By Mary Chang on Thursday, 6th September 2018 at 6:00 pm
Scottish dance giant Calvin Harris‘s latest new tune stars fellow hitmaker Sam Smith on vocals. The song in question, ‘Promises’, now has its own music video. It was directed by Harris’ longtime collaborator Emil Nava and was filmed “in a gritty downtown warehouse-turned-dancing-paradise”. As one might expect for a dance floor banger, it gets the dancing-inclined out on the floor, specifically in this promo some prime voguers. You know, those people who you see at clubs, oozing with so much charisma you just can’t look away when they take all of the attention in the room. In this video, we even get a few twirls from and closeups of Smith himself! Watch it below. ‘Promises’ is out now on from Columbia Records. Catch our past coverage on Calvin Harris and Sam Smith here on TGTF through this and this link, respectively.
Ed Sheeran has been named as the most streamed artist worldwide in 2014, with his album ‘X’ being streamed over 430 million times since it was released in June.
Music streaming service Spotify revealed that the singer/songwriter beat the likes of Eminem and Coldplay to the top spot, based on data collected from over 50 million users across the world. Calvin Harris and Katy Perry make up the remainder of the top five. Speaking about his achievement, Sheeran said, “It’s a great thing to be above so many amazing artists who I’d assume would be streamed more than me.”
However, despite his successes in the streaming charts, Ed Sheeran failed to make the top five tracks globally. Singer/songwriter, rapper and producer Pharrell Williams took the top spot with ‘Happy (from Despicable Me 2)’, which beat off competition from Clean Bandit‘s ‘Rather Be (ft. Jess Glynne)’ and Calvin Harris’s ‘Summer’. Katy Perry’s ‘Dark Horse’ and John Legend‘s ‘All of Me’ complete the top five.
Steve Savoca, head of content at Spotify, said: “This has been a phenomenal year for a rich variety of amazing artists on Spotify. Over 50 million dedicated music fans listened to more than 7 billion listening hours in 2014 alone.” He added: “Huge congratulations to Ed Sheeran on achieving most-streamed album on Spotify for the wildly successful ‘X’, and also for earning the overall most streamed artist of 2014 thanks to his dedicated fans on Spotify.”
Ed Sheeran’s success in the streaming chart is largely down to timing. His album X, which is available on Spotify, was released a couple of weeks before he took to the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury 2014. In the same month, it was announced that the Official Charts Company would be counting audio streams within their chart data. Following his performance on “The X Factor” on Sunday, October 26th, 2014, the singer’s third single ‘Thinking Out Loud’ was streamed over 1,638,000 times in a week. Not bad, eh?
However, not all artists have been as supportive of music streaming services. Quite famously, Taylor Swift made the move to withdraw all of her music from Spotify at the start of November 2014, as she believes artists don’t receive enough money from the service. Other famous artists who are missing from such services include AC/DC and The Beatles.
The streaming results, which includes artists we’ve written a lot on TGTF about including Coldplay, Glass Animals and Hozier, in full:
Top five global artists
1. Ed Sheeran
2. Eminem
3. Coldplay
4. Calvin Harris
5. Katy Perry
Top five global males
1. Ed Sheeran
2. Eminem
3. Calvin Harris
4. Avicii
5. David Guetta
Top five global females
1. Katy Perry
2. Ariana Grande
3. Lana Del Rey
4. Beyoncé
5. Lorde
Top five global groups
1. Coldplay
2. Imagine Dragons
3. Maroon 5
4. OneRepublic
5. One Direction
Top five global tracks
1. Happy (from Despicable Me 2) – Pharrell Williams
2. Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne) – Clean Bandit
3. Summer – Calvin Harris
4. Dark Horse – Katy Perry
5. All of Me – John Legend
Top five global albums
1. X – Ed Sheeran
2. In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
3. The New Classic – Iggy Azalea
4. G I R L – Pharrell Williams
5. My Everything – Ariana Grande
Top five global viral tracks
1. Take Me to Church – Hozier
2. Gooey – Glass Animals
3. Ojos Color Sol – Calle 13
4. Coffee – Sylvan Esso
5. Hey Mami – Sylvan Esso
Most streamed artists in UK
1. Ed Sheeran
2. Arctic Monkeys
3. Eminem
4. Sam Smith
5. Coldplay
Most streamed tracks in UK
1. Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne) – Clean Bandit
2. Happy – Pharrell Williams
3. Waves (Robin Schulz Radio Edit) – M Probz
4. All of Me – John Legend
5. Stay With Me – Sam Smith
Most streamed albums in UK
1. X – Ed Sheeran
2. In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
3. Wanted On Voyage – George Ezra
4. The New Classic – Iggy Azalea
5. G I R L – Pharrell Williams
Top viral tracks in UK
1. Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) – Baz Luhrmann
2. Gooey – Glass Animals
3. Everyone Is Gay – A Great Big World
4. Take Me To Church – Hozier
5. Far From Any Road – The Handsome Family
Taking place at London’s Roundhouse throughout the duration of September, the line-up also includes the likes of David Guetta, young Australians 5 Seconds of Summer, Kylie Minogue and American hitmakers Maroon 5.
Tickets for each of the gigs are free to competition winners and the shows will be live streamed via iTunes or on Apple TV.
Speaking about the festival, Kasabian said, “We’re very proud to be in this year’s iTunes Festival line-up, and we are excited to be playing alongside so many great artists. We have had a huge year so far. Expect some surprises!”
Robert Plant, who headlines the festival on Monday the 8th of September, added, “We’ve been roaring around the world this summer from Morocco to the Arctic Circle. The band is on fire. It’s now time to shake it on down in NW1.”
The iTunes Festival 2014 line-up so far is as follows:
Tuesday 2nd September 2014 – Beck
Wednesday 3rd September 2014 – David Guetta
Thursday 4th September 2014 – 5 Seconds of Summer
Friday 5th September 2014 – Kasabian
Sunday 7th September 2014 – Calvin Harris and Kiesza
Monday 8th September 2014 – Robert Plant
Tuesday 9th September – Sam Smith
Wednesday 10th September 2014 – Pharrell Williams and Jungle
Thursday 11th September 2014 – Maroon 5
Tuesday 16th September 2014 – Blondie and Chrissie Hynde
Saturday 27th September 2014 – Kylie Minogue
Further artists are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. In its 7-year history, the iTunes Festival has played host to a vast array of big names, including Oasis, Lady Gaga and Arctic Monkeys.
The festival made its debut in the US earlier this year with a five day run at the Moody Theatre in Austin, Texas during SXSW 2014.Coldplay, Kendrick Lamar and Pitbull were amongst the artists on the line-up.
For further information about the iTunes Festival including ticket applications, visit the official Web site.
By Mary Chang on Wednesday, 21st August 2013 at 9:00 am
Calvin Harris (pictured above) and Tiesto are joining forces for the “Greater Than” tour in December. The general sale begins on Friday 23rd August at 10 AM.
Wednesday 18th December 2013 – Belfast Odyssey Arena
Thursday 19th December 2013 – Dublin O2
Friday 20th December 2013 – London Earls Court
Saturday 21st December 2013 – Manchester Phones 4 U Arena
Sunday 22nd December 2013 – Glasgow Hydro Arena
So you didn’t get a chance to make to Derry this weekend BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend, huh? No worries there. Thanks to the BBC, we can share with you videos from Two Door Cinema Club (‘Sun’), Kodaline (‘High Hopes’), Frightened Rabbit (‘Acts of Man’) and Calvin Harris‘ (‘I Need Your Love’) sets there. You’re welcome.
By Mary Chang on Saturday, 20th April 2013 at 6:00 pm
I’m not sure if I should be depressed that this video for ‘I Need Your Love’, a Calvin Harris (pictured above) and Ellie Goulding collaboration, already has over 3 million views after just 5 days at the time I write this. Either way, it’s a decent tune to groove to if you’re getting ready to go out tonight. Watch it below.
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