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Round Hill Acquires The O’Jays’ Recorded Catalog
Round Hill Music Royalty Fund Ltd. has acquired the recorded catalog of classic R&B group The O’Jays, it was announced today. The purchase encompasses 100% of the master royalty income from 532 total recordings, including such hits as “Love Train,” “Forever Mine” and “For the Love of Money.” Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. According to catalog royalty statements from calendar years 2018-2020, 64% of the revenue generated by the group’s catalog is derived from streaming, followed by 17% sync, 10% downloads, 6% other and 3% physical. Eighty-eight percent of that revenue is generated in the U.S. The top songs ranked by revenue are “Love Train,” “Forever Mine,” “For The Love of Money,” “Back Stabbers,” “Use Ta Be My Girl,” “Cry Together,” “Stairway To Heaven”...
Netflix Officially Unveils List of Its Most Popular TV Shows and Movies
Netflix has shared data confirming its most popular TV shows and movies for the first time ever. According to reports, the streaming service’s co-CEO and chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, took the stage during Vox Media’s Code Conference to reveal the list. He unveiled two slides with rankings — both recorded during the title’s first 28 days — based on either the number of accounts that clicked and streamed the title for a minimum of two minutes, or the total amount of time it was streamed. Sarandos confirmed that the first season of Bridgerton took the No. 1 spot for most popular TV series on both rankings. Extraction emerged victorious as the film with the highest number of clicks while Birdbox was No. 1 in terms of viewing hours. Other shows and movies that made it on the top 10 incl...
‘Squid Game’ May Become The Platform’s Most Popular Show Ever Says Netflix CEO
Squid Game was the first Korean drama to hit No.1 on Netflix and did it in just four days after its release. According to Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s Co-CEO and Head of Content, “Squid Game will definitely be our biggest non-English language show in the world, for sure,” and has “a very good chance it’s going to be our biggest show ever.” Netflix typically measures the popularity of its shows based on how many people watch a title for at least two minutes in the first 28 days following its debut. As the series was released on September 17, it only has 11 days of viewership so far. Currently, the most popular series is Bridgerton, followed by Lupin at number 2. The full list of shows can be found here. In an interview with Variety, Dong-Hyuk Hwang says he may return to produce feature movies be...
Brad Pitt and George Clooney To Reunite for New Thriller Film
Brad Pitt and George Clooney are set to star in Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts’ newest thriller movie. The two A-listers will also be producing the film with their respective production labels, Plan B Entertainment and Smokehouse Pictures. The announcement of the film has sent streamers in one of the biggest Hollywood bidding wars this year. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Studios including Sony, Lionsgate, Apple and Netflix are all vying for the trifecta package that sees George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Jon Watts working together. Amazon, Universal, MGM, Warner Bros. and Annapurna are also thrown into the bidding mix. Watts is also writing, directing and producing the thriller film alongside the duo. Though not much detail has been revealed, the movie packages are expected t...
Diego Luna Reveals “Familiar Faces” Return for ‘Star Wars: Andor’
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story veteran Diego Luna has confirmed that shooting has now wrapped for his spin-off Disney+ series Star Wars: Andor and teased the return of “familiar faces.” Speaking to Deadline in a recent interview, the Mexican actor revealed that several characters previously featured in the massively popular franchise will be making appearances in the upcoming show, possibly teasing a return for various Rogue One personalities. “You’ll definitely see familiar faces,” Luna said. “I can tell you about this project like no other because I can’t spoil the ending if you’ve seen [Rogue One] already. No matter what I say, I can’t ruin the ending.” He added that production during COVID-19 had its challenges, but shooting for the series has successfully wrapped up. “To ...
Tems Confirms New Collab With Drake Set for 2022
A new collaboration between Tems and Drake is set to drop in 2022. The New Gen: Spring 2021 artist shared confirmed the news in a recent interview with The Guardian, with the publication stating that the cut will most likely appear on her upcoming album. Tems called Drizzy “someone that I listened to since I was a teenager” and revealed “in a solid impersonation” that he once told her, “Bruuuh, how – why – are you so good?” The pair worked for the track “Fountains” on Certified Lover Boy, which arrived just before her latest EP, If Orange Was a Place. “I think this one is more fun,” Tems shared, comparing the project to 2020’s For Broken Ears. “After I healed, I let everything go and I started to live, I started to enjoy life. And this is what that EP is. It’s like a sequel. After healing ...
David Alan Grier Cracks Up Tony Awards Crowd With Audra McDonald Shoutout
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: CBS Photo Archive / Getty On a night where Broadway celebrated its return with the 74th annual Tony Awards ceremony, David Alan Grier started the night off with some genuine humor towards host Audra McDonald as he accepted his first-ever award. The veteran TV and film actor began the evening’s festivities when he won the Tony for Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Sergeant Waters in A Soldier’s Play, the captivating tale about Black soldiers on a military base during World War II which won a Pulitzer Prize before being converted into a play. Grier took the stage decked out in a black tuxedo jacket and vibrant plaid pants and began his acceptance speech with a playful jab at McDonald: “Audra, I finally won one of these, too!” Mc...
Blueface, Eladio Carrion & Jon Z “B!TCH#S,” Joyner Lucas & J. Cole “Your Heart” & More | Daily Visuals 9.27.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Blueface’s recent antics seem to have him lined up to either pay out huge settlements or even do a bid behind bars, so it’s not surprising that the LA rapper is out in Puerto Rico enjoying his freedom while he can. Linking up with Eladio Carrion and Jon Z for the clip to “B!TH#S,” Blueface heads to PR to take in the great weather, blue ocean, and of course, the thick Boricua women of the island. The man even raps in Spanish. Lowkey struggle Spanish but not bad. Back in the US, J. Cole and Joyner Lucas link up to talk about their women problems and in their clip to “Your Heart” show how their partners went from loving them to Erica Mena at the drop of a dime. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned forreal. Check out the rest of today’s drops and some joints you mi...
A Woman Cracked The Code On The Origins Of A$AP Rocky’s Met Gala Quilt
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Sean Zanni / Getty A$AP Rocky’s Met Gala fit is still a hot topic within the fashion industry. One woman has stepped forward and cracked the code behind the very colorful piece. As spotted on Buzz Feed the Harlem native pulled up to the star studded event wearing a very unique coverall. Rocky gave credit to ERL designer Eli Russell Linnetz on the quilt but the bedspread has been around for years. Last week a woman named Sarah took to social media to clarify where the cover came from. “So my great grandmothers quilt was donated to an antique/thrift store a while back. When I saw the #metgala Photo I realized instantly that it had to be the same quilt” she wrote. “I read the vogue article about the designer finding the quilt in Southern California and ...
MySpace Inspires Kid Cudi Reflection On Pre-Success Goals: “I Had That Fire Burnin In Me”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Taylor Hill / Getty Kid Cudi clearly knew the assignment, even before there was one. On Sunday (Sept 26) the Kids See Ghosts rapper took a trip down memory lane by sharing his old Myspace bio reflecting his goals upon making it in the music business. Amid a round of fan interactions, Kid Cudi shared another Twitter user’s post that included screenshots of his old Myspace profile pic and bio. In the bio, written when Cudi was 22 years old, the then up and coming artist wrote of wanting to take “hip hop or music n general 2 a whole nother level,” before noting his desire to bring his unique lens to the Grammys. “I don’t wanna get in da game 2 blend in, I’m tryna change da face of it,” he wrote at the time. Reflecting on his early ambitions, career accomplis...
Slothrust Announce 2022 Tour, Drop “Waiting” Music Video: Watch
Slothrust announced today that they’ll be embarking on a whirlwind headlining tour next year. The alt rockers’ trek in support of their latest album Parallel Timeline will kick off on St. Patrick’s Day with a show at San Diego’s Soda Bar. From there, the band will hit six more cities on the West Coast in just ten days — including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Portland — before wrapping up March 27th in Seattle. Ahead of their headlining jaunt, Slothrust are set to spend much of the remainder of 2021 opening for Manchester Orchestra across the rest of the United States. Advertisement Related Video To accompany the announcement, the Boston-based trio unveiled the visual for the Parallel Timeline album cut “Waiting.” On the track, frontwoman Leah Wellbaum sings, “I got loud/ Flipped my lid,...
Interpol Have Officially Begun Working on Their Seventh Album
Interpol have officially started recording a new album in London. The LP, their seventh, will serve as a follow-up to 2018’s Marauder and 2019 EP A Fine Mess, and will be produced by duo Flood & Moulder. While more information on the in-the-works project is slim — there’s no title or release date as of yet — the LP is expected to arrive sometime in 2022 via Matador Records. “We are overjoyed to announce Flood & Moulder will be producing and mixing the next Interpol record,” lead guitarist Daniel Kessler said in a statement. “We are longtime admirers of their work and delighted to be in the studio with them. Starting this party right.” Advertisement Related Video Over the years, the production team’s work in the studio has included collaborations with the likes of Depeche Mode, Nine...
