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Lizzo Releases Music Video for “2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)”
Today, Lizzo released the music video for her track “2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)” from her latest studio album, Special. The uplifting song discusses the anxiety and questions that surround love and learning how to accept the love that one deserves. “Yesterday, I would have run away/And I don’t know why/I don’t know why (to be loved), know why (to be loved)/(Am I ready?)/Yesterday, I would have run away/And I don’t why (did you know?)/I don’t know why, but I’m ready,” sings Lizzo. With a reference to her “Truth Hurts” music video, the visual starts out with Lizzo approaching the altar but quickly flees due to feelings of doubt and confusion. After driving along a desert road after leaving the wedding, the musician is eventually saved by her love (played by Tyson Beckford) before celebrating an...
Here Are All the Hot 100 Records That Drake Has (And Hasn’t) Broken
Every new Drake release brings its share of Billboard chart history, and his new collaboration with DJ Khaled and Lil Baby, “Staying Alive,” is no different. Earlier this year, he became the first solo male in history to debut atop the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously twice, thanks to his latest LP Honestly, Nevermind and its single “Jimmy Cooks,” featuring 21 Savage. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Now, he secures the honor of the artist with the most top five hits in Hot 100 history, with 30, as DJ Khaled’s “Staying Alive,” on which he and Lil Baby are featured, debuts at No. 5 on the latest, Aug. 20-dated chart. Drake passes The Beatles, who have 29, for sole ownership of the record over the list’s 64-year history. ...
The Game & Hit-Boy Discuss the Inspirations Behind ‘Drillmatic,’ Reveal Dream Collaborators
Fresh off the release of Drillmatic — Heart vs. Mind, his eleventh solo studio album, The Game sat down with Billboard to discuss his new record, TikTok, his dream collaborators, and his creative process. Joined by Hit-Boy, the album’s Grammy-winning executive producer, the pair explained how they “decided it was time for a Game and Hit-Boy album.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Drillmatic is The Game’s first album since 2019’s Born 2 Rap. “He motivated me, got me all the way out the house,” The Game said of his creative partnership with Hit-Boy. “I don’t do no rapper stuff, but everything that I am and everything that I got going on now … rapping the way that I’m rapping, it’s all because of him.” The Game went on to note that ...
Harry Styles, Bizarrap & Quevedo Top Billboard Global Charts
Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” rebounds for a record-extending 13th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart, while Bizarrap and Quevedo‘s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” spends a fourth consecutive and total week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. survey. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Meanwhile, two collaborations by three stars each debut in the Global 200’s top 10: benny blanco, BTS and Snoop Dogg‘s “Bad Decisions,” at No. 6, and DJ Khaled‘s “Staying Alive,” featuring Drake and Lil Baby, at No. 10. The former also starts at No. 7 on Global Excl. U.S. The two charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The B...
‘The Beatles: Get Back’: Where to Buy It on Blu-Ray & DVD
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. The Beatles: Get Back is still in stock, but that may not last very long. Ringo Starr went viral over the weekend after posting a picture of his feet along with a Blu-ray copy of the film, which won for best streaming docuseries non-fiction at the Hollywood Critic’s Association’s HCA TV Awards on Sunday (Aug. 14). Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Peter Jackson’s epic documentary series, featuring previously unseen footage of the Beatles’ 1969 recording session was initially slated for release on Blu-ray an...
Wack 100 Calls Out Blacc Sam After Removal Of Nipsey Hussle Verse On Drillmatic
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: KYLE GRILLOT / Getty Wack 100 is reportedly fuming after the estate of Nipsey Hussle demanded the removal of the late rapper’s verse from The Game‘s Drillmatic studio album. Wack 100 proceeded to call out Samiel “Blacc Sam” Asghedom while stating that the move from the estate was done from an emotional place. Taking to his preferred medium of Clubhouse, Wack 100 shared some strong words regarding Blacc Sam and the 11th-hour removal of Neighbor Nip’s verse from a Drillmatic track titled “World Tours” according to the tracklisting. Related Stories “I got an email from my attorney, at about 7:30, an hour and a half before it dropped. Nipsey’s brother put in a demand for it to be pulled,” Wack said, adding, “These n*ggas be in their feelings. You notice you g...
Megan The Stallion Dropped A $250K Bag For Future’s “Pressurelicious” Verse
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Noam Galai / Getty Future is one of the hottest rappers out, but is his lyrical prowess worth $250,000? Megan Thee Stallion seems to think so, and that’s how much she paid to feature him on her album’s lead single, “Pressurelicious.” Megan Thee Stallion dropped her highly-anticipated sophomore album Traumazine, which features a slew of chart-topping singles. One of them, “Pressurelicious,” saw the leader of the Hot Girl movement link up with the king of toxicity. Before she delivered her L.A. Leakers freestyle, Thee Stallion spoke about the process she went through to get Future on the track that eventually cost her $250K. Related Stories “I had the beat for ‘Pressurelicious,’ right? I recorded the song, and I recorded it one way. And I’m like, ‘You...
HHW Gaming: Microsoft Confrims What We Knew All Along, PS4 Outsold The Xbox One
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Future Publishing / Getty Microsoft has kept the Xbox One’s sales numbers a secret for a long time, but now the company is finally confirming the obvious, the PS4 outsold the Xbox One by a lot. During the PS4 and Xbox One’s prime, it was widely believed among everyone in the video game industry and by those who play games that the PS4 was the king of its generation. Spotted on The Verge, new documents detail how badly PS4 kicked the Xbox One’s a**. Per The Verge: Microsoft stopped reporting its Xbox One sales figures at the beginning of its 2016 financial year, focusing instead on Xbox Live numbers. The change meant we’ve never officially known how well Xbox One was holding up compared to the PS4 after the Xbox One’s troubled launch. Analyst estimates hav...
Megan Thee Stallion Is the Centerpiece of New ‘Her’ Video
Just after releasing her latest studio album, Megan Thee Stallion has shared the video for “Her.” The black and white, Colin Tilley-directed video is all about “her, her, her, she, she, she, me, me, me”—i.e. Meg. [embedded content][embedded content] The Stallion parades amongst Sia-haired dancers, spiting everyone who doesn’t accept her. She closes the first verse: “All you hoes know who the fuck I am / From your boyfriend down to my Instagram / To all them busted-ass hoes that you kiki with / I bet your jaw drop if you ever see me, bitch,” before spitting into her empowering, reiterating chorus. The Houston-bred rapper released Traumazine at midnight last Thursday following an announcement she posted on Twitter. The album includes the previously released “Pressurelicious,” “Sweetest ...
Bad Bunny Scores Eighth Week Atop Billboard Albums Chart, Edging NBA YoungBoy by 400 Sales
Bad Bunny has spent an eighth week atop the Billboard 200 chart with his album Un Verano Sin Ti. Released in May, the album climbed up from second position with with 108,800 equivalent album units, just 400 equivalent sales ahead of YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s The Last Slimeto, which debuted at No. 2 this week. (Though 400 album sales would have pulled NBA Youngboy equal with Bad Bunny, the equivalent number of paid streams of songs from the album would be 500,000.) In its 15 weeks on the chart, Un Verano Sin Ti has not left the top two. It is the strongest start to an album’s Billboard chart campaign since Drake’s 2016 LP, Views, which spent 17 consecutive weeks in the top two. Earlier this year, YoungBoy Never Broke Again also charted at No. 2 with the album Colors. A Guide to All the F...
Rough Trade to Launch Free Festival Indieplaza at New York’s Rockefeller Center
Rough Trade has curated a new—and free—festival called Indieplaza, coming to the plaza at New York’s Rockefeller Center on September 17 and 18. For the inaugural bill, the venerable store and label selected A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad to headline, with Yaya Bey, Mary Lattimore, Claud, Horsegirl, Automatic, King Hannah, They Hate Change, and Cola among the others set to feature. Nation of Language will play a DJ set. The festival—co-presented by Rough Trade and Rockefeller Center—will also include a band merchandise market, music-making workshops, and food and drink from local businesses, according to a press release. Since Rough Trade’s record store moved from Brooklyn to the Rockefeller Center last June, it has hosted a concert series at the Rainbow Room and contributed to...
Lizzo Shares New Video for “2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)”
Lizzo has released a music video for the song “2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)” from her new album Special. She co-directed the video with Christian Breslauer, who handled the visual for “About Damn Time.” The “2 Be Loved” video picks up where the visual for “Truth Hurts” left off, with Lizzo taking a solo drive in the desert. Watch it below. Special came out last month and is the follow-up to 2019’s Cuz I Love You. It was led by the single “About Damn Time.” Next month, Lizzo will embark on a North American tour in support of the album. Earlier this year, Lizzo pulled double duty as the host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live; joined Harry Styles for a joint cover of “I Will Survive” during his headlining Coachella set; and performed at the BET Awards. She also pledged to donate $1 million ...
