Some two months after announcing it at the 2024 Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift released her new album. The singer’s 11th studio album “The Tortured Poets Department arrived at midnight on April 19. And it was swiftly followed up two hours later with a drop of 15 additional songs. Swift previously shared the tracklist for her album in an Instagram post. In addition to The Manuscript bonus track, Swift later revealed an additional three bonus tracks, which will be available in different versions of the album. The singer-songwriter’s follow-up to Midnights opens with the Post Malone collaboration “Fortnight” and features another star act, Florence and the Machine, on mid-album cut “Florida” Swift also worked on the album with her two go-to producers, Bleachers Jack Antonoff and the National`s Aaron Dessner.
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Today in Music’s History
American jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader, Louis Armstrong died on July 6th 1971. Had many hits including the 1964 US No.1 ‘Hello Dolly!’, 1968 UK No.1 ‘What A Wonderful World’ plus ‘When The Saints Go Marching In’, ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’, and ‘We Have All the Time in the World.’ He made frequent use of laxatives as a means of controlling his weight, resulting in Armstrong appearing in humorous, advertisements for laxative product Swiss Kriss; the ads bore a picture of him sitting on a toilet, as viewed through a keyhole, with the slogan “Satch says, ‘Leave it all behind ya!”
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Today in Music’s History
On October 25 1986, Bon Jovi went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Slippery When Wet’. Featuring two US No.1 singles, ‘You Give Love A Bad Name’ and ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’. The album went on to sell over 8 million copies world wide.
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Celine Dion makes musical comeback with new song “Love Again”
After announcing in December that she has a rare neurological disorder that affects her singing, Celine Dion is debuting new music. On Thursday, a post on the singer’s legacy verified Instagram account shared the news that Dion’s single, “Love Again,” is now out. It’s the title track to the forthcoming film of the same name starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Sam Heughan. Love Again tells the story of a woman who finds solace from the sudden death of her fiancé by texting his old cellphone number, only to find a new connection with a different man who had the number reassigned to him.
