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December 24, 2024 • Holiday music rules the pop charts once again this week, as Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” scores its 17th nonconsecutive week at No. 1 — the third longest run of all time. Follow RSS Website dailyhitofmusic.blogspot.com A blog which guides those who would like a small daily dose of music, to broaden their musical tastes and educate themselves about music. Jackson Weaver is a reporter and film critic for CBC’s entertainment news team in Toronto. “Twenty years ago, people had to go out to a classical concert to be exposed — or a friend of a friend. But today, you know, someone can just open their phone,” Ann said, pointing to what he sees from the stage as evidence.

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January 1, 2025 • No album in the history of the Billboard album chart has ever had a longer gap between stints at No. 1. RSS Feed donald559.wordpress.com/feed   Follow RSS Website donald559.wordpress.com Welcome to my blog of Music. In 1984, she moved to Portland, Oregon, and founded Love’s Place, a ministry dedicated to providing foster homes and support to children in need. Harmon began her ministry in 1957 at Calvary Temple in Kansas City, Missouri, and later relocated to San Jose, California, to direct the choir and continue her ministry at Faith Temple (now Cathedral of Faith) under the late Rev. Kenny Foreman, Sr.

November 20, 2024 • In recent months, the list of the nation’s top songs has been remarkably unchanging — Shaboozey has had the No. 1 song for 18 weeks — but this week, a brand new name makes a splash in the Top 10. December 18, 2024 • ‘Tis the season for a handful of familiar Christmas songs to monopolize the top spots on the Billboard pop chart. But a few newer songs are making a play to join the annual holiday jukebox.

“It just is not the way that we consume media,” he said of traditional in-person classical concerts. Fans have been waiting for Baker and Torres’ country-influenced song for a little while now. They performed it live in October, then played it on The Tonight Show this week, and at long last, a proper studio version has arrived. It’s not hard to see why Lenae, 25, has earned respect from contemporary legends. Much like SZA’s own sophomore album “SOS,” “Bird’s Eye” is a seamless blend of R&B, Motown soul, and disco-pop, with glimmers of reggae, bossa nova, and soft rock. With her genre-blending sensibility, there’s truly something for everyone.

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Much momentum in 2024 came from Future and Metro Boomin, who combined for three No. 1 albums alone, igniting hip-hop’s $15 million beef and a competitive spirit that caused conversation and amplified sales. Such was reflected in Spotify’s end-of-the-year Revealed data, which showed that the number of rap residents in the Top 10 Artists in the US doubled year over year, with hip-hop’s elite taking up six total spots. After WhiteLightMixes.com a lackluster 2023, where hip-hop celebrated its 50th anniversary but fell to just 25.9% of American market share, 2024 was a banner year for the art form both in culture and on the charts. The lightning rod proved to be Kendrick Lamar’s battle-tested “Not Like Us,” which generated over $7.6 million in revenue, holding down the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks. In 2024, Swift wrapped up her 21-month Eras Tour to the tune of $2 billion in ticket sales – a figure that places Swift’s sweep of both hemispheres as the highest-grossing tour of all time.

The stop-and-start, leisure viewing that streaming offers helps lower the barrier of entry to those used to more casual consumption habits, according to Andrew Bryan, lead of Canada’s Candlelight Concerts. According to their report, more than half of classical audiences are newcomers to the space, with less than a third being longtime fans. Ekkstacy started the year with a self-titled album, and now he’s ending it with “She Will Be Missed.” It’s a real firecracker, too, as the song is packed with punk energy for the duration of its two-and-a-half-minute runtime. After delivering Hood Poet recently, Polo G returns with one more new track for 2024. The song is “Thug Memorials,” an honest reflection on the rapper’s grief.

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KCRW’s Jason Bentley hosts a weekly spin of the best electronic, dance and beyond. NPR Music’s list of the best songs of 2024 goes way past the top 10, or the entire Hot 100 for that matter, because if you’re willing to dig a little, there’s always something thrilling to discover. NPR Music’s list of best songs of the year has something for everyone. Lars Gotrich turns us on to blooming drone-folk, richly textured jazz, Somali garage-rock and medieval metal.