‘All About The Bass’ holds up at No. 1

Meghan Trainor’s ‘All About The Bass’ has tied up with Clear Bandit’s ‘Rather Be’ for the longest running chart topping single of 2014 in the UK. The infectious ‘All About The Bass’ has now clocked four straight weeks at the No: 1 position. The song has streamed over 1.5 million times in the UK. he biggest climber on the UK singles chart which was a kind of challenger for the top spot is house track ‘Bump & Grind 2014’ by Waze & Odyssey. The updating of the 1995 hit for R. Kelly jumped from No: 164 to land at No: 3. The two London producers behind the revamped track are Serge Santiago and Faris Waez. he only song to debut on the top 10 this week is ‘T.I.N.A’ by Fuse ODG featuring the vocals of Angel. ‘T.I.N.A’ stands for This Is New Africa and the song by the UK rapper of Ghanian origins now takes his tally of UK top 10 hits to four. His previous single ‘Dangerous Love’ with Sean Paul peaked at No: 3 in May. Vocalist Angel is a 26 year old singer/ song writer, rapper and producer from London whose real name is Sirach Charles. ‘T.I.N.A’ is the title track of Fuse ODG’s debut album. s Taylor Swift released her new album ‘1989’, it has come to light she had to plead her case when it came to the genre of songs. Her record label boss wanted her to have Country songs, but she was not having any of it as she had moved away from that style since been discovered in Nashville, Tennessee. When she presented her collection of songs for the new album, the chief of Big Machine Records, had given the 24 year old singer two Country songs for inclusion on ‘1989’. Taylor dismissed the suggestion and in the end had her way underlining more control. So far the first single ‘Shake It Off ’ has been very

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successful worldwide, as it has a tendency to grow. Her next single is ‘Welcome To New York’ another synthpop track. ap star Iggy Azalea is to update her current album and release as ‘Reclassified’ on 24th November. It will contain 7 songs from the current album ‘The New Classics’ and 5 new songs. These new song will feature duets with Ellie Goulding, Jennifer Hudson and MO. The recording with MO called ‘Beg For It’ will be released as a single simultaneously with the repacked album. lvin Stardust was a popular glam-rock artist of the 70’s, who died at his home in England on 23rd October, aged 72. He had been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. He had one No:1 hit called ‘Jealous Mind’ in 1974 and then had other top hits such as ‘My Coo Ca Choo’, ‘Red Dress’, ‘You You You’, ‘Pretend’, ‘I Feel Like Buddy Holly’, and ‘I Won’t Run Away’ in 1984. Stardust was also a star of the small screen. Stardust had insured his guitar for £1.5 million. His real name was Bernard Jewry.

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