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Hunter Plake’s “Elastic Heart” is #15 on iTunes, charts with Shawn Mendes

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Written by Giavanna Foster

Last night, NBC’s The Voice aired Hunter Plake’s “Elastic Heart” performance. Today, Hunter’s “Elastic Heart” cover is in the top 15 of iTunes’s pop charts. He is featured in the top 20 of YouTube Trending. Here’s the scoop:

Hunter Plake sang his rendition of “Elastic Heart” by Sia during The Voice‘s live playoffs. Today, this video landed the #17 and #18 positions on YouTube’s trending list. It is featured in the Top 20 on YouTube Trending. Also, Hunter’s performance has over 423,000 YouTube views. In less than 24 hours, this viral video is approaching 500,000 YouTube views.

Hunter Plake’s “Elastic Heart” cover is #15 on the iTunes pop charts. Today, he is in the top 15 with Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga. Also, Hunter Plake’s “I Want to Know What Love Is” cover is #24 on the iTunes pop charts. Hunter Plake, Ed Sheeran, and Shawn Mendes are listed in this order on today’s pop charts. Hunter is featured in iTunes as a trending search topic.

After Hunter Plake was informed of this news, he tweeted his reaction:

Hunter’s signature sound shined during this performance. His original alternative style is radio-friendly and similar to Coldplay. Hunter Plake sang every note with emotional depth. Hunter created the live atmosphere of a concert with his technicality and stage presence. Onstage, Hunter Plake consistently shines as a true artist.

Hunter Plake’s “Dancing on My Own” duet is also trending on YouTube. This cover was featured in the top 10 of iTunes. On The Voice, Hunter Plake advanced to season 12’s top 12. He was saved from elimination with the public vote. Click here to see the Team Gwen elimination clip.

After Hunter was saved from elimination, he thanked his fans:

NBC’s The Voice airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 8/ 7c. Stay tuned.

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Demi Lovato, Shawn Mendes, Alessia Cara, Hailee Steinfeld shine at 2017 Rockin’ Eve

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Written by Giavanna Foster

This year’s Rockin’ Eve, hosted by Ryan Seacrest, was a nationally televised spectacle. According to USA Today, 11.6 million people tuned in to the 2017 Rockin Eve event. Viewers experienced live performances streamed from New Orleans, Times Square, Hollywood, and St. Maarten. This year’s televised special featured celebrity artists who inspired the crowds. Demi Lovato, Shawn Mendes, Alessia Cara, and Hailee Steinfeld shined among the 2017 Rockin’ Eve standouts.

Demi Lovato’s tropical performance in St. Maarten was unforgettable. Celebrity Cruises hosted Lovato’s performance, which was in this Caribbean island. Demi experienced an exclusive tour of the boats in St. Maarten before her performance. With over 37 million social media fans, Demi Lovato is a true inspiration and people around the world can relate to her. Lovato united large crowds with her authentic performance of “Confident” at the 2017 Rockin’ Eve event. This live show featured purple and blue lighting, rock guitars and dynamic vocals. Click the icon below to watch Demi Lovato perform “Confident”:

Shawn Mendes’s live New York City performance created an atmosphere of joy and brought large crowds together. Mendes performed “Treat You Better”, a song about self-love and respect. In this song, Mendes sings about how he loves the girl and wants her to only settle for a man who will respect her. Shawn Mendes also performed this song as part of his set at the sold-out Madison Square Garden. (This live album is available to download on iTunes.) Mendes’s performance featured backdrops of fireworks, green lighting, smooth guitar riffs, and raw vocals. This relaxing, feel-good performance united large crowds of fans. Click the icon below to watch Shawn Mendes perform “Treat You Better”:

Alessia Cara performed live in Hollywood and inspired audiences with her set. Cara performed “Wild Things” and “Scars to Your Beautiful” at this year’s Rockin Eve event. “Wild Things” captures the spirit of spontaneity and liberty. However, “Scars to Your Beautiful” is an empowering body-positive anthem. Cara also sang this song on the Ellen show. “Scars to Your Beautiful” is Cara’s second top 40 Billboard hit. In this song, Cara sings about self-acceptance while stating that the idea of beauty should not be limited to one definition. The live performance at Rockin Eve featured raw vocals and a slide show of photographs to celebrate beauty and individuality. Click the icon below to watch Alessia Cara perform “Scars to Your Beautiful”:

Hailee Steinfeld performed “Starving” in Los Angeles. “Starving” is Steinfeld’s collaboration with electronic artists Zedd and Grey. This single is available to download on iTunes. This energetic performance featured electric blue backdrops, backup dancers and synchronized dance moves. With over 500k Twitter followers, Hailee Steinfeld united large crowds by performing her upbeat party tune. Steinfeld pumped up the crowd while the audience and her backup dancers, danced to the catchy music.

Millions of viewers tuned in to watch the New Year’s Rockin Eve event to ring in the new year, and they also learned more about American cultural traditions. For example, Lucy Hale had a great time while hosting the countdown from New Orleans. Here, she learned about the traditional Louisiana fleur-de-lis drop. Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, hosted by Ryan Seacrest, always brings crowds together to experience unforgettable moments and watch artists who inspire with their live music. This Rockin Eve was no exception, as 11 million viewers rang in the new year together with Ryan Seacrest on ABC.

What’s next for these Rockin Eve performers? Hailee Steinfeld is nominated at this year’s Golden Globes awards show. Alessia Cara, Shawn Mendes, and Demi Lovato are nominated at this year’s iHeartRadio music awards.

Looks like 2017 is off to an exciting start. Stay tuned.

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Interested in more news? See the following links:

AMAs | Shawn Mendes NYRE Pictures

Billboard | Alessia Cara’s “Scars…” Second Top 40 Hit

Billboard | Times Square Highlights include Gloria Estefan, DNCE

Celebrity Cruises Presents Demi Lovato | Official Site

Just Jared | Read 2017 New Year Celebrity Tweets

Demi Lovato, Shawn Mendes, Alessia Cara to perform at 2017 Rockin Eve

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Written by Giavanna Foster

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve is a must-see New Year’s staple. Last year, 35 million people watched the Rockin Eve ceremony on ABC. These Nielsen ratings prove that the New Year’s Rockin’ Eve television program is in high demand. Taylor Swift, Nick Jonas, Rihanna, Justin Bieber and Demi Lovato are among the list of celebrities who have performed at previous Rockin Eve ceremonies. This year is Rockin Eve’s forty-fifth anniversary of bringing large crowds together.

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Demi Lovato, Shawn Mendes, and Alessia Cara will perform at the 2017 Rockin’ Eve ceremony. Grammy-nominated artist Demi Lovato’s feature performance will be streamed from her show in St. Maarten, a stop on her Celebrity Cruises tour. Lovato was featured in Billboard magazine as well as the June/ July 2016 cover of Latina Magazine. Demi’s latest album, Confident, received a well-deserved Grammy nomination in the Best Pop Vocal Album category. With over 40 million Twitter followers, Demi inspires her fans to stay strong as a recording artist, actress, and philanthropist.

Demi’s “Silent Night” video, dedicated to her fans, helps celebrate the Honda Civic Tour’s fifteenth anniversary.

Shawn Mendes’s live album, Live at Madison Square Garden, will be released this Friday. He sent this tweet to confirm the news to his fans. His latest album, Illuminate, is the second album to hit No. 1 on Billboard. Mendes, who toured with Taylor Swift, now has over 8 million Twitter followers. Also, he recently performed at the sold-out Madison Square Garden arena. msg-sold-out

Mendes is also featured in Billboard magazine. Mendes, a platinum-selling artist, is achieving surreal success and has a very bright future ahead of him. Click the icon below to watch a featured song from Mendes’s sold-out performance at the Madison Square Garden arena:

Rising new artist Alessia Cara has over 281 million YouTube views and 1 million+ subscribers. Cara is known for her singles “Here” and “Wild Things”; both are certified as multi-platinum hit records. She is also featured on the cover of Billboard magazine. Recently, Cara’s version of “How Far I’ll Go”, the Moana soundtrack, gained over 10 million YouTube views. (The Rock and Auli’i Cravalho star as the main characters in Moana.) Click the icon below to watch Cara’s Moana-themed video:

Ryan Seacrest will host the 2017 Rockin’ Eve ceremony. Also, Lucy Hale will be hosting the Rockin’ Eve countdown from New Orleans.

Hale sent this tweet to confirm the news to her 6 million followers:

The full performers list includes Demi Lovato, Shawn Mendes, Alessia Cara, Hailee Steinfeld, Martin Garrix, Lionel Richie, and Gloria Estefan.

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest airs December 31 at 8 p.m. on ABC. Cheers to a new year filled with joy and new opportunities.

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Interested in more news? See the following links below:

Best Pop Vocal Album Nominees | 59th GRAMMYs

Full Performance Gallery List | 2017 Rockin Eve ceremony

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest Website

Lionel Richie to join Rockin’ Eve 2017, kick off New Year from Las Vegas

Hailee Steinfeld, Alessia Cara, Mike Posner & More Added to ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ Lineup

Shawn Mendes tops charts with “Illuminate”

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Written by Giavanna Foster

Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes is experiencing major success with Illuminate, released on September 23. The success of the record has led to opportunities to appear on America’s top shows. Mendes recently made appearances on Ellen, the Tonight Show, and Ryan Seacrest. 

Shawn Mendes appeared on Ellen to talk about his new album and concert tour. Ellen announced that Mendes sold out his Madison Square Garden tour in 5 minutes. Ellen congratulated Shawn live while talking about his self-growth as a recording artist. The YouTube clip of Shawn’s Ellen appearance now has over 1.4 million views on YouTube.

 

Later, Ellen tweeted about Shawn’s live TV appearance:

Jimmy Fallon stated that Mendes is “one of the hottest names in pop music”. Then, Shawn Mendes delivered an effortless performance of “Treat You Better” with the Roots on The Tonight Show. This song raises awareness about domestic violence while shining a light on opportunities for help and guidance. The YouTube clip of Mendes’ “Treat You Better” performance clip now has over 1 million views.

When Mendes made his live appearance with Ryan Seacrest, he shared that he grew from touring with Taylor Swift as the opening act. Swift is a powerful influence towards Mendes’ career. Mendes says that touring with her was more of an experience and less of a show because he had the opportunity to share real, live music with the audience. Mendes said that hard work always shapes an artist’s success. Mendes then mentioned Swift as an example; she became one of the best-selling artists in the world.

Click on the tweet below to listen to Shawn’s interview with Ryan Seacrest:

According to the latest news, Illuminate is #1 on the iTunes albums chart. Two of Mendes’ songs from the album are also in the top 20 on the iTunes pop songs chart. “Treat You Better” earned the #6 slot and “Mercy” earned the #20 slot. “Treat You Better” also peaked at the #6 slot. Billboard predicts that Illuminate will be Mendes’ second album to hit #1 on the Billboard 100 charts. Shawn Mendes is a force to be reckoned with. He attracts millions of followers on social media with his authenticity, drive, and focus.

Shawn Mendes has a message for his fans. Click the picture below to hear it.

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2016 Kids Choice Awards recap

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Written by Giavanna Foster

The 2016 Kids Choice Awards took place on March 12 at The Forum in Inglewood. Blake Shelton, a coach and mentor on The Voice, hosted this year’s Kids Choice Awards. The opening skit was enjoyable as it showed Shelton’s genuine persona and good sense of humor in relating to live audiences.

Pop artist Ariana Grande received the Favorite Female Singer award. Pop star Justin Bieber received the Favorite Male Singer award. Rising star Shawn Mendes won the award for Favorite New Music Artist. Zendaya won the award for Favorite TV Star in KC Undercover.  In Zendaya’s winning speech, she expressed her devotion to provide children with positive television programming that helps to encourage moral family values and high self-esteem. Jennifer Lawrence received the Favorite Movie Actress award for playing the role of Katniss in The Hunger Games. Also, Just Dance 2016 received the Favorite Video Game award.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens was honored with the Favorite Movie award. Honestly, I am a huge fan of the Star Wars sequel and they deserve this award and recognition. As a billion-dollar franchise, Star Wars is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records for being the most successful film merchandising franchise in the entertainment industry.

Charlie Puth and Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again” performance was soulful and moving. Joe Jonas’ comic-themed performance with DNCE was lively and colorful. DNCE entered center stage before performing “Cake by the Ocean” on top of a large cake-shaped prop. During this performance, Joe Jonas ran through the audience singing to fans with high energy in a way that impressed the audience.

Adele’s new hit single “Hello” was honored with the Favorite Song Award.  In addition to Adele’s win, “Hello” is a global phenomenon that moved the world with her pure artistry. It now has over 1.3 billion views on YouTube.

 

Click here to view the compilation of 2016 #KCAs winners.