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Willie Nelson’s ‘That’s Life’ Debuts at No. 1 on Jazz Albums Chart
Nelson’s That’s Life is his second jazz covers set of songs made famous by Sinatra, following 2018’s My Way. On the all-genre Billboard 200, That’s Life bows at No. 58, marking Nelson’s 81st chart entry. That’s Life features familiar favorites like “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “You Make Me Feel So Young,” “Luck Be a Lady” and “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning.” Of That’s Life’s 12,500 units earned, 12,000 comprise album sales, 500 comprise SEA units (equating to 626,000 on-demand streams of the set’s songs in its first week) and a negligible number comprise TEA. Of the album’s 12,000 copies sold, 8,000 were via CD and 2,000 came via vinyl LP. The remaining 2,000 were digital albums. That’s Life also debuts at No. 18 on the Vinyl Albums chart and No...
Nick Jonas & Priyanka Chopra Jonas to Announce 2021 Oscar Nominations
The score for Disney and Pixar’s Soul looks like a lock for an original score Oscar nomination after Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste picked up the prize at both the Golden Globes and Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards. The original song category is a little less clear, with “Io Sì (Seen)” from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se) earning a Globe for Diane Warren, Laura Pausini and Niccolò Agliardi, while “Speak Now” from One Night in Miami… (credited to Sam Ashworth and Leslie Odom Jr.) won the Critics Choice Award in the same category. We’ll have to wait until Monday to see who the Jonases announce in both music categories, while also looking out for possible music-adjacent acting nods for Odom as Sam Cooke in One Night, Globe winner Andr...
‘The Masked Singer’ 2021 Premieres, Snail Is Sent Packing
Season 5 of The Masked Singer is off and running, though one contestant fell at the first hurdle. On Wednesday night (March 10), we met the five performers from Group A: Russian Doll, Snail, Seashell, Raccoon, and Porcupine. After each singer showed their stuff, viewers and panelists then cast their votes. And it was Snail who came unstuck. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
All Hail: CBS Renews ‘The Equalizer’ For A Second Season
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: CBS Photo Archive / Getty We are going to see more of one Rap’s greatest talents get more screen time in 2021 and beyond. CBS has greenlighted some more action for The Equalizer. As spotted on Deadline Columbia Broadcasting Systems have renewed the action drama for a second season. The announcement comes after it launched earlier this year to great success with Queen Latifah serving as the protagonist. This project is actually a reboot of the 1980’s television series of the same name and follows a the 2014 film adaption and its 2018 sequel. The series centers around Robyn McCall, an enigmatic woman in New York City and single mother to teenage daughter Delilah, with a mysterious background who uses her extensive skills to help t...
Producer Southside Says He’s Retiring, Next 808 Mafia Project To Be His Last
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty Beloved Hip-Hop producer Southside has just announced that he’d be putting down the drum machine and calling it a career. Well, at least that what he wants his fan to think. Yesterday the man who’s produced cuts for the likes of Drake, Gucci Mane, Young Thug and 21 Savage amongst many others, took to Twitter to unexpectedly let his fans know he’s contemplating retirement from the game and asking them “how y’all feel about that.” What happen to the love for music where did it go the game is full of accidental super stars — Southside (@sizzle808MAFIA) March 9, 2021 I’m thinking bout retirement how y’all feel about that — Southside (@sizzle808MAFIA) March 9, 2021 Naturally fans begged him to rethink his position saying that the game n...
Stephen A. Smith Is Working On A HBCU ‘Black Excellence’ Docuseries
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Diamond Images / Getty ESPN’s most spirited voice is about to take his talents to the big screen. Stephen A. Smith is working on a project to highlight some of our finest educational institutes. As spotted on Deadline Stephen A. Smith’s new production venture Mr. SAS Productions, which currently produces Stephen A’s World and co-produces Why Not Us? for ESPN+, has struck a deal for its next big project — a documentary series celebrating and highlighting the importance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in American Society. The series will be produced in partnership with Propagate, the production company behind Hulu’s Hillary, and Confluential Films, the production company behind Black Love on OWN. Black Excellence will uncover th...
HHW Gaming: ‘TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge’ Hopes To Be Perfect Love Letter To Fans of The Iconic Cartoon Franchise
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dotemu / Tribute Games Back in the day, we used to go to these places called arcades to play video games with other people. Crazy right? One game that gobbled up quarters was Konami’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Video Game developer and publisher Dotemu want to restore the feeling with a new TMNT video game. In what many are calling a pleasant surprise, Dotemu (Streets of Rage 4) dropped the first trailer for its new beat-em-up sidescrolling Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ game, Shredder’s Revenge which looks to be a blast from the past. The game, which is also co-developed by Tribute Games (Panzer Paladin), takes some cues from the SNES classic Turtles In Time and combines it with the popular arcade game for a brand new adventure still heavy on nostalgia...
Ice Prince – Kolo ft Oxlade
Check out this brand new tune coming in from Ice Prince – “Kolo” ft Oxlade out now. Super Cool Cats boss Ice Prince makes a return to the music scene with a brand new music video for his song titled “Kolo” featuring Oxlade. Earlier the rapper cum singer teased the tune on his social media page to put fans on alert. On a more recent note, Ice Prince was featured on Morell’s new single “Melanin”. Oxlade does some nice singing on the track with his melodious voice. It was produced by the very talented music producer Egar Boi. Listen, enjoy Ice Prince – “Kolo” ft Oxlade and share below. [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and ma...
ILLENIUM, Dillon Francis, FISHER, More to Perform at Life Is Beautiful 2021: See the Full Lineup
Life Is Beautiful has announced a star-studded lineup for the festival’s 2021 edition. A bevy of major electronic music artists will grace the stages of the beloved Vegas music festival, including ILLENIUM, Dillon Francis, FISHER, San Holo, and CloZee, among others. Billie Eilish, Green Day, and Tame Impala were tapped as headliners for the fest’s grand return, which will go down September 17th to 19th, 2021. Check out the full lineup below, courtesy of the event’s official flyer. Billie Eilish, Green Day, and Tame Impala are set to headline the 2021 edition of Life Is Beatiful in Las Vegas. Life Is Beautiful (via Twitter) Life Is Beautiful CEO Justin Weniger recently opened up about the struggles of navigating the erratic nature of the pandemic while planning t...
Watch This Artist Build a Functional Vinyl DJ Deck Out of LEGO Bricks
From life-size cars to Daft Punk stages, the possibility for ingenuity with LEGO bricks is endless. Nothing hits quite as close to home, however, as the latest invention from Look Mum No Computer, who has built a set of working vinyl DJ turntables made completely out of LEGOs. The creation arrives as an official collaboration with the children’s toy organization in celebration of the recent launch of LEGO Vidyo, the brand’s augmented reality music video-making platform. It’s fascinating to watch as he navigates thousands of blocks to conceptualize a fully-functioning piece of music equipment. To turn the idea into a reality, Look Mum No Computer used both LEGO Mindstorm programmable bricks and various items from the LEGO Technic component pack. The only thi...
Steve Aoki on the Future of Digital Art: “NFTs are a Juggernaut That Cannot Be Stopped”
After selling his debut NFT collection for a cool $4.25 million, famed dance music producer Steve Aoki believes the future of digital art is bright. In collaboration with renowned visual artist Antoni Tudisco, Aoki’s debut “Dream Catcher” collection was sold on Nifty Gateway, one of the NFT industry’s leading marketplaces, to former T-Mobile CEO John Legere. Aoki’s team tells EDM.com that Legere forked over a record-breaking single auction price of $888,888.88 for a piece called “hairy.” “Music has always been what my life is rooted in, but I’ve been a passionate collector of collectibles and various forms of art for as long as I can remember,” Aoki said in a press statement. “NFTs gav...
Pioneering Women of House Music Celebrated in New Coffee Table Book
Music promoter Laila McKenzie and writer Ian “Snowy” Snowball have joined forces for a new hardcover coffee table book titled “Lady Of The House,” the first of its kind to celebrate women in house music. The authors have been hard at work over the last year to bring the project to life and have launched a Kickstarter campaign to release it to the public. The book contains over 100 inspirational stories, interviews, and images of the pioneering women who helped to shape house music and those who continue to contribute to the scene to this day. Among the DJs, producers, vocalists, promoters, and managers set to be featured are Candi Staton, Barbara Tucker, Sam Divine, DJ Maxinne, Lynn Cosgrave, and Kym Mazelle, among others. The au...
