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Bright Eyes, Semisonic Return to Billboard Airplay Charts With New Singles
The bands make their first bows since 2007 and 2001, respectively. Two veteran acts return to Billboard airplay charts, as Semisonic and Bright Eyes both bow on the Adult Alternative Songs airplay list dated July 25. Bright Eyes, led by Conor Oberst, debuts at No. 37 with “Mariana Trench,” from the band’s album Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was, due Aug. 21. It’s the act’s second airplay chart entry, after Cassadaga single “Four Winds” reached No. 22 in June 2007. In between, the group released one album, The People’s Key, in 2011. That said, Oberst made a pair of Adult Alternative Songs visits between Bright Eyes entries’, both as part of groups. Monsters of Folk‘s “Say Please” hit No. 20 in November 20...
37 Times Parody Singer Randy Rainbow Roasted Donald Trump
Shady singer extraordinaire Randy Rainbow is well-known for his politically charged parody videos. Although they started off as mock interviews with politicians and celebrities, Randy eventually showed off his singing abilities in parody music videos based on Broadway tunes and pop hits. In these videos, Randy has taken a particular interest in President Trump and his administration. Not only does he have incredibly versatile vocals, Randy is also a hilariously talented lyricist. His sharp wit and tongue are the perfect tools that allow him to create the most scathing videos, guaranteed to make you laugh. Here are 36 times Randy Rainbow has read Trump for filth since the start of his 2016 presidential campaign. “Ya Got Trump Trouble” “Ya Got Trump Trouble” was Ra...
From Billboard Charts to TikTok Dances: Behind Nio Garcia’s Viral ‘La Jeepeta’
After making the rounds with “Te Bote (Remix)” next to Casper, Darell, Nicky Jam, Bad Bunny, and Ozuna — which landed at No. 36 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in 2018 — Nio Garcia unleashed “La Jeepeta” in January. The chorus was born inside a jeep after the power went off at Garcia’s recording studio in Puerto Rico. In January, he dropped the first version of “La Jeepeta” — a catchy mid-tempo reggaeton — in collaboration with Brray and Juanka, released via Flow La Movie and powered by GLAD Empire. Three months later, and in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Anuel AA and Myke Towers jumped on the remix, bringing “La Jeepeta” to a whole ‘nother level. Unlike the original, which did not secure a spot on the Hot Latin Songs chart, the remix arrived in...
DMX vs. Snoop Dogg in ‘Verzuz’ Battle of the Dawgs: See Our Scorecard & Winner
It was the battle of the Dogs on Wednesday night (July 22), as Snoop Dogg and DMX faced off as part of the latest heavyweight bout on Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s Verzuz platform. There was no East Coast-West Coast beef here, as the rap titans’ mutual respect for one another couldn’t have been any higher. With things taking just a bit longer than expected to get going, X and Snoop moseyed into the studio together around 8:15 pm ET. After a quick prayer along with some chicken strips and Kool-Aid, we were off. More than 500,000 fans filled the virtual arena at its peak on the Verzuz IG Live. The pair didn’t leave much on the table when running through a range of street classics and bi-coastal anthems from their decorated discographies — plus some leftovers for o...
Kygo and OneRepublic Perform Iso-Rendition of ‘Lose Somebody’ for ‘Tonight Show’: Watch
To label Kygo as an EDM DJ is underselling him. The Norwegian artist does spin discs, and produce electronic music. And during his appearance Wednesday on The Tonight Show, he showcased his talents on a grand piano. Kygo (real name Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll) performed an iso-version of “Lose Somebody” with OneRepublic, a collaboration lifted from Golden Hour, the multi-talented European musician’s latest LP. The Nordic wonder is in the mix with another collaboration doing big things on sales charts around the globe. His remix of Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got To Do With It” is on target to give the soul legend her first U.K. top 40 hit in more than a decade. Golden Hour peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard 200 in June. Watch the performance below. [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even W...
Demi Lovato Announces Engagement to Max Ehrich: ‘Here’s to Our Future’
It’s official: Demi Lovato is getting hitched! The pop star is taking her relationship with Max Ehrich to the next stage, after saying “yes” to his marriage proposal. The “Sorry Not Sorry” singer shared the good news in an Instagram post (see below). “When I was a little girl, my birth dad always called me his ‘little partner’ – something that might’ve sounded strange without his southern cowboy like accent,” she writes. “To me it made perfect sense. And today that word makes perfect sense again but today I’m officially going to be someone else’s partner.” Ehrich, whom she has been romantically linked to since March, is the right guy. “I knew I loved you the moment I met you,” she continues. “It was something I can’t describe to anyone who hasn’t experienced it firsthand but lu...
Willie Nelson Performs ‘I Never Cared for You,’ Talks Lifelong Love of Pot on ‘Kimmel’
Willie Nelson is looking happy and healthy, and just might be the youngest 87-year-old in the music business, based on his appearance Wednesday for Jimmy Kimmel Live. Flanked by his two sons Micah and Lukas, all on acoustic guitars, the country legend performed “I Never Cared for You,” a song he originally cut back in 1964. The Nelsons are one musical family. It’s another welcome comeback for the patriarch, who ended a tour early last August due to lung conditions robbing his breath. He recovered, returned to the road pre-coronavirus and just released a new album, First Rose of Spring. Judging by his stint on late-night TV, he’s not short of energy (or breath). Watch below. [embedded content] The Country Music Hall of Famer also sat for a chat with guest host George Lopez....
Lizzo Is a Green-Haired Goddess in Starry New Photo
Lizzo‘s badass energy always has us green with envy–and now she has the hair to match our mood. The star took to Instagram on Tuesday (July 21) to share a golden hour photo wearing nothing but glittery gold stars, paired with green hair and matching green eyeshadow. “When they say ‘ima star’ this is what they mean..” she captioned the post, tagging her creative director Quinn Whitney Wilson. The “Good as Hell” singer followed up with another moment from the shoot, a video of the (literal) star posing in the sunlight as a voiceover is heard proclaiming, “Yeah, we Black and we fine / We do this all the time.” See it here. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins wi...
Porter Robinson Drops a Shimmering Remix of His Own ‘Get Your Wish’
Porter Robinson fans are today (July 22) getting a double dose of the producer, with Robinson dropping a remix of his own “Get Your Wish.” The edit is a sped-up, tricked-out take on the original, with violins and drums traded for shimmery, glitchy effects and the already pitched up vocals pitched up even higher. The remix — the first work Robinson has released under his DJ Not Porter Robinson alias — follows another official edit of the track by Anamanaguchi that was released last week. Hear both “Get Your Wish” edits below. “Get your wish is a song about finding a reason to keep going, even if it’s not for your own sake,” Robinson wrote of the original song upon its release in January. “Get Your Wish” is the lead single fro...
Kyle Dishes on His Duty to Make ‘Happy’ Music, Favorite Games & More During Billboard Reddit AMA
Sure, Kyle admitted in his hit “iSpy,” that “when you text me, girl, I don’t always reply.” But regardless of his texting habits, the rapper did reply to a lot of fan questions during Billboard’s Reddit AMA on Wednesday (July 22). He kicked things off by answering a super important question: “Least favorite cereal?” Kyle quickly replied that “with out [sic] a doubt,” he does not love Frosted Flakes. Kyle then got a bit deep with his fans, responding to a question about the pros and cons about having a “huge smash hit like iSpy a while into your career?” “This is a good question,” he replied. “Def felt like I needed to match that level of a mega hit.. what it also did is take my very small bu...
‘Pitch Perfect’ Actress Anna Camp Reveals Coronavirus Diagnosis, Has ‘Lingering Symptoms’ a Month Later
Anna Camp is opening up about testing positive and batting the novel coronavirus. Taking to social media on Tuesday, the Pitch Perfect actress shared that she was “extremely sick for over three weeks” and still has “lingering symptoms” despite now testing negative for COVID “I was incredibly safe. I wore a mask. I used hand sanitizer. One time, when the world was starting to open up, I decided to forgo wearing my mask. One. Time. And I ended up getting it,” she wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of herself wearing a mask. She went on to explain that though people believe that having COVID-19 is “like having the flu,” she begs to differ. “I’ve had the flu, and this is absolutely not that,” she wrote, adding that there’s a d...
Katy Perry Posts Heartbreaking Video of Orlando Bloom’s Tribute to Late Dog Mighty
A week after fiancé Orlando Bloom’s beloved dog Mighty went missing, Katy Perry posted a heartbreaking video of the actor getting a tattoo tribute to his good boy. “We’ll miss our little buddy boy, Nugget’s brother so much. Forever a paw shaped hole in our hearts,” Perry wrote along with a broken heart emoji and #ripmighty. The Instagram send-off included a video of a masked Bloom getting Mighty’s name inked over his heart. “Mighty’s on the other side now,” Bloom wrote. “After 7 days of searching from sunrise to sunset and into the wee hours, today, the 7th day ~the number of completion~ we found his collar… I have wept more this week than I thought possible, which has been very cathartic and healing… I left no stone unturned, crawled t...
