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MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of the global music industry. Stat Of the Week is supported by music data analytics firm Chartmetric.Taylor Swift’s upcoming record, The Life of a Showgirl, has become the first album to exceed 5 million pre-saves on Spotify’s Countdown Page feature, breaking the previous record held by her own album, The Tortured Poets Department, from last year.The Countdown Page feature allows users to automatically add new music to their libraries upon release. Taylor Swift‘s team launched the Countdown Page for Showgirl on August 14,…
Kate Gosselin gave boyfriend Steve Neild a sweet social media shout-out after the two were accused of having an affair during her marriage to Jon Gosselin. During a recent TikTok livestream, Kate’s new man made a brief appearance while delivering her a latte. His face remained out of the frame, but Kate thanked him nonetheless. “Hello to the boyfriend,” Kate, 50, teased while reading comments from viewers, later ensuring fans that “he waved” back to them from off camera. When asked whether she would ever team up with her boyfriend for a video, Kate hesitated. “He’s not very fond,” she…
Watch: Drone footage shows fire at Michigan churchInvestigators in Michigan have interviewed more than 100 people as they work to establish why a gunman drove his vehicle into a church, opened fire and then set the building ablaze.In a Monday news conference, the state’s Governor Gretchen Whitmer called for patience as the FBI works to determine a motive for the attack on Sunday.Four people were killed and eight others were injured when the suspect, Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, attacked the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc. He was later shot dead by police in the car…
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TikTok star Abby Howard suffered a pregnancy loss after an unexpected complication. “At a routine pregnancy appointment, our doctor could not find a heartbeat,” Abby, 26, and husband Matt Howard wrote in a joint Instagram post on Saturday, September 27. “Shortly after they sent us in for an ultrasound where the technician said words we will never forget, ‘I am so sorry I do not have good news.’” They added, “That is when we got the gender reveal we never hoped for and also the news that our baby had a genetic condition that took her life around 17 weeks…
When Does Kyle Connor Sign with the Winnipeg Jets Murat Ates of The Athletic: Ates writes in his column about Johnathan Toews and what he can bring to the team. If Toews stays healthy, he can be a 2C, and the Winnipeg Jets don’t have to worry about that problem. The bigger issue for the Jets is the contract extension for Kyle Connor. When it comes to Connor and his contract extension, he will be the highest-paid player in Winnipeg Jets history. With the salary cap going up over the next several years, the Mikko Rantanen and Mitch Marner contract…
Here are the key events on day 1,313 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Published On 28 Sep 202528 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is how things stand on Monday, September 29:Fighting Russian forces killed four people, including a 12-year-old girl, and injured 13 in an attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, on Sunday night, Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, wrote in a post on Telegram. Those killed also included staff and patients at a cardiology centre, Tkachenko added. Polish news outlet RMF24, citing Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Pawel Wronski, reported that Poland’s embassy in…
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After their December 2024 proposal, Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco took some time to plan their wedding before tying the knot in September 2025. In July 2025, Blanco shared that he and Gomez were “both working on so many things” that they “haven’t even had time to get into” wedding planning. “But we’re so excited,” he shared on Jake Shane’s “Therapuss” podcast. “I think this summer, we’re going to sit down and be like, ‘OK, what are we doing, hun?’” A little over a month after Blanco gave a wedding update, Gomez went to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, to celebrate…
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