الأحد، 8 ديسمبر 2019

ملكة جمال الكون 2019

ملكة جمال الكون 2019، هي مسابقة ملكة جمال الكون الثامنة والستين في تاريخ مسابقة ملكة جمال الكون منذ انطلاقتها عام 1952، التي ستُعقد في 8 ديسمبر 2019 في تايلر بيري ستوديوز في أتلانتا ، جورجيا في الولايات المتحدة. هذه هي المرة السادسة والثلاثين التي تستضيف فيها الولايات المتحدة مسابقة ملكة جمال الكون منذ بدايتها في عام 1952. في نهاية الحدث توجت زوزيبيني تونزي من جنوب إفريقيا من قبل ملكة جمال الكون السابقة كاتريونا جراي من الفلبين . استضاف المسابقة ستيف هارفي في عامه الخامس على التوالي من ملكة جمال الكون. ستكون هذه المسابقة السنة الأولى التي سيتم فيها استخدام تاج جديد من صنع مجوهرات معوض الفاخرة ، وسيتقاعد بشكل فعال تاج ميكيموتو
الخلفية
الموقع
في ديسمبر 2018 ، صرح السياسي ورجل الأعمال الفلبيني شافيت سينغسون ، الذي مول ملكة جمال الكون 2016 ، أن نسخة 2019 من المسابقة ستُعقد في سيول ، كوريا الجنوبية ، التي استضافت سابقًا مسابقة مهرجان 1980. وأضاف أنه سيساعد في الإعداد لعقد المسابقة في كوريا الجنوبية ، على الرغم من عدم الانتهاء من التفاصيل ؛ لم تؤكد منظمة ملكة جمال الكون هذا مطلقًا. في وقت لاحق ، في أبريل 2019 ، أفيد أن كل من الفلبين وريو دي جانيرو ، البرازيل أصبحت مهتمة باستضافة المسابقة أيضًا. ازداد الاهتمام بالفلبين بعد فوزها بالفلبينية كاتريونا غراي في مسابقة ملكة جمال الكون 2018 ، التي تتطلع إلى الحصول على لقبها خلفا لها في بلدها الأصلي ، مثلما فعلت بيا فورتزباخ في مسابقة ملكة جمال الكون 2016. وفي الوقت نفسه ، سيتم إعلان ريو دي جانيرو عاصمة عالمية الهندسة المعمارية لليونسكو لعام 2020 ، ويقال إنها تتطلع لاستضافة المزيد من الأحداث الدولية في المدينة تحسبا لهذا اللقب.

في مايو 2019 ، صرحت ريشيل سينغسون مايكل ، ابنة شافيت سينغسون ، وكانت واحدة من القضاة في مسابقة ملكة جمال الكون 2018 ، أن الفلبين كانت واحدة من العديد من البلدان التي كانت تسعى لاستضافة مسابقة 2019 ، وأن أعمال عائلتها LCS كانت المجموعة ملتزمة بالاستضافة في الفلبين أو كوريا الجنوبية. لم تصدر منظمة منظمة ملكة جمال الكون أية بيانات تتعلق بالمكان الذي ستستضيف فيه المسابقة اعتبارًا من 9 يوليو 2019.

اختيار المشاركين
اعتبارًا من 14 يوليو 2019 ، تم اختيار وفود من 34 دولة وإقليم للتنافس في المسابقة ؛ من بين هؤلاء المندوبين ، تم تعيين هوانغ توي من فيتنام على اللقب بعد اختيار داخلي من قبل المدير الوطني في البلاد دونج ترونج تيين لين. حصل ثوي على المركز الثاني في مسابقة ملكة جمال الكون في فيتنام 2017. تم اختيار باقي المندوبين بعد الفوز بمسابقاتهم الوطنية. ستشهد نسخة 2019 عائدات جزر كوك والأتراك وكايكوس وسيراليون والعراق وتنزانيا ؛ جزر كوك لم تتنافس منذ عام 1999 ، جزر تركس وكايكوس منذ عام 2014 ، سيراليون منذ عام 2016 ، في حين أن الجزر الأخرى لم تتنافس منذ عام 2017. سوف تنسحب غانا من المنافسة بعد تعليق منظمة ملكة جمال الكون غانا مؤقتًا ؛ سوف يستأنفون العمليات في عام 2020

المنافسة
آلية المسابقة
كما تم تقديم مسابقة عام 2018 ، سيتم اختيار عشرين متسابقة من المجموعة الأولى التي تضم 90 مندوبة من خلال مقابلة مغلقة ومنافسة أولية تضمنت متسابقين يتنافسون في ملابس السباحة وثوب مسائي. بعد غياب لمدة عامين ، سيعود التصويت عبر الإنترنت ، مع قدرة الجمهور على التصويت لمرشح من بين العشرين الأوائل من خلال التصويت عبر الإنترنت.

لجنة الإختيار
غابي إسبينو - ممثلة فنزويلية.
سوزان هندريكس - سيدة أعمال أمريكية وشخصية في وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي.
ريو موري - ملكة جمال الكون 2007 من اليابان.
كارا موند - ملكة جمال أمريكا 2018 .
بوزوما سانت جون - سيدة أعمال وتسويقية أمريكية .
كريستل ستيوارت - الممثلة الأمريكية وملكة جمال الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية 2008 .
بولينا فيغا - ملكة جمال الكون 2014 من كولومبيا.

Miss Universe 2019

Miss Universe 2019, the 68th edition of the Miss Universe competition, was held on December 8, 2019 at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States. Catriona Gray of the Philippines crowned her successor Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa by the end of the event. This is South Africa's third win after their recent victory in 2017.

The pageant was hosted by Steve Harvey in his fifth consecutive year, with Olivia Culpo and Vanessa Lachey as backstage corespondents, and with a performance by Ally Brooke.[1][2][3][4] The new Mouawad Power of Unity crown made its debut
Location
In December 2018, Filipino politician and businessman Chavit Singson, of the LCS Group of Companies[7][8] which financed Miss Universe 2016,[8][7] stated that the 2019 edition of the pageant would be held in Seoul, South Korea, which previously hosted Miss Universe 1980. He added that he would assist in preparations for holding the competition in South Korea, although the details were not finalized; the Miss Universe Organization had never confirmed this.[9] Later, in April 2019, it was reported that both the Philippines and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil had become interested in hosting the competition as well. Interest in the Philippines grew following the win of Filipina Catriona Gray in Miss Universe 2018, looking to have her crown her successor in her home country, much like Pia Wurtzbach did at Miss Universe 2016. Meanwhile, Rio de Janeiro will be declared the World Capital of Architecture by UNESCO for 2020, and is reportedly looking to host more international events in the city in anticipation of this title.[10] In August 2019, it emerged that Israel was also interested in hosting the competition. With a plan created by producers Danny Benaim and Assaf Blecher, talks regarding hosting the competition in Israel emerged after Tel Aviv successfully hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. They stated that Israel was also interested in hosting the competition in 2020.[11] Hosting the competition in Israel would cause difficulties regarding the numerous participants from countries that do not recognize Israel; these entrants would require special permission to enter the country.[12]

In May 2019, Richelle Singson-Michael, the daughter of Chavit Singson, stated that the Philippines was one of several countries bidding to host the 2019 competition, and that her family's business LCS Group was committed to hosting either in the Philippines or in South Korea.[13][non-primary source needed]

On October 31, 2019, the Miss Universe Organization confirmed that the competition will be held on December 8, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia at Tyler Perry Studios.[14]

Selection of participants
Delegates from 90 countries and territories have been selected to compete in the pageant; six of these delegates were appointed to their national titles. Angeline Flor Pua, who had been crowned Miss Belgium 2018, was appointed to represent Belgium after Elena Castro Suarez, the winner of Miss Belgium 2019, chose to compete at Miss World 2019.[15] Maëva Coucke, who had been crowned Miss France 2018, was appointed to the title by the Miss France organization after Vaimalama Chaves, the winner of Miss France 2019, opted not to compete in an international pageant.[16] Vartika Singh of India was appointed to the title by the Miss Diva organization. Singh had previously represented India at Miss Grand International 2015.[17] Olga Buława was appointed to represent Poland by the Miss Polski organization after the Miss Polonia organization relinquished the franchise. Buława had been crowned Miss Polski 2018.[18] Fiona Tenuta of Uruguay was appointed by Osmel Sousa, the national director of Miss Universe Uruguay, through a casting process, after they could not find enough sponsors to hold an actual competition.[19] Hoàng Thùy of Vietnam was appointed to the title following an internal selection by Dương Trương Thiên Lý, the country's national director. Thùy had placed as the first runner-up at the Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 pageant.[20] The remainder of the delegates were selected after winning their respective national pageants, or receiving a designated supplementary title at a national pageant.

The 2019 edition will see the debuts of Bangladesh[21] and Equatorial Guinea,[22] and the returns of Lithuania, Romania, Sierra Leone and Tanzania; Lithuania has not competed since 2014, Sierra Leone since 2016, and the others since 2017. Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Russia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and Zambia have withdrawn from the competition. Prior to the competition, the Miss Universe Ghana organization was temporarily suspended; they will resume operations in 2020.[23] Greece withdrew after their selected delegate Erika Kolani was unable to compete for undisclosed reasons.[24] Kyrgyzstan withdrew from the competition after their selected delegate Elmara Buranbaeva, chose not to compete in any international pageant.[citation needed] Lebanon withdrew after the Miss Lebanon 2019 competition was continuously postponed and ultimately canceled due to the 2019 Lebanese protests.[25] Alina Sanko, who was crowned Miss Russia 2019, was originally going to be sent to both Miss Universe and Miss World 2019, but was unable to do so due to overlapping dates. The Miss Russia organization was unable to finalize replacement plans for Miss Universe due to the length of time it took for the Miss Universe Organization to publish details about its date and venue, which would have made it difficult for the Russian entrant to receive an American visa.[26] Zambia withdrew from the competition after Didia Mukwala who was crowned Miss Universe Zambia 2019 and the Miss Universe Zambia organization failed to book Mukwala's trip to Atlanta due to the Miss Universe Zambia organization's financial situation.[27] While Guatemala, Hungary, Sri Lanka and Switzerland withdrew after their respective organizations failed to hold a national competition or appoint a delegate.[citation needed]

Pageant
Format
As was introduced in the 2018 competition, twenty semifinalists will be chosen from the initial pool of 90 delegates through a closed-door interview and a preliminary competition, which featured contestants competing in swimsuit and evening gown. After a two-year absence, Internet voting will return, with the public being able to vote a candidate into the top twenty through online voting.[28]

Selection committee
Gaby Espino – Venezuelan actress[29]
Sazan Hendrix – American businesswoman and social media personality[30]
Riyo Mori[a] – Miss Universe 2007 from Japan[32]
Cara Mund – Miss America 2018[33]
Bozoma Saint John – American businesswoman and marketing executive[34]
Crystle Stewart[a] – American actress and Miss USA 2008[35]
Paulina Vega – Miss Universe 2014 from Colombia

وزارة الشؤون البلدية

وزير البلديات هو الوزير المختص بإدارة جميع فروع البلديات في شتى المدن. البلد الذي يتولى فيه هذه الوزارة والبلدية أو تسمى في بعض الدول وزارة الشؤون البلدية. وتهتم بجميع الشؤون البلدية مثل متابعة التراخيص البلدية والصحية للمنشئات التجارية والسكنية وتهتم بتزيين وتشجير الشوارع وترصيف الشوارع ومراقبة جميع الأمور التي تتعلق بها مثل متابعة واستقبال الشكاوى من المستهلكين ضد المطاعم التي ترتكب انتاهاكات في إعداد أطعمتها مما يؤدي إلى تسمم أو تلوث.

القمة الخليجية

القمة الخليجية الاستثنائية الرابعة، هي قمة قادة دول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية، عقدت في 30 مايو 2019 في مكة المكرمة، بالمملكة العربية السعودية، برئاسة الملك سلمان بن عبد العزيز، وبحثت التدخلات الإيرانية في المنطقة، بعد الهجوم على سفن تجارية قرب المياه الإقليمية لدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة، وهجوم الحوثييين على محطتي ضخ نفطيتين بالسعودية.

المشاركون
الشيخ صباح الأحمد الجابر الصباح. أمير دولة الكويت.

الملك حمد بن عيسى آل خليفة. ملك مملكة البحرين.

الشيخ محمد بن زايد آل نهيان. ولي عهد أبوظبي، نائب القائد الأعلى للقوات المسلحة بالإمارات العربية المتحدة.

السيد شهاب بن طارق آل سعيد. مستشار سلطان عُمان.

الشيخ عبد الله بن ناصر بن خليفة آل ثاني. رئيس مجلس الوزراء ووزير الداخلية بدولة قطر.

الدكتور عبداللطيف بن راشد الزياني. الأمين العام لمجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية.

أبرز النتائج
1 – إدانة الهجمات الحوثية الإرهابية باستخدام طائرات مسيرة مفخخة استهدفت محطتي ضخ نفط في محافظتي الدوادمي وعفيف بمنطقة الرياض بالمملكة العربية السعودية.

2 – إدانة إطلاق الصواريخ الباليستية من قبل الميليشيات الحوثية والتي بلغ عددها أكثر من 225 صاروخاً باتجاه السعودية، ومنها ما استهدف مكة المكرمة، وأكثر من 155 طائرة مسيرة بدون طيار.

3 – إدانة تعرض أربع سفن تجارية مدنية لعمليات تخريبية في المياه الإقليمية للإمارات العربية المتحدة، والتي طالت ناقلة نفط إماراتية وناقلتي نفط سعوديتين وأخرى نرويجية.

4 – التأكيد على قوة وتماسك ومنعة مجلس التعاون، ووحدة الصف بين أعضائه، لمواجهة هذه التهديدات.

5 – استعراض السياسة الدفاعية لمجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية القائمة على مبدأ الأمن الجماعي المتكامل والمتكافل لغرض الدفاع عن كيان ومقومات ومصالح دوله وأراضيها وأجوائها ومياهها الإقليمية

عبدالله الحمدان

عبد الله الحمدان، لاعب كرة قدم سعودي وهو ابن لاعب الشباب السابق عبد الرحمن الحمدان، يلعب في نادي الشباب، درس في مدارس الرياض و دخل أكاديمة نادي الشباب من سن مبكر ليكبر بموهبته ويصبح واحد من أفضل المواهب السعودية الصاعدة  .

إحترافه في إسبانيا
أعلنت هيئة الرياضة السعودية عن رحيل 9 لاعبين للتواجد في اسبانيا والانضمام لأندية مختلفة في الدوري الاسباني ودوري الدرجة الأولى من أجل اعدادهم لكأس العالم 2018 في روسيا.

وتتواجد المملكة العربية السعودية في المجموعة الأولى مع منتخبات روسيا ومصر وأوروجواي بالمونديال الروسي 2018.

وشهدت المملكة حضور 25 عضوا من أعضاء رابطة "لا ليجا" الإسبانية مراسم توقيع إعارة اللاعبين السعوديين، وذلك في خطوة احترافية فريدة من نوعها.

وسبق وتم الإعلان عن شراكة لتطوير الكرة السعودية بمشاركة الهيئة العامة للرياضة والاتحاد السعودي لكرة القدم ورابطة لا ليجا الإسبانية.

ومن المقرر أن يتواجد 9 لاعبين من الدوري السعودي في اعارة لنهاية الموسم مع انديتهم قبل التواجد في معسكرات المنتخب السعودي استعدادا للمونديال.

وانتقل فهد المولد لاعب الاتحاد السعودي لصفوف ليفانتي، وسالم الدوسري لصفوف فياريال، ويحيى الشهري لصفوف ليجانيس وعبد المجيد الصليهم لصفوف رايو فايكانو، ونوح الموسى لصفوف بلد الوليد.

وانضم جابر عيسى لصفوف فياريال "ب"، ومروان عثمان بليجانيس "ب"، وعبد الله الحمدان في سبورتينج خيخون، وأخيراً علي النمر لنومانسيا.

Juice Wrld

Jarad Anthony Higgins (December 2, 1998 – December 8, 2019), known professionally as Juice Wrld (pronounced "Juice World"), was an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was best known for his hit singles "All Girls Are the Same" and "Lucid Dreams" which helped him gain a recording contract with Lil Bibby's Grade A Productions and Interscope Records.[6]

"All Girls Are the Same" and "Lucid Dreams" acted as singles for Juice Wrld's debut studio album Goodbye & Good Riddance (2018) which became certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album enjoyed positive critical reception, and contained three other singles: "Armed and Dangerous", "Lean wit Me" and "Wasted", all of which charted on the Billboard Hot 100. After collaborating with Future on the mixtape Wrld on Drugs (2018), Juice Wrld released his second album, Death Race for Love, in 2019 which became his first number-one album on the Billboard 200.

On December 8, 2019, Higgins suffered a seizure at Chicago's Midway International Airport and was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at the age of 21. The cause of the seizure is currently unknown
Early life
Jarad Higgins was born on December 2, 1998, in Chicago, Illinois.[7][failed verification] In 1999, he moved to Homewood, Illinois, and attended Homewood-Flossmoor High School.[citation needed] Higgins' parents divorced when he was three years old[8] and his father left, leaving his mother to raise him as a single mother alongside one older brother.[9] Higgins' mother was very religious and conservative, not letting Higgins listen to hip hop, though allowing Higgins to listen to rock and pop music he found on video games such as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Guitar Hero, introducing Higgins to artists such as Billy Idol, Blink-182, Black Sabbath, Fall Out Boy, Megadeth, and Panic! at the Disco.[10][11]

Higgins was a heavy drug user during his childhood and teens. He began drinking lean in sixth grade and using percocets and xanax in 2013. Higgins also smoked cigarettes, quitting in his last year of high school due to health issues.[12]

He first learned to play the piano at four years old, having been inspired by his mother who later began paying for lessons, followed by guitar and drums. Higgins also played trumpet for band class.[12] In his sophomore year of high school, he started posting songs to his SoundCloud which he recorded on his cell phone.[13] Around this time, Higgins began to take rapping more seriously.[14][15]

Career
Higgins began to develop himself as an artist in his first year of high school. His first track, "Forever", was released on SoundCloud in 2015 under the name JuicetheKidd. Higgins recorded a majority of his first tracks on a cellphone, uploading them to SoundCloud in his sophomore year.[13] His name changed from JuicetheKidd, a name inspired by his affection for rapper Tupac Shakur and his part in the film Juice, to Juice Wrld because it "represents taking over the world."[11]

His first track produced by his last producer Nick Mira, "Too Much Cash", was released in 2017.[16] While releasing projects and songs on SoundCloud, Higgins worked in a factory, but was fired within two weeks after finding himself dissatisfied with the job.[17] After joining the internet collective Internet Money, Higgins released his debut full-length EP, 9 9 9, on June 15, 2017, with the song "Lucid Dreams" breaking out and growing his following.[18][15]

In mid-2017, the artist began to receive attention from artists such as Waka Flocka Flame and Southside, as well as fellow Chicago artists G Herbo and Lil Bibby. He subsequently signed with the latter's co-owned record label, Grade A Productions.[19]

In December 2017, Higgins released the three-song EP Nothings Different. It was featured on numerous hip-hop blogs, such as Lyrical Lemonade,[20] which helped Higgins's track "All Girls Are the Same" gain popularity. In February 2018, a music video directed by Cole Bennett was released.[18] Following the video's release, Higgins was signed to Interscope Records for $3,000,000[21] and a remix featuring Lil Uzi Vert was previewed.[22] "All Girls Are the Same" was critically praised, receiving a "Best New Music" designation from Pitchfork.[23] This song and "Lucid Dreams" were Higgins's first entries on a Billboard chart, debuting at number 92 and 74 on the Billboard Hot 100 respectively.[24]

In May 2018, "Lucid Dreams" was officially released as a single and given a video.[25] It then went on to peak at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100[26] and quickly became one of the biggest streaming songs of 2018.[13] Higgins released his first studio album, Goodbye & Good Riddance, on May 23, 2018.[27] On June 19, 2018, he released a two-song EP, Too Soon.., in remembrance of and dedicated to deceased rappers Lil Peep and XXXTentacion, the latter of whom was killed in a homicide case relating to robbery a day earlier. The song "Legends" from the EP charted under its debut at number 65.

Due to a Google Drive hack, many of Juice Wrld's unreleased songs had been extensively circulating, and in August 2018, songs began to leak.[citation needed] One particularly significant leak ("In My Head") revealed a collaboration with The Chainsmokers.[citation needed] As of now, there are over 100 leaked songs, and even more in circulation.[citation needed]

Higgins's first single as Juice WRLD featuring a collaboration was released on July 10, 2018, titled "Wasted" featuring Lil Uzi Vert. The song was added to Goodbye & Good Riddance and debuted at number 67 on the Billboard Hot 100.[28] The next day, Higgins announced he was working on his next album.[29] Following a series of leaks, Higgins' producer Danny Wolf released "Motions" on SoundCloud, giving the song an official release.[30] On July 20, 2018, Higgins announced his first tour, "WRLD Domination" with additional acts YBN Cordae and Lil Mosey.[31]

Higgins was featured on Travis Scott's Astroworld featuring on the song "No Bystanders" which peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100.[32][33][34] He also made his late night television debut performing the song "Lucid Dreams" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on August 8, 2018.[35] On October 15, 2018, the music video for the song "Armed and Dangerous" was released[36] and the lead single for the collaboration album Wrld on Drugs with Future was also released, called "Fine China".[37] Wrld on Drugs, Higgins' second mixtape and a collaborative project with Future was released on October 19, 2018, via Epic Records.[38] He also contributed to the soundtrack for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.[citation needed]

In December, Ski Mask the Slump God confirmed that he and Juice WRLD would release a joint mixtape called Evil Twins in 2019.[39] The pair also announced a 2019 tour featuring 30 concerts across North America,[40] before Juice Wrld announced in February that his second studio album, Death Race for Love, would be released on March 8, 2019.[41] He then embarked on The Nicki Wrld Tour, alongside Nicki Minaj.[citation needed]

On April 9, 2019, the music video for the song "Fast" was released.[42] Later that year, he released other singles: "All Night", with RM and Suga of BTS; "Hate Me", with Ellie Goulding; "Run"; "Graduation", with Benny Blanco; and "Bandit" with NBA YoungBoy.[citation needed]

Musical style
Higgins stated his musical influences as being genre-wide going from rock music to rap music. Higgins stated that his biggest influences were rappers Chief Keef,[8] Travis Scott,[43] Kanye West[44][45] and British rock singer Billy Idol.[46][47] His other influences included Wu-Tang Clan, Fall Out Boy, Black Sabbath, Megadeth, 2Pac, Eminem, Kid Cudi and Escape the Fate.[48][49][50] Higgins' music has been branded as "emo" and "rock" leaning, "genre-bending"[45][8] with music focusing on having a "every broken heart, every wounded feeling."[51]

Personal life and death
Higgins had a history of drug abuse and spoke openly about his experiences.[13][52] In 2019, he was living in Los Angeles with his girlfriend, Alexia.[8][13] The two met around the same time as when Higgins's music career was starting to launch.[13]

On December 8, 2019, at the age of 21, Higgins was pronounced dead after suffering a seizure at Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois.[1][2] According to the Chicago Police Department, Higgins was conscious and bleeding from the mouth when paramedics arrived on scene. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after at 3:14 a.m. The police department also claims that there were no signs of foul play. His direct cause of death and the cause of the seizure are both currently unknown.[53][54]

Discography
Main article: Juice Wrld discography
Studio albums
Goodbye & Good Riddance (2018)
Death Race for Love (2019)
Concert tours
The Nicki Wrld Tour

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Help! is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles and the soundtrack from their film of the same name, It was released on 6 August 1965. Produced by George Martin, it was the fifth UK album release by the band, and contains fourteen songs in its original British form. Seven of these, including the singles "Help!" and "Ticket to Ride", appeared in the film and took up the first side of the vinyl album. The second side contained seven other releases including the most-covered song ever written, "Yesterday".[4]

The American release was a true soundtrack album, mixing the first seven songs with instrumental material from the film. Of the other seven songs that were on the British release, two were released on the US version of the next Beatles album, Rubber Soul, two were back-to-back on the next US single and then appeared on Yesterday and Today, and three had already been on Beatles VI.

Help! was nominated in the category of Album of the Year at the 1966 Grammys Awards, marking the first time that a rock band had been recognised in this category. In 2000, it was voted 119th in the third edition of Colin Larkin's book All Time Top 1000 Albums.[5] In 2012, it was ranked 331st on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[6] In September 2013, after the British Phonographic Industry changed its sales award rules, Help! was certified platinum for recorded sales since 1994
Music
The album includes Paul McCartney's "Yesterday", arranged for guitar and string quartet and recorded without the other group members. John Lennon's "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" indicates the influence of Bob Dylan and includes flutes. McCartney's "I've Just Seen a Face" had a country flavour.[8]

"Ticket to Ride", released as a single in April 1965, was felt by Lennon to be "heavy" in its sound compared to the group's previous output[9] and daring in its reference to a boy and girl living together. McCartney called the arrangement "quite radical". During the recording sessions for the album, the band used the studio's multitracking capabilities to layer their sound. In this, author Mark Prendergast highlights George Harrison's use of a volume pedal and incorporation of "more intricate chordal devices to enrich his guitar sound".[10]

As a songwriter, Harrison contributed "I Need You" and "You Like Me Too Much". These were his first compositions to be included on a Beatles album since "Don't Bother Me" on 1963's With the Beatles.

The record contained two cover versions and a few tracks more closely related to the group's previous pop output, but still marked a decisive step forward. The record sleeve-note shows that Lennon and McCartney made more extensive and prominent use of keyboards, previously played unobtrusively by Martin. Four-track overdubbing technology encouraged this. Lennon, for his part, made much greater use of acoustic guitar, forsaking his famous Rickenbacker.

The original LP's format of featuring songs from the soundtrack on side one and non-soundtrack songs on side two follows the format of A Hard Day's Night.
In later years, Lennon stated that the album's title track was a sincere cry for help; he regretted changing it from a downbeat, piano-driven ballad to an uptempo pop song, which was done only as a result of commercial pressures
Help! was the band's final British album (aside from the late 1966 compilation A Collection of Beatles Oldies) to feature any cover songs until 1970's Let It Be (which included a performance of the traditional folk song "Maggie Mae"). In 1966, Capitol would release "Act Naturally", already on the British Help! album, on Yesterday and Today. "Bad Boy" and "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" (both written by Larry Williams and recorded on 10 May 1965, Williams' birthday) were both aimed at the American market and originally not intended to appear on Help!, but "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" ultimately did.[13] Both songs appeared on Beatles VI, released in the US in June 1965. "Bad Boy" was not released in the UK until A Collection of Beatles Oldies, and was that album's only cover song.[14]

Outtakes
A few songs that were recorded and intended for the film were not used because of the Beatles' suggestions. Lennon and McCartney wrote "If You've Got Trouble" for Ringo Starr to sing, but the song was rejected and Starr sang "Act Naturally" instead.[15] "That Means a Lot" was written for the film, but the Beatles were not satisfied with their performance of the song and gave it to P.J. Proby, who released it as a single.[16] Lennon said "Yes It Is" was "me trying a rewrite of 'This Boy', but it didn't work";[17] it was released as the B-side of "Ticket to Ride" and was also on Beatles VI. "You Like Me Too Much" and "Tell Me What You See" were turned down for use in the film by its director, Richard Lester, although they did appear on the album (and also on Beatles VI).[citation needed]

In June 1965, at the end of the Help! sessions, the song "Wait" was recorded for the album. Instead, the Beatles completed the track for Rubber Soul in November, when a final song was needed to complete that album.

Album cover
The album cover shows the Beatles with their arms positioned to spell out a word in flag semaphore. According to cover photographer Robert Freeman, "I had the idea of semaphore spelling out the letters 'HELP'. But when we came to do the shot, the arrangement of the arms with those letters didn't look good. So we decided to improvise and ended up with the best graphic positioning of the arms."[18]

On the UK Parlophone release, the letters formed by the Beatles appear to be "NUJV", whilst the slightly re-arranged US release on Capitol Records appeared to indicate the letters "NVUJ", with McCartney's left hand pointing to the Capitol logo.[19] The Capitol LP was issued in a "deluxe" gatefold sleeve with several photos from the film and was priced $1 more than standard Capitol releases at the time.

Compact disc release
There have been four CD releases of Help! The first was on 30 April 1987, using the 14-song UK track line-up. Having been available only as an import in the US in the past, the original 14-track UK version replaced the original US version with its release on LP and cassette as well on 21 July 1987. As with the CD release of the 1965 Rubber Soul album, the Help! CD featured a contemporary stereo digital remix of the album prepared by Martin in 1986. Martin had expressed concern to EMI over the original 1965 stereo mix, claiming it sounded "very woolly, and not at all what I thought should be a good issue". Martin went back to the original four-track tapes and remixed them for stereo.[20] One of the most notable changes is the echo added to "Dizzy Miss Lizzy", something that was not evident on the original mix of the LP.

When the album was originally released on CD in Canada, pressings were imported from other countries, and used the 1987 remix. However, when the Disque Améric and Cinram plants in Canada started pressing the album, the original 1965 stereo mix was used by mistake. This was the only source for the 1965 stereo mix in its entirety until the release of the mono box set in 2009.[21]

The 2009 remastered stereo CD was released on 9 September. It was "created from the original stereo digital master tapes from Martin's CD mixes made in 1986".[22] The original 1965 stereo mix was included as a bonus on the mono CD contained in The Beatles in Mono boxed set.

The 1965 stereo mix was reissued again on the Help! CD contained in the Beatles collection The Japan Box released in 2014.

Reception and legacy
Help! was another worldwide commercial success for the Beatles.[33] Derek Johnson of the NME said that the LP "maintains the Beatles' usual high standards" and was a "gay, infectious romp which doesn't let up in pace or sparkle from start to finish – with the exception of one slow track".[34][35] Despite the band's introduction of new instrumentation into their sound, particularly a string quartet on "Yesterday", the reviewer also wrote of the album: "It's typical Beatles material, and offers very few surprises. But then, who wants surprises from the Beatles?" While typical of the unsophisticated critiques commonplace in the pop press at the time, according to music journalist Michael Halpin, these comments angered McCartney, who, like his bandmates, believed that artists should constantly develop through their work.[33]

In the United States, where the mainstream press had long focused on the Beatlemania phenomenon and had derided the group's music, as well as rock 'n' roll generally, the summer of 1965 coincided with the first examples of artistic recognition for the Beatles from the country's cultural mainstream.[36] Among these endorsements, Richard Freed of The New York Times likened the band's songs to works from the European art music tradition. Adding to what he described as the Beatles' impact on "serious music", Freed cited musicologists and composers such as Leonard Bernstein and Abram Chasins as admirers of the group's work.[37] Along with several nominations for "Yesterday",[38] Help! was nominated in the category of Album of the Year at the 1966 Grammys Awards. The nomination marked the first time that a rock band had been recognised in this category.[39]

In his review of the Beatles' 1987 CD releases, for Rolling Stone magazine, Steve Pond remarked on the "unstoppable momentum" evident in the band's pre-Rubber Soul albums and recommended Help! "for the relatively quiet and understated way in which they consolidated their strengths".[40] Writing in 2004 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide, Rob Sheffield says that the US version of Help! was "utterly ruined" through the replacement of the Beatles songs with the soundtrack music, and that, as a result, the album remained relatively overlooked. He describes the full album as "a big step forward" and "the first chapter in the astounding creative takeoff the Beatles were just beginning".[41]

Mark Kemp of Paste considers it to be the equal of A Hard Day's Night and cites "Help!", "Ticket to Ride" and "Act Naturally" as highlights, along with Harrison's return as a songwriter. Kemp identifies "Yesterday" as "the album's masterpiece" and a song that "set the stage for one of the most groundbreaking and innovative periods in The Beatles' career, not to mention pop music in general".[30] Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph says that the album evokes "a band in transition, shifting slightly uncomfortably from the pop thrills of Beatlemania to something more mature", with Lennon's writing increasingly autobiographical and the group's sound growing more sophisticated. McCormick concludes: "Help! may not be their greatest album, but it contains some of their greatest early songs."[27]

In 2012, Help! was ranked 331st on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time"

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