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Despite the historic feat of the song "Despacito" which stayed at No. 1 on the US music charts for 16 straight weeks, the song "Shape of You" by British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has been tabulated as the biggest song of 2017, according to Billboard magazine, which ranks the popular songs in the US and elsewhere. Released on a digital download on January 6, "Shape of You'' continues to enjoy massive popularity as it stays on the US chart at No. 25 for 48 weeks now. In September, "Shape of You," which was written by Sheeran with pop superstar Rihanna in mind, became the most-streamed song on Spotify with more than 1.32 billion streams. At No. 2 was "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber which earlier tied this year with "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men for the longest-run at No. 1 for 16 weeks in the 59-year history of US charts. "Despacito" is up for ...

English singer Ed Sheeran shot to the top of the music chart in the US after he got a little help from Beyonce in the latest single "Perfect." The romantic ballad was originally released in September as a the fourth solo single from his critically-acclaimed album "Divide." Sheeran said that Beyonce loved the song "Perfect" so much that he decided to record a duet version. This is Sheeran's second No. 1 song in the US, the first one being "Shape of You." The song "Shape of You" has been named the biggest-selling tune of 2017, according to Billboard magazine's year-end countdown. For the song "Perfect," Sheeran reached out to Queen B who recorded the second verse of the song from a female perspective. The pop superstars hit the recording studio in May. Reports said that an operatic version of the song with Andrea Bocelli will be released on Dec. 15. "Perfect" shot to the summit of Billboard...

Teen actor-singer Inigo Pascual has said that his father Piolo wanted him to slow down these days as he focuses on his career and school at the same time. "I'm studying at the moment. So literally I would go to school and afterwards, I would go to mall shows, mga events. And then I go to school again the next day," said Inigo during an interview on "Tonight With Boy Abunda" on ABS CBN. Inigo, 19, said that he is still on cloud nine these days as his song "Dahil Sa'Yo" is still on top of Philippine Billboard Charts Top 20 for three weeks now. Many may not know it but Inigo said that the upbeat song "Dahil Sa'Yo" is both a love song and a praise song. "Nung sinulat ko po s'ya, there was a time in my life that I was thankful for all the wonderful things that are happening," said Inigo. He added: "Yun yung first time ko na magka telserye and basically, if you will listen to the song, pwede s'yang lo...