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Flowers (Lauren Spencer-Smith Song)
"Flowers" is a song by British-born Canadian singer-songwriter Lauren Spencer-Smith, released as a single on April 14, 2022. It was co-written and produced by Cian Ducrot. The song charted in various countries and is Spencer-Smith's second highest-charting song after "Fingers Crossed To cross one's fingers is a hand gesture commonly used to wish for luck. Occasionally it is interpreted as an attempt to Christian prayer, implore God for protection.''Orange Coast Magazine''. Emmis Communications. May 1990. pg. 177. "In early C ...". Background "Flowers" is a follow-up to Lauren Spencer-Smith's breakthrough hit "Fingers Crossed". Spencer-Smith called the song a "contrast" from the "Fingers Crossed", saying that "'Fingers Crossed' was angry. 'Flowers' is sad." The inspiration of the title came from her realization that her previous relationship was unhealthy when her current boyfriend did nice things for her, such as buying flowers for her, which made her cry; before that she only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Spencer-Smith
Lauren Spencer-Smith (born September 28, 2003) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Vancouver Island. She appeared as a contestant on the 18th season of ''American Idol'' in 2020, placing in the top 20 in the competition. Her 2019 album ''Unplugged, Vol. 1'' was a Juno Award nominee for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020, but lost to Shine a Light by Bryan Adams. In 2022, Spencer-Smith became more known internationally when her self-released song "Fingers Crossed" reached the top 20 in numerous countries, including the US and making the top 10 of the charts in numerous countries including Australia, New Zealand and Spencer-Smith's native United Kingdom. This was on the back of a demo of the song which had gone viral on TikTok. Spencer-Smith's rise to popularity and success on social media has sometimes been compared to that of American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo. She released her song "Flowers" in 2022 and it has charted in several countrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cian Ducrot
Cian Ducrot is an Irish singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence with his single "All for You", which gained popularity in 2022 via TikTok and ultimately peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart. His following single, "I'll Be Waiting", peaked at number 16. Early life Ducrot grew up in Cork, Ireland, where his mother was a concert pianist and flautist. Ducrot joined musicals and drama clubs during his school years. His mother is French and his father is Irish. Ducrot was accepted to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London on a full scholarship where he studied classical flute. Career 2018–2020: Royal Academy of Music and ''Started in College'' A couple of years into his schooling in London, Ducrot took a trip to Los Angeles, that inspired him to pursue his dream of becoming a pop artist instead of a classical flautist. He left school and moved back to Ireland to pursue his dream. With money being tight, he would often couch surf between London and Los Angeles. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fingers Crossed (Lauren Spencer-Smith Song)
"Fingers Crossed" is a song by British-born Canadian singer-songwriter Lauren Spencer-Smith, self-released as a single on January 5, 2022. It was written by Spencer-Smith, Fransisca Hall and Jakke Erixson, and produced by Erixson. The song went viral on TikTok and charted in various countries, reaching number one in Ireland and Norway. Background Lauren Spencer-Smith is a British-born Canadian singer-songwriter from Vancouver Island who competed on season 18 of ''American Idol'' in 2020, where she made it to the top 20 but was eliminated during the first week of remote shows. In November 2021, she posted a 47-second clip of herself to TikTok relaxing in the studio while listening to the demo of the song, which received more than 23 million views. Its success as well as comments from viewers helped convince her to release a studio version of the song. Composition According to its digital sheet music, "Fingers Crossed" is written and composed in the key of F major, it is built of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People (magazine)
''People'' is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories. It is published by Dotdash Meredith, a subsidiary of IAC. With a readership of 46.6 million adults in 2009, ''People'' had the largest audience of any American magazine, but it fell to second place in 2018 after its readership significantly declined to 35.9 million. ''People'' had $997 million in advertising revenue in 2011, the highest advertising revenue of any American magazine. In 2006, it had a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5 billion. It was named "Magazine of the Year" by ''Advertising Age'' in October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation, and advertising.Martha Nelson Named Editor, The People Group , a January 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flaunt
''Flaunt'' is an American fashion and culture magazine based in Hollywood, Los Angeles, with an office in New York. History The magazine was founded in 1998 by the current C.E.O. Luis Barajas, and Creative Director Jim Turner, who had previously run ''Detour'' magazine as well as Long Nguyen. The Editor in Chief is Matthew Bedard. In April 2019, ''Vice News'' reported a lawsuit filed by a former ''Flaunt'' employee in a Los Angeles Superior Court against the magazine, Barajas, and Bedard for "sexual harassment, sexual battery, failure to stop discrimination, and a litany of workplace violations they say they endured while working there". After countersuing the plaintiff, both lawsuits were later dismissed with prejudice and settled privately in October 2019. Publication ''Flaunt'' is an independent magazine currently published six times a year (after a decade of being published 10 times a year) with international distribution. Celebrity covers include Beyoncé, Britney Spears, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apple Music
Apple Music is a music, audio and video streaming service developed by Apple Inc. Users select music to stream to their device on-demand, or they can listen to existing playlists. The service also includes the Internet radio stations Apple Music 1, Apple Music Hits, and Apple Music Country, which broadcast live to over 200 countries 24 hours a day. The service was announced on June8, 2015, and launched on June30, 2015. New subscribers get a one-month free or six months free trial with the purchase of select products before the service requires a monthly subscription. Originally strictly a music service, Apple Music began expanding into video in 2016. Executive Jimmy Iovine has stated that the intention for the service is to become a "cultural platform", and Apple reportedly wants the service to be a "one-stop shop for pop culture". The company is actively investing heavily in the production and purchasing of video content, both in terms of music videos and concert footage th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Hot 100
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music industry record chart in Canada for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. The Canadian Hot 100 was launched on the issue dated March 31, 2007, and is currently the standard record chart in Canada; a new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by ''Billboard'' on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday. The chart is similar to ''Billboard''s US-based Hot 100 in that it combines physical and digital sales as measured by Nielsen SoundScan, streaming activity data provided by online music sources, and radio airplay as measured by Broadcast Data Systems. Canada's radio airplay is the result of monitoring more than 100 stations representing rock, country, adult contemporary and Top 40 genres. The first number-one song of the Canadian Hot 100 was "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne on March 31, 2007. As of the issue for the week ending December 24, 2022, the Canadian Hot 100 has had 187 different number-one songs. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Global 200
The ''Billboard'' Global 200 is a weekly record chart published by '' Billboard'' magazine. The chart ranks the top songs globally and is based on digital sales and online streaming from over 200 territories worldwide. First announced in mid-2019, it officially launched in September 2020. The current number-one as of the chart dated December 24, 2022, is " All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey. Conception ''Billboard'' had been working on the idea of a global chart for over two years prior to its launch. The chart was first announced on May 6, 2019, then envisioned as the "Global 100" and it was to launch later that year. The motivation for the chart's conception was "to expose people to music from multiple territories and in time", to provide "overdue exposure and recognition for acts from international markets". With the chart's official announcement on September 14, 2020, ''Billboard'' described it as "the first authoritative charts ranking the top songs gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online streaming in the United States. The weekly tracking period for sales was initially Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but was changed to Friday to Thursday in July 2015. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay, which, unlike sales figures and streaming, is readily available on a real-time basis, is also tracked on a Friday to Thursday cycle effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021 (previously Monday to Sunday and before July 2015, Wednesday to Tuesday). A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by ''Billboard'' on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday. The first number-one song of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 was " Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainstream Top 40
Pop Airplay (also called Mainstream Top 40, Pop Songs, and Top 40/contemporary hit radio, CHR) is a 40-song music chart published weekly by Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' Magazine that ranks the most popular songs of pop music being played on a panel of Top 40 radio stations in the United States. The rankings are based on radio airplay detections as measured by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (Nielsen BDS), a subsidiary of the U.S.' leading marketing research company. Consumer researchers, Nielsen Audio (formerly ''Arbitron''), refers to the format as contemporary hit radio (CHR). The current number-one song as of the chart dated December 24, 2022 is "Anti-Hero (song), Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift. History The chart debuted in Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' Magazine in its issued date October 3, 1992, with the introduction of two Top 40 airplay charts, Mainstream and Rhythmic (chart), Rhythm-Crossover. Both Top 40 charts measured "actual monitored airplay" from data compile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
