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Its rare to see a new artist launch straight to the top of the charts, which makes the seemingly sudden rise of Olivia Rodrigo all the more exciting.  The 17-year-old singer and actors breakout hit Drivers License is battling for Number 1 on this weeks Official Singles Chart. If youre not yet familiar with the rising star, below is a cheat sheet to get you up to speed. First, lets start with the song itself:  Should we have seen the rise of Olivia Rodrigo coming?  In short, probably. Last ye...

30 pop songs you may not know are covers By Michele Zipkin of Stacker | 30 pop songs you may not know are covers There is a saying that once a musician puts a song into the world, it doesnt belong to them anymore. When other musicians cover a song, they might change the style or inherent meaning of the piece by virtue of playing their own version. When Amy Winehouse died in 2011, Bruno Mars organized a tribute to her in which he sang the song “Valerie” with a full band accompanying hi...

Gig Information Critically acclaimed Dunedin musician Nadia Reid is continuing her annual tradition at the Port Chalmers Town Hall. Nadia Reid’s Christmas Show, now in its third year, is a festive celebration of local music, artists and talent, under the backdrop of Reid’s spiritual home - Port Chalmers. After only a week on the market, the original night has sold out and an additional show has been added. This year spells a change in format for the shows, as...

Singles chart, american idiot has been bouncing up and down in the high teens and low 20s. its been fighting a soccer song. ♪ footballs coming home >> ramping up support for england in the world cup until england lost. back in 2004, "american idiot" was seen as targeting president george w. bush and the media after the invasion of iraq. ♪ information nation hysteria >> reporter: but now the songs title has been plastered on a mockup of melanias jacket joining the trump baby balloon in a one-...

February 7th, 1964, the beatles arrived at jfk airport to 3,000 screaming fans. february 9th, 1964, 73 million people watched them on ed sullivan with their debut, and april 4th, 64. less than three months later, the beatles had the top five positions on the u.s. singles chart. i dont think there has ever been such a fast-speed domination in the american music chart in history, has there? >> i believe youre right, piers. i dont go back far enough to know what bing crosby and rudy valle did. but ...