Entertainment
Wazupnaija – Naija Entertainment blogs & Forums – Entertainment
Iron Maiden Earns Highest Charting Album Ever on Billboard 200 With ‘Senjutsu’
Iron Maiden earns its highest charting album ever on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Sept. 18), as its latest studio effort Senjutsu debuts at No. 3. The veteran hard rock band previously peaked at No. 4 with its last two studio releases: The Book of Souls (in 2015) and The Final Frontier (2010). In total, Senjutsu is Iron Maiden’s 15th top 40-charting album (dating to its first, The Number of the Beast, in 1982), of which four have hit the top 10. Of Senjutsu’s 64,000 equivalent album units earned, album sales comprise 61,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week), SEA units comprise 3,000 (equaling 3.57 million on-demand streams of the set’s 10 tracks) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Senjutsu logs the second-largest week of 2021 for a hard rock album in both equivalent alb...
MTV VMAs 2021: Here Are All of the Nominees
MTV’s Video Music Awards take place tonight at 8 pm EST/5 pm PST at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Below is the list of nominees. Doja Cat is hosting the event. She is also nominated for Video of the Year. Here are the nominees. MTV VMA 2021 Nominess VIDEO OF THE YEAR Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion – “WAP”DJ Khaled ft. Drake – “Popstar” (starring Justin Bieber)Doja Cat ft. SZA – “Kiss Me More”Ed Sheeran – “Bad Habits”Lil Nas X – “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”The Weeknd – “Save Your Tears” ARTIST OF THE YEAR Ariana GrandeDoja CatJustin BieberMegan Thee StallionOlivia RodrigoTaylor Swift SONG OF THE YEAR 24kGoldn ft. Iann Dior – “Mood”Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic – “Leave the Door Open”BTS – “Dynamite”Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion – “WAP”Dua Lipa – “Levitating”Olivia Rodrigo...
Dave East & Harry Fraud ft. Kiign Shooter “Yeah I Know,” AZ “Just 4 You” & More | Daily Visuals 9.10.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Dave East is a very proud Harlem representative but for his latest visuals the man decided to hit up Queensbridge to hold it down with his true blue crew. Politicking in the projects that helped hold down the NY rap scene in the 90’s for his clip to the Kiing Shooter assisted “Yeah I Know,” Dave East and company sit on the benches of Queensbridge Houses where they sip some adult juice and puff on some trees because that’s what those benches are there for. At least that’s what we grew up feeling like. Back in his own projects, Hip-Hop OG AZ shows just how far he’s come in life and in his clip to “Just 4 You” holds down his projects with his old school crew before taking to a private boat with a bottle and hella smoke. Doe or Die doesn’t get enough love, b. That is...
Swizz Beatz Says Kanye West Wanted VERZUZ Smoke With Drake, Addresses Diss
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty The “cold war” between Kanye West and Drake is multifaceted and has plenty of individuals caught up in the mix. One is Swizz Beatz, who recently revealed that Ye was ready to have a VERZUZ battle with the 6 God, who was cool on the idea. Speaking to Angie Martinez, along with Timbaland, in a recent interview Swizz explained what happened since a VERZUZ between the two A-list rappers never manifested. “Kanye was willing to do the Verzuz, he wanted to battle Drake,” explained Swizz to Martinez. “I left that up to them, and that’s what I told to Timb, as well. I was like, ‘Yo, they have to bring that to the table.’ They would have to agree to do that. Kanye was ready, but I don’t know where that’s at now. I’m still leaving it on th...
Pop Smoke’s Gravesite Vandalized In Brooklyn
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: TMZ / TMZ Pop Smoke‘s gravesite was reportedly vandalized and damn near destroyed. The heathens reportedly smashed the late rapper’s crypt and may have tried to remove his casket. Karma isn’t enough to deal with scoundrels like these. According to TMZ, witnesses came upon the scene on Saturday morning (Sept. 11) Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. Pop Smoke was murdered in February 2020 in a home invasion in the Hollywood Hills gone wrong. Images obtained by TMZ show the vandals showed no respect to the “Dior” rapper’s resting place. We’re told Pop Smoke’s spot on the outer wall of a mausoleum within the grounds seemed to be singled out and horribly vandalized … with his marble plaque cracked and broken through, almost completely. You can see his full na...
We Surveyed Dance Music Fans On Which Iconic Early 2010’s Single Deserved a 2021 Rework
Fans are yearning for the soaring, euphoric riffs characteristic of the iconic house music singles that dominated the early 2010s. At least, that’s one interpretation of a new EDM.com social media poll. When we asked the fans which classic dance music single needed some 2021 remix magic, nearly 20,000 nostalgic respondents weighed in. By a wide margin, electronic music fans felt Swedish House Mafia‘s swan song, “Don’t You Worry Child” could use a resurgence. The single was among the first dance tracks at the time to land on major metropolitan pop radio stations, unifying fans across the globe in the process. Simultaneously, we sullenly counted down to the conclusion of the group’s One Last Tour, which felt like the definitive end to an era. Li...
Alesso to Perform at World’s First NFT Art and Music Festival
Another monumental milestone for the adoption of NFTs is on the horizon with the formation of the world’s first music, art, and technology festival that will focus on the emerging blockchain asset class. Metapurse, the world’s largest NFT investment fund, has unveiled their festival project, Dreamverse, which will feature an immersive gallery viewing experience by day and musical performances by night. Presented in collaboration with TIME, the in-person Dreamverse experience will feature works of art canvassed on hybridized physical and digital structures. Attendees will also have the option to view some pieces from the immersive world of virtual reality on site. One of Dreamverse’s main attractions will be the public debut of Beeple’s Everydays: The Fir...
RICHIE FAULKNER Says Parkinson’s Disease-Afflicted GLENN TIPTON Is ‘Absolutely’ Still Part Of JUDAS PRIEST Songwriting Process
In a new interview with “The Five Count” radio show in Mankato, Minnesota, JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the follow-up to 2018’s “Firepower” album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It’s been challenging, obviously, with everyone being split up over the last eighteen months due to the pandemic. We’ve had some ideas for a long time now, but we were unable to, obviously, get together and put these ideas down in the studio. So we’ve got a collection of songs relatively there; they’ll take a bit of work, a bit of magic dust from the producers, and we’ve gotta get in there to record ’em, but we’ve got a ton of stuff that we just wanna get i...
JASON NEWSTED Says His Comment About Not Having The ‘Physicality’ To Play With METALLICA Anymore Has Been Misinterpreted
Jason Newsted says that his comment about not no longer having the “physicality” to play with a band like METALLICA has been misinterpreted. Back in February 2020, the 58-year-old musician, who left the San Francisco Bay Area metal giants two decades ago after a 15-year run with the group, discussed his exit from the band in an interview with Florida Daily Post. At the time, spoke about the series of shoulder surgeries on both arms that initially rendered him unable to play. He said: “The surgeries kind of set me back. I kept playing music the best that I could, and I haven’t ever been able to come all the way back; I’m, like, 90-something percent full. I can’t play the full METALLICA stuff; I couldn’t do the show anymore like that… I know for a fa...
RONNIE JAMES DIO ‘Always Thought’ He Would Beat Stomach Cancer, Says WENDY DIO
Ronnie James Dio‘s former wife and longtime manager Wendy Dio spoke to V13 about the final months of the legendary singer’s life. Ronnie died of stomach cancer, also called gastric cancer, in May 2010. The disease often does not cause symptoms until its later stages. Usually, by the time stomach cancer is diagnosed, the prognosis is poor. “We didn’t think he was gona pass away; we never thought he was gonna pass away,” Wendy said. “I mean, all the times he was having the treatment. In the end, we’d go every two weeks and he’d have his chemo for six hours, and we’d come back and we’d skip down the hallways saying, ‘We’re killing the dragon. We’re here to kill the dragon.’ We called the cancer the dragon. ...
SAMMY HAGAR To Play Rooftop Concert Above The Strip In Las Vegas
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Sammy Hagar will play a rooftop concert on September 22 above the Strip at Beer Park at Paris Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show will start at 6:30 p.m. and run about 30 minutes. 200 invited guests and contest winners will be in attendance on the Beer Park deck. The show will also play to the pedestrian traffic across the Strip. “I’m so looking forward to doing this crazy thing, which I’ve never done before,” Hagar said. “It’s inspired by THE BEATLES, who were one of the first ones to do it.” For the Beer Park show, Hagar will be joined by his THE CIRCLE bandmates, ex-VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony, guitarist Vic Johnson and drummer Jason Bonham (son of the late LED ZEPPELIN drummer John Bonham). ...
Nick Lachey Details 2022 Total Relief Live Fundraiser And Looks Back On His MTV Past
The return of live music in 2021 was a cause for celebration, and in the early summer months, artists announced plans for and began embarking on massive tours that felt both like homecomings and long-awaited returns to form for fans across the globe. But the pernicious effects of the coronavirus continue to pose a threat to the live-music industry, causing a lot of these tours to be either amended, shortened, or re-canceled altogether. This furthers the strain on the industry, which began in 2020 as the pandemic set in and has only worsened with time. A lot of people beyond just the artists rely on those shows for their livelihoods, particularly road crews and venue staff. To help ease this strain, Nick Lachey, who has been back touring this summer with his group 98 Degrees, had an idea. &...
