit . Van Shelton's first four albums were certified platinum . He released "Greatest Hits Plus" in 1992 and a year later put out "A Bridge I Didn't Burn." However, the latter didn't experience the same level of success as his previous records.
In December 2020, she won "The Masked Singer." A few months later, she teamed up with co-star Aloe Blacc on the song " I Do ."
Paul Brandt gave country music fans in the U.S. the 1996 hit "My Heart Has A History," which reached No. 5 on the Billboard country music chart , and that same year released the song "I Do," which climbed up to the No. 2 position. According to his website , the success of his two singles led him to become the first male Canadian country artist on the Billboard Top 20 since the '70s, and his album "Calm Before the Storm" was certified gold in the United States and platinum in Canada.
It appeared that Brandt was finding much more success as a country artist in Canada, and even released a greatest hits album only in that country . In 2002, he started his own music label called Brand-T Records , releasing himself from Warner/Reprise and moved out of Nashville to his hometown of Alberta. He's gone on to win Album of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards multiple times, and as his website notes, he is the most awarded male Canadian country artist in history. Brandt is also a member of both the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Western Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.
Hearing about an artist walk away from a major record label sounds absurd, but it may have been the best career move Brandt has made, even if that meant hearing less of him in the United States.
The country band Shenandoah stepped on the music scene in 1987 and was founded by Marty Raybon, Ralph Ezell, Stan Thorn, Jim Seales, and Mike McGuire. Their biggest hit came in 1990 with "Next to You, Next to Me" and it peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard country music chart , followed by 1994's "If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)," which also hit No. 1. The '90s was a great decade for Shenandoah and they went on to record nine studio albums and have had 26 singles on Billboard's Hot Country Songs. However, the band eventually split, with lead singer Raybon leaving in 1997 and the rest of the members disbanding.
However, Raybon had a change of heart when Rolling Stone confirmed that he was rejoining his band after a 17-year absence. The lead singer admitted that his band had not initially broken up because of "dissension," and had talked on a number of occasions to regroup. "We feel there is more to be said. So it's time to reload and fulfill the request of fans who want to see us back together," Raybon shared.
Songs Everyone Knows: Timeless Pop Earworms | uDiscover Music
KUOW - Music isn't what it used to be — but is that a bad thing?
Is it ethical to offer incentives as a way to convince people to take the coronavirus vaccine? The City of Seattle has set aside money for sinks on city streets, but they're nowhere to be found, and music isn't what it used to be.
What will it take to convince those who are undecided to take the coronavirus vaccine? And is there a line where an incentive becomes coercion? Bill Radke discusses this with bioethicist Dr. Nancy Jecker and epidemiologist Dr. Janet Baseman. Also, the City of Seattle has set aside money for sinks on city streets, which would be good for hygiene especially during a pandemic, but they have yet to arrive. Journalist Natalie Graham, who reports on city hall for The Stranger, talks with Bill about her reporting on this topic. Lastly, Bill chats with Bob Dylan's tour manager Jonathan Taplin and KEXP DJ Abbie Gobeli about how today's pop music is different than the anti-authoritarian and protest hit songs of the 60s and 70s.
Commencement 2021 profile: Benjamin Palmateer | Binghamton News
And perhaps that song will come from the talented pen of Benjamin Palmateer, who is graduating this May with his master's degree in music composition .
"I think it's such a unique way of putting someone's own identity into sound. It's such an abstract concept and, for some reason, people enjoy it a lot," he said. "That's always fascinated me."
Originally from Saratoga Springs, Palmateer also completed his undergraduate degree in music at Binghamton University and stayed on for the master's program. That wasn't always the plan.
When applying to college, Binghamton didn't have a particularly strong pull. It was close to home and a SUNY school, and that was enough.
He initially majored in chemistry and political science, thinking that they were surer bets than his real passion: music. But while pursuing his bachelor's degree, he faced an essential question: Would he really want to settle for a second-choice career and spend decades working at something he didn't love?
"You could tell in some people's faces that they were like, 'What are you doing? You're not going to be able to do anything,'" he said. "But I just smiled at them."
During his sophomore and junior years, he played in campus bands and won the Underground's Battle of the Bands competition two years in a row. Playing for a huge crowd of his peers was a unique experience that added fuel to his passion for music, he said.
His professors provided encouragement and support. Associate Professor Daniel Thomas Davis and Associate Professor Christopher Bartlette have been ready mentors, but they weren't the only ones.
"The entire music department really cares a lot about the students and how they're doing, both in and out of class," Palmateer said.
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Top nominee The Weeknd to perform at Billboard Music Awards | Southern Idaho Entertainment |
NEW YORK (AP) — The Weeknd will celebrate his whopping 16 nominations at the Billboard Music Awards with a performance at the show.
The Weeknd's nominations include top artist, top male artist, top R&B artist, top Billboard 200 album for "After Hours" and top Hot 100 song for "Blinding Lights," the No. 1 song of last year.
Drake, the show's most decorated winner of all-time, will compete with The Weeknd for top artist. Other nominees include Taylor Swift and deceased rappers Juice WRLD and Pop Smoke. Excluding Drake, all of the top artist nominees are up for top Billboard 200 album. Lil Baby rounds out the five nominees.
Songs battling The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" for top Hot 100 song include DaBaby and Roddy Ricch's "Rockstar," Chris Brown and Young Thug's "Go Crazy," Gabby Barrett and Charlie Puth's "I Hope" and "Mood" by 24kGoldn and iann dior.
The "Niagara of the West" will soon have a new feature, inspired by the shorter eastern attraction: lights.
The prince kissing Snow White while she's asleep in Disneyland's new "Snow White's Enchanted Wish" ride has caused backlash.
Tawny Kitaen also starred as the fiancee to Tom Hanks' character in the comedy "Bachelor Party," and as Jerry Seinfeld's girlfriend in a 1991 episode of "Seinfeld."
The seedlings are growing, the bread is baked, crafts are complete and local farmers markets are ripe and ready for the season.
A pandemic year has taken our appreciation of moms to a whole new level. This Mother's Day is an extra special time to show her and our community that you care. We've gathered events from south-central Idaho for every kind of mom.
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