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Richard Andrew, the drummer for award-winning Australian Underground Lovers, died Wednesday (Oct. 30). He was 58 years old.
News of Andrews’ passing was shared by both his family and his bandmates, who both took to social media to confirm the news. Andrews himself had taken to social media just one week earlier to reveal he had been diagnosed with stage IV metastatic lung cancer.
“Our beautiful Richard John Andrew died at around 5.25am, this morning” the musician’s family wrote. “His death, as he was in life, was epic. He left this world, face to face with his wife, Nicolette, as she sang their song ‘Do You Realise’ by The Flaming Lips. We are all heartbroken though relieve that our sweet prince is finally free.”
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“It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our charming beautiful force of nature Richard John Andrew,” Underground Lovers echoed on social media. “We are numb with grief and sadness. He passed peacefully in his sleep at home this morning with his wife Nicolette at his side.”
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Andrew first rose to fame as a member of the Underground Lovers in 1988. He joined the group as their drummer shortly before they changed their name from the initial GBVB after founding members Glenn Bennie and Vincent Giarrusso.
Throughout his initial tenure with the group, Andrew was on hand to share in their sole ARIA Award win for Best New Talent in 1992, and performed on three of the group’s studio albums, including 1994’s Dream It Down, which peaked at No. 55 on the national charts.
Leaving the group ahead following the release of Dream It Down, Andrew went on to perform with a number of different bands in Australia, including kinderland, Red Textas, Registered Nurse, and others.
Though Underground Lovers would initially disband in 2002, Andrew took part in their reunion in 2009, going to perform on albums such as 2013’s Weekend, 2017’s Staring At You Staring At Me, and 2019’s A Left Turn.
In his post on social media announcing his diagnosis last week, Andrew shared a dictated message reflecting on his imminent passing.
“I am completely reconciled to whatever the future is, however, that future is probably quite limited and I’m in the process of preparing to pop this mortal coil and return to the trees, as it were,” he wrote. “I cannot overstate enough what an honour and a privilege it has been to know you all over the last 58 years, and to have lived the most incredible, incredible life.”
It’s a big week for Colombian newcomer Kapo, who earns his first No. 1 on any Billboard chart with “Ohnana,” as the song jumps 2-1 to crown the Latin Rhythm Airplay chart (dated Nov. 2). It also nearly misses the crown on the overall Latin Airplay chart, rising 3-2.
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“Ohnana” gave Kapo his maiden visit to any Billboard ranking when it debuted on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. tally in July. A month later the song peaked at No. 30 (Aug. 31-dated list), the same week he became Billboard’s Latin Artist on The Rise, and the track also reached the No. 60 mark on the Billboard Global 200 chart.
Kapo celebrates his first No. 1 on his Billboard chart career with 7.2 million audience impressions earned in the U.S. in the tracking week ending Oct. 24 for “Ohnana” (up 12%), according to Luminate. The song ejects Feid’s “Sorry 4 That Much” from the summit and sends it to No. 4, following its one-week reign.
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“Ohnana” joins “Passoa” at its No. 18 peak on Latin Rhythm Airplay, Kapo’s first team-up with Jhayco. The latter is one of 29 tracks from Le Clique: Vida Rockstar (X), Jhayco’s third studio album which gave the Puerto Rican his third straight top 10 on Top Latin Albums and Latin Rhythm Albums in September.
“Ohnana” also reaches its No. 2 peak on the Latin Airplay chart, where Kapo joins nine other soloists who have reached the top two on the overall list in 2024. Here’s the recap of the 10 artists and their songs, where only Karol G makes for a female representation:
Artist, Title, Peak Position, Peak DateBad Bunny, “Monaco,” No. 1, Jan. 27Xavi, “La Diabla,” No. 1, Feb. 10Myke Towers, “La Falda,” No. 1, Feb. 24El Fantasma, “El Exitoso,” No. 2, March 16Ozuna, “Baccarat,” No. 1, March 30, 2024Myke Towers, “La Capi,” No. 1, May 25, 2024Danny Ocean, “Amor,” No. 1, June 15, 2024El Fantasma, “Sabor A Michelada,” No. 1, June 22Karol G, “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido,” No. 1, July 27Venesti, “Es Normal,” No. 2, Aug. 3Feid, “Sorry 4 That Much,” No. 2, Oct. 26Kapo, “Ohnana,” No. 2, Nov. 2
Arthur Hanlon Returns To The Top 10 on Tropical Airplay with Youtuel and Darell: Elsewhere on the Latin charts, pianist and songwriter Arthur Hanlon is back in the top 10 on Tropical Airplay with “Repetimos,” his first Youtuel and Darell-team-up, that climbs 11-9 in its fifth week.
The song, which marks Hanlon’s first top 10 on a radio ranking in over a decade, rises to the top 10 despite a 2% dip in audience impressions, to 1.4 million, earned in the U.S. in the tracking week ending Nov. 24.
“Repetimos” is Hanlon’s third top 10 and first since 2013, when “I’ll Be There (Allí Estaré),” featuring Karlos Rose, landed at its No. 3 high. The arranger, previously reigned with “La Gorda Linda,” featuring Tito Nieves, for one week in 2005.
For Youtuel and Darell, both artists pick up their first top 10 performance on the tropical radio ranking. While the Orishas lead singer also scored a top 10 on a radio tally in 2024 through “Fría,” with Enrique Iglesias (No. 3 peak on Latin Pop Airplay in May), Puerto Rican Darrell last secured a top 10 almost a year ago, with the Ozuna and Maluma three-way, “Lollipop” (No. 7 on Latin Rhythm Airplay in December 2023).
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Kylie Minogue:
Hi!
Joe Lynch:
Kylie, thank you so much for being here. How are you today?
Billboard, thank you for having me!
So, we’re going to start with “Padam Padam” because obviously “Padam”-demonioum, you know, took the country, took TikTok by storm. The hook, the delivery is a little something different than what you would expect for a pop song. Did that give you any freedom to approach these ‘Tension II’ songs differently?
Yeah, it opened a lot of doors and it was “the one” for me at this point in time. You know, it was the wave that I was able to catch. I’m still riding it, you know. Not on that song solely, but everything that’s around that. I say that I’m kind of in my villain era, Killing Eve. Unless you’ve heard ‘Tension II-’
I have.
I guess I kind of took it in my stride recording it, but now that I’m looking at it as a body of work, I’m thinking “what are other people going to hear.” And I think that would be the kind of string throughout it.In a not creepy way.
Right! I definitely heard some “Padam” vibes in the collab you have with Bebe and Tove Lo. That was so fun. You say your name, astrological sign.
What’s your star sign?
I’m Aquarius, so yeah, hi.
We’re made to be friends.
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Nick Cannon:Because, you know, I got married in my 20s, still, you know what I mean, to the biggest star in the world, and my trajectory was here, and then hers, she’s already in a different stratosphere. So, you know, I would lay up at night thinking, like, “Is this who I am? Am I Mariah’s man? Is that what my life is supposed to be?” There’s nothing wrong with it. I got, I got really comfortable. She got, she got islands. I’m waking up at noon and people bringing me steaks on a platter, but I’m like this ain’t the hustler.
Tetris Kelly:Nick Cannon and Mariah tied the knot in 2008 and the singer gave birth to twins Moroccan and Monroe in 2011.
Nick Cannon:Then when you have children, and the hierarchy of just your man s–t is like, wait, I can’t I’m carrying a purse, the diaper bag. I’m standing on the corner. Wait, you know, like she rocking, being all the alpha that well, by the way, she deserves it, and she did. I believe she needs to do like that. Yeah, I’m just not that dude, you know. And it never … her and I never had problems, yeah, never argue, never even, even with, even with me struggling in this space.
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