Archive February '00

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ABBA, Christina Aguilera, Beatles / Paul McCartney, Cher, Sheryl Crow, Ofra Haza, Whitney Houston, Oasis, Santana, Jimmy Sommerville, Britney Spears, Sting

NEWS FEBRUARY 2000

Would you turn down £ 630m? We know someone who has.... ABBA have refused the huge sum of money in return to get back together for a few world tour dates. According to Q Magazine, Benny Andersson, ABBA's songwriter says, "It's an obscene amount of money to turn down, but we have. A comeback is not for us."
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Congratulations to Christina Aguilera! She has won a Grammy Award on the 23^rd of February for Best New Artist.
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The SUN (British tabloid) has reported that Paul McCartney has picked up a Gong, the Best Band Ever Honour, at the BRATS Award (hosted by NME) on the 01/02/2000. He was originally asked to appear at the Brit Awards to be handed the Greatest Contribution To Music Gong, but told them he could not get there, so the Spice Girls will get the award.
Paul quipped that he prefers attending the BRATS to the BRITS, because the winners of the latter are only voted by a commitee, whereas the BRATS is a "public" award.
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Surprise! Cher has been presented with a Grammy for Pop Dance Recording on the 23^rd of February.
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Sheryl Crow was presented with an award for Female Rock Vocal Performance at the Grammys on February 23^rd.
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Sadly we do not have good news about Ofra Haza. She was taken ill to a hospital in Israel about two weeks ago, apparently suffering from untreated pneumonia, and thereafter unfortunately died from organ failure on February 23^rd. Although she's mainly known for her #1 hit "Im Nin Alu", she was quite successful all through the 80s, receiving numerous awards in her career. Among many other songs and albums she also appeared in the remix "Paid In Full" with Eric B. & Rakim, Paula Abdul's single "My Love Is For Real" and on the soundtrack to "The Prince Of Egypt", only but to name a few.
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At the Grammy Awards on February 23^rd Whitney Houston has won in the category of Female R&B Vocal Performance.
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According to Q Magazine Oasis' new upcoming album "Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants" has already been banned from the biggest store chain in the US, Wal-Mart, because of one of its extremely suggestive track titles, "Fuckin In The Bushes". Therefore the album will very likely receive a parental advisory sticker.
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Santana have scooped up a massive 8 (!) Grammy Awards on the 23^rd of February, including Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year (Supernatural), Song Of The Year, Pop Duo, etc. The group started out in the late 60s and fact is, they're still going strong.
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According to an Austrian tv magazine, small town boy Jimmy Sommerville happened to be special guest at the third annual "Regenbogen Ball" (= rainbow ball), THE event for the lesbian & gay society in Vienna, on the 04/02/2000.
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Britney Spears has been nominated for 2 Grammy Awards (23/2/2000), Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (won in the end by Sarah McLachlan) and Best New Artist (which eventually went to Christine Aguilera).
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Sting was also honoured at the Grammy Awards on the 23^rd of February with 2 awards, one for Male Pop Vocal Performance and Pop Album.
Also, see our Pop Profiles for more information on him.