Music News for Monday

JANET JACKSON CALLS POLICE TO DO WELFARE CHECK ON HER ONE-YEAR-OLD SON: Janet Jackson called police to do a welfare check on one-year-old Eissa Al Mana on Saturday, police confirmed to People. The 52-year-old singer placed the call around 10 p.m. [PT] while Eissa was staying with his father, Janet’s ex Wissam Al Mana, at a hotel in Malibu, California. “Deputies were there [and] called to the scene. They decided the child was okay and they left,” a police spokesperson said. Brother Randy Jackson said Janet grew concerned after their nanny became “terrified” by Al Mana’s behavior and “locked herself in a bathroom, so she could contact Janet.” Jackson and Al Mana split in April 2017, about three months after Jackson gave birth to Eissa that January. Jackson quietly married the Qatari businessman in 2012 and largely kept out of the spotlight during their time together.

SHAKIRA LISTS MIAMI BEACH MANSION FOR SALE: Shakira’s Miami Beach mansion, compete with a hookah lounge, is officially on the market. According to Architectural Digest, the singer has put the six-bedroom, seven-and-a-half bathroom Florida residence up for sale for $11.6 million. Her brother, real estate agent Antonio Mebarak, is handling the sale. In addition to having its own hookah lounge, the estate features a minimalist, modern aesthetic throughout with two separate wings, a cabana and pool area, as well as access to a dock on Miami Beach’s Biscayne Bay.

CAMILA CABELLO’S ‘HAVANA’ SETS SPOTIFY RECORD: Billboard reports that Camila Cabello’s hit single “Havana” is now Spotify’s most-streamed song ever by a solo female artist. It’s racked up an incredible 888 million streams, beating the previous record set by Sia’s “Cheap Thrills.” “Havana” also topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January, and was at various times No. 1 on a variety of other Billboard charts, including Pop Songs, Adult Top 40, Rhythmic Top 40, Digital Song Sales and Radio Songs. “Havana” is from Camila’s self-titled debut solo album, which has also produced the hit “Never Be the Same.”

KEITH URBAN & JULIA MICHAELS DEBUT ‘COMING HOME’ MUSIC VIDEO: Keith Urban and Julia Michaels have released a music video for their hit song “Coming Home.” The duet off of Keith’s new album Graffiti U talks about finding your place of comfort, whether that’s your home or someplace else. “My only desire was to not be specific about what or where or who home is. I like viewers to feel their own story and make their own connection,” Keith said. He added, “[Director] Andy Hines suggested the heightened reality that we see in the video, which keeps it somewhat like a dream, or at the least, an idea more than an actuality.”

LADY GAGA RECORDS NEW DIANE WARREN SONG FOR ‘A STAR IS BORN’ SOUNDTRACK: Lady Gaga teamed up with songwriter Diane Warren in 2015 for the powerful ballad “Til It Happens to You,” from the documentary The Hunting Ground. It went on to win an Emmy and earn an Oscar nomination. Now, Warren says she’s created a new track with Gaga, due out sometime this year. The fan site Gaga Daily further reports that the track is a song for the soundtrack of Gaga’s film debut, A Star Is Born, which is hitting theaters in October. The site describes the track as a “massive power ballad.” Gaga’s also working on new music. Last week, she was spotted in the studio with Tony Bennett and last month, she was photographed in the studio with Justin Tranter, a longtime friend and collaborator who’s since become one of pop music’s hottest songwriters.

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