Billboard announced on Monday they would award Shakira as their Latin Woman of the Year at their inaugural Latin Women In Music celebration airing on 7 May this year. The two-hour special, hosted by Ivy Queen and Jacqueline Bracamontes, would mark the first Billboard-presented gala celebrating female Latin music stars.
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Today Music’s History
On April 27 1985, USA For Africa started a three-week run at No.1 on the US chart with ‘We Are The World’. The US artists’ answer to Band Aid had an all-star cast including Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon plus the composer’s of the track, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.
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Today in Music’s History
On June 28 1997, Puff Daddy and Faith Evans started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘I’ll Be Missing You’. Released in memory of fellow Bad Boy Records artist Notorious B.I.G. who was murdered on March 9, 1997. The song sampled the melody of The Police hit ‘Every Breath You Take’.
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Coldplay Announce First ‘Moon Music’ Album Single ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’
Coldplay embarks on the next phase of their intergalactic journey with FeelsLikeImFallingInLove.” Produced by Swedish master Max Martin, the new cut dropped at the stroke of midnight and is the first lifted from the British band’s forthcoming tenth studio album, Moon Music. Coldplay premiered the song live this week at Budapest’s Puskás Aréna, and will get the chance to perform it for a sea of music fans (and millions more watching on their screens) when they headline Glastonbury Festival for a record fifth time. Moon Music is due out Oct. 4, 2024.
