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Billie Eilish Takes the World By Storm At 18 Years Old
It is a common knowledge that Billie Eilish is one cool teen singer that made a fiery version of “All the Good Girls Go to Hell” during the American Music Awards on Sunday. She literally looked passionate about flames going up while even doing her presentation.
It is just now wondering why she won and got nominated over a lot of awards. Her T-shirt sent a message that said: No music on a Dead Planet”. She won 6 awards this namely New Artist of the Year, Favorite Music Video (“Bad Guy”), Favorite Social Artist, Favorite Album Pop/Rock, Favorite Female Artist Pop/Rock and Favorite Artist Alternative Rock.
She also received her first Grammy nominations, not just one but 6 of them. The nominations are “Big Four” categories: Best New Artist, Song of the Year and Record of the Year (“Bad Guy”) and Album of the Year (When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?). Eilish’s debut LP is also up for Best Pop Vocal Album, while “Bad Guy” also scored a Best Pop Solo Performance.
Billie Eilish Nominations
Billie started in 2017 with her single “Ocean Eyes”. In a Vanity Fair interview, she spoke about all her anxiety and stress. That video earned 57 million views. Her best-selling album of the year received 40 million followers on social media.
This year’s Billboard made Billie also the Woman of the Year, even becoming the youngest artist to garner that title. The awarding will be on December 12.
According to Billboard’s Editorial Director, Hannah Karp, “Billie has disrupted the entertainment industry through her music and social media platforms, leaving an indelible impact on the global cultural zeitgeist.
Her ability to speak to the Gen-Z population, making teens and young adults feel accepted in today’s society, has quickly allowed Eilish to grow to the top of the charts, breaking the mold for this generation with her electric hair-color and sharp attitude.”
It was Billie who overthrows the longest-running No1 hit in Billboard Hot 100’s Old Town Road by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. She also was awarded as the first artist born this century to have a number 1 album on the chart.
More than that, she gained the first solo woman to notch four different top 10 hits on the Alternative Songs airplay chart “All the Good Girls Go to Hell” peaking at No. 6, followed by “Bad Guy” and “Bury a Friend” garnering the top spot for separate two-weeks and “You Should See Me in a Crown” at. 7.
Other Woman of the Year in the past were Ariana Grande (2018), Selena Gomez (2017), Madonna (2016), Lady Gaga (2015), Swift (2011 & 2014). On December 12, Billie will join Taylor Swift as Billboard’s Inaugural Woman of the Decade, Alanis Morrissette as the Icon, Nicki Minaj as the Game Changer, Trailblazer will be Brandi Carlile and a lot more.
No doubt 2019 is a great year for this artist, maybe the biggest ever. She will be turning 19 next month and she has earned a lot of accomplishments from her songs.
Read More: The Complete 2020 Grammy Nomination List
NEW K.ID, the No.1 TV channel for all K-Pop entertainment and source (https://cutt.ly/NEWKID), announced its weekly chart for the 3rd week of August.
BLACKPINK retains its #1 spot in the NEW K.ID’s weekly chart for three consecutive weeks as they tie with WINNER’s previous record. BLACKPINK has announced a new single dropping on August 28th which will be a collaboration with American pop star, Selena Gomez. Selena Gomez also recently teased her collaboration with BLACKPINK on her Instagram post captioned, “SELPINK pulling up soon. 8/28”.
Following their release of the single, BLACKPINK will be releasing their first debut album on October 2nd.
PENTAGON, SHINee, GWSN, and N.Flying all retained their spots in TOP5. The 6th place, WINNER, celebrated their 6th year debut anniversary. MINO posted a photo of WINNER on his Instagram, celebrating the time and unforgettable memories that they have spent together for the last 6 years.
Ranked at #9, SF9’s Rowoon has been named as ‘The North Face white label’s F/W’ model and its brand ambassador. With a height over 6’3’’, Rowoon not only has a youthful personality but also has various talents as he can both sing and act in various entertainment fields. The North Face saw that Rowoon’s versatility perfectly matched its brand image and decided to partner with Rowoon.
Coming in at #10, DAY6’s sub-unit, Even of Day, is releasing a new album, ‘The Book of Us: Gluon – Nothing can tear us apart’ on August 31st. All 7 songs in the album are written and produced by the Even of Day members. Young K is expected to play guitar in place of Sungjin and Jae. JYP’s representative commented, “Young K showed his expertise on the bass guitar and will continue to play more instruments.” It was also mentioned that Wonpil’s synthesizer and Dowoon’s electronic drum will be key in this album.
Additionally, in last week’s ‘2020 SORIBADA BEST K-MUSIC AWARDS’, GWSN and LOONA won New Wave New Artist Awards while GFRIEND took the main prize (bonsang) home.
NEW K.ID, the only TV channel that allows viewers to enjoy K-POP Idol-related content programming 24/7 and exclusive episodes curated from 10K+ videos, is available at CH 511 for free on LG Smart TVs and XUMO apps on all Internet-connected devices.
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Death after unmasked arrest – Mexico Floyd
The official reason for the arrest revealed by the police is not known, but the video footage posted on social media at the time of the arrest suggests that the reason is “not wearing a mask.”
Amid a stir across the U.S. over the “George Floyd” incident that killed white police abuses, similar cases of abuse of public power have been revealed in Mexico, sparking public outrage.
The daily El Universal has been protesting against the incident since it was belatedly revealed that construction worker Giovanni Lopez died the next day after being arrested by police in Guadalajara, western Mexico, on April 4.
The official reason for the arrest revealed by the police is not known, but the video footage posted on social media at the time of the arrest suggests that the reason is “not wearing a mask.”
Death of George Floyd
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, knelt on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed face down in the street