CHART SPOTLIGHT. The Scottish recording artist Calvin Harris returned to the charts yesterday with “Bounce.” Featuring Kelis on guest vocals, this is the first time since February 2010 when “You Used to Hold Me” reached No.27. This was the fourth and final single off the album Ready for the Weekend. It was Harris’ sophomore set. His largest hit was “I’m Not Alone,” which topped the singles chart in the spring 2009.
CHART REFLECTION. Despite climbing charts worldwide with “Give Me Everything,” an additional two singles have already been lifted off Pitbull’s Planet Pit album. “Pause” was issued in early June to promote the album and debuted at No.73 on the Hot 100. And the week after, “Rain Over Me” was released as the third featuring Marc Anthony!
Pitbull collaborated with Jennifer Lopez for “On the Floor” and this time it’s her hubby who’s the musical partner. Again, RedOne has co-written and produced the track which no doubt will set the charts on fire.
The eminent blog Popcrush gives it a 2/5 star rating say that “This song is true to Pitbull’s style, but it’s also very similar to a lot of other Pitbull songs. If it weren’t for Marc Anthony’s own Latin contribution — in English — we might think we’d heard this one before.”
CHART REFLECTION. Fans of country singer Dolly Parton can look forward to the upcoming global tour which opens in Knoxville, Tennessee on July 7th. In August, the singer will open her European leg on the tour starting off in Scotland. At the end of the month, Dolly Parton will play two dates in Sweden – the Stockholm Globe Arena on the 27th and Scandinavium in Gothenburg the day after.
Her new album, also titled Better Day will be released on June 28th. A first single called “Together You and I” has already premiered on the Ellen DeGeneres show. The track was originally recorded as a duet with Porter Wagoner in 1974.
The new set is the first release since Sha-Kon-O-Hey! Land of Blue Smoke, which was only made available at her theme park Dollywood.
CHART REFLECTION. If you thought that Liza Minnelli’s rendition of Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” in Sex and the City 2 was original, wait ‘til you here this one. Wing Han Tsang, (曾詠韓), has grown a worldwide fan-base with her special offbeat style. Originally from Hong Kong, Wing is now residing in New Zealand and began her career by entertaining patients at nursing homes and hospitals in the Auckland area. Further to receiving a grant from Manukau City Council, she issued her debut set “Musical Memories of Les Misèrables and The Phantom of the Opera.”
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Nurturing her music career, Wing’s fanbase has been retained via her web-site. Wing also sells her music via iTunes, CD Baby and of course Spotify where WelcheMusic found these tracks. The singer even had a South Park episode named after her in March 2005. To date, she has released eleven CDs.
Currently releasing her latest album 4, Set for release on June 24, Beyoncé made a rave performance on the Billboard Awards show with “Run the World (Girls).” A second single – “Best Thing I Ever Had” – has already been released. We look forward to “I Was Here” – an entirely new ballad written by Diane Warren and produced by Ryan Tedder (of “Bleeding Love” and OneRepublic fame)!
Her original “Single Ladies” was issued in October 2008 as a double lead A-single together with “If I Were a Boy.” It finally reached the No.1 spot in the US, on par with Diana Ross and Paula Abdul at the list of women with most Hot 100 chart-toppers.
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The accompanying music video was actually inspired by the 1969 Bob Fosse dance routine Mexican Breakfast which was seen on the Ed Sullivan show. Critics have compared the track to Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” and Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” as female empowerment songs. The track has also been included on many a TV shows, e.g. Cougar Town, CSI: Miami and Glee. In Sweden, “Single Ladies” peaked at No.40.
