Little Mix have become one of the world’s biggest girlbands and today proved why with an electrifying showing at the 2017 Capital FM Summertime Ball.
Jesy, Jade, Perrie, and Leigh-Anne brought some of their biggest hits – including ‘Black Magic’ and ‘Touch’ – to the Wembley Stadium extravaganza. Much to the delight of the 50,000 in attendance.
Watch the ladies werk it below…
It’s been a busy week for the Pop quad, who this week also premiered the video for new single ‘Power.’ Click here to watch.
Liam Payne‘s solo train pulled into Wembley Stadium today for the 2017 Capital FM Summertime Ball.
Opting to take residence in the “Urban” space, the 23-year-old recently released single ‘Strip That Down’ – which he performed for the 50,000 in attendance.
Backed by dancers and getting down to choreography himself, Payne is clearly trying. Is it enough, though? Watch below and let us know…
Sigh.
It’s odd because he’s hitting his marks, but he still makes for an uncomfortable watch. One look at his expression and it’s clear he’s counting every single step. Every one of them.
Elsewhere, the vocals are present but in scarily thin quantity.
Thus far, we’re yet to be convinced by this game of Justin Timberlake dress-up Liam is playing. Perhaps it’s this single, “him,” or both. Whatever the case, it’s not working. Yet.
Katy Perry‘s set to bear witness to her name atop the Billboard 200 yet again.
The singer/songwriter – whose latest era has admittedly not been greeted with nearly the same amount of buzz its predecessors have – caused worry among her faithful #Katycats releasing it with no #1 Hot 100 hits to antecede (the first time this has happened since Perry’s been on a major label).
Yet, with a massive promo campaign that’s seen her now not only showcase the music on major platforms worldwide (and a few big business players in pocket), the moves seem to have saved what was surely on course to be a poor opening week.
Curious to see how many units Katy’s fifth official LP will shift? Look inside:
“This is the start of the second era, my next single is out in August. A few people have heard it in SyCo and everyone is buzzing. So we are literally just trying to get it right.”
She went on to assure that the delay between projects wasn’t due to any drama, adding:
“Everyone is still on board and everyone still supports me, it’s great.
You just can’t rush the creative process, it has to be right. It comes in waves and you put pressure on yourself and think ‘Oh, I need to release now’ but then I took my foot off the gas a little bit and thought I would just enjoy it.
I’m just making sure I’m getting it to the best it can be.”
Awesome news. And, if we’re to read between the lines, it looks as though the timeline of her roll-out will coincide with the return of The X Factor – a huge promo platform for her.
Fleur is a world-class talent and turned in a solid debut project, so here’s hoping album #2 delivers and is pushed accordingly.
It’s hard to believe that twenty years have passed since the release of Janet Jackson’s ‘Velvet Rope.’
Steeped in tales of love, loss, lies and loneliness, the moody R&B album saw Jackson launch one of the biggest promotional efforts to support it and the monumental tour she built to deliver it to her fans live.
One of the era’s highlights?
Her tell-all conversation with Oprah Winfrey.
Yet to see it?
Press play for a moving conversation on life beyond an icon’s ‘Velvet Rope.’
The Hip-Hop gatekeeper Charlamagne Tha God isn’t impressed by Nicki Minaj‘s new material and isn’t afraid to tell her so.
During the ‘Rumor Report‘ portion of his hit radio show ‘The Breakfast Club’, the radio personality was played a piece of her verse on a 2 Chainz-fronted cut named ‘Realize.’
On it, the performer mocks her nemesis Remy Ma with a line which suggests it was Ma’s husband Papoose- and not Ma- herself who penned the diss track ‘Shether.’
A bored Charlamagne had this to say about it…
Charlamagne can expect to hear a whole lot more of Nicki’s flow later on this year when she releases her fourth studio album via UMG.
With sales which make her the envy of all of her peers, Taylor Swift‘s influence within the music industry is- on most fronts- unmatched.
Alas, despite standing head and shoulders above her commercially, Swift has still been unable to compete with her closest rival Katy Perry when it comes to impact, yet to permeate Pop culture with a ‘I Kissed a Girl’ or ‘California Gurls’ level hit.
A source close to the star now rubbishes talk of sabotage and told ‘Billboard‘:
Swift’s camp has been in ongoing talks to put her music back on Spotify since she pulled it three years ago – prompted by Spotify’s refusal to let her keep her tunes off of its free tier. After the Recording Industry Association of America notified Swift’s camp her song catalog was approaching 100 million certified units earlier this week, she decided to quickly pull the trigger.
Not everyone is convinced.
Taylor demonstrates Beyoncé level strategization w this ?coup EXCEPT Beyoncé is peerless; the only rival Beyoncé could sabotage is Beyoncé
Katy Perry has revealed that she has contemplated suicide during the darkest hours of her life.
During a conversation with Dr. Siri Sat Nam Singh of Viceland, the ‘By the Grace of God‘ singer spoke openly about her battle with depression as she juggled the pressures life burdened her with.
I wrote a song about it. I feel ashamed that I would have those thoughts, feel that low and that depressed.
Her brave admission arrived as the world celebrates the release of her new album ‘Witness‘ and as unconfirmed reports claim fame and her love for secular music has hurt her Christian parents.
Bieber fever is alive and well if the response to ‘2 U,’the singer’s latest single with David Guetta, is anything to judge by.
Justin, already boasting ownership of the top spot on the Hot 100 and iTunes song charts with Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee‘s ‘Despacito’ as of last night (for which the Canadian crooner assists), the Guetta release – just unveiled this morning at 12am – has already unseated ‘Despacito’ on digital charts.
As if that’s not enough, just one spot under the two, Bieber can be found again on DJ Khaled‘s ‘I’m the One.’ All the Bieber hoopla only confirms fans are more than ready for his fifth official LP, the follow-up to 2015’s hotly-selling ‘Purpose.’
Readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.
So, just as our retrospective features ‘From the Vault’ and ‘TGJ Replay’ allow us the chance to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday of one artist, our newest feature Chart Rewind – a variation of our current Retro Rewind assay – accedes salutes to an entire era of music history. This week we’ll reflect on the ladies of ‘Lady Marmalade’ – Christina Aguilera, Mya, P!nk, and Lil Kim.
An unexpected and unusual collaboration to say the least, the Missy Elliott-produced remake of the famed 70’s Labelle hit proved a lucrative venture for all involved. Shooting to number 1 from the strength of radio airplay alone (before it was actually released as a purchasable single), the tune – Kim, P!nk, and Mya’s first run in the top slot of the Hot 100 – dethroned Janet Jackson‘s hit 2001 comeback song ‘All For You’ on the Hot 100 last week 16 years ago.
This week, the song stayed put in the #1 position and would do so for three more consecutive weeks after. When all was said and done, the provocative number was not only the best-selling song of the year, but it went on to win a Grammy for ‘Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals’ at the 2002 ceremony.
