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Celebrities, tunes, outdoor sport, fundraising and grown dudes dressed as food: these are some of Katy Perry’s favorite things, and she brought them all together over the weekend for the first annual Light Up The Court Pickleball Tournament.
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Perry hosted the tourney Sunday (Oct. 22) at Montecito Club in her hometown of Santa Barbara, CA, with a slew of high-profile pickleball players including Meghan Trainor, Rob Lowe, Kate Hudson and her partner Orlando Bloom.
“My mom brought (maybe even forced) her love for pickleball upon our family,” she writes on Instagram, “and now we’ve decided to use those pickle powers for good.”
All proceeds benefited Firework Foundation, founded in 2019 by Perry and her sister Angela Lerche, with a mission to empower children from underserved communities by “igniting their inner light through the arts.”
For the record, Eric Geeb and Brett Williams took the championship title, while Perry got her game on for a mic’d exhibition in which she and Federico Staksrud took on Bloom and Maggie Brascia. Team Katy took them out 13-11.
Celsius sponsored the VIP Players Lawn, while Stanley, The Pick, Malk Milk, CRBN and Selkirk were among the sponsoring brands for the debut event, produced by Ngoc Nguyen (Nguyen Strategies).
Money raised will go towards “scholarships, more camps, and programming to bring the arts to kids from underserved communities,” Perry explains.
The pop superstar is currently in her sixth consecutive season as a judge on American Idol and, simultaneously, performing her Las Vegas residency, PLAY.
In 2011, she became the first woman, and second artist overall following Michael Jackson, to land five No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 from an album. That album, Teenage Dream, is one of her three leaders on the Billboard 200 chart. All told, she has scored nine leaders on the Billboard Hot 100 and she was the first artist in RIAA history to earn three RIAA Diamond Song Awards – for three of those No. 1s, “Firework,” “Dark Horse” and “Roar.”
Kenya Grace’s “Strangers” (via FFRR) takes pole position in the race for the U.K. chart crown. But there’s not much in it. The U.K.-raised, South Africa-born artist has reigned over the Official U.K. Singles Chart for the past two weeks with her breakthrough drum ‘n’ bass number. “Strangers” has a narrow lead heading into what […]
The Rolling Stones are careering to another U.K. No. 1 with Hackney Diamonds (via Polydor), the legendary British rock band’s 26th studio album. According to data published by the Official Charts Company, the Stones’ new album is outselling the rest of the top 10 combined, posting north of 55,000 chart sales over the weekend. Nothing will […]
Bad Bunny is back with another huge week on Billboard’s charts. On top of scoring his third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 (dated Oct. 28) with Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana, all 21 songs from the set chart on the Billboard Hot 100, including 10 in the top 40.
The LP launches atop the Billboard 200 with 184,000 equivalent album units earned in its opening week (Oct. 13-19), according to Luminate. It’s the fourth all-Spanish-language album to top the chart, after Bad Bunny’s own El Último Tour Del Mundo (2020) and Un Verano Sin Ti (2022) and Karol G’s Mañana Será Bonito (February).
In total, Bad Bunny charts 22 songs on the latest Hot 100. Here’s a recap (all are debuts except where noted).
Rank, Title:No. 5, “Monaco”No. 14, “Fina,” with Young MikoNo. 20, “Perro Negro,” with FeidNo. 22, “Nadie Sabe”No. 24, “Hibiki,” with MoraNo. 28, “Mr. October”No. 30, “Cybertruck”No. 32, “Teléfono Nuevo,” with Luar La LNo. 34, “Baby Nueva”No. 38, “Seda,” with Bryant MyersNo. 47, “Un Preview” (up from No. 70; hit No. 43 two weeks earlier)No. 49, “Gently,” Drake feat. Bad Bunny (down from No. 12 debut & peak)No. 52, “Gracias Por Nada”No. 53, “Vou 787”No. 54, “Where She Goes” (re-entry; peaked at No. 8 in June)No. 57, “Mercedes Carota,” with YOVNGCHIMINo. 61, “Los Pits”No. 65, “No Me Quiero Casar”No. 70, “Vuelve Candy B”No. 78, “Baticano”No. 80, “Thunder y Lightning,” with Eladio CarriónNo. 83, “Acho PR,” with Arcángel, De La Ghetto & Ñengo Flow
(The only other track billed on the album is “Europa :(,” which runs 11 seconds long.)
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As Bad Bunny debuts 19 songs, he ups his career total to 93 career Hot 100-charting entries. That’s the 18th-most among all acts in history, and he extends his record for the most among artists who primarily record music in a language other than English.
“Monaco” becomes Bad Bunny’s 12th career Hot 100 top 10, also padding his mark for the most among acts core to the Latin genre.
Meanwhile, thanks to their credits on the album, Luar La L, Bryant Myers, YOVNGCHIMI and De La Ghetto all score their first appearances on the Hot 100.
Kenya Grace is no stranger to the U.K. chart summit.
The South Africa-born, U.K.-based artist enters a second week at No. 1 with “Strangers” (via FFRR), her breakthrough, drum ‘n’ bass-backed tune and first through a major label.
“Strangers” is, once again, the most-streamed track in the U.K. with 4.8 million plays, the Official Charts Company reports, as it holds off the challenge of Cassö’s “Prada” (Ministry of Sound) featuring RAYE and D-Block Europe.
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The leader at the midweek point, “Prada” finishes the week at No. 2, less than 800 chart units adrift.
As previously reported, Grace is just the second U.K. female artist ever to write, produce and record a No. 1 single entirely by herself, following Kate Bush whose “Running Up That Hill” completed a mission impossible last year, hitting the top some 37 years after its initial release.
Tate McRae’s “Greedy” (Ministry of Sound) rounds off an unchanged top 3.
Meanwhile, another South African artist is making her move on the Official U.K. Singles Chart — Tyla. Born and raised in Johannesburg, Tyla (full name: Tyla Laura Seethal) enjoys a new peak with her breakthrough “Water” (RCA), rising 7-4.
Close behind is Chase & Status, Bou, Flowdan, IRAH, Trigga and Takura’s “Baddadan” (EMI), up 11-5 for its peak position, while Sonny Fodera, MK and Clementine Douglas’ “Asking” (Solotoko) is up 10-7, a new high.
U.S. alternative pop artist Mitski enjoys her first U.K. top 10 single with “My Love Mine All Mine” (Dead Oceans), improving 13-8. Prior to her latest, viral number, Mitski had never even nudged the singles tally, though two of her seven studio albums have impacted the top 10.
Fred Again snags a second top 20 solo sentry with “Ten” (Atlantic), featuring U.S. artist and songwriter Jozzy. It’s new at No. 16, for the highest debut on the latest tally, published Friday, Oct. 20. That’s the fifth top 40 entry for the hot producer and artist, and the first appearance on the chart for Jozzy.
Finally, Troye Sivan enjoys a hattrick of top 40 appearance on the latest chart, led by “One Of Your Girls,” new at No. 17, followed by lead single “Rush” (34-28) and “Got Me Started” (reentering at No. 36), lifting his career tally to seven U.K. top 40 singles.
All three tracks appear on Sivan’s third and latest LP Something To Give Each Other (via Polydor), which debuts at No. 4 on the national albums tally, for a new career high.
Ren scores his first U.K. No. 1 as Sick Boi, his independently released sophomore album, starts at No. 1.
The Welsh hip-hop artist (full name: Ren Erin Gill) times his chart race to perfection, overcoming a midweek deficit to Rick Astley’s ninth studio album Are We There Yet? (BMG), before putting on the afterburners to roar home in first place.
In the end, it wasn’t even close. Sick Boi had opened-up a 6,000-unit advantage when the Official U.K. Albums Chart was published Oct. 20, thanks in part to a “spectacular push” in the final 24 hours of the cycle, the Official Charts Company reports.
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Sick Boi is released through The Other Songs, founded five years ago by brothers Alastair and Billy Webber, formerly of Island Records and Warner Records, respectively, according to the OCC. It’s the indie entertainment company’s first ever U.K. top 10.
Ren’s crown “sees him join a long list of Welsh album chart-toppers,” notes OCC CEO Martin Talbot, “from Tom Jones, Bonnie Tyler and Shakin’ Stevens to Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics and Duffy, among many others – should not be under-estimated, especially given that it’s been achieved as a wholly-independent artist.”
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Astley, meanwhile, misses out on collecting a third leader with Are We There Yet?, which arrives at No. 2. It’s the Brit’s seventh top 10 appearance on the national albums tally.
The previous week’s leader, Drake’s For All The Dogs (OVO/Republic Records), slips 1-3.
Also new to the Official Chart this week is Troye Sivan’s Something To Give Each Other (Polydor), bowing at No. 4. That’s a U.K. career high for the Aussie pop artist, eclipsing 2015’s EP Wild (No. 5 peak) and 2018 LP Bloom (No. 8), for his third top tier slot. Something To Give Each Other is the week’s best-seller on wax in the U.K.
Completing the top 5 is 2022 BRITs Rising Star winner Holly Humberstone with Paint My Bedroom Black, her first full length effort. It’s new at No. 5.
Mike Skinner’s The Streets lands its seventh U.K. top 10 album with The Darker the Shadow (Rhino), new at No. 7, while British blues act When Rivers Meet, the husband-and-wife duo of Grace and Aaron Bond, snag a first top 10 album appearance with Aces Are High (One Road), new at No. 9.
Further down the list, new releases from Scouting for Girls (A Place We Used to Meet at No. 17 via Sony Music CG), CMAT (Crazymad, for Me at No. 25 via Cmatbaby), Creeper (Sanguivore at No. 29 via Spinefarm) and Death of Guitar Pop (Be Lucky at No. 30 via Ska Club Essex) make an impression.
SYDNEY, Australia — Veteran Sounds Australia executive producer Millie Millgate will lead Music Australia as its founding director.
Following a months-long recruitment process, Millgate joins Music Australia, which is established to support and promote the Australian contemporary music industry, with a remit to increase discoverability and develop markets and audiences.
With Millgate at the helm, Music Australia will be expected to invest in and stimulate a vibrant and sustainable music industry ecosystem.
The Music Australia gig is a “once in a generation opportunity,” admits Millgate in a statement, “and I am truly honored, excited, and ready to embrace the challenges and lead the change required to shape and grow a flourishing and sustainable industry.”
Music Australia sits under Creative Australia – formerly the Australia Council for the Arts – and was established under the Creative Australia Act 2023, which was enshrined into law in June.
Through her tireless work leading Sounds Australia, and the countless airmiles clocked up in its mission to build bridges for Australian artists globally, Millgate “is a well-known and highly respected figure in the Australian contemporary music industry,” comments Adrian Collette, CEO of Creative Australia.
Together with the “exceptional skills and experience of the Music Australia Council,” he continues, “we will create a bright future for artists and the music industry in Australia.”
During her nearly-15 years with Sounds Australia, Millgate managed the presentation of over 2,200 Australian artists on global show stages since 2009, covering 86 different international events, in 75 cities, across 26 countries.
Prior to taking the reins at Sounds Australia, Millgate held executive posts with the Association of Artists Managers and as creative director for MusicNSW, and she has served on several boards and committees, and including a current position as director on the board of music industry charity Support Act.
Australia’s music industry warmly welcomed Millgate’s appointment.
Comments ARIA and PPCA CEO Annabelle Herd, “Her storied career and rich experience promoting Australian artists on the global stage through Sounds Australia are exactly what is needed to lead Music Australia toward a focused plan that helps deliver more Australian music to more people, wherever they may be.”
Australia is “already a top 10 music market globally, and we’re growing,” Herd explains. “Our industry can and should operate as an export economy in the same way markets like Sweden and South Korea have already proved possible. We will rally behind Millie in any way we can, and I urge everyone with a vested interest in Australian music to do the same. Her success will be the industry’s success.”
Adds Dean Ormston, CEO of APRA AMCOS: “I’m so excited for Millie, and for the industry, that she’ll be heading up Music Australia. Millie has big ideas, a big heart, the respect of the industry, and the drive and determination to make big things happen. Millie’s appointment as the inaugural head of the agency is a testament to her dedication and vision over many years.”
Music Australia is an Australian Government initiative of the National Cultural Policy: Revive, launched in January of this year by the prime minister Anthony Albanese.
The Music Australia Council, effectively the Music Australia board, which includes legendary concert promoter Michael Chugg and Future Classics founder and CEO Nathan McLay, gathered Sept. 20 for its first meeting.
The Sounds Australia team salutes its outgoing leader. “It’s been an honor and privilege to work with her, and she’s inspired us every day with her passion, leadership and unwavering belief that Australian artists are truly some of the best in the world,” the industry organization comments. “The future of our industry is bright and we are so excited to see what she will do with Music Australia.”
Troye Sivan long-overdue return to music with Something To Give Each Other (EMI), his third studio album, is an instant success in his homeland.
Something To Give Each Other starts at No. 1 on the ARIA Chart, published Friday, Oct. 20, for his first leader. That result eclipses the No. 6 peak for Sivan’s debut LP from 2015, Blue Neighbourhood, and the No. 3 best for 2018’s sophomore effort Bloom.
At the same time, several singles from Something To Give Each Other are heading north on the ARIA Singles Chart, with the gold-accredited “Rush” up 43-26, “Got Me Started” lifting 45-27, and “One Of Your Girls” bowing at No. 28.
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Sivan won two ARIA Awards earlier in his career, and has six more chances to add to his collection at the 2023 ARIAs, set to be held Nov. 15 in Sydney.
“Troye Sivan is truly a once-in-a-generation artist, representing Australia on a truly global scale, with 22 billion streams worldwide and a career that’s pushed boundaries across music, screen and fashion,” comments ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd. “On behalf of ARIA, I am absolutely thrilled to congratulate him on his first No. 1 album at home, and can’t wait to celebrate at the ARIA Awards in a few weeks.”
The albums podium is completed by Drake’s For All The Dogs (down 2-1 via Republic/Universal) and Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts (down 2-3 via Geffen/Universal), while The Living End’s eponymously-titled debut full length album returns to the chart at No. 4, thanks to a 25th anniversary edition released through BMG/ADA. The Living End originally logged two weeks at No. 1 following its release in 1998.
Further down the latest list, South Korean boyband Tomorrow x Together’s The Name Chapter: Freefall (ING) arrives at No. 31. It’s the K-pop outfit’s first top 100 album in Australia, ARIA reports.
There’s no change at the top of that national singles tally as Doja Cat’s “Paint The Town Red” (RCA/Sony) enters week nine at No. 1. That breaks the tie with Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” for the second longest-reigning leader of 2023. At the top of that particular list is Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers,” at 12 weeks.
There’s a double result for U.S. country artist Zach Bryan as “I Remember Everything” (Universal/Warner) with Kacey Musgraves lifts 7-6 and his solo number “Something In The Orange” (Warner) cracks the top 10 for the first time in 66 weeks on the tally, up 11-8.
Finally, South African artist Tyla impacts the ARIA top 10 for the first time with “Water” (Sony) flowing 20-9. The Afrobeats artist’s breakout number recently broke into the U.K. top 10.
Impossible is simply a challenge. Just look at Blink-182, which has reunited with its classic lineup for One More Time… (via Columbia), a project millions of fans hoped and dreamed for, but, until a year ago, no-one would have bet a buck on.
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In October 2022, the pop-punk legends announced a reunion with former singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge for a 2023 global tour and the single “EDGING”.
After twice leaving the band — in 2005 and then again in 2014 — DeLonge is back in the lineup alongside singer/bassist Mark Hoppus and drummer Travis Barker for One More Time…, which dropped at the stroke of midnight.
One More Time… is the trio’s ninth studio, and includes “Edging” and previously released title track – both of which led Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart.
Produced by Barker, it features 17 new songs that “capture the band at the top of their game, layering in themes of tragedy, triumph and most importantly, brotherhood.”
Hoppus, who received a cancer diagnosis in 2021 and, following treatment, got the all-clear in 2022, has said that the new LP is, without a doubt, “one of the best albums we’ve ever made.”
According to a release announcing the project, One More Time… was recorded during a stretch of the Live Nation-promoted 2023 reunion tour, which kicked off with a surprise last-minute addition to the lineup for April’s Coachella Festival.
One More Time… is the followup to 2019’s Nine, the group’s second and final album to feature Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba in the guitarist/vocalist spot left vacant by DeLonge.
Blink-182 has eight top 10 hits on the Billboard 200 chart, including No. 1s with Take Off Your Pants And Jacket (from 2001) and California (2016).
The band completes its U.S. round of dates this weekend at When We Were Young festival in Las Vegas, with a run of arena dates to follow in Australia and New Zealand next February and March, then shows in Peru and Mexico.
Stream One More Time… below.
Summer Walker is celebrating the fifth anniversary of her critically acclaimed debut mixtape Last Day of Summer by releasing the Girls Need Love (Girls Mix) EP on Friday (Oct. 20) via LVRN and Interscope Records. The EP has five different versions of Walker’s breakout hit single “Girls Need Love,” which is five-times certified platinum by […]