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PSY set to release
1st album since
hit ‘Gangnam Style’ of all-star campaign for AIDS
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) —
South Korean rapper PSY,
who is set to release his
first album since becoming
an international sensation
more than three years ago
with the smash hit “Gang-
nam Style,” says the pres-
sure to live up to that suc-
cess caused him to take his
time with his latest project.
“There were many thoughts
going around in my head,
including thoughts like, ‘If
I write like this, it would be
not as good as Gangnam
Style,’ and ‘If I write like this, ing the most viewed You-
the international audience
will not understand,’ so it
took me a very long time to
organize all those thoughts
into one,” PSY said at a
news conference in Seoul
on Monday, a day before
“Chiljip PSY-Da” debuts.
“Chiljip PSY-Da” — which
means “This Is PSY’s Sev-
enth Album” in Korean —
comes about a year and
a half after the release of
his single “Gentleman.” It’s
his first album since 2012,
when “Gangnam Style”
swept the world with ad-
Adele’s ‘25’ sells
record-breaking
3.38 million copies NEW YORK (AP) — Would
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Adele’s new album “25”
has sold 3.38 million copies
in its first week, smashing
single week sales records,
according to Nielsen Mu-
sic.
As reported by Billboard,
“25” is the first album to sell
more than 3 million copies
in one week in Nielsen’s
history, which has been
tracking first week pur-
chases since 1991. The pre-
vious record was held by
‘NSYNC whose 2000 album
“No Strings Attached” sold
2.4 million copies in its first
week.
“25” has also become the
best-selling album of the
year, flying past the 1.8 mil-
lion copies sold of Taylor
South Korean singer PSY poses
for the media before a news
conference on the release of
his seventh album in Seoul,
South Korea, Monday, Nov.
30, 2015.
Associated Press Clooney attends a news conference of the film “Tomorrow
dictive music and dance
moves and made PSY a
global superstar.
“Gangnam Style,” fea-
tured on the album “PSY
6,” recorded 2.46 billion
views on YouTube, becom-
Tube video ever.
PSY’s new album includes
songs of various genres, in-
cluding dance music, hip-
hop and punk.q
This CD cover image released
by Columbia Records shows,
“25,” the latest release by
Adele.
Associated Press visit the set of “Game of
Swift’s “1989.” Adele did
not allow streaming servic-
es like Spotify to make “25”
available.
Her previous album, “21”
has sold 11.24 million cop-
ies in the United States.q
Bono, Clooney, Kardashian part
In this Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, file photo, Irish rock star Bono
speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Lagos,
Nigeria. pears in a promo video for
In this Tuesday, May 19, 2015, file photo, U.S actor George
Land” at Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias in Valencia, Spain.
MESFIN FEKADU
AP Music Writer
you like to spend quality
time with George Clooney
as he showers you with
compliments?
How about walk a red car-
pet with Meryl Streep or
Thrones”?
They are all possible: Bono
is a launching an all-
star campaign featuring
“once-in-a-lifetime experi-
ences” that can be won
after donating at least $10
to his organization (RED),
which raises funds to fight
AIDS. The campaign kicks
off Tuesday to coincide
with World AIDS Day, which
is Dec. 1.
And Bono isn’t just the face And Kimmel is offering him-
for the movement: The U2
frontman will go on a bike
ride with one donor — a
year after he was seriously
injured in a bike accident
in New York’s Central Park
that forced him into sur-
with it. I’m happy to do the
job,” said Kimmel, who ap-
the campaign with Scarlett
Associated Press Johansson and Barry Ma-
nilow.
Other “experiences” that
can be earned after do-
nating on Omaze.com/RED
include a contour make-
Associated Press over with Kim Kardashian; a
portrait painting by James
Franco; or attending a Uni-
versity of Texas at Austin
football game with alum
Matthew McConaughey.
Entries close on January 21,
2016.
“Even though red is the col-
or of emergency, there’s a
sort of optimism about the
whole campaign and a
kind of defiant humor. We
have always had that, but
the (SHOPATHON) will re-
ally take it to another new
level,” Bono said.
The Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation will match
every dollar raised up to
$20 million. R&B singer The
Weeknd is offering fans
a chance to hang back-
stage at a concert; there is
a one-day “wellness break”
gery. “I’m not sure that was with Snoop Dogg in Colo-
as funny to my band as it rado; and Ryan Seacrest
was to me,” Bono said in will let someone announce
an interview with The As- the No. 1 song on his radio
sociated Press. “But I think show. “When you see how
we’re going to have fun much work Bono does per-
and yeah, we’ll go visit the sonally to fight AIDS, it’s al-
scene of the crime.” most embarrassing, it’s the
Jimmy Kimmel is dedicat- least we can do or anyone
ing his Tuesday late-night can do to help,” Kimmel
show to the campaign. He said. “Also, it’s Christmas
and Olivia Wilde will host season, you have to figure
(SHOPATHON), a tongue- out what to buy. It’s almost
in-check play off of home like my Oprah’s favorite
shopping, and the special things list,” he added.
episode will feature celeb- Bono won’t appear on the
rity guests like Tom Brady, special episode of “Jimmy
who is offering one donor Kimmel Live!,” which airs
a chance to learn how to on ABC and tapes in Hol-
pass a football, and Sha- lywood. Instead, he will be
quille O’Neal, who will take in New York celebrating
a photo with a winner for the 10-year anniversary of
his or her 2016 holiday card. (RED) at Carnegie Hall with
Vice President Joe Biden,
self up, too: He is willing to the Edge, Stephen Colbert,
give someone’s kid “the Miley Cyrus, Trevor Noah
talk.” and others.
“There’s no age limit — if “It’s a big day, World AID
you have a 45-year-old kid, Days. It’s crucial this year.
I’ll explain it to him, too, as This is the most crucial
long as the parents are OK year,” Bono said. “We can
feel people going, ‘Oh
yeah, that AIDS thing is
done now,’ and we’re like,
‘No! It’s not!’”q