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Double Country Coronation: Luke Combs & Joey Moi Top Hot 100 Songwriters & Producer Charts
For Combs, leading his Hot 100 haul, “Forever After All” debuts at No. 2, the highest entrance ever for a song that has also appeared on Hot Country Songs by a solo male; the track concurrently opens atop the Hot Country Songs chart. The song is from the deluxe reissue of his LP What You See Is What You Get, which surges back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 109,000 equivalent album units, up 399 percent, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Here’s a look at all six of Combs’ songwriting credits on this week’s Hot 100. Rank, Title (songwriters in addition to Combs)No. 2, “Forever After All” (Rob Williford, Drew Parker)No. 30, “Better Together” (Dan Isbell, Randy Montana)No. 41, “Lovin’ on You” (Thomas Archer, Ray Ful...
Tegan and Sara, Peppermint & More Celebrate Sarah McBride Becoming First-Ever Transgender State Senator
After a long election night (Nov. 3), Americans everywhere are feeling more anxious than ever. With a nail-biting race between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden still not decided as votes around the country continue to be counted, many Americans are looking for good news where they can find it. For the LGBTQ community, though, some good news did take place on election night. On Tuesday evening, Sarah McBride, a 30-year-old candidate vying to become a state senator in Delaware, won her race, making her the first transgender state senator and highest ranking transgender official in United States history. 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 Bea...
In Honor of the 30th Anniversary of Rap’s First Hot 100 No. 1, A List of Hip-Hop Hot 100 Firsts
OK, so it probably wasn’t the seal-breaking No. 1 most hip-hop fans would’ve chosen: a pop-leaning, suburbs-courting, classic rock-sampling crossover anthem from the artist born Robert Van Winkle, a white MC of controversial credibility. Still, it was a crucial chart first in rap history: the culmination of a number of smaller breakthroughs over the previous decade, and the start of many historic hip-hop No. 1s to come. Here are 15 more of the most important rap firsts in Billboard Hot 100 history: 1. First rap Hot 100 hit: Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” (No. 36, 1/12/80) The first single to introduce hip-hop to the mainstream peaked in the Hot 100’s top 40 at the outset of the 1980s, portending the slowly building crossover influence the genr...
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello Introduce Their Adorable Puppy Tarzan
Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello have reached an adorable relationship milestone — they’ve gotten their first puppy together. The two introduced their latest furry friend named Tarzan on Instagram Tuesday (Nov. 3). Mendes shared a mini gallery on his Instagram, which included two photos, as well as two videos of the lil pup with Cabello. Hailey Bieber, Bazzi, Kevin Abstract and more of their famous followers couldn’t get enough of the cuteness and shared their enthusiasm with “OMG” comments. 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 hel...
Anti-Flag, Tom Morello and More Join Forces in ‘A Dying Plea Vol. 1′ Video
With Pennsylvania currently at the center of the 2020 presidential election, Pittsburgh’s favorite political punk rockers have released a new video for their collaborative tune “A Dying Plea Vol. 1.” Anti-Flag released the video (which is full of raw footage of police brutality and violence) through Hopeless Records on YouTube, bringing a spotlight to their recent partnership with artists like DE’WAYNE, Marcia Richards, Jalise Della Gary, and legendary Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello. The fiery track captures a wide range of emotions but mainly focuses on the dire situation the country finds itself in due to racism and other social injustices (particularly as they pertain to police violence). It’s a sizable step up in complexity and production from “Fuck Police Brutality” (D...
THE OFFSPRING Drops Cover Version Of Holiday Classic ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’
THE OFFSPRING has just released its Bob Rock-produced cover version of “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”, a rock song originally sung by Darlene Love and included on the 1963 seasonal compilation album “A Christmas Gift For You” from Phil Spector. Says THE OFFSPRING frontman Dexter Holland: “It just seemed like the world could use a nice holiday song right now. We’ve always been huge fans of Darlene Love, so when the idea came up to do a Christmas song, we jumped at the chance to record that one…and tried not to wreck it!” This past April, THE OFFSPRING jumped on the “Tiger King” bandwagon by recording a cover version of THE CLINTON JOHNSON BAND‘s “Here Kitty Kitty”, a song made popular by Joe Schreibvogel — better k...
PHILIP ANSELMO Promises ‘Big EN MINOR Announcement’ Later This Week
EN MINOR, the new “depression core” project of Philip Anselmo (PANTERA, DOWN), has a “big announcement” coming up “later this week.” Anselmo told his fans to stay tuned for further details in a new video message offering an update on the activities of his record label, Housecore Records. EN MINOR released its full-length debut, “When The Cold Truth Has Worn Its Miserable Welcome Out”, in September via Housecore in the U.S. and Season Of Mist in Europe. A project inadvertently in the making since Anselmo‘s earliest days as a child in the French Quarter, EN MINOR is an experimental and eclectic musical endeavor that finds the legendary frontman exploring a softer, graver vocal style, delivering brooding tales of pain, remorse, and sorrow....
Producer NICK RASKULINECZ Would Love To Work With METALLICA: ‘They Are The Greatest Metal Band Of All Time’
Acclaimed rock producer Nick Raskulinecz has told Gearphoria magazine that he would love to work with METALLICA, calling them “the greatest metal band of all time, in my opinion.” He said: “In the early/mid-’80s, there was METALLICA, and that was it. I dug a lot of the ’80s hair bands, but once METALLICA started coming out, that’s what really got me into heavy music. Between 1984/85, me and my friends were the guys in high school with the METALLICA patches sewn onto their jean jackets, walking down the hallways screaming ‘METALLICA!’ in everyone’s faces at 9:30 in the morning. It was like a gang. That’s how music used to be. You were in a gang with your buddies and you were in the know. There was this thing called METALLICA and in...
JOE BONAMASSA Lands 24th No. 1 On Billboard Blues Chart
Joe Bonamassa‘s new solo studio album, “Royal Tea”, hit the Billboard charts this week with record-breaking numbers, as the blues-rock titan landed his 24th No. 1 album on the Blues chart; an incredible feat and more than any other artist in the history of the chart. The critically acclaimed new album reigned over a slew charts this week, also hitting No. 5 on Top Current Albums, No. 6 on Top Albums, No. 6 on Independent Albums, No. 7 on Rock, No. 41 on the Billboard Top 200 and No. 48 on the Top Artist 100 chart. “Royal Tea” is available now online and in stores from Bonamassa‘s own label J&R Adventures. Recorded at the iconic Abbey Road Studios in London, “Royal Tea” features honorable nods to his British heroes Jeff Beck, John Mayall &...
Local Natives on Obsessing Over At the Drive-In
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Radio Public | Stitcher This Must Be the Gig is joined by Local Natives. As two of the founding members of the Southern California band, Taylor Rice and Ryan Hahn first came together when they were just high schoolers. Not long later, Local Natives’ debut record Gorilla Manor solidified their radiant credentials. Over a decade later, the five-piece have now released four studio albums and spread their sunshine and wonder at festivals and sold-out shows around the world. Most recently, the band put out the four-track Sour Lemon EP, collaborated with Sharon Van Etten, and put together an incredible live-streamed concert for eager fans. In this week’s episode, host Lior Phillips sp...
The Offspring Cover “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”: Stream
The Offspring have released their first-ever holiday song, a cover of the Darlene Love classic “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”. Along with the single, the band has promised new music in early 2021. As frontman Dexter Holland pointed out in a press release, the band felt it was a good time to bring some holiday cheer to their fans. “It just seemed like the world could use a nice holiday song right now,” remarked Holland. “We’ve always been huge fans of Darlene Love, so when the idea came up to do a Christmas song, we jumped at the chance to record that one … and tried not to wreck it!” The punk-rock veterans actually deliver a pretty faithful rendition of tune, with their version produced by Bob Rock (Metallica, Mötley Crüe). The original 1963 version was famously produced by Phil Spect...
Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten Goes Full MAGA, Calls Trump “the Only Hope”
Former Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten, a.k.a. John Lydon, made good on his threat to vote for Donald Trump in Tuesday’s presidential election. Lydon called into Good Morning Britain on Wednesday to discuss his support for Trump. “It makes complete sense to me to vote for a person who actually talks about my kind of people,” Lydon commented. “Trump is not a politician. He’s never claimed to be. How unusually exceptionally wonderful is that for people like me, working class people.” “We’re bored of ‘intellectual’ left-wing ideas,” Lydon continued. “We can’t take much of you. You talk twaddle. Everything you do – you just miss the point of who the general population are.” The interview then took an awkward turn when Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid asked Lydon about Trump’...
