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K-pop boy band BTS has submitted entries for the 2019 Grammy Awards which will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on Feb. 10. Considered as the highest award in music, the nominations for the 2019 show will be announced on Dec. 5, 2018. BTS has reportedly submitted six entries for their best-selling album "Love Yourself: Tear" and for the song "Fake Love." Entries for “Fake Love” include Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop/Duo Group Performance and Best Music Video.  For “Love Yourself: Tear,” the entries are Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. It would be recalled that K-pop made history in the American music scene after "Love Yourself: Tear" went to No. 1 on the Billboard music charts for the week ending on June 2. This is the first time that a Korean album finished at the summit of the prestigious music charts since it published its first music hit parade in the US in 1936. Released through B...

The Elusive Chanteuse Mariah Carey is coming to Manila once again to perform her biggest hits at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City on October 26. But with tons of chart-topping records, and despite having a fantastic five-octave range of voice, you cannot expect Mariah to sing all her hit songs in one concert. While the songs "Emotions," "Hero," "We Belong Together," "My All," and "Fantasy" are sure-fire tunes on her set lists, Mariah has apparently forgotten to perform some of her hits. It's a bit sad that she rarely performs these gems since the time she hit the road up to these days, based on the set lists provided to media. Here are some songs which fans may want to hear from the Grammy-winning artist during her one-night only gig in Manila. Perhaps, you may want to remind Mariah of these tunes through social media. Let her feel how much you love to hear them once again. In the meantime, scroll down s...

"Titanic" singer Celine Dion got emotional as she wrapped up the first night of her two-day jampacked concert at the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City Thursday night, July 19. Dion sang her heart out to the delight of Filipino fans who cheered her hits songs such as "It's All Coming Back To Me Now," "All By Myself," "Because You Loved Me," "My Heart Will Go On," "That's The Way It Is," "To Love You More," etc. The Grammy award-winning singer was teary eyed before she sang an a capella version of "Can't Help Fallin' In Love" for her encore. "Thank you so much. I am extremely touch by your warm welcome to our first visit to Manila; "It is very hard to everyone in the world probably, you know to kinda trabvel so far with so much to do, so much things to be concerned about, the travelling, the expenses, the children, the whole thing of travelling, when we live so far away, ...

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...

Maituturing na kontrobersyal ang katatapos pa lamang na 2018 Grammy Awards sa Madison Square Garden sa New York nitong January 28 matapos umuwing luhaan ang rap superstar na si Jay-Z kahit na ito ay may walong nominasyon, pinakamarami para sa taong ito. Inaakala ng marami na hahakot na ng award si Jay-Z dahil biniyayaan na sya ng walong nominasyon matapos nitong i-boycott ang prestihiyosong awards show ilang taon na ang nakakaraan. Pero mukhang naisahan yata si Jay-Z ng Grammys dahil kahit na tinapos na n'ya ang boykot, hindi pa rin siya binigyan ng kahit na anong tropeo sa gabi ng awards night. Nasungkit naman ni Bruno Mars ang tatlong major awards - Album of the Year, Record of the Year at Song of the Year. Si Kendrick Lamar, isa sa mga mahigpit na kalaban nila Jay Z at Bruno Mars, ay nanalo rin ng mga awards tulad ng Best Rap Performance, Best Rap/Sung Performance, Best Rap Song, at Best Rap Album. Suma-tutal, nag-uwi si Bruno ng anim na award samantalang lima n...

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 ...

For the first time in the history of Grammy Awards, all voting members will cast their votes online rather than by paper ballot. This was announced by the Recording Academy as it prepares to announce the nominees for Grammy Awards 2018 on November 28 (Nov 29 Manila time). "For the first time, all voting members will cast their GRAMMY Awards votes online rather than by paper ballot. "This transition will provide the Recording Academy's more than 13,000 voting members greater access and flexibility than ever before, eliminate the possibility of invalid ballots and protect further against fraudulent voting," the Recording Academy said in a statement. Now on its 60th year, the Grammy Award is believed to be the most prestigious music award in the world. The Recording Academy also announced new amendments to the Grammy Awards process. "These amendments, effective immediately, include implementing online voting for the GRAMMY Awards, recognizing songwr...