Music News

• *NSYNC is getting the band back together for a brand new song for the movie "Trolls Band Together"
• The song is called “Take You to a Better Place” and will mark the boys' first time back in the studio together since 2001
• Justin Timberlake released “Can’t Stop the Feeling” for 2016’s “Trolls” movie which earned him a GRAMMY and an Oscar nod
• The full song is scheduled to drop September 29^th
• Source: Variety

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• WalletHub’s annual report on the Happiest States in America has just come out.
• They compared the states on 30 key metrics in the three main areas of emotional & physical well-being, work environment and community & environment.
• Utah tops the list as the happiest state, while West Virginia is 50th, making it the least happy.
• Hawaii comes in 2nd place.
• Source: WalletHub

• Mariah Carey is treating her "lambs" to a walk down memory lane by posting herself in a throwback outfit from her "Dreamlover" days
• Carey posed in flannel shirt and pulled-back hair, much like the outfit from the OG video
• The 30-year-old hit shot to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks and became one of the most popular songs of 1993
• Source: People

• Following the death of laid-back singing legend Jimmy Buffett, fans have sent his greatest hits album to the Top 10 for the first time
• Buffett’s 1985 album “Songs You Know By Heart: Jimmy Buffett’s Greatest Hit(s)” reached #4 this week
• Also landing back on the charts this week is the late Burt Bacharach after Doja sampled his hit Dionne Warwick hit “Walk On By”
• Source: Variety

• Jimmy Buffett might have left us, but the endlessly-optimistic singer has one final gift for fans
• “Equal Strain On All Parts” is a posthumous album from Buffett and it features a number of guest appearances
• Sir Paul McCartney and Emmylou Harris are among Buffett’s final guests on the LP, due out November 3rd
• Source: Ultimate Classic Rock

• If you’re a fan of Eurthymics, you better either live in Europe or get there this fall- they’re back on tour
• The band has announced they’re hitting the road in Europe and the UK later this fall to celebrate 40 years since “Sweet Dreams”
• “Eurythmics Songbook: Sweet Dreams 40th Anniversary Tour” will launch, without Annie Lennox, in early November and bounce around a number of countries
• Source: NME

• Depeche Mode has continued their tradition of releasing 12” versions of their single hits
• The band has announced the release of “Delta Machine/The 12” Singles,” a collection of singles from their 13th studio album
• The set includes six 12” vinyl discs of the album’s singles, plus three extra discs of bonus material
• Source: RTT News

• Jimmy Buffett, the singer who made us all want to live out our days on the beach, has died at 76
• A statement on his website announced the singer passed away on September 1st “surrounded by family, friends, music and dogs”
• It was later disclosed that Buffett had been battling a rare but aggressive form of skin cancer for four years
• Source: AP News

• WalletHub has just released their list of the Best and Worst States for Teen Drivers.
• They compared all 50 states across 23 key metrics in the areas of Safety, Driving Laws and Economic Environment.
• Oregon tops the list as the best state for teen drivers, and it’s number one for driving laws.
• Montana is 50th, making it the worst, and it’s last for both safety and driving laws.
• Hawaii comes in 12th place for best state.
• Source: WalletHub