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What’s Your Favorite Beyoncé No. 1 Hot 100 Hit? Vote!
Birthday Queen Beyoncé has celebrated seven singles hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 over the last two decades before turning 39 Friday (Sept. 4), but which one are you crazy in love with? She’s accomplished this feat twice on her own with “Irreplaceable” from her all-too-fitting album B’Day and “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” from I Am… Sasha Fierce. But the superstar recruited some famous friends (and husband) to get to the top with their duets, from “Crazy in Love” featuring then-boyfriend and current husband Jay-Z to “Perfect” with Ed Sheeran to the “Savage” remix with fellow Houston native Megan Thee Stallion. So which of Queen Bey’s No. 1 hits are you crowni...
Brandy & Monica Combine for Over 20 Million U.S. Song Streams After Verzuz Battle
Brandy and Monica‘s record-setting Verzuz viewership translated into major gains for both singers’ streaming totals after the event. Combined, the pair registered 21.9 million U.S. on-demand streams for their song catalogs from Aug. 31 through Sept. 2, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data, a period comprising the day of the competition and two days after of residual fan activity. That total compares to 6.3 million U.S. on-demand streams in the three days leading up to the broadcast (Aug. 28-30), a surge of 248%. Of the 21.9 million streaming total, Monica’s catalog accounted for 11.2 million plays, while Brandy’s songs clocked 10.9 million streams. The two R&B hitmakers participated in the latest Verzuz showdown on Monday (Aug. 31). At its peak, the web broadcast...
First Country: New Music From Hardy, Lauren Alaina, Carly Pearce, Brett James & More
First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos and albums that dropped this week. Hardy, A Rock Hardy, who’s co-written hits for Florida Georgia Line and Blake Shelton among others, releases one of the most self-assured full-length debut albums in years. Last year’s polarizing “Rednecker” showed no hint of Hardy’s songwriting ability (though Shelton’s “God’s Country” certainly did.). His lyrics and word play are especially strong on the title track, which uses many different meanings for the word rock while weaving together a story. Current Top 20 hit, “One Beer “ (featuring Lauren Alaina and Devin Dawson), looks at the sunny side of imbibing too much, while on “Boots,” he’s so sure he’s wrecked a relationship that he sleeps in his boots, correctly knowing that as soo...
Fans Pick Bounty Killer vs. Beenie Man as the Best ‘Verzuz’ Battle Yet
Beenie Man and Bounty Killer both took home the winning title of our Verzuz battle poll. Verzuz battle viewers voted in a poll published Tuesday (Sept. 1) on Billboard, choosing the battle between the dancehall reggae legends streamed live from Kingston, Jamaica during Memorial Day weekend as their all-time favorite. And location was key here: Their Verzuz battle won with a whopping 88% of the vote, and 44.6% of the tally’s total votes came from fans in Jamaica. The two DJs not only brought back the historic precursor of Verzuz battles with their head-to-head soundclash competition as early as the 1950s, but they also ushered in a new format of the Verzuz battles by being the first two artists to perform in the same room and IG Live feed. The poll came a day ...
Bumper, Kat Cunning, Wonho, And More Made The Songs We Love This Week
#WENEE, our time has come! Wonho’s debut album, Love Synonym #1: Right for Me, is finally here and hits us with a one-two sucker punch, beginning with “Open Mind.” Released in both Korean and English, it’s an unabashed, funky, and seductive banger that knows exactly what it wants and isn’t afraid to go and get it. Wonho takes us from “zero to 100” without a second to waste. Let go of all your inhibitions and tell him your desires because, as the song suggests, he’ll “bring ‘em all to life / for just one night” Whew! Well then, Wonho: Let me have a glass of water and compose myself. This is a strong opening track from a powerhouse Korean soloist, and if this is any indication, it’s just the beginning of what is sure to be a prolific, successful career. Expect the unexpected from Wonho and “...
CHUCK BILLY: How DAVE MUSTAINE Tried To Block TESTAMENT From Using Full Gear On JUDAS PRIEST Tour
In a brand new interview with MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn‘s “No Fuckin’ Regrets With Robb Flynn” podcast, TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy reflected on his band’s first-ever U.S. arena tour, which took place in 1990, with JUDAS PRIEST as the headliner and MEGADETH as additional support. Billy said (see video below): “For the PRIEST tour, we decided we were gonna spend some time on production. We bought a big, fancy Voelker Rack drum set. We bought two new scrims, full-on backline — the whole deal. Nice-looking show. And we get to the first show, and [MEGADETH mainman] Dave Mustaine sees us have it up, and he says we can’t use it. [So] we had a little problem the first week of the tour.” He continued: “I was pissed, because we just spen...
BEHEMOTH’s ‘In Absentia Dei’ Special: Heavy Metal Vs. The Church
BEHEMOTH frontman Adam “Nergal” Darski and Lucien Greaves from The Satanic Temple and Netflix‘s “Hail Satan” recently sat down and talked about what it is to be a Satanist in 2020. The discussion, which was moderated by ex-Metal Hammer editor and Twin V Ltd. founder Alexander Milas of World Metal Congress, can be seen below. In a 2018 interview with Kerrang! magazine, Nergal, who grew up in Catholic Poland, looked back on how his relationship with religion turned. “There are three sacraments growing up in the Catholic church,” he said. “The first is baptism, just after you’re born. They put some holy water over your head and, all of a sudden, you’re part of a church. The second is communion, age eight or nine. Coming up to the third [co...
Hallucination Scene – Black Magnet
RATING: 8/10 As sensible people will be well aware, there are few things more gloriously crushing and brutal than the sound of GODFLESH‘s “Streetcleaner” album cranked to the maximum. The industrial scene’s close relationship with extreme metal has endured several decades at this point, but in the 30 years since that landmark album, very few bands have come close to equaling that sublime collision between man and machine. This year, however, there are at least two superb examples of flagrant and admirable GODFLESH worship on offer. Check out the new REALIZE album, if you haven’t yet had the pleasure, but first head straight to this utterly vicious and untamed 26-minute robo-grind riot. BLACK MAGNET at least appear to be a one-man wrecking crew from Oklahoma Ci...
AUTOPSY To Release First Live Album, ‘Live In Chicago’, In October
AUTOPSY‘s first official live album, “Live In Chicago”, will be released on October 30 via Peaceville Records. It will be made available on double gatefold black vinyl and CD format. “Live In Chicago” was recorded at Reggie’s Rock Club on March 7, 2020, and contains 66 minutes of classics spanning the whole 30-plus-year career of the death metal legends. The release also notably includes the brand new track “Maggots In The Mirror”, giving fans something to chew on while the impending next studio release takes shape. Due to recent and somewhat unforeseen global events, this stands as AUTOPSY‘s only gig of 2020, out of what was intended to be a string of several appearances. Luckily, the show was professionally recorded, unknowing of what...
New Kendrick Lamar Music Is On The Way, Spotted Filming Video In L.A.
Source: Apega – WENN / WENN It seems the wait will not be too much of a wait for Kendrick Lamar fans. The Los Angeles native is back on the scene. All signs are pointing to a new Kung-Fu Kenny project. On Wednesday, September 2 the BODE clothing brand posted a visual about the “How Much A Dollar Cost” MC. “Kendrick Lamar shooting a music video in Los Angeles in our Senior Cord Rugby Shorts via @topdawgent” the caption read. This is not the first time the New York based fashion label has been embraced by a top Hip-Hop name. Earlier the summer Jay-Z was spotted wearing an all BODE outfit while with one of his children in The Hamptons. While the West Coast artist has kept a relatively low profile since the release of his last effort DAMN in 2017 there have been hints here and there ...
Robert Pattinson Allegedly Tests Positive For The Rona, Stops Filming of ‘The Batman’
Source: Vimeo / Matt Reeves Looks like COVID-19 done took down The Batman, b. According to Vanity Fair, production on the Matt Reeves-directed The Batman has come to a screeching halt with word spreading that the film’s star, Robert Pattinson has tested positive for the Coronavirus. Though Warner Bros. has confirmed that filming on the picture has temporarily paused due to COVID-19, they wouldn’t say who tested positive on the production team. Warner Bros. would not comment on any individual worker’s health, sharing only this statement: “A member of The Batman production has tested positive for Covid-19, and is isolating in accordance with established protocols. Filming is temporarily paused.” Vanity Fair confirmed through a highly placed source that Pattinson was the individual ...
Hotel Garuda Evolves with Eclectic Long-Awaited Debut Solo EP, “The Tension”
Hotel Garuda’s Aseem Mangaokar continues to shift styles and impress as a solo artist with his debut EP The Tension. Previously a duo, Hotel Garuda produced light, poppy house remixes and dance ballads until Manila Killa amicably split from the project a little over two years ago. Mangaokar continued the project solo and slowly began evolving its sound, producing the upbeat yet brooding single “One Reason” not long after the split before following with “Head in the Trees” in 2019, a soulful, guitar-riff-laden original. After teasing “Mutual” and “Rush” in early 2020, he finally dropped the full EP on September 1st—and it was worth the wait. With Hotel Garuda’s take on house music becoming increasingly emotive and rock-inspired ...
