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'La La Land' gets mistakenly announced as the winner at the 89th Academy Awards

'Moonlight' won three awards including Best Picture and 'La La Land' won the most awards of the ceremony with six after receiving a record-tying 14 nominations. In an event unprecedented in the history, 'La La Land' was incorrectly announced as the Best Picture. After a few minutes, the error was corrected and 'Moonlight' was declared the winner.

Lady Gaga is at #1 on the US singles chart with 'Born This Way'

'Born This Way' is Lady Gaga’s lead single from her the 2nd studio album of the same name. The song managed to get to No. 1 of the US Billboard Hot 100 in only 2 weeks after its release. It is inspired by the music of the 90s, which empowered women and the gay community. Gaga herself explained that it was her freedom song.

President Barack Obama honours Stevie Wonder with the Gershwin Prize

President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have honored soul legend, Stevie Wonder. The multi-Grammy winning soul star was presented with the Library of Congress's second annual Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during a concert at the White House.

Robbie Williams leads the 21st Brit Awards

The 2001 Brit Awards were the 21st edition of the biggest annual pop music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place at Earls Court in London. During the ceremony, Best British Album won Coldplay with 'Parachutes' and Best British Single picked up Robbie Williams with 'Rock DJ'.

Sinead O’Connor is at #1 on the UK singles chart

"Nothing Compares 2 U" is a song written and composed by Prince for one of his side projects, The Family. This version, which O'Connor co-produced with Nellee Hooper, became a worldwide hit in 1990. Its music video received heavy rotation on MTV. Its lyrics explore feelings of longing from the point of view of an abandoned lover.

Nena is #1 on the UK singles chart with '99 Red Balloons'

Song “99 Luftballons” was quite successful at its release. The widespread success across Europe, led German band Nena to create an English-language version of the song as well. Upon its release, the song was titled simply “99 Red Balloons” and managed to climb to No. 1 of the UK Singles chart.

Michael Jackson’s 'Thriller' goes to #1 on the US album chart

'Thriller' is the sixth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released in the United States by Epic Records and internationally by CBS Records. In just over a year, 'Thriller' became the world's best-selling album, with estimated sales of 66 million copies.

Peter Sarstedt goes at #1 with 'Where Do You Go To My Lovely?'

"Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?" is a song by the British singer-songwriter Peter Sarstedt. Its recording was produced by Ray Singer, engineered by John Mackswith at Lansdowne Recording Studios. It was a number-one 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks.

The 10th Golden Globes are held

The 10th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in a film for 1952 films, were held at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Winners included Gary Cooper - High Noon for Best performance by an actor in a motion picture - Drama and The Greatest Show on Earth for Best Direction - Motion Picture.

Anniversaries of the (in)famous

born 1986

Teresa Palmer

born 1977

James Wan

born 1971

Erykah Badu