Focus Music Notes. "Out of the Blues". Popular music through the decades

Global superstar Drake celebrates his 4 Th  Number 1 success in the UK with his phenomenal new album  Certified Lover Boy ,  after landing the top spot on the Official Albums Chart . CLB has already  racked up an astonishing 70.4 million streams in the UK this week and gives Drake his fourth Number 1 record in the UK, following  Views  (2016),  Scorpion  (2018), and  Dark Lane Demo Tapes  (2020). Drake has also earned three spots in the Top 5 in this week’s singles chart with  Girls Want Girls  (2),  Fair Trade  (3) and  Champagne Poetry  (5) – bringing his total number of Top 10 singles to 30.This is the second time Drake has managed three simultaneous Top 5 singles in the UK – previously he managed the feat in 2018 following the release of his  Scorpion  album.  On release day Drake topped his own all-time record for single-day streams on Spotify with  Certified Lover Boy , his last album,  Scorpion , was the previous record-holder with 132 million single-day streams and

Drake Drops Highly Anticipated New Album “Certified Lover Boy” Listen HERE TRACKLISTING 1. Champagne Poetry 2. Papi’s Home 3. Girls Want Girls ft. Lil Baby 4. In The Bible ft. Lil Durk & Giveon 5. Love All ft. Jay-Z 6. Fair Trade ft. Travis Scott 7. Way 2 Sexy ft. Future & Young Thug 8. TSU 9. N 2 Deep ft. Future 10. Pipe Down 11. Yebba’s Heartbreak 12. No Friends In The Industry 13. Knife Talk ft. 21 Savage & Project Pat 14. 7am On Bridle Path 15. Race My Mind 16. Fountains ft. Tems 17. Get Along Better ft. Ty Dolla $ign 18. You Only Live Twice ft. Rick Ross & Lil Wayne 19. IMY2 ft. Kid Cudi 20. Fucking Fans 21. The Remorse ------------------ Listen Here - Drake's Album “Certified Lover Boy”

The Specials who enjoyed a triumphant 2019 with the release of the critically acclaimed “Encore”, their first ever number 1 album, coming 40 years after they exploded onto the music scene and launched the 2 Tone movement, make a very timely return with the release of their brand new album “Protest Songs – 1924 -2012”. Released on 1st October through their new label Island Records, the album features twelve singular takes on specially chosen protest songs across an almost 100-year span and shows The Specials still care, are still protesting and still pissed off! You can also catch the Specials on tour across the UK, full dates below. The Specials emerged in the late 1970s as the multiracial flagship of the 2 Tone movement, and sang of racism, unemployment and injustice making a very clear political statement every time they stepped on stage. It's fitting, then, that in 2021, at a time when the world is riven with social, racial and political unrest, that the Specials have made thi