On March 20 2020, Kenny Rogers, singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur died age 81. He charted more than 120 hit singles across various music genres, topping the country and pop album charts for more than 200 individual weeks in the US alone. He was voted the “Favorite Singer of All-Time” in a 1986 joint poll by readers of both USA Today and People.
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Kelly Clarkson announces new album
Kelly Clarkson has announced the title of her upcoming ninth studio album, Chemistry. In a video shared to Instagram on Sunday, the Since U Been Gone singer revealed details behind the album’s title and assured fans it would drop soon. This album is definitely the arc of an entire relationship. The singer previously shared in a September 2022 interview with Variety she was working on an album centring on her split from husband Brandon Blackstock. Though Kelly did not name a specific release date for Chemistry, she insisted the album was “coming out soon” and singles from the record would be “coming out even sooner”.
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Today in Music’s History
On October 19 1985, A-Ha went to No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Take On Me’, making them the first Norwegian group to score a US No.1. The video for the song featured the band in a pencil-sketch animation method called rotoscoping, combined with live action which won six awards and was nominated for two others at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Today Music’s History
On October 2, Rod Stewart started a five week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Maggie May / Reason To Believe’, his first solo No.1. Stewarts album Every Picture Tells A Story also started a four-week run on this day at No.1 on the UK and US chart.
