Paramore;Demi Lovato;Billboard 2014 Music Awards

Congratulations to Paramore for cracking the Billboard magazine Top Ten for the first time with "Ain't It Fun," a song with a manic video that was previously posted on this blog.The track reached #10 this week,up from #13 the week before.Paramore has been in the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the past seven years.*
Demi Lovato's "Neon Lights" single just entered the Hot 100 this week,checking in at #86.Her "Neon Lights Tour" has been described as being shimmering.The power of Demi's voice and her charisma are definitely conveyed in tonight's video.*
The Billboard 2014 Music Awards are this Sunday 18 May at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.They will be broadcast live on ABC at 8:00 pm Eastern.Top Artist nominees are Miley Cyrus;Imagine Dragons;Bruno Mars;Katy Perry;and Justin Timberlake.Top 100 Hot Song nominees are:
Miley Cyrus,"Wrecking Ball"
Lorde,"Royals"
Katy Perry,"Roar"
Imagine Dragon,"Radioactive"
Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharell,"Blurred Lines"*
The Rolling Stones are featured tonight in "You Got Me Rocking." The video is from their epic Copacabana Beach concert in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil in 2006,the largest concert in history with 1.5 million fans.Their "2014 On Fire Tour" is set to resume on Monday 26 May at the Telenor Arena in Oslo,Norway.It's the European leg of the tour.The first leg,in Asia,was a great success,having been completely sold out.A total of 204,044 fans attended the Asian shows,which earned revenue of 41,615,401 dollars.The third and final leg,in Australia/New Zealand,will commence in October.
There will be a total of 30 concerts in the tour.In addition to the four Rolling Stones,bass player Darryl Jones,who appears in tonight's video and several other Stones videos,will be on the tour,as will guitarist Mick Taylor,backup singer Lisa Fischer and Bobby Keys,saxophone.*
The 1980s classic "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty is also on tonight's lineup.It's still getting airplay.The video has some good views of Los Angeles.The track contains several references to places in L.A.,such as Ventura Boulevard.

About Today's Song "Coming Home"

"Coming Home" is by Diddy-Dirty Money,a group that was formed by hip-hop artist Sean P. Diddy Combs for his sixth studio album,"Last Train To Paris"(2010).Born Sean John Combs in Harlem,New York City,Combs,44,grew up in Mt.Vernon,New York.He attended Howard University in Washington,DC,studying business.*
Beginning his career as a record producer and developer of talent,he eventually recorded his own material for his first album,"No Way Out,"which won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.A song from that album,"I'll Be Missing You,"also won a 1998 Grammy for Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group.The video for the song won a 1997 MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video.*
"Coming Home" was one of four singles released from "Last Train To Paris."It reached #12 on the Billboard US Hot 100;#4 in the UK;and #7 in Canada.The album garnered both critical acclaim and airplay.*
Besides being a musician and record producer,Combs is an actor and entrepreneur,guest starring on the TV series "Hawaii Five-O" and "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."His clothing line "Sean John" has been both critically well-received and controversial at times.Combs was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is worth an estimated 580 million dollars,according to Forbes magazine.He has five children,including twin girls.For a time,he dated singer,dancer and actress Jennifer Lopez.
In between the tracks,this major talent has presented with a rather complex and mercurial personality over the years,as "Coming Home" suggests.