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Who Should Be Nominated for Album of the Year at the 2021 Grammys? Vote!
Nominations for the 2021 Grammys are officially being announced on Tuesday, and Billboard has some big bets for who could be up for album of the year. Luke Combs won the accolade at both the ACM and CMA Awards this year for What You See Is What You Get and Roddy Ricch won album of the year at this year’s BET Awards for Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial. So Billboard awards editor Paul Grein thinks the two have a shot of winning the award again if nominated at yet another awards show. Former best new artist nominee Fiona Apple (in 1997) and winner Dua Lipa (in 2019) would earn their first nods in this Big Four category for Fetch the Bolt Cutters and Future Nostalgia, respectively. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift has a shot at gaining her fourth album of the year nod with Folklore, while P...
Jason Isbell, Grace Potter & More to Perform at Socially-Distanced Concert Vacation
Technology platform Topeka has announced a socially-distanced music vacation set for April 26-May 1 in Miramar Beach, Florida. Called Moon Crush, the five-day destination event will see performances by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, The Revivalists, NEEDTOBREATHE, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Lake Street Dive, Grace Potter, Shovels & Rope, Vintage Trouble, The War and Treaty, Sammy Rae & the Friends and more. Set during the Super Pink Moon of 2021, guests can attend with a trusted group of family and friends and reserve one of over 300 beachfront and beachside homes and condos. Each are conveniently located just a short walk or golf cart ride away from the musical performances at a local golf course. {“nid”:”9397840″,”type”:”post”...
Phoebe Bridgers & Maggie Rogers Each Earn First Career Hot 100 Hit With Goo Goo Dolls’ ‘Iris’ Cover
Phoebe Bridgers and Maggie Rogers each earn their first career entry on the Billboard Hot 100 (chart dated Nov. 28), as their duet cover of Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” debuts at No. 57 after just one day of sales availability. The remake, billed to Phoebe & Maggie, also opens as the top-selling song of the week with 38,000 downloads sold in the week ending Nov. 19, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data, and debuts as each singer-songwriter’s first No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart. The track was released as a pay-what-you-want one-day exclusive on Bandcamp on Friday, Nov. 13 (with its sales total noted above, which exceeded initial reports, encompassing purchases in line with Billboard’s minimum pricing rules for chart eligibility). {“nid”:”9...
Kim Kardashian Shares the Romantic Story Behind Kanye West’s ‘Lost in the World’
Did you know that Kim Kardashian inspired lyrics on Kanye West’s “Lost in the World”? The makeup mogul took to Twitter on Sunday (Nov. 22) to celebrate 10 years since the release of her rapper husband’s seminal album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. “For those that don’t know the story behind ‘Lost In The World’…” she shared alongside a black-and-white photo of the power couple before continuing the tale. “Kanye couldn’t come up with some of the lyrics but then realized he had then in a poem he had written me that was my birthday card he gave me for my 30th birthday,” she shared. “He took the poem he wrote me and made it the song. I keep everything!” {“nid”:”9475571″,”type”:&...
6 People Injured & 1 Dead After Shooting At Brooklyn House Party
Source: Andrew Lichtenstein / Getty In recent months shootings in New York City have once again ticked upwards with more and more people falling to gun violence with every passing day. This weekend saw those numbers continue to rise as The New York Times is reporting that two people opened fire during a house party in Brooklyn this past Sunday night (Nov. 22) which resulted in 1 person dead and six others injured. According to the report the mass shooting took place at 15 Albany Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant Sunday night which resulted in the death of a 20-year-old woman and even a 14-year-old girl getting hit in her buttocks. The party at Albany Avenue appeared to be a continuation of an earlier gathering for a “Sweet 16” celebration that had been broken up around 7 p.m. at a hall in E...
Kyle Rittenhouse Bailed Out By Struggle MAGA Actor Ricky Schroder
Source: Ricky Schroder / Twitter Kyle Rittenhouse is free on bail thanks to the help of two high-profile benefactors. Silver Spoons star Richard “Ricky” Schroder was one of the people who helped pay the final portions of Rittenhouse’s $2 million bail. Last Friday, Rittenhouse, 17, posted the bail with the assistance of Schroder and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. In a photo taken by Rittenhouse’s attorney and shared to Schroder’s Twitter account, the 50-year-old actor can be seen smiling wide alongside Rittenhouse and his mother. Rittenhouse is charged with the murders of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, back in August. Rittenhouse shot and killed the men during a protest for Jacob Blake, after the Kenosha man was shot and paralyzed, leading to outrage ...
Carl Bernstein Says 21 GOP Senators Believe Trump Unfit To Lead
Source: Oscar Gonzalez/WENN.com / WENN As President Donald Trump continues his longshot hopes at retaining his seat in the White House, there have been rumblings of Washington regarding his behavior. Veteran journalist Carl Bernstein shared in a series of tweets that nearly two dozen GOP senators have had their fill of Trump and essentially declared him unfit to lead. Bernstein, who gained fame alongside Bob Woodward due to their reporting on the Watergate scandal, shared his recent appearance on CNN in a Twitter thread and explicitly named the senators who blasted Trump in private. I’m not violating any pledge of journalistic confidentially in reporting this: 21 Republican Sens–in convos w/ colleagues, staff members, lobbyists, W. House aides–have repeatedly expressed extreme contem...
It’s A Wrap: Alana Mayo Files For Divorce From Lena Waithe
Source: David Crotty / Getty Lena Waithe’s shaky marriage to Alana Mayo is officially a wrap. The Blast reports that Mayo has filed for divorce from Lena Waithe, filing the necessary paperwork sometime last week. The couple’s marriage got off to a rocky start almost immediately and announced they were splitting just 2 months after they tied the knot back in January 2020. They were only married for a year. The couple released a joint statement via People magazine confirming their split, stating: “After careful thought and consideration, we have decided to part ways. We have nothing but support for one another and ask that you respect our privacy during this time.” The jig was up for the couple after Love B. Scott spilled some hot piping tea claiming that Lena Waithe stepped out ...
My Chemical Romance’s Danger Days Was The Perfect Unintentional Goodbye Letter
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Ex-GUNS N’ ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT Says ‘Chinese Democracy’ Will Be Appreciated More As Time Goes On
Former GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal says that the band’s much-maligned 2008 album “Chinese Democracy” is a “one-of-a-kind” record that will be looked upon more favorably by fans as time goes on. Thal joined GUNS N’ ROSES in 2006 and played on “Chinese Democracy”, an album which contained music that had been written before he came into the group. The disc took 13 years to make and was only a modest seller, moving just around half a million copies. Thal discussed his views on “Chinese Democracy” during an appearance on Music Is Win‘s “Guitar Villains” podcast. He said (see video below): “At the time, people were still just going on about how it took this long to make, and it...
Weight Of The False Self – HATEBREED
It might be hard to comprehend at this point, but there are still some people out there who haven’t succumbed to the wonder of HATEBREED yet. Quite how Jamey Jasta and his comrades could do more to ingratiate themselves with fans of heavy music is anyone’s guess. Far beyond diehard, the band have been omnipresent in both hardcore and metal circles for over two decades, and their recorded output has been every bit as consistent as their deservedly legendary live shows. And yes, we know exactly what we’re going to get from a new HATEBREED album in 2020, and, unless you’ve gone completely mad over the last 12 months (which wouldn’t be unreasonable, in fairness to you), it’s hard to think of anything more welcome as we approach a dark and dismal winter. One ...
JUDAS PRIEST’s ROB HALFORD On Sobriety: ‘The Tough Part Is Living On A Day-To-Day Schedule’
JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford, who celebrated the 34th anniversary of his getting sober in January, spoke to Backstage Axxess about how being clean and sober since 1986 has affected his live performance as well as his emotional well being. “It is one day at a time,” he said (see video below). “Every time I see a commercial on television for a beer [laughs], I go, ‘God, I would love a cold beer.’ But I know I can’t, because I’d just be in a really sick place, I’d be in an unhealthy place again. “The tough part is living on a day-to-day schedule,” he continued. “It’s even tougher when you’re on the road and you’re surrounded by guys that love to drink, and all my band loves to drink. But I have all the to...
