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Lambs in Manila, rejoice! Grammy-award winning singer Mariah Carey is coming to Manila again to stage a one-night only concert at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City on Oct. 26. Mariah's concert is part of her Asian tour that will kick off in Auckland, New Zealand on Oct. 7. She will also stage concerts in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Osaka, Tokyo and Magelang, Indonesia. Tickets to the Manila concert will be sold starting April 20, according to her website. This is not the first time that the Elusive Chanteuse will hold a show in Manila. Mariah first came to the Philippines in 2003 when she brought her Charmbracelet World Tour. That time, the audience had a big laugh when she saw a bug on the floor. “There is a bug on the stage and it is scaring me,” said Mariah who announced it in a funny way. In October 2014, Mariah returned to the country for another sold-out show. Known for her five-range vocals, Mariah is known for her hits such as “We...

Rap superstar Jay-Z received the most number of nominations with eight at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards which will be held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City on January 28 (January 29 Monday morning in Manila). He is up for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap/Sung Performance, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Album and Best Music Video.                                                                              Jay-Z Kendrick Lamar scored seven nominations while Bruno Mars got six nominations. Childish Gambino, Khalid, No I.D. and SZA have received five nominations each. Performers for the 60th Grammy Awards are: * Alessia Cara, Khalid and Logic * Brothers Osborne, Maren Morris and Eric Church (Route 91 Harvest Festival tr...

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 ...

There's so sign of slowing down for Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito" featuring Justin Bieber as it led the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the US for 16th week. The upbeat song which also featured an appearance by Miss Universe 2006 Zuleyka Rivera now matches "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men for the longest reign at No. 1 which topped the same charts for 16 weeks in 1995-1996. But there are threats to dislodge "Despacito" on the top of the 59-year chart. Observers said that one of these songs could be "Look What You Made Me Do" by Taylor Swift which Billboard reported that the single may sell over 500,000 digital copies during its first week of release. Also, the Associated Press reported that on release day alone, "Look" was streamed more than 8 million times. Taylor's music video also raked in more than 31 million views on YouTube in its first 24 hours. Her latest song is th...