Hello (Adele)

This is a no surprise and no brainer.  After a 3 year drought hearing her voice and composition, Adele indeed made a splash and set music records.

Debuting at number 1 in Hot100.

It's not as great as Someone Like You or Set Fire To The Rain, but it's Adele.

The Hills (The Weeknd)

This guy is having the time of his life - replacing himself on the top spot.  Yes, last post was about Biebs but a week after, Can't Feel My Face rebound to top spot and now being replaced by The Hills from the same guy.

I haven't listened to it but enjoy!

What Do You Want (Justin Bieber)

After the replace-me-replace-you at #Hot100 between Cheerleader and Can't Feel My Face, #JustinBieber came out of nowhere and debut at 1 of #Billboard singles chart.  This is his first #1 single.

It's a fine music but since it came from the Biebs, I will pass.

Can't Feel My Face (The Weeknd)

The Weeknd snatched the top spot (as of this writing, this song slipped to 2nd place - Cheerleader rebounded to 1st place) from OMI's Cheerleader.  I haven't had the chance to listen and go deeper with the song but so far songs from this guy are a-OK but I will suspend my verdict.

Cheerleader (OMI)

Whew! Glad #Billboard has a new number 1 #Hot100 song. 

OMI's #Cheerleader which has a reggae summer vibe and it suits me very fine.

This song displaces #SeeYouAgain which reclaimed the top spot kicking #BadBlood. 

See you again spent 12 non consecutive weeks at the top.

Bad Blood (Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar)

And just like that there's a new Billboard ruler.  It's no surprise that Swifties rule the charts with the unprecedented music video appeal of Bad Blood (the song penned by Taylor dissing Katy).

See You Again (Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth)

Finally, after spending 14 consecutive weeks at the top of Billboard - Uptown Funk was dethroned by Furious7 OST single - "See You Again". Hopefully it continues to funk downwards.

See You Again is a very good tribute not only to the franchise but to Paul Walker, touching but personally, not a fan of Wiz but to each his own.

Mark Ronson's song will sure to be nominated for Song and Record of the Year at the 2016 Grammys. High chances to become also 2015's song of the year.

Uptown Funk places 2nd in Billboard History spending longest weeks in number 1 position. The song ties with other 6 records - "I Will Always Love You", "I'll Make Love To You", "Macarena", "Candle In The Wind (97)", "I Gotta Feeling", and "We Belong Together".

Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's "One Sweet Day" remained the reigning and undisputed longest number 1 song (for 19 years) that ruled for 16 weeks.

And yes - this is one of my birthday wishes. Long live the divaaaahhhhh!

The 57th Annual Grammy Awards (Winners)

Winners of music's biggest night...

Record of the Year: Sam Smith, Stay With Me

Song of the Year: "Stay With Me," Sam Smith

Album of the Year: Beck, Morning Phase

Best Country Album: Miranda Lambert, Platinum

Best R&B Performance: "Drunk in Love," Beyonce feat. Jay Z

Best Rock Album: Beck, Morning Phase

Best Pop Vocal Album: Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour

Best Pop Solo Performance: “Happy,” Pharrell Williams

Best New Artist: Sam Smith

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Max Martin for “Bang Bang,” “Break Free,” “Dark Horse,” “Problem,” “Shake It Off,” “Unconditionally”

Best Folk Album: Old Crow Medicine Show, Remedy

Best Americana Album: Rosanne Cash, The River and the Thread

Best American Roots Song: “A Feather’s Not a Bird,” Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal

Best American Roots Performance: “A Feather’s Not a Bird,” Rosanne Cash

Best R&B Album: Toni Braxton & Babyface, Love Marriage Divorce

Best Urban Contemparry Album: Pharrell Williams, Girl

Best R&B Song: “Drunk in Love,” Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko, songwriters (Beyoncé feat. Jay Z)

Best Traditional R&B Performance: “Jesus Children,” Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Malcolm Jamal Warner & Lalah Hathaway

Best Rap Album: Eminem, Marshall Mathers LP2

Best Rap Song: “I,” K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "The Monster," Eminem feat. Rihanna

Best Rap Performance: “I,” Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "The Monster," Eminem feat. Rihanna

Best Rap Performance: “I,” Kendrick Lamar

Best Comedy Album: Weird Al Yankovich, Mandatory Fun

Best Spoken Word Album: Joan Rivers, Diary of a Mad Diva

Best Blues Album: Johnny Winter, Step Back

Best Alternative Music Album: St. Vincent, St. Vincent

Best Rock Song: "Ain’t It Fun," Hayley Williams and Taylor York

Best Metal Performance: "Last in Line," Tenacious D

Best Rock Performance: "Lazaretto,” Jack White

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer, Bass and Mandolin

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Cheek to Cheek

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Say Something,” Great Big World & Christina Aguilera

Best Bluegrass Album: The Earls of Leicester, The Earls of Leicester

Best Country Song: "I'm Not Going to Miss You," Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)

Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “Gentle on My Mind,” The Band Perry

Best Country Solo Performance: “Something in the Water,” Carrie Underwood

Best Music Film: 20 Feet From Stardom, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill

Best Music video: "Happy," Pharrell Williams

Best Song Written for Visual Media: "Let It Go," Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel)

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat, composer

Best compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Frozen, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan, compilation producers

Best Musical Theater Album: Beautiful: the Carole King Musical, Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell & Billy Jay Stein, producers (Carole King, composer & lyricist)

Best Latin Jazz Album: Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, The Offense of the Drum

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Life in the Bubble

Best Jazz Instrumental: “Trilogy,” Chick Corea Trio

Best Jazz Vocal Album: Dianne Reeves, Beautiful Life

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:: “Fingerprints,” Chick Corea

Best Dance/Electronic Album: “Syro,” Aphex Twin

Best Dance Recording: “Rather Be,” Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne

Best Tropical Latin Album: Carlos Vives, Mas + Corazon Profundo

Best Regional Mexican Music Album: Vicente Fernandez, Mano a Mano

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative: Calle 13, Multiviral

Best Latin Pop Album: Ruben Blades, Tangos

Best Roots Gospel Album: Mike Farris, Shine For All the People

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: For King and Country, Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong

Best Gospel Album: Erica Campbell, Help

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: “Messengers,” Lecrae feat. For King and Country

Best Gospel Performance/Song: “No Greater Love,” Smokie Norful & Aaron W. Lindsey, songwriters (Smokie Norful)

Best Contemporary Classical Composition: John Luther Adams, Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)

Best Classical Compendium: Partch, Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album Anne Sofie Von Otter, Douce France (Carl Bagge, Margareta Bengston, Mats Bergström, Per Ekdahl, Bengan Janson, Olle Linder & Antoine Tamestit)

Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Jason Vieaux, Play

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe, In 27 Pieces - The Hilary Hahn Encores

Best Choral Performance: Craig Hella Johnson, The Sacred Spirit of Russia (Conspirare)

Best Opera Recording: Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphée Aux Enfers

Best Orchestral Performance: John Adams (City Noir)

Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman

Best Surround Sound Album: Beyonce, Beyonce

Best Remixed Recording Non-Classical: “All of Me (Tiesto’s Birthday Treatment Remix,” Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer (John Legend)

Best Engineered Album Non-Classical: Beck, Morning Phase

Best Historical Album: Hank Williams, The Garden Spot Programs, 1950

Best Album Notes: John Coltrane, Offering: Live at Temple University

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Jack White, Susan Archie & Dean Blackwood, The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Vol. One (1917-27)

Best Recording Package: Pearl Jam, Lighting Bolt

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) : “New York Tendaberry,” Billy Childs feat. Renee Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or a Capella: “Daft Punk,” Pentatonix

Best InstrumentRecord of the Year: Sam Smith, Stay With Me

Song of the Year: "Stay With Me," Sam Smith

Album of the Year: Beck, Morning Phase

Best Country Album: Miranda Lambert, Platinum

Best R&B Performance: "Drunk in Love," Beyonce feat. Jay Z

Best Rock Album: Beck, Morning Phase

Best Pop Vocal Album: Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour

Best Pop Solo Performance: “Happy,” Pharrell Williams

Best New Artist: Sam Smith

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Max Martin for “Bang Bang,” “Break Free,” “Dark Horse,” “Problem,” “Shake It Off,” “Unconditionally”

Best Folk Album: Old Crow Medicine Show, Remedy

Best Americana Album: Rosanne Cash, The River and the Thread

Best American Roots Song: “A Feather’s Not a Bird,” Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal

Best American Roots Performance: “A Feather’s Not a Bird,” Rosanne Cash

Best R&B Album: Toni Braxton & Babyface, Love Marriage Divorce

Best Urban Contemparry Album: Pharrell Williams, Girl

Best R&B Song: “Drunk in Love,” Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko, songwriters (Beyoncé feat. Jay Z)

Best Traditional R&B Performance: “Jesus Children,” Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Malcolm Jamal Warner & Lalah Hathaway

Best Rap Album: Eminem, Marshall Mathers LP2

Best Rap Song: “I,” K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "The Monster," Eminem feat. Rihanna

Best Rap Performance: “I,” Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "The Monster," Eminem feat. Rihanna

Best Rap Performance: “I,” Kendrick Lamar

Best Comedy Album: Weird Al Yankovich, Mandatory Fun

Best Spoken Word Album: Joan Rivers, Diary of a Mad Diva

Best Blues Album: Johnny Winter, Step Back

Best Alternative Music Album: St. Vincent, St. Vincent

Best Rock Song: "Ain’t It Fun," Hayley Williams and Taylor York

Best Metal Performance: "Last in Line," Tenacious D

Best Rock Performance: "Lazaretto,” Jack White

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer, Bass and Mandolin

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Cheek to Cheek

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Say Something,” Great Big World & Christina Aguilera

Best Bluegrass Album: The Earls of Leicester, The Earls of Leicester

Best Country Song: "I'm Not Going to Miss You," Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)

Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “Gentle on My Mind,” The Band Perry

Best Country Solo Performance: “Something in the Water,” Carrie Underwood

Best Music Film: 20 Feet From Stardom, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill

Best Music video: "Happy," Pharrell Williams

Best Song Written for Visual Media: "Let It Go," Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel)

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat, composer

Best compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Frozen, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan, compilation producers

Best Musical Theater Album: Beautiful: the Carole King Musical, Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell & Billy Jay Stein, producers (Carole King, composer & lyricist)

Best Latin Jazz Album: Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, The Offense of the Drum

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Life in the Bubble

Best Jazz Instrumental: “Trilogy,” Chick Corea Trio

Best Jazz Vocal Album: Dianne Reeves, Beautiful Life

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:: “Fingerprints,” Chick Corea

Best Dance/Electronic Album: “Syro,” Aphex Twin

Best Dance Recording: “Rather Be,” Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne

Best Tropical Latin Album: Carlos Vives, Mas + Corazon Profundo

Best Regional Mexican Music Album: Vicente Fernandez, Mano a Mano

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative: Calle 13, Multiviral

Best Latin Pop Album: Ruben Blades, Tangos

Best Roots Gospel Album: Mike Farris, Shine For All the People

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: For King and Country, Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong

Best Gospel Album: Erica Campbell, Help

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: “Messengers,” Lecrae feat. For King and Country

Best Gospel Performance/Song: “No Greater Love,” Smokie Norful & Aaron W. Lindsey, songwriters (Smokie Norful)

Best Contemporary Classical Composition: John Luther Adams, Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)

Best Classical Compendium: Partch, Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album Anne Sofie Von Otter, Douce France (Carl Bagge, Margareta Bengston, Mats Bergström, Per Ekdahl, Bengan Janson, Olle Linder & Antoine Tamestit)

Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Jason Vieaux, Play

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe, In 27 Pieces - The Hilary Hahn Encores

Best Choral Performance: Craig Hella Johnson, The Sacred Spirit of Russia (Conspirare)

Best Opera Recording: Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphée Aux Enfers

Best Orchestral Performance: John Adams (City Noir)

Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman

Best Surround Sound Album: Beyonce, Beyonce

Best Remixed Recording Non-Classical: “All of Me (Tiesto’s Birthday Treatment Remix,” Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer (John Legend)

Best Engineered Album Non-Classical: Beck, Morning Phase

Best Historical Album: Hank Williams, The Garden Spot Programs, 1950

Best Album Notes: John Coltrane, Offering: Live at Temple University

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Jack White, Susan Archie & Dean Blackwood, The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Vol. One (1917-27)

Best Recording Package: Pearl Jam, Lighting Bolt

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) : “New York Tendaberry,” Billy Childs feat. Renee Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or a Capella: “Daft Punk,” Pentatonix

Best Instrumental Composition: “The Book Thief,” John Williams

Best Children's Album: I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World

Best World Music Album: Angelique Kidjo, Eve

Best Reggae Album: Ziggy Marley, Fly Rasta

Best Regional Music Album: Jo-El Sonnier, The Legacy

Best New Age Album: Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman, Winds of Samsara

al Composition: “The Book Thief,” John Williams

Best Children's Album: I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World

Best World Music Album: Angelique Kidjo, Eve

Best Reggae Album: Ziggy Marley, Fly Rasta

Best Regional Music Album: Jo-El Sonnier, The Legacy

Best New Age Album: Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman, Winds of Samsara