Events in Music History in July 2018

Music History

Jul 2 Singers Cheryl and Liam Payne announce they are splitting up after two years

Music History

Jul 3 Cardi B becomes first female rapper to get two number one US Billboard hits, with "I Like It" with Bad Bunny and J Balvin

Jul 5 English rapper Stormzy announces partnership with Penguin Books, an imprint called #Merky Books

Music History

Jul 10 Drake surpasses The Beatles record of most singles in Billboard Hot One 100 with seven against their five from his album "Scorpion"

Mamma Mia! - Here We Go Again

Jul 16 Musical film sequel "Mamma Mia! - Here We Go Again" premieres at Hammersmith-Apollo, London; worldwide box office receipts total over $400 million

Music History

Jul 18 Cliff Richard wins privacy case against the BBC, for reporting he was being investigated over historic child sexual assaults

Music History

Jul 24 Singer Demi Lovato is hospitalized after a drug overdose in Los Angeles

Actress and Singer-Songwriter Demi Lovato

Music Concert

Jul 26 Sir Paul McCartney performs a "secret" gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles began

Neil Diamond Thanks Firefighters

Jul 27 American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond gives a small thank-you concert to firefighters near his home in Colorado

Rihanna's Vogue Cover

Jul 31 Rihanna becomes the first black woman to appear on the cover of British Vogue's September issue