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It's close between Let You Love Me and Lonely Together but I voted for the former - probably my favourite song of last year :wub:

Promo pictures for the new season are out! *.* The line up since the move to Channel 4 are all remaining No news on premiere date yet but it's usually late August time

Katy has lost a lawsuit against a Christian rapper Flame who has accused her of ripping off his song Joyful Noise in the post-chorus of Dark Horse

I absolutely LOVE this, by far Charli's best in an absolute age! :wub:

The Billboard record is officially his!!

Debuts at #2 in the US. Taste.

Omg yes!!! LOVE the title!

Scrap that, it sold 1060 which is downloads only - not terrible but still not great :/ Sales of the top 75 singles are: Brown Skin Girl 12,745 Mood 4 Eva 9,326 Spirit 9,020

Oh my gay they'll really give that award to anyone who shows up, won't they?!

Chart positions this week: The album debuts at #20 on the compilations chart, we've no idea how many sales that will equate to but it's sales only, not including streams. #42 Brown Skin Girl #56 Mood 4 Eva #59 Spirit (up from #80) #87 Can You Feel the Love Tonight

+30 Ariana Grande - Into You +29 Beyoncé - Formation +28 Rihanna (feat. Drake) - Work +27 Beyoncé - Hold Up +26 Lizzo - Good As Hell +25 Shakira (feat. Maluma) - Chantaje +24 Dua Lipa - Hotter Than Hell +23 Clean Bandit (feat. Louisa Johnson) - Tears +22 Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman +21 Fifth Harmony (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) - Work from Home +20 Clean Bandit (feat. Anne-Marie & Sean Paul) - Rockabye +19 Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better +18 Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself +17 Sia - Cheap Thrills +16 DJ Snake (feat. Justin Bieber) - Let Me Love You +15 Fifth Harmony - That's My Girl +14 Rihanna - Kiss It Better +13 Weeknd (feat. Daft Punk) - Starboy +12 Shawn Mendes - Stitches +11 Drake (feat. Wizkid & Kyla) - One Dance +10 Sia (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - The Greatest +9 Little Mix (feat. Jason Derulo) - Secret Love Song +8 Coldplay - Hymn for the Weekend +7 Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) +6 Zara Larsson - Lush Life +5 Chainsmokers (feat. Halsey) - Closer +4 Dami Im - Sound Of Silence +3 Anne-Marie - Alarm +2 Calvin Harris (feat. Rihanna) - This Is What You Came For +1 Beyoncé - Sorry

+30 Ariana Grande - One Last Time +29 Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me +28 Rihanna - Bitch Better Have My Money +27 Nick Jonas - Jealous +26 Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love +25 Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer +24 Hailee Steinfeld - Love Myself +23 Sigma & Rita Ora - Coming Home +22 Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do +21 Major Lazer (feat. DJ Snake & MØ) - Lean On +20 David Guetta (feat. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack) - Hey Mama +19 Adele - Hello +18 Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams +17 Naughty Boy (feat. Beyoncé & Arrow Benjamin) - Runnin' (Lose It All) +16 Sia - Elastic Heart +15 Pia Mia (feat. Chris Brown & Tyga) - Do It Again +14 Jason Derulo - Want To Want Me +13 Justin Bieber - Sorry +12 Skrillex & Diplo (Jack U) - Where Are You Now +11 Little Mix - Black Magic +10 Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk +9 Ciara - Dance Like We're Making Love +8 Zara Larsson & MNEK - Never Forget You +7 Selena Gomez (feat. A$AP Rocky) - Good For You +6 Hozier - Take Me To Church +5 Taylor Swift - Style +4 Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face +3 Years & Years - Shine +2 Lost Frequencies - Are You With Me +1 Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFiveSeconds

Ugh everything you say is so on point! I haven't even read the article because Sun but comparing it to the biggest non Adele/Ed Sheeran album of the decade is a reach... I'm really enjoying this now, Find Your Way Back has just hit me big time :wub: Bigger is kind of similar to Superpower/the Beyoncé album, I'm just so shocked that Raye wrote an actual decent song!

MOOD 4 EVA has been added to Radio 1's playlist!

Tempo is getting a music video tomorrow! :D

Nominated for Popjustice's £20 Music Prize! A second consecutive win is coming ha way 😍

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What's not to like?!

Telephone obviously. Crazy In Love to win! :cheer:

Round 8 (semi final) results 3. Irreplaceable - 10 votes =1. Crazy In Love (feat. Jay Z) - 9 votes =1. Telephone (with Lady Gaga) - 9 votes After an incredibly tight run final, in which all three songs finished within a point of each other, it's the early leader Irreplaceable which is sadly eliminated. The song marked a shift in Bey's sound from big pop/R&B numbers to something more mid-tempo, not too dissimilar from some of Destiny's Child's music. It's a huge favourite of hers to perform live, and sparked the beginning of the infamous "hey Mrs Carter" call and response that later appeared as an interlude on Beyoncé's self titled album. So that leaves us with just two songs remaining! Remember you are still voting for your LEAST favourite, and post your vote below: Crazy In Love vs. Telephone Results 3rd. Irreplaceable 4th. Beautiful Liar (with Shakira) 5th. If I Were A Boy 6th. Deja Vu (feat. Jay Z) 7th. Baby Boy (feat. Sean Paul) 8th. Check On It (feat. Bun B and Slim Thug) 9th. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) 10th. Perfect Duet (with Ed Sheeran)

Beyoncé's Lion King album is more about Beyoncé than The Lion King Following in the footsteps of Kendrick Lamar's Black Panther, Beyoncé has released a 14-track album to accompany Disney's remake of The Lion King. "This is sonic cinema," said the star, who plays Nala in the film, as she announced the record, called The Gift. Many of her collaborators are familiar - from Jay-Z and Pharrell to her Lion King co-star Childish Gambino. But the album also highlights artists and producers from Africa, who rarely get mainstream exposure in the West. Among them are Nigerian stars Wizkid and Tiwa Savage, South Africa's Moonchild Sanelly and Ghana's Shatta Wale; while the record features lyrics in Swahili, Yoruba and Afrikaans, amongst others. "I wanted to make sure we found the best talent from Africa, and not just use some of the sounds and did my interpretation of it," the star told ABC News ahead of the record's release. "I wanted it to be authentic to what is beautiful about the music in Africa." The Gift is a companion piece to the official Lion King soundtrack, featuring songs inspired by the story and its setting, rather than new interpretations of Circle of Life or Hakuna Matata. And the album is unmistakably a Beyoncé hangout: The star appears on all but four of the songs, and her lyrical preoccupations - motherhood, female empowerment, the general awesomeness of Beyoncé - get more prominence than The Lion King itself. Songs directly inspired by the film include the light-footed Find Your Way Back, in which Mufasa passes on fatherly advice to a young Simba; and Otherside, a quietly-turbulent ballad about the King's death, which features a brief callback to Beyonce's megahit Halo. African chants and rhythms are woven into the fabric of the album, lending it a melodic warmth that was missing from the star's last project, Everything Is Love. Like that record, this is a family affair, with Beyoncé's husband Jay-Z referencing Nelson Mandela and Fela Kuti on the braggadocious Mood 4 Eva; and her 7-year-old daughter Blue Ivy getting her first writing credit on Brown Skin Girl. The latter song, with its message of black pride ("your skin is not only dark, it shines and it tells your story") bears the least thematic relevance to The Lion King, but the compelling vocal and syncopated clicks-and-sticks rhythm make it an undeniable highlight. Of the non-Beyoncé tracks, Tiwa Savage and Mr Eazi's Keys To The Kingdom is a laid-back, if inessential, ode to Simba's potential; while Tekno, Yemi Alade and Mr Eazi's Don't Jealous Me, delivered partly in Nigerian Pidgin English, puts a fun twist on Scar's preening superiority. "Sheep don't run with lion / Snake don't swing with monkey / I can't talk for too long / Got too much gold to try on." The final track is The Lion King's Oscar-baiting new ballad, Spirit, which premiered earlier this week with a lavish, spiritual video filmed at Arizona's Havasu Falls. A powerful Beyoncé solo number, it opens with a Swahili chant "Uishi kwa muda mrefu mfalme" (long live the king) - but quickly falls back on musical theatre cliché, right down to final chorus's forced key change. It feels out-of-step with the diaspora-hopping richness of the rest of the album; ultimately showing that Beyoncé is at her best when she's innovating.

Agreed - Buzzjack isn't the best barometer though, you just have to look at the Homecoming thread to see buzz for Bey is at an all time low here :( I didn't know that Raye has a writing credit on Bigger though! It's probably my favourite at the moment although I haven't listened to the full album that much, it's all very strong though and it's continuing to grow on me This review from the BBC is a very interesting read! I'll post the full article in the post below: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49035502

Brown Skin Girl is #35 in today's midweeks, it would be good if at least one track from the album charted top 40 as it definitely hasn't had the impact that I expected

+30 Beyoncé (feat. Jay-Z) - Drunk In Love +29 Ariana Grande (feat. Zedd) - Break Free +28 Katy Perry (feat. Juicy J) - Dark Horse +27 Taylor Swift - Blank Space +26 Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down +25 Ariana Grande (feat. The Weeknd) - Love Me Harder +24 Taylor Swift - Out Of The Woods +23 Little Mix - Salute +22 Sia - Chandelier +21 Iggy Azalea (feat. Rita Ora) - Black Widow +20 Ella Henderson - Ghost +19 G.R.L - Ugly Heart +18 Cheryl - I Don't Care +17 RuPaul - Sissy That Walk +16 Mr. Probz - Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) +15 Beyoncé - XO +14 Gorgon City (feat. MNEK) - Ready For Your Love +13 Paloma Faith - Only Love Can Hurt Like This +12 Vance Joy - Riptide +11 Clean Bandit (feat. Jess Glynne) - Real Love +10 Blonde (feat. Melissa Steel) - I Loved You +9 Coldplay - A Sky Full Of Stars +8 Milky Chance - Stolen Dance +7 Duke Dumont (feat. Jax Jones) - I Got U +6 Cash Cash (feat. Bebe Rexha) - Take Me Home +5 Clean Bandit (feat. Jess Glynne) - Rather Be +4 Tinashe (feat. Schoolboy Q) - 2 On +3 Pitbull (feat. Kesha) - Timber +2 Tove Lo - Stay High (Habits) [Hippie Sabotage Remix] +1 Nicki Minaj - Anaconda

Debuts at #80 in the UK which isn't too bad considering the music video only has 12 million views and the song has just under 6 million streams on Spotify worldwide