Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Names and faces

- Jenner McCartney Blue Ivy

• At just 7, Blue Ivy Carter is an award-winning songwriter. Jay-Z and Beyonce’s daughter won the Ashford

& Simpson Songwriter’s Award at Sunday’s Soul Train Awards for co-writing her mom’s hit “Brown Skin Girl,” a song celebratin­g dark- and brown-skinned women. Blue Ivy shares the win with Beyonce, Jay-Z, Saint Jhn and several other co-writers. Blue Ivy also gives a vocal performanc­e that opens and closes the song, which features Wizkid and Saint Jhn. The Carters weren’t at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas to accept the honor, which is named after the legendary Motown songwritin­g duo Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson.

• Kylie Jenner is selling a stake of her beauty business to CoverGirl owner Coty, in a deal that values the reality TV star’s company at about $1.2 billion. On Monday, Coty said that it will pay $600 million for a 51% stake in Kylie Cosmetics. It plans to launch more products under the Kylie brand and sell them in more countries around the world. The deal is expected to be completed early next year. Jenner, 22, part of the Keeping Up with the Kardashian­s reality show family, founded her company in 2015, tapping into her hundreds of millions of social media followers to promote her popular lip liners and liquid lipsticks. Jenner’s products were only sold online when the brand was first launched, but last year it struck a deal to sell its goods in 1,100 Ulta Beauty stores. Jenner, who expanded her empire earlier this year with Kylie Skin, a line of moisturize­rs, under-eye creams and facial scrubs, will still be the face of the brand and will be involved in creating new products. Coty hopes that the celebrity-backed business can help boost its sales and connect with shoppers under 35, a group that traditiona­l makeup brands have struggled to reach.

• Paul McCartney has snagged the coveted Saturday night headline slot at Glastonbur­y next year as the British music festival celebrates its 50th birthday. Festival organizers confirmed Monday that the former Beatle will perform on the main Pyramid Stage on June 27. McCartney last played Glastonbur­y in 2004, delivering a set of songs covering the Beatles era and his later work, both solo and with Wings. The 77-year-old star tweeted: “Hey Glasto — excited to be part of your Anniversar­y celebratio­ns. See ya next summer!” The festival takes over Worthy Farm in southwest England from June 24-28. The events 135,000 tickets sold within an hour of going on sale last month.

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