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THE OPENING ACT
JANUARY 5�12, 2022
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RAISING THE CURTAIN
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OLIVIA RODRIGO
AMONG THE MOST
STREAMED MUSIC ACTS
OF 2021
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’m into the service economy.
I recently signed up with
a grocery store chain for home
delivery. Yes, there is a cost.
Yes, I tip the driver dropping off
the groceries. Yes, there were
glitches at the start.
But it’s been so worth it.
I shop for my groceries on an
app on my phone, maybe about
30 minutes a week. Store deals
and coupons apply at checkout.
I can give the OK for substitu-
tions or say no substitutions. I
pick a day and window of time
for the delivery, and the goods
come to me.
I don’t have to carve out
an hour to two hours to shop,
hopefully with a cart with all the
wheels working, then wait in the
checkout line and pack it into my
car and out again. Nope. I pick
up the groceries from my front
porch and just put them away.
This is not perfect, though.
The store uses plastic bags, so
I’m accumulating those again in-
stead of just using my own bags,
and that’s a bummer.
Still, I’ve gained back valuable
free time.
Some years ago I cut cable
and went to only streaming
services for TV entertainment.
I made that move because it
seemed cable or satellite under
delivered for the price. And as
the pandemic took hold, I took
to shopping online for clothes,
small appliances and the like. So
shopping for groceries this way
was really the next logical step.
So I’m all in with the service
economy. I feel like I get more
out of the services than I pay for
them. And when it comes to gro-
cery shopping, getting back six
or eight hours of free time each
month is a sweet deal.
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livia Rodrigo had the best
year ever.
The pop music upstart — up
for seven Grammy Awards off
the strength of her breakout
debut single “drivers license”
— is one of the most streamed
music acts across all forms of
music in 2021.
According to the Digital
Media Association, which
compiles data from Amazon,
Apple Music, Pandora, Spotify
and YouTube Music, Rodrigo is
the top of the pops — followed
by K-pop supergroup BTS and
Doja Cat.
The 18-year-old Disney
Channel star ranked as No. 1
among Spotify’s top songs list
with “drivers license,” which
was also No. 2 on Apple Music
and No. 5 on Amazon Music.
Spotify also identifi ed Rodri-
go’s debut opus, “Sour,” as the
most streamed album.
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Olivia Rodrigo
The “Brutal” singer had the
most nominations of any artist
for the 2021 American Music
Awards, including album, song,
record and best new artist, the
latter which she won.
Meanwhile, BTS landed in
the top spot on Apple Music’s
top songs list.
On Spotify, the South
Korean-born teen heartthrobs
were number 3 among the
leading streaming platform’s
top artists.
— TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE