Commercial #Pop Stars Skyrocket –Jan16

By: Lyndsay Brown

So the music news this past week has been exciting for both fans, the Pop artists alike. Keep reading to find out the details on: Adele, Alessia Cara, Rihanna, Sia, and Coldplay outlined in this article.

Firstly, it was reported that Adele was the first person to hit a billion views for her official music video “Hello” a hit single from her new album “25” (sold 15 million copies in two months worldwide in 2015) on YouTube in such a short time period. Congrats to Adele!

New Pop star Alessia Cara from Brampton, Ontario hit a major milestone of having her first Top 40 song for her hit song “Here”, while taking her debut album “Know It All” on her  first major tour…

Super star, Rihanna, unexpectedly released her album “ANTI” on Jan. 28, 2016 shortly after dropping “Work” ft. Drake via Tidal; within 15 hours had 1 million downloads beating Adele’s “25”number of downloads in that amount of time, which is a major feet; by the next day it was reported that “ANTI” was the first album to go platinum in roughly 24 hours’ time!! Although, not surprising as Rihanna’s “BBHMM” official music video broke YouTube records in about the same amount of time in 2015…the world loves RIRi.

Next, big release was Sia’s new album “This Is Acting” released at 12am sharp on Jan. 29, 2016, labeled #1 in 50 counties within a few hours her downloads beat Rihanna’s downloads for “ANTI” in less than 15 hours, as well as Adele’s!! Out of all the songs that were not released prior to “This Is Acting” album release, I really love the song “House On Fire”; kinda sounds like the beat was inspired by the “The Cup Song” made popular by YouTuber’s ‘challenge’ on YouTube; what do you think, plus how ‘bout her funky song “Sweet Design”, what sample do you think was used on that song? Leave a comment below.

Lastly, Coldplay released “Hymn For The Weekend” official music video on Jan. 29, 2016 which features Pop Queen Beyoncé; most of the video seem to be shot in India a very colorful culture accenting the pick me up, happy song. Beyoncé wears traditional women’s garments fully decked out in jewels, and finest materials- of course. Watch the video below:  

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