This October, Taylor Swift
broke the record for most AMAs won by a woman at the 2018 American Music
Awards. After a brilliant performance of her unreleased I Did Something Bad
from her album Reputation she took home Artist of the Year, Tour of the Year,
Favorite Female Artist – Pop/Rock and Favorite Album – Pop/Rock for Reputation.
Camila Cabello matched Swift’s count taking New Artist of the Year and Video of
the Year, Collaboration of the Year and Favorite Song – Pop/Rock for Havana
featuring Young Thug. Other great performances of the night included Cardi B, J
Balvin & Bad Bunny with I Like It, Camila Cabello with Consequences and Gladys
Knight, Ledisi, Mary Mary, Donnie McClurkin and CeCe Winans with a tribute to Aretha Franklin. Some of the other significant wins were:
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Favorite Male Artist – Pop/Rock: Post Malone
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Favorite Duo or Group – Pop/Rock: Migos
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Favorite Artist – Latin: Daddy Yankee
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Favorite Artist – EDM: Marshmello
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Favorite Social Artist: BTS
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Favorite Soundtrack: Black Panther
CNCO and Ozuna were the big
winners at the 2018 Latin American Music Awards. CNCO took home Favorite Duo or
Group, Favorite Pop Artist and Favorite Pop Album for CNCO while Ozuna was
awarded the Album of the Year and Favorite Urban Album for Odisea and Favorite
Urban Artist. Other major wins were:
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Artist of the Year: Bad Bunny
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New Artist of the Year: Sebastian Yatra
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Song of the Year: Luis Fonsi & Demi Lovato -
Échame La Culpa
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Favorite Male Artist: Daddy Yankee
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Favorite Female Artist: Becky G
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Favorite Video: Anitta: Medicina
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Icon Award: Daddy Yankee
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Extraordinary Evolution Award: Maluma
Martin Garrix took the No.1
spot at the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs for 2018. In the annual poll Garrix is followed
by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Hardwell, Armin Van Buuren and David Guetta
who complete the top 5. Avicii gets a posthumous ranking of No.15 as his fans
made sure the beloved DJ was not forgotten.
In more EDM news, Axwell,
Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso have confirmed that Swedish House Mafia have
reunited and will tour and release new music in 2019. The trio split during the peak of their
success in 2012 after their smash hit Don’t You Worry Child, and have been
releasing music as solo artists.
The year continues to witness
the success of soundtrack albums, the latest is A Star is Born from the film of
the same name starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. The album has already
topped numerous charts with critics praising the musical styles, lyrics and
Gaga’s vocals. Country music icon Willie Nelson’s son Lukas Nelson and artists
such as Mark Ronson and Julia Michaels also contributed to the album. The
album’s lead single Shallow performed by Gaga and Cooper is also climbing the
charts worldwide.
Michael Bublé fans were in for
a shock as the artist in an apparent “final interview” told the Daily Mail that
he will be retiring from music. Since his tenth studio album Love is due in
November, it appeared that the record would be his last. The news was not a
surprise, as the industry knew that Bublé’s son, Noah was in recovery from
liver cancer which caused him severe emotional trauma. However, since then his
representatives have dismissed the claims and clarified that Bublé is
“absolutely not retiring”.
Following the release of their
newest single Woman Like Me featuring Nicki Minaj, Little Mix have announced
that they have written a new song about the #MeToo anti-sexual harassment
campaign. Moreover, they have announced that their fifth studio album titled LM5
will be out this November.
The Prince Estate has
requested US President Donald Trump from playing the late rock star’s Purple
Rain in his campaign rallies. Prince’s half-brother Omarr Baker has requested
Trump and the White House to cease the use of the artist’s music immediately as
no prior approval had been obtained.
Music lost two more legends
from the industry in October. First Marty Balin, the lead vocalist and
guitarist of Jefferson Airplane died at the age of 76 through unknown causes.
Next, classic country singer Freddie Hart passed away at the age of 91 as
result of pneumonia.
In chart news in the US, Maroon
5 ft. Cardi B’s Girls Like You which ended the reign of Drake continued at its
helm for the entirety of the month. During the month Lil Wayne’s Mona Lisa, Bad
Bunny ft. Drake’s Mia, Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s Shallow and Lil Baby
& Gunna’s Drip Too Hard all entered the top 10.
In the UK, Calvin Harris &
Sam Smith’s Promises sustained its reign for the first two weeks of the month
before being overthrown by Dave ft. Fredo’s Funky Friday. However, this was
short lived as Promises regained its crown in the final week of the month. During
the month Freya Ridings’ Lost Without You, Little Mix ft. Nicki Minaj’s Woman
Like Me, Rita Ora’s Let You Love Me and Jess Glynne’s All I Am all entered the
top 10.
Other songs which became
popular during the month were:
1. Eminem
– Venom
2. DJ
Snake ft. Cardi B, Ozuna & Selena Gomez – Taki taki
3. Sigala
ft. Ella Eyre, Meghan Trainor & French Montana – Just got paid
4. Jonas
Blue, Liam Payne & Lennon Stella – Polaroid
5. Jason
Derulo & David Guetta ft. Willy William & Nicki Minaj – Goodbye
6. Dean
Lewis – Be alright
7. Avril
Lavigne – Head above water
8. Charli
XCX & Troye Sivan – 1999
Till the next beat...
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