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Four years ago Wednesday (April 20), Avicii died suddenly at age 28, shocking the global dance scene, the producer’s millions of fans, scores of collaborators and the world at large.
On the fourth anniversary of the superstar producer’s death, one of his best known collaborators, Aloe Blacc, has paid tribute to the artist born Tim Bergling by recording his own vocals from the Avicii hit “Wake Me Up” in Mandarin and Spanish.
Blacc, whose lyrics and vocal performance helped make “Wake Me Up” a global megahit and one of the most enduring songs from the Avicii catalog, posted his “Universal Language Mix” to YouTube, writing that “Avicii’s music touched the world. Writing the lyrics and recording the vocals on ‘Wake Me Up’ was a transformative experience for me. Everywhere I’ve been, no matter the country, music lovers and fans sing the lyrics with me in English.”
“In honor of Avicii and with the help of Metaphysic.ai and Respeecher.com,” Blacc continues, “I present a very special international version of ‘Wake Me Up’ in multiple languages.” Metaphysic.ai is a Web3 content company, while Respeecher applies AI to make one person speak in the voice of another specific person. Watch the video below.
Famously debuting to boos at Miami’s Ultra Music Festival 2013, “Wake Me Up” peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and finished at No. 13 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 songs chart in 2013. “Wake Me Up” also held the record for most weeks at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart with 26 weeks, until that record was broken by The Chainsmokers’ “Closer,” featuring Halsey, which logged 27 weeks at No. 1.
Other dance figures also paid tribute to Avicii on Wednesday, with David Guetta sharing a home video of Bergling and writing “4 years ago already, we all miss you very much.” Timmy Trumpet shared a video of himself playing Avicii’s “S.O.S.” at Tomorrowland, writing “Music is eternal. RIP Avicii forever in our hearts,” while Beatport wrote that “Four years ago today we lost a true icon of the dance music world, Avicii. His music continues a lasting legacy.”
“He just frickin’ had the songwriting, and his mixes are so good,” Diplo also recently told Billboard of Avicii. “It took me a lot longer to appreciate him more. He passed away so young and only had this window of like, four years — but he was really a big influence on me. He was just a sick songwriter, and mainstream as hell, but the songs are classics. They weren’t sell outs. He made bangers.”
Kay Flock enlisted Cardi B, Dougie B and Bory300 for his latest hip-hop banger, “Shake It.”
The song, which features the chorus from Akon’s 2004 hit “Bananza (Belly Dancer),” comes after Kay Flock was named Billboard’s R&B and Hip-Hop Rookie of the Month back in November.
If you need a guide to follow along with Kay Flock’s “Shake It,” find the lyrics below:
(Elias beatz) (hey ladies, drop it down, grrah)
(Just wanna see you touch the ground, grrah, grrah-grrah)
(Don’t be shy girl, go bananza, grrah-grrah)
(Shake ya body like a belly dancer, like, grrah)
Oh, we tryna bend on the oppas
Bi—, I’m with 300 ‘jects and some flockas
Like, who hotter? Top shottas
Hoodie’d up, dread down like a rasta
I’m Mr. Hang-out-the-v
Tryna flock ’em, pop ’em, drop ’em (that boy, touch the ground)
If we don’t got the-, we gon’ hop ’em
Bory hop out wit’ them, tryna chop ’em (grrah-grrah, boom)
Talk on brodie, we spin for a week
Slide with Kay, only spend four V’s (word to my mother)
Got a lil’ thottie that holdin’ my beam
F— that lil’ boy who got left in a V (rah, rah)
Slide with two chop’s, it’s like thirty in each
I been fiendin’ and itchin’ to catch a YG
And if he bunny hop, he get left in the scene (grrah-grrah)
Nesty a bi—, n—a begged on his knees (grrah)
Bi—, it’s 300, DOA, blow for the guys
I’m on go for the guys, smoke a O with the guys
Bi—, I hang out the V with the pole, let it fly
They keep dissin’ like I ain’t get back, don’t know why
Bi—, I’m GBG, word to your dead, word to mines
Talk on Nazzy and Berry, you must wanna die
Talk on Jayripk and ‘jects but what happened to-?
We don’t mention that boy who got turned into za’
Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it
I’m with the flockas, I bet she get naked
Walk with the ‘migos and henny, no chasin’, like
Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it
I’m with the flockas, I bet she get naked
Shorty, she buggin’, she want me to spank it, like
You on hots? Bi—, I’m on hots too
I pull up to your window like drive-thru
Come get showered with bullets, no bridal
Put a tag on your head, I can buy you (bah)
Like, huh? (like, huh?), like, what? (what?)
None of these bi—es is tough
I’m with the sh–s and it give me a rush
Shorty be lookin’, think she got a crush
I’m not a steppa’, bi—, I’m a stomper
All of my opps get mixed with the grabba
Broke bi— said she was gon’ touch me (like, what?)
She lyin’, hakuna matata
All the bros know that I’m uppin’ that, boom for ’em (boom)
All the opps hope heaven, got room for ’em (grrah)
Everything dead, nothing is friendly
Up in my Prada, up in Balenci’ (grrah-grrah, grrah)
F— is she thinkin’? Know that I’m sanctioned
You crazy? Bi—, I’m retarded (‘tarded)
You okay? Something is wrong (wrong)
Tryna play me, you know I perform (grrah-grrah, boom)
Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it
I’m with the flockas, I bet she get naked
Walk with the ‘migos and henny, no chasin’, like
Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it
I’m with the flockas, I bet she get naked
Shorty, she buggin’, she want me to spank it, like
(Hey ladies, drop it down)
(Just wanna see you touch the ground)
(Don’t be shy girl, go bananza)
(Shake ya body like a belly dancer)
Lyrics licensed & provided by LyricFind
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Akon, Arion Howard, Belcalis Almanzar, Cory Wright, Hensel Dominguez, Jorden Thorpe, Kevin Perez, Lynval Golding, Neville Staples, Terence Hall
After her spunky, colorful rendition of A Flock of Seagulls’ new wave classic hit “I Ran (So Far Away),” Kelly Clarkson continued her journey through the 1980s for her eponymous talk show on Wednesday (April 20).
This time, the singer and host took on Kool & the Gang‘s totally far out 1981 hit, “Get Down On It.” To complete the throwback theme, Clarkson rocked a zebra print blazer, a bright red lip and a big, teased hairstyle.
“I say people, what you gonna do? / You gotta get on the groove / If you want your body to move,” the Grammy winning artist smiled and she sang the dance-ready track.
“Get Down On It” peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart dated May 22, 1982 and spent 17 total weeks on the chart. The song is included on the group’s 13th studio album, Something Special, which climbed up to No. 12 on the Billboard 200 albums chart on November 28, 1981. The LP spent an impressive 67 total weeks on the chart and marks their second-highest ranking album.
Watch Kelly Clarkson “Get Down On” her Kool & the Gang cover below:
Nicky Jam pounces to the No. 1 rank on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart as the song climbs 5-1 to lead the April 23-dated ranking. Jam expands his dominance with 16 leaders, and the first unaccompanied by another act in over five years.
“Ojos Rojos” advances from No. 5 – having previously reached No. 4 for two weeks – in its 11th week, thanks to a 48% boost in audience impressions, to 10.5 million, earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 17, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. WSKQ New York posted the biggest increase among panelists, up 1 million to 1.8 million, followed by WMEG San Juan, P.R. (up 564,000 to 914,000), and KXOL Los Angeles (up 497,000 to 842,000).
The coronation of “Ojos Rojos’” arrives amid Jam’s Infinity Tour, which kicked off Feb. 3 in Boston. The song evicts J Balvin and Ed Sheeran’s “Sigue” from its one-week reign and takes home the Greatest Gainer honors of the week.
With the new champ, Jam collects his 16th No. 1 – among a collection of 39 career entries – and first as a soloist without any other artist since the two-week champ “El Amante” in February 2017. Since then, he’s placed 10 other leaders, all through collaborations.
In addition, the song pushes 3-1 on Latin Rhythm Airplay, Jam’s first leader in almost a year following “Fan de Tus Fotos” with Romeo Santos (May 2021).
Elsewhere, “Ojos Rojos” makes progress on the all-metric Hot Latin Songs chart, entering the top 20 (24-20) despite a decline in both sales and streams: Hot Latin Songs blends airplay, digital sales and streaming data.
Banda Los Recoditos Rules Regional Mexican Airplay: Over on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart, Banda Los Recoditos return to lead thanks to “Me Siento a Todo Dar,” the seventh single from the eponymous album, which jumps 3-1 in its 12th week.
“Me Siento a Todo Dar” rules with 6.15 million audience impressions, up 10%, earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 17. It’s a follow-up to “Llorando en Un Carro del Año” the album’s lead single which peaked at No. 3 in Nov. 2021.
Los Recoditos take the lead after almost three years when “Perfecta” topped for three weeks in 2019.
Pooh Shiesty was sentenced on Wednesday (April 20) to five years and three months in prison for a gun conspiracy conviction linked to an October 2020 incident in Florida.
The 22-year-old Memphis rapper, born Lontrell Williams, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kevin Michael Moore in Miami Federal Court following his plea deal with federal prosecutors to lower his sentence.
According to a copy of the deal filed in January, Shiesty copped to one charge of conspiracy to possess a firearm in furtherance of violent and drug-trafficking crimes. In return, prosecutors dropped three other counts, including a more serious charge that Shiesty fired the weapon himself.
The charges against him stem from an October 2020 shooting at the Landon Hotel in Bay Harbor Islands, Fla. According to prosecutors, Williams and two others drove to the hotel to buy marijuana and a pair of high-end sneakers but eventually ended up shooting the sellers they were meeting. Both victims survived.
Williams was indicted in June on four counts related to the shooting. In addition to the charges of conspiracy to possess a firearm and discharging a firearm, he was also hit with two additional counts of robbery in violation of the federal Hobbs Act. The case had been scheduled for trial in October, when Williams notified the court that he wanted to reach a plea agreement.
The judge gave Williams credit for the year he’s already spent in custody, according to Rolling Stone. If he gets credit for good behavior, Williams could be out of prison in about three and a half years.
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