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First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From Anabel Englund & Lee Foss, Pharrell & Black Coffee & More
New Music Friday is intense. Hundreds of songs drop from artists around the world, and you’re supposed to somehow find the best ones. It’s fun work, but it’s time-consuming — so we at Billboard Dance want to give you a hand. Each week, we sift through the streams and dig in the digital crates to present the absolute must-hears from the wide breadth of jams. Dance music is all about the community, and in that spirit, this week is delivering a litany of heavyweight collabs. There’s Louisahhh getting a heavy-ass edit from Imogen, Oliver Heldens big upping his excellent new Heldeep signee Aspen King and the unusually long list of group efforts below. Grab a friend, and let’s dig in. Armand van Helden & Chris Lake Feat. Arthur Baker & Victor Simonelli...
AC/DC Scores U.K.’s Fastest-Selling Album Of 2020 With ‘Power Up’
AC/DC‘s latest album, “Power Up”, has topped the U.K. chart with the biggest first-week tally of 2020 so far. Notching up 62,000 chart sales, the legendary hard rockers have comfortably taken their place at the top of the 2020 leaderboard of fastest-selling albums, overtaking Kylie Minogue, who racked up 55,000 chart sales of “Disco” just last week, and is this week’s No. 5. Celebrating the band’s chart victory, AC/DC‘s Angus Young tells OfficialCharts.com: “A very big thank you to everyone who put in their time, effort and creativity to get ‘Power Up’ to No. 1! Also a big shoutout to all our fans, old and new. You are, and always have been, our guiding inspiration.” “Power Up” is AC/DC‘s first U.K. N...
STEEL PANTHER Taps COREY TAYLOR, CHRIS JERICHO And BOBBY BLOTZER For Upcoming Concert Livestreams
California glam metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER have announced two more virtual concerts. The band will perform live from the Viper Room on December 5 for “Gobblefest – Gobbling Isn’t Just For The Holidays Livestream”, to be followed nearly four weeks later by “Almost Live – Formal As Fuck New Year’s Eve Special”. Both shows will start at 2:00 p.m. PST and can both be vewed for $20. “Gobblefest – Gobbling Isn’t Just For The Holidays” comes on the heels of the band’s successful Halloween show. That show saw guests such as Robert “Blasko” Nicholson from Ozzy Osbourne‘s band play the classic “Over The Mountain” with a more forgetful-than-usual Ozzy Starr. Jesse Hughes from EAGLES OF DEATH...
VIXEN Is Working On ‘Really Powerful, Amazing’ New Album
VIXEN singer Lorraine Lewis has confirmed to Metal-Net that the band has been hard at work on material for its new studio album. “Britt [Lightning, a.k.a. Brittany Denaro; guitar] and I write together through Zoom as often as possible — a few times a week,” she said (see video below). “We’ve got some really good stuff going on. We’ve all been in the studio together when we were on tour last year; we did a lot of writing together. And so we have lots of songs that we’re putting lyrics to. And we’re working with Fred Coury from CINDERELLA. “I put a lead vocal on ‘You Oughta Know [By Now]’, the VIXEN [cover of Ray Kennedy‘s] song, and I went in the studio with him and Britt, [and I] did that. I put my vocal on ‘Edge Of A ...
Ex-GUNS N’ ROSES Guitarist DJ ASHBA Releases Music Video For ‘A Christmas Storm’
Former GUNS N’ ROSES and current SIXX:A.M. guitarist DJ Ashba creatively combines multiple genres with EDM into one unique, explosive sound as he continues his adventurous journey into an exciting genre. Now, ASHBA brings holiday cheer to the dance floor with his new single “A Christmas Storm”, the official music video for which can be seen below. An instrumental mashup of holiday classics such as “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”, “Carol Of The Bells”, “Joy To The World” and “Hark The Herald Angels Sing”, the song is mixed and mastered by three-time Grammy nominee Luca Pretolesi of Studio DMI (Steve Aoki, Diplo, Lil Jon). Ashba told the Las Vegas Review-Journal about the musicial approach of his new effort: “I would go to...
Diamond Head Return the Favor Over 30 Years Later, Cover Metallica’s “No Remorse”: Stream
More than 30 years after Metallica famously covered Diamond Head, the pioneering British metal act is returning the favor with a cover of Metallica’s “No Remorse”. The UK band has shared the new rendition from the upcoming Lightning to the Nations 2020 full-length, due out November 27th. Metallica famously covered… Please click the link below to read the full article. Diamond Head Return the Favor Over 30 Years Later, Cover Metallica’s “No Remorse”: Stream Jon Hadusek 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 use...
Sia Criticized for Casting Maddie Ziegler as Autistic Lead in Upcoming Movie
After sharing the first teaser trailer for her upcoming directorial debut, Music, Sia has experienced almost instantaneous backlash over casting a neurotypical actress as the autistic lead character. The film centers around the character of Music, a young girl with nonverbal autism. She finds herself in the care of her… Please click the link below to read the full article. Sia Criticized for Casting Maddie Ziegler as Autistic Lead in Upcoming Movie Ben Kaye 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.
Meek Mill Releases Surprise Quarantine Pack EP: Stream
Meek Mill has surprise-released a timely new EP aptly titled Quarantine Pack. Stream it below via Apple Music or Spotify. Quarantine Pack collects four tracks in total, each of which sees Meek collaborating with other rappers. “GTA” has a cameo from 42 Dugg. The EP’s opening and closing tracks — “Middle of… Please click the link below to read the full article. Meek Mill Releases Surprise Quarantine Pack EP: Stream Nina Corcoran 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.
Matt Berninger Taps Future Islands for Remix of “One More Second”: Stream
Matt Berninger has unveiled a remix of his solo song “One More Second” from Future Islands. The National had a bit of a break this year, what with the pandemic and the band’s Dessner brothers off collaborating with Taylor Swift on folklore. Berninger took the downtime to make his debut… Please click the link below to read the full article. Matt Berninger Taps Future Islands for Remix of “One More Second”: Stream Wren Graves 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.
Good Luck With That: R. Kelly’s Sex Trafficking Trial Is Set For April
Source: Cook County Department of Corrections / Cook County Department of Corrections Robert Kelly will finally have the chance to legally clear his name. A judge has scheduled his trial for early 2021. As spotted on Page Six the disgraced singer’s battle for freedom is set for April. On Thursday, November 19 a judge scheduled his sex trafficking and racketeering case to commence next year. According to the article jury selection will start April 7, by the order by District Judge Judge Ann Donnelly. This jury is set to be anonymous and partially sequestered. “The government has established that empaneling an anonymous and partially sequestered jury is warranted,” wrote Donnelly. She also noted that United States Marshals would escort the panel in and outside of the courthouse in orde...
DaBaby “Gucci Peacoat,” Big Sean ft. Post Malone “Wolves” & More | Daily Visuals 11.20.20
DaBaby went from having one of the years in the rap game to one of the most tragic after news broke that his older brother had taken his own life a few weeks ago. But like most good sculptors, the North Carolina representative is turning his pain into art and in his new visuals to “Gucci Peacoat” DaBaby pays homage to the memory of his big brother and attends his funeral where the family grieves their loss and DaBaby reminisces about the impact his brother had on him growing up. Big Sean meanwhile links up with Post Malone to remind everyone that they’re dogs forreal forreal and are ready to put their paws on anyone for their visuals to “Wolves.” Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Dj Kay Slay featuring Joell Ortiz, Paposse, Ransom and Tre Williams, Yung Mal, and more. ...
Jeezy Talks Squashing Beef With Gucci Mane, Addresses Jeannie Mai’s White Meat/Dark Meat Comments
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Jeezy is setting the record straight across the board. After a historic and monumental night on Thursday (Nov. 19) during his highly anticipated Verzuz battle with fellow Trap legend, Gucci Mane, Jeezy sat down with The Morning Hustle to address his newly squashed beef, among many other topics. In regards to what lead up to him and Gucci Mane squashing their 15-year beef, Jeezy reveals that he felt the resolution needed to happen. “I didn’t realize that today was going to be like this, because initially, I was just going in for what it was,” Jeezy said. “But then I started thinking about the generation coming up behind us because I am watching these kids die every day and it’s just like ‘how ya’ll get out the hood and ...
