July was a month of controversy. It all started when Donald Trump, a Republican candidate for the US presidency made defamatory remarks about Hispanic immigrants which lead to many artists pulling out of the Miss USA Pageant which is organized by the Trump owned Miss Universe Organization. Among them were Flo Rida, Natalie La Rose and J. Balvin.
Then we move onto Ariana Grande who went on a famous donut licking rampage which almost landed her in jail. Moreover, during the incident she went on to say "I hate America, I hate Americans" which resulted in a heavy social media backlash against the artist who has since apologized for the whole incident. One thing for sure, Grande won't be licking anything for a while.
Next up, the MTV Video Music Awards 2015 is to be held on August 30, 2015. Since the organizers cannot let Miley Cyrus perform on stage after the blurred lines debacle of 2013, the producers of the awards show have asked her to host the damn thing. Well, let's hope there's no bong on stage because we all know she smoked a joint once when accepting an award.
The VMAs announced their nominations and Taylor Swift is nominated for nine including Video of the Year. Ed Sheeran is nominated for six while Hozier, Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande have all been nominated for multiple awards. But Minaj felt snubbed for her videos Anaconda and Feeling Myself alongside Beyonce which were both snubbed by MTV. "If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year" tweeted Minaj. Swift however took this personally and tweeted "I've done nothing but love & support you. It's unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot.." While the two exchanged barbs back and forth social media and the fan armies of the two artists took the war to another level leading to a huge debate about Black Fat Women vs. White Slim Women. However, since then Swift has apologized on twitter for reading too much into the post and misunderstanding and Minaj has accepted. Await another hit single next year by Swift motivated by the Minaj incident.
The Teen Choice Awards 2015 is also around the corner with Ludacris, Josh Peck and Gina Rodriguez hosting this year. Some new categories such as Choice Web Star, Social Media King, Social Media Queen and Choice Twit have been introduced. Swift and the ladies from Pitch Perfect 2 are leading the nominations with each nominated for six categories.
Tomorrowland 2015, was also held in Boom, Belgium from 24-26 July 2015 with headlining acts from Steve Aoki, David Guetta, Martin Garrix, Hardwell, Alesso, Armin Van Buuren and Afrojack. This time with the festival was following the new theme Melodia.
Well, I guess there is only one way for a Brown to go. Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston's daughter Kristina who was found face down in a bathtub earlier this year was under a medically induced coma after which in late July she passed away. Her mother Whitney Houston died under similar circumstances but the coroner in her case concluded that there was evidence of substance abuse prior to drowning in the bathtub. RIP Kristina.
Moving on to chart news, in the US Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth's See You Again held on to the peak position for the first three weeks of the month and tying for the longest leading Rap No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 alongside Black Eyed Peas' Boom Boom Pow. However, OMI's Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix) claimed the top spot during the last week of July thereby preventing Wiz Khalifa from breaking the record. During the month Selena Gomez ft. A$AP Rocky's Good For You, Diplo & Skrillex ft. Justin Bieber's Where Are U Now, Rachel Platten's Fight Song, Silento's Watch Me and The Weeknd's Can't Feel My Face all entered the top 10.
In the UK, the month started off with Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne's Not Letting Go at the top followed by Lost Frequencies' Are You With Me and David Zowie's House Every Weekend peaking in the second and third weeks respectively. However, it was Little Mix's newest single Black Magic which crowned the last two weeks of July. During the month Flo Rida ft. Robin Thicke & Verdine White's I Don't Like It, I Love It, Rita Ora's Poison, Years & Years' Shine, Avicii's Waiting For Love, Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink's Worth It and James Bay's Let It Go all entered the top 10.
Other songs which became popular during the month were:
Other songs which became popular during the month were:
- Krept & Konan ft. Jeremih - Freak of the week
- Birdy - Wings
- Calvin Harris with Disciples - How deep is your love
- John Newman - Come and get it
- Demi Lovato - Cool for the summer
- Fall Out Boy - Uma Thurman
- Sam Feldt ft. Kimberley Anne - Show me love
At Ease!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment