Music News with Liam Payne and Madonna

LIAM PAYNE TO RELEASE HOLIDAY SINGLE FRIDAY: Liam Payne is kicking off the holiday season early with “All I Want (for Christmas),” out Friday. The singer teased the track with a video clip of a snowy tree-lined road as a piano melody plays in the background. “All I Want (for Christmas)” is Liam’s latest release off his upcoming debut solo album, LP1, due out December 6th. It follows “Stack It Up,” which he co-wrote with Ed Sheeran.

OPENING FIGURES FOR MADONNA’S ‘MADAME X TOUR’ TICKET SALES REVEALED: Madonna is raking in big bucks with her latest tour. Her show brought in $9.6 million across its opening dates at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House in New York City, according to Billboard. The show kicked off in September, and ran for 16 sold-out dates in the intimate setting, resulting in 31,401 tickets sold overall. She grossed $5.5 million in September, followed by $4.1 million in October, averaging $601,985 and 1,963 tickets sold per show. The average ticket sold for $306.73, which is a major increase from her career average ticket sale amount of $115.81. She is the second highest-grossing soloist in the history of Billboard Boxscore behind Bruce Springsteen, and the highest-grossing female artist.

BTS Sets Guinness World Record For TikTok Followers: Guinness World Records announced Wednesday that BTS is the fastest celebrity to reach one million followers on the social media app TikTok. BTS reached one million followers on TikTok just 3 hours and 31 minutes after launching their account September 25th. In addition, TikTok stats show BTS gained two million followers in their first 13 hours on the app. The group received over four million likes on their first post. BTS also holds the Guinness World Record for most-viewed YouTube video in 24 hours for their “Boy with Luv” music video featuring Halsey.