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It's 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 actor's breakout hit Drivers License is battling for Number 1 on this week's Official Singles Chart. If you're not yet familiar with the rising star, below is a cheat sheet to get you up to speed. First, let's start with the song itself:  Should we have seen the rise of Olivia Rodrigo coming?  In short, probably. Last year Variety named her in their Power of Young Hollywood list, mostly due to her standout role in...

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 doesn't 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 him. Winehouse's version of The Zutons' original, with instrumental tracks reworked by Mark Ronson, m...

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 Reid will be stepping back from the stage, and will instead act as curator, bringing together some ...

Singles chart, american idiot has been bouncing up and down in the high teens and low 20s. it's been fighting a soccer song. ♪ football's 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 song's title has been plastered on a mockup of melania's jacket joining the trump baby balloon in a one-two humor punch aimed at embarrassing president trump. wow, a song and a balloon? that will teac...

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 don't think there has ever been such a fast-speed domination in the american music chart in history, has there? >> i believe you're right, piers. i don't go back far enough to know what bing crosby and rudy valle did. but one reason is that their american label declined to use their license and release those first re...