Attention!!!
The much awaited Billboard Music Awards kicked off at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas hosted by Ludacris. Justin Timberlake won 7 out of his 11 nominations including Top Artist, Top Male Artist and Top Billboard Artist for his album The 20/20 Experience. Imagine Dragons were close behind winning 5 out of their 12 nominations and Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. scoring four trophies for their collaboration on Blurred Lines. Jennifer Lopez received the Icon Award recognizing her contribution to the music industry. She becomes the fourth artist and the first woman to obtain the award. The show opened with the FIFA 2014 Official Song We are One (Ole Ola) performed by Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte. Other notable performances included OneRepublic with Counting Stars, Ariana Grande, Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX with Fancy/Problem, Shakira with Empire, Jason Derulo, Snoop Dogg and 2 Chainz with Wiggle/Talk Dirty and Jennifer Lopez with First Love. Other significant winners of the night were:
- Top New Artist - Lorde
- Top Female Artist - Katy Perry
- Top Touring Artist - Bon Jovi
- Top 100 Artist - Imagine Dragons
- Top Social Artist - Justin Bieber
- Top Streaming Artist - Miley Cyrus
- Top Dance/Electronic Song - Wake Me Up (Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc)
The 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was also held in May at the Barclays Center in New York which inducted Peter Gabriel, Hall & Oates. KISS, Nirvana, Linda Rondstadt, Cat Stevens, the E Street Band and the legendary band managers Brian Epstein of the Beatles and Andrew Loog Oldham of the Rolling Stones. The show's historic moment occurred when the Nirvana classic were performed for the first time live since Cobain's death two decades ago.
The 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Copenhagen, Denmark where Rise Like a Phoenix performed by the drag queen artist Conchita Wurst for Austria was crowned the winner with 290 points over Netherlands' The Common Linnets' Calm After the Storm which only garnered 238 points.
Moving on to the charts, in the US Pharrell Williams' Happy continued at No.1 for the first two weeks after which John Legend's All of Me took over for the rest of the month. However, it is clear that there will be much competition for the top spot in the coming weeks with so many good songs moving up the charts such as Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX's Fancy and Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea's Problem, Jason Derulo ft. Snoop Dogg's Wiggle and Calvin Harris' Summer. Justin Timberlake's Not A Bad Thing entered the Top 10 as well as Chris Brown's Loyal, Paramore's Ain't It Fun, Coldplay's A Sky Full Of Stars and Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake's Love Never Felt So Good.
In the UK, Calvin Harris' Summer peaked in the first week which was overthrown by Mr. Probz's Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) which peaked for the second time. Rita Ora's much awaited single I Will Never Let You Down peaked in the third week and during the final week it was Sam Smith's Stay With Me. Other good songs that became popular during the month were:
- Pitbull ft. G.R.L. - Wild Wild Love
- Shakira - Dare (La La La)
- Inna - The Cola Song
- Clean Bandit ft. Sharna Bass - Extraordinary
- Paloma Faith - Only Love Can Hurt Like This
- Fuse ODG ft. Sean Paul - Dangerous Love
- Nico & Vanz - Am I Wrong
- Magic! - Rude
Til the next chord…
At Ease!!!
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