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One World Together At Home So Far Has Raised $US128M

Andrea Bocelli, Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, and Lang Lang performed The Prayer as a finale to the One World: Together at Home show last night.

One World Together At Home So Far Has Raised $US128M

By David Farrell

International advocacy organization Global Citizen, together with Lady Gaga, has announced US$127.9M in commitments to date in support of healthcare workers in the fight against the global pandemic. The pre-recorded segments spliced together for Sunday’s six-hour One World Together At Home special was live-streamed across 175 countries by 60 global broadcast networks and nine digital platforms.


Canada’s Michael Bublé, Celine Dion and Shawn Mendes were a part of the galaxy of musical talents from across the planet who used various online platforms to contribute to the extravaganza that doubled as a reason to give us a ‘smile’ during the pandemic, as too a fund-raiser for global and local orgs in the front line in the war on the virus that is attributable for over 165K deaths worldwide and 1,587 in Canada.

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Variety offers a review of the headlining final two-hour broadcast, Billboard has the ’10 best moments’ and below you can view the entire show or the abridged final two-hour telecast.

 

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Chart Beat

Les Cowboys Fringants Debut ‘Merci ben!’ on the Billboard Canada AC Airplay Chart

The track from the Quebec band enters at No. 30 over a year after its release, picking up steam on the radio airwaves. Ariane Moffatt's “Jouer” also reaches a new peak, marking the second consecutive week with two charting French songs.

French-language music makes its mark on the Canadian charts this week.

Les Cowboys Fringants have made their latest Billboard debut with their song “Merci ben!” which arrives at No. 30 on the Canada AC chart for May 10. The country-folk track finds the band thanking its fans while reminiscing on its beginnings and milestones, from playing small bars to sold-out arenas. The track’s title is Quebec jargon for “Thank you very much!”

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