Diddy is famous for his spectacular New Year’s Eve parties, however he’s reportedly being forced to cancel his December 31 Miami bash for the second year in a row.
TMZ reports that the Bad Boy Entertainment founder made the decision because Omicron cases are increasing in Florida and around the country. Diddy also canceled his 2020 NYE celebration due to COVID-19. Instead of a formal party on New Year’s Eve, the two-time Grammy winner handed out $50 bills in the Overtown section of Miami
His last NYE party, in 2019 at Miami’s Story Nightclub, was attended by 500 people, including Fat Joe, Meek Mill, DJ Khalid, and DaBaby.
Charlie Puth was one of the most-viewed artists on TikTok in 2021 so it’s no surprise the “See You Again” singer has been tapped to perform on the social media platform’s New Year’s celebration.
The TikTok New Year’s Eve Concert will stream live December 31 at 6 p.m. PT to 7:15 p.m. PT and will also feature Kali Uchis, whose hit “telepatía” was TikTok’s Top Latin Song of 2021. Rapper Rico Nasty is also on the bill.
During the celebration, each artist will perform a set on a different floor of an apartment-themed production space. Popular TikTok creators will also appear on the LIVE.
Another Travis Scott endorsement has been put on hold in the wake of the Astroworld Festival tragedy.
Dior announced Tuesday that it has indefinitely postponed its capsule collection collaboration between its men’s artistic director Kim Jones and Scott’s Cactus Jack line, which was slated to launch in January.
“Out of respect for everyone affected by the tragic events at Astroworld, Dior has decided to postpone indefinitely the launch of products from the Cactus Jack collaboration originally intended to be included in its summer 2022 collection,” the luxury fashion house said in a statement to Women’s Wear Daily.
Scott’s team told WWD that he and Dior mutually decided to postpone the collection’s launch. It would have marked the first time Dior partnered with a musician on a collection.
Dior is the latest brand to press pause on a collaboration with the “Franchise’ rapper.
Nike announced on November 16 that it was postponing the launch of Scott’s Baroque Brown and Saturn Gold Air Max 1 X Cactus Jack sneakers. On December 11, Anheuser-Busch revealed that it will no longer distribute Scott’s Cacti Agave Spiked Seltzer.
Ten people died at Astroworld from compression asphyxia after crowds rushed the stage at the NPG Park in Houston on November 5. Scott organized the event and was the headliner.
Because the new Billboard chart is technically dated January 1, 2022, that means the song is the first ever to be number one in four distinct years: 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. It had just recently set the record for being the first song ever to top the chart in three different years.
Plus, the additional week on top has allowed Mariah to extend a bunch of records she already held. For example, she’s the artist who’s spent the most weeks at number one overall in her career: now a total of 86. In second place is Rihanna, who’s racked up 60.
Mariah also holds the record for most weeks at number one for a holiday hit — now a total of seven — and the record for being the artist who’s reached number one in the most distinct years: now a total of 18. Those years were 1990-2000, 2005-2006, 2008, and 2019-2022, if you’re keeping track.
Meanwhile, this week’s top 10 also includes, for the very first time, The Ronettes‘ “Sleigh Ride,” which was originally released in 1963. It’s the legendary girl group’s second top 10, and its first in 58 years and two months, setting a new record for the longest gap between top-10 hits.
The Ronettes’ first top 10, “Be My Baby,” hit number two in October of 1963.
In December 9, U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald refused to dismiss a a copyright case involving Taylor Swift‘s hit “Shake It Off,” and ruled that it should go to trial. Now, as Billboard reports, Taylor’s legal team is asking the judge to reconsider his “unprecedented” decision, saying he made a “clear error.”
The case, originally filed in 2017, was brought by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler, who wrote the 2001 3LW song “Playas Gon’ Play.” They claim Taylor infringed on their copyright because the lyrics in their song go “playas, they gonna play” and “haters, they gonna hate.” Taylor’s lyrics go, “‘Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play and the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate.”
Earlier this month, Fitzgerald ruled that there were “significant similarities in word usage and sequence/structure” between the two songs, but declared that it was too close to call, so a jury would have to decide.
But now, Taylor’s lawyers are claiming that if permitted to go to trial, the case could result in Hall and Butler being able to sue “everyone who writes, sings, or publicly says ‘players gonna play’ and ‘haters gonna hate.’”
The lawyers claim that Fitzgerald’s mistake was that he failed to apply an important test of copyright law: the process where judges have to filter out material in the public domain before comparing two works.
Taylor’s attorneys argued that the only thing the two songs have in common are “two short public domain phrases – ‘players gonna play’ and ‘haters gonna hate’ — that are free for everyone to use” — and then the repetition of those phrases.
In a statement to Billboard, a attorney for Hall and Butler says the motion to dismiss the case is “groundless,” adding, “All it asks is for the court to reverse itself because Swift is unhappy with the ruling.”
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Kanye West is determined to reconcile with his estranged wife, Kim Kardashian.
After unsuccessfully calling for her to “run right back to me, baby” at the Free Larry Hoover concert on December 9, Ye is now taking another approach. He bought a house in California right across the street from Kim, according to People.
The Donda rapper paid $4.5 million for the house that initially was listed for $4.1 million. The home was constructed in 1955 and reportedly needs to be rebuilt.
“It will be family-friendly. He wants to be able to have the kids over as much as possible,” a source says. “Living only in Malibu was making visits more tricky for Kanye.”
Kanye and Kim share daughter North, 8, son Saint, 6, daughter Chicago, 3½, and son Psalm, 2½.
Kardashian filed for divorce from West in February after nearly seven years of marriage. Kim is now dating Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson.
Prior to dedicating his song “Runaway” to Kim at the Free Larry Hoover concert, Yeezy talked about reuniting with her at the Los Angeles Mission’s Annual Thanksgiving event in November,
“When God brings Kimye together, there’s going to be millions of families that are going to be influenced to see that they can overcome the work of the separation,” West said.
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason‘s current band, Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, has announced that its planned North American tour, scheduled to begin in January, has been postponed.
A message on the band’s official Twitter feed announced, “It is with great regret that due to the uncertainty surrounding the Covid pandemic, it has been decided to postpone the North American tour until later in the year. Apologies for any inconvenience or disappointment due to this.”
“We are working on rescheduling the dates and will announce them as soon as we can,” the message continued. “Ticket holders are advised to await further information from the venue and/or ticket company where they purchased their tickets.”
The trek, called the Echoes Tour, had already been postponed for over a year due to the pandemic. This time, it was set to kick off January 18 in Toronto and wrap up February 23 in Vancouver, with 23 U.S. concerts in between.
Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets performs Pink Floyd music that predates the band’s classic 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon. The group also features Spandau Ballet guitarist Gary Kemp, longtime Pink Floyd and David Gilmour touring bassist Guy Pratt, and veteran session musicians Lee Harris and Dom Beken on guitar and keyboards, respectively.
Dave Mustaine shared a preview of the next Megadeth album in a recent Cameo for a fan.
In the video, which was posted to YouTube, Mustaine plays a clip of a track called “Life in Hell” as a special holiday treat for the Cameo recipient.
“I think that makes you the first person in the outside world, outside of the studio and the band and my family, that’s heard any music from the new record,” Mustaine tells the fan.
Megadeth’s next album, titled The Sick, the Dying…and the Dead!, is expected to arrive in spring 2022. It’s the follow-up to 2016’s Dystopia, and will be Megadeth’s first record to follow the firing of bassist David Ellefson, who was let go from the band after sexually explicit videos of him leaked online.
Maddie & Tae are hitting pause on their upcoming tour.
The duo has announced via Instagram that they are postponing dates on the CMT Next Women of Country: All Song No Static Tour “out of precaution” as Taylor Kerr, who is pregnant, has been placed on temporary bed rest. The singers assure that both the mother and baby are “doing great.”
“As excited as we are to get out on the road and see everyone, we are holding off on our return a little bit longer,” Maddie & Tae write. “We appreciate your understanding and we’ll be back on tour with new music as soon as we can!”
The CMT Next Women of Country Tour was scheduled to kick off on January 6 and continue through February 12. The duo says that the rescheduled dates will be unveiled soon, closing the message by telling fans “we love you.”
Tae announced in November that she and her husband, hit songwriter Josh Kerr, are expecting their first child, a girl, in spring 2022.
Maddie & Tae are set to release their new album, Through the Madness Vol. 1, on January 28.
Britney Spears laid out another lengthy Instagram post Monday addressing why she’s no longer doing music.
The singer said she’s not making or performing new music because of the “awful things” that were done to her.
“So much wasted time to only embarrass me and humiliate me and I guess it seems odd to most now why I don’t even do music anymore,” she wrote.
She added that after what she’s been through, she’s “scared of people and the business.”
“They really hurt me!!!!!!” she said. “Not doing music anymore is my way of saying ‘F*** you’ in a sense when it only actually benefits my family by ignoring my real work.”
Britney also addressed one of her since-deleted posts from last week, in which she listed some of her accomplishments and promised to be her “own cheerleader.” She admitted to having “serious insecurities” and felt she may have come across as an “obnoxious 8 year old” by rattling off her career milestones, but she explained why she did it.
“Honestly my family embarrassed me and hurt me deeply… so tooting my own horn and seeing my past accomplishments reflecting back at me actually helped!!!!” she wrote.
