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Chris Stapleton, Snoop Dogg Reimagine Phil Collins' 'In The Air Tonight' For 'MNF'

ESPN's "Monday Night Football" broadcast opened with a new music video featuring eight-time Grammy Award winner Chris Stapleton, entertainment icon Snoop Dogg, and world renowned-drummer Cindy Blackman Santana reimagining Phil Collins' megahit "In the Air Tonight."

Monday night's premiere of "In the Air Tonight" cover by Snoop and Stapleton ahead of "Monday Night Football" adds to the television franchise's "Two Games, One Night," special presentation. Santana plays drums on the new version of Collins' 1981 hit song.

The new open kicked off "Monday Night Football" games on ESPN and ABC on Monday, September 18th.

It will continue for all "Monday Night Football" games, ESPN's Week 18 Saturday Doubleheader, Super Wild Card, and its first Divisional playoff game.

"Heavy Action," the iconic Monday Night Football theme music, was played following the new open, leading into Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Lisa Salters' call of the game.

"In the Air Tonight," one of greatest songs of all-time, has a deep relationship with football, having been cited as a song that helps players shift their mindset to prepare to compete.

"It was fascinating to me to see how one song could get you in that mode to go kick some tail," two-time Super Bowl champion and Steelers legend Hines Ward said in an ESPN feature about the song.

(Photo: UMG Nashville)

Can you feel it? ?? The new Monday Night Football Anthem is HERE!@ChrisStapleton x @SnoopDogg x @Drumstress pic.twitter.com/hbuTMMHIT9
— ESPN (@espn) September 19, 2023

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Doja Cat's 'Paint The Town Red' Tops Billboard Global 200 For Second Week

Doja Cat's "Paint The Town Red" has topped the Billboard Global 200 chart for the second week.

The song from Doja's fourth album, Scarlet, earned 88.7 million streams and 11,000 sold worldwide during the September 8-14 charting week.

Last week, "Paint The Town Red" became Doja Cat's first-ever U.K. No. 1 single, and she continued her dominance this week despite strong competition from Olivia Rodrigo.

"Paint The Town Red" is followed by Jung Kook's "Seven," featuring Latto, at No. 2, and Rodrigo's "Vampire" at No. 3 on the Global 200 chart dated September 16.

Including "Vampire," four of Rodrigo's songs appear in the Global 200 chart's top 10.

The other songs are "Bad Idea Right?" at No. 5, "Get Him Back!" at No. 7, and "All-American Bitch" at No. 9. The last two songs made their debut in the Global 200 top 10.

The Billboard Global 200 ranks songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate.

(Photo: Jacob Webster)

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SZA's Manager Says She Skipped MTV VMAs Due To 'Disrespectful' Artist Of The Year Snub

SZA's manager Terence "Punch" Henderson said in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter that the singer skipped the MTV Video Music Awards as she was hurt by MTV's decision not to nominate her in the Artist of the Year category.

SZA's manager Terence "Punch" Henderson said in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter that the singer skipped last week's MTV Video Music Awards as she was hurt by MTV's decision not to nominate her in the Artist of the Year category.

Anderson said it was "disrespectful" not to nominate SZA for the award despite the musician having one of the strongest years of her career to date.

"Obviously, she had one of the best years, if not the best year, of any artist at this point. I don't see why she wouldn't be nominated for artist of the year," Anderson told The Hollywood Reporter. "It just really didn't make any sense to me. It's disrespectful."

Henderson said he did not get a proper reply from MTV about the lack of nomination for SZA in the Artist of the Year category during a call.

"They couldn't give a clear answer as to why she wasn't [nominated]," he said. "It was just, 'Well, she's nominated for all these other [awards].'"

"When we tried to set up the second call, they didn't want to discuss artist of the year, which to me was really a slap in the face. You can't discredit what 'SOS' has done and is currently doing," he added.

SZA's manager revealed they pulled her VMAs performance after the snub, saying, "I figured, why go perform and do this if she's not going to be respected to the highest level?"

"So, it was my call to actually pull out of the performance," he explained. "I felt it was disrespectful and I was very stern on that and influencing that. If there's any issues or backlash and all of that, I'm taking all of that."

(Photo: Jacob Webster)

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