“I haven’t in years, honestly, but I remember— it was awhile ago now, maybe two or three years ago, I was pretty drunk after a night out. I listened to the whole thing. Top to bottom. The whole discography. Like, the whole thing. Either that, or every single song I really loved. It was actually… by the end of it, I was definitely really proud of all the stuff that we’d made! I don’t really know why I haven’t since then, I suppose I’ve been a little bit preoccupied with my stuff! But also, I’m singing them onstage as well, so yeah. I’m really really proud of what we did in the band, definitely.”
-Louis on if he listens to One Direction songs regularly. (2 April 2024)
via Billboard Brazil
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Madonna played the final shows of The Celebration Tour, closing her six-month trek with $225.4 million and 1.1 million tickets sold over 80 shows, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore.
The Celebration Tour is Madonna’s sixth trek to gross more than $100 million. The only other acts to achieve this are the Eagles, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and U2, making her the sole woman in this elite group.
The Celebration Tour pushes Madonna’s reported career total to $1.6 billion and – without accounting for the Brazil show – 12.8 million tickets.
Billboard
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Billboard USA Exclusion Zone Episode 11 (05/13/2023)
I'll be honest with you, last week I didn't do this episode of USA Exclusion Zone because I saw Alone by Kim Petras & Nicki Minaj debuted while I'm in the middle of taking care of finishing my college degree and just tuned out. Thankfully we only have five songs debuted but all of them are interesting.
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39. "UNFORGIVEN" by LE SSERAFIM ft. Nile Rodgers
I have been a fan of this girlband for sometimes ever since Fearless and this song really just solidified my opinion on them as one of the best girlband in the new generation. That guitar by Nile Rodgers is just bruhhhhh.
169. "Conexoes de Mafia" by Matue ft. Rich the Kid
Okay seems like we have another Brazilian song here and it's a trap rap song...wait why is Rich the Kid here? I guess it's fitting that he's here because this sounds like what trap song sounds like around 2018.
177. "Money Trees" by Kendrick Lamar ft. Jay Rock
I'm of the opinion that TikTok is filled the niche of Gen Z the same way YouTube does towards millennials. But with TikTok and how Billboard do their streaming tracking, it can make any songs that became a hit on TikTok to have some charting presence whether it's for better or worse. This one is definitely for the better because...it's a deepcut from Good Kid, m.A.A.d City which is a 9/10 album.
188. "Que Sera Sera" by Mrs. Green Apple
Tbh after the departure of Ayaka Yamanaka, this band weren't the same anymore. If I would describe this band now...Imagine if Panic! At The Disco but they made Pray for the Wicked right after A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
199. "Rosa Pastel" by Peso Pluma ft. Jasiel Nunez
You know I was vibing with this song...then the trumpets and horns happened.
I highly recommend everyone to listen to these songs.
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“My favourite album… I love Made In The A.M. and it’s also the latest— the last one. It’s intersting because we didn’t really tour that record, so I think there’s a lot of untapped potential in that record, for sure. But for me, Midnight Memories was a real moment for both us as artists and as songwriters. We were really getting opportunities that we wanted to as songwriters, I think the sonic and the sound of the record changed quite drastically from the record before, Take Me Home, so yeah, probably Midnight Memories.”
-Louis on his favourite One Direction album. (2 April 2024)
via Billboard Brazil
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My dear lgbt+ kids,
Here are some good things that happened in 2022!
January:
Canada bans conversion therapy
Greece allows gay men to donate blood (for the first time in 45 years!)
Israel legalizes surrogacy for gay couples
People in Switzerland are now able to legally change their gender without having to undergo surgery first
February:
New Zealand bans conversion therapy
Nonbinary people in Columbia are now entitled to a birth certificate with a "nonbinary" sex marker
Nayarit (Mexico) allows same-sex couples to adopt
Kuwait overrules a law that has been used to criminalize transgender people
Jowelle de Souza makes history as the first openly transgender parliamentarian in the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago)
March:
Chile legalizes same-sex marriage
France removes the deferral period for gay men donating blood
The United States announces an overhaul of TSA protocols to implement gender-neutral screening at checkpoints
Wales (United Kingdom) bans conversion therapy
Kristin Crowley makes history as the first openly gay (and the first female) chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department (United States)
Diana Zurco makes history as Argentina’s first openly transgender newscaster
April:
Santa Catarina (Brazil) now allows nonbinary people to change their gender marker without having to file a lawsuit
Jalisco (Mexico) bans conversion therapy
The United States issues the first passport with a nonbinary gender 'X' option
May:
Greece bans conversion therapy
Lithuania allows gay men to donate blood
Croatia allows same-sex couples to adopt
Austria removes the deferral period for gay men donating blood
June:
Hidalgo (Mexico) now punishes people offering conversion therapy with up to 3 years in prison
Quebec (Canada) allows people to be classified as a parent (rather than a mother or father) on their child's birth certificate
North Carolina (United States) no longer demands proof of surgery from people who wish to change their gender marker
Spain prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV status
Kamala Harris made history by hosting the first Pride Month reception by a sitting vice president at their residence (United States)
July:
Switzerland legalizes same-sex marriage
Antigua and Barbuda legalize "same-sex behavior"
Andorra decides to legalize same-sex marriage (the law will come into effect in 2023)
Slovenia legalizes both same-sex marriage and adoption
Ariana DeBose makes history as the first queer woman of color (and the first Afro-Latina) to win an Oscar for acting (United States)
August:
India expands the definition of family to include "queer relationships"
Chile equalizes the age of consent
In Saint Kitts and Nevis, same-sex activity is no longer illegal.
Vietnam declares that homosexuality is not a disease and bans conversion therapy
Ellia Green makes history as the first Olympian to come out as a trans man (Australia)
September:
In India, the State Medical Councils can now take disciplinary action against doctors who provide conversion therapy
Cuba legalizes both same-sex marriage and adoption
Durango (Mexico) legalize same-sex marriage
Canada removes the deferral period for gay men donating blood
Kim Petras and Sam Smith make history as the first openly transgender woman and the first openly nonbinary person to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 (United States)
October:
Latvia allows civil unions for same-sex couples
Paraguay bans conversion therapy
Byron Perkins makes history as the first out football player at HBCU (United States)
Duda Salabert and Erika Hilton make history as the first two openly transgender people elected to the National Congress of Brazil
November:
Singapore decriminalizes gay sex
Singapore also lifts censorship of lgbt+ media
Hidalgo becomes the first state in Mexico to recognize nonbinary people
Ireland removes the deferral period for gay men donating blood
December:
Barbados legalizes "same-sex acts"
Here is to more good news in 2023!
With all my love,
Your Tumblr Dad
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