Michelle Donelan, a former WWE marketing manager who was Boris Johnson’s Education Secretary for just 48 hours, is to replace Nadine Dorries as Culture Secretary in UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’ first cabinet.
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Thania Garcia For Shazam’s 20th birthday, the music discovery app compiled a list of its most searched artists and songs and found that Drake holds the title as the top artist with 350 million Shazams. Across the songs he has led or featured on, Drake’s “One Dance” is his most sought-after track at over 17 million Shazams.Shazam launched the first version of their tool back in August of 2002 when they experimented with a text message service based in the UK.
Users could identify songs by dialing “2580” on their phone and holding the device up to a speaker as a song played. They were then sent an SMS message telling them the song title and the name of the artist.
At the time, the most Shazamed song was “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley. Shazam would later appear on the app store in 2008 and launched its Andriod version in October of the same year.
By June of 2021, the app had over 1 billion Shazams per month and as of this week, it has officially surpassed 70 billion song recognitions. Today the 20-year-old platform boasts over 225 million global monthly users.The acknowledgments continue with the most Shazamed song of all time going to Australian singer Tones And I for 2019’s “Dance Monkey,” which collected over 41 million Shazams.Shazam also observed the most searched songs in seven genres: “Can’t Hold Us” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat.
Michelle Donelan, a former WWE marketing manager who was Boris Johnson’s Education Secretary for just 48 hours, is to replace Nadine Dorries as Culture Secretary in UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’ first cabinet.
Kate Garraway put on a brave face on Thursday ahead of her upcoming 17th wedding anniversary to husband Derek Draper.MORE: Kate Garraway moved to tears on air amid husband Derek's health setbackThe GMB host, 55, looked beautiful as she smiled whilst wearing a vibrant Thread Bare satin wrap dress which was in a fabulous shade of pink and adorned with two floral patterns.WATCH: Kate Garraway finds reason to smile amid Derek's health woesThe star reshared the photo to her Instagram Stories, above the photo read the words: "Thursday, @kategarraway wearing @thread.bareapparel."READ: Kate Garraway shares moving update amid Derek Draper's recoverySEE: Kate Garraway's major home renovations for husband Derek revealedThe smiley update came ahead of the journalists' upcoming wedding anniversary to husband Derek on September 10. Kate looked beautifulDerek has been battling with his health since March 2020, when he contracted Covid.
Kate Garraway is devastated at the idea of not spending her wedding anniversary with husband Derek Draper, according to reports.
An emotional Robert Rinder praised Good Morning Britain co-host Kate Garraway as "sunshine in human form" on Tuesday 23 August's show amid her husband's ongoing health battle. He was speaking after Kate, 55, was shortlisted in the National Television Awards 2022 for her latest documentary about her family life, as husband Derek Draper fights long-term complications since being hospitalised with Covid in 2020.
Drake has been named by Shazam as their most-searched artist.The music-searching app is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, having initially launched in August 2002 as a UK-based text messaging service.To mark the milestone, Shazam has now shared a list of its most-searched artists and songs over the course of the past two decades.Drake has come out on top of their most-searched artist chart, picking up over 350million Shazams across songs that the Canadian artist has led or featured on. The rapper’s 2016 single ‘One Dance’ is his most popular track, registering over 17 million Shazams on the app.Tones And I‘s ‘Dance Monkey’ holds the record for the most Shazamed song ever, with 41million Shazams registered.
Gerard Butler has paid tribute to his friend Darius Campbell Danesh, saying he has been left “devastated” by the death of his “brother in arms” last week.
Fans across the globe are mourning the death of Scots Pop Idol star Darius Campbell Danesh after he passed away at the age of 41.
Darius Danesh Campbell’s hit Colourblind has climbed to the top of the charts, almost exactly 20 years after it first went to number one. The singer and theatre performer was tragically found dead in his apartment in Minnesota last week, with his family confirming the news of his death on Tuesday 16 August. He was 41 years old.
Former Pop Idol hosts Ant and Dec paid a touching tribute to the late Darius Campbell Danesh after news of his death broke.
Former Pop Idol co-hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have broken their silence following the death of Darius Campbell Danesh, remembering "many laughs" with the Scottish singer.The TV presenting duo paid tribute to the 41-year-old, who finished third behind winner Will Young, 43, and Gareth Gates, 38, in the first Pop Idol series on ITV in 2002. Darius also appeared on an episode of their Ant and Dec's entertainment show Saturday Night Takeaway. His tragic death was announced by his family on Tuesday after the songwriter and theatre star was found unresponsive in his US apartment on August 11.
Former Pop Idol judge Pete Waterman has said Darius Campbell Danesh "could have gone on to be bigger than Michael Buble" in a moving tribute. Waterman, 75, joined others from the music industry in remembering the Scottish singer and theatre star, who tragically died aged 41.The Glasgow-born performer's family announced his death in a statement on Tuesday, after he was found unresponsive in bed in his apartment room in Rochester, Minnesota, on August 11. Local police confirmed there were "no signs of intent or suspicious circumstances", with the cause of his sudden death unknown at this stage, according to the family.
A heartbreaking call has revealed the moment Darius Campbell Danesh was found unresponsive in bed. Former Pop Idol contestant and theatre star Darius, who was 41, tragically died at his apartment in Rochester, Minnesota on August 11.The cause of his death has not yet been confirmed.The singer, songwriter and actor first rose to fame on ITV show Popstars in 2001 performing a rendition of Britney Spears' Baby One More Time in his audition. He then won the nation's hearts on Pop Idol, coming third in the first series won by Will Young in 2002.
Darius Campbell Danesh was “really excited” about an upcoming appearance on a Pop Idol reunion show, just weeks before his tragic death on August 11, according to reports. The 41 year old star, who first shot to fame on Pop Stars back in 2001 before winning the nation’s hearts with his appearance on Pop Idol, was rumoured to be appearing on a reunion special alongside fellow alumni Will Young and Gareth Gates.
Simon Cowell has shared his own tribute following the tragic death of Darius Campbell Danesh. There was an outpouring of shock and sadness on Tuesday (August 16) when the family of the former Pop Idol contestant confirmed his unexpected passing, aged 41.