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The Answers to the Latest Billboard x VersusGame Matchups: Dua Lipa, Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow & More
Last week’s Billboard and VersusGame matchups challenging your chart-predicting prowess featured Dua Lipa, Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow. Billboard and VersusGame have joined forces to bring music fans a one-of-a-kind, user-generated experience with games that test knowledge of pop culture for a chance to win prizes. Billboard is hosting bi-weekly head-to-head challenges on entertainment and pop culture gaming app VersusGame, where fans can vote on their favorite artists and songs and wager on who will top the charts and more. VersusGame data shows that fans have predicted correct chart outcomes nearly three out of four times so far. Last week’s challenges featured the following questions: Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, cha...
Music Earnings Q4 2021: Taking Stock of Spotify, WMG, SiriusXM & More Companies
Most public music companies continued hot streaks by turning in good or excellent numbers for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2021. For the majority of them, however, it would have been difficult not to impress in 2021 compared to 2020. COVID-19 shut down the touring business for three quarters of 2020, hampered brick-and-mortar retail for much of the year and hammered advertising spending, which affected radio broadcasters as well as streaming services. By the end of 2021, businesses’s main problems were rising costs and labor shortages, not unemployment and unpredictable consumer spending. Each component of the music ecosystem had encouraging results. The three majors — Universal Music Group, Sony’s music division and Warner Music Group — had combined revenues of about $25.4 billion, up 19.8%...
‘Black Ink Crew’ Recap: Young Bae’s Advice About Color Tattoos On Dark Skin Offends Black Client
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Last week, Teddy let Ceaser down by flaking on his struggle press conference, and Tatti finally got the confidence to tell her boss she could be heading to jail. Young Bae brings the crew together for a great cause this week, and Puma thinks it’s time for another team-building event. Quani Wants To Move To Atlanta Immediately The Ceaser-less episode begins with Quani having the city of Atlanta still heavy on her mind. When Puma brought his family to the A last season, Quani fell in love with the city and wants to move the family there. Puma is onboard with the idea but is not ready to make that move yet. Quani isn’t trying to hear it and gives him an ultimatum to be prepared to move before the kids head back to school. Quani and...
Pete Rose Vibes: Atlanta Falcons WR Calvin Ridley Suspended For 2022 Season For Betting On Games
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty Calvin Ridley, a wide receiver selected in the first round by the Atlanta Hawks, was suspended for the upcoming 2022 season by the NFL for betting on games. Ridley later took to Twitter to state that he doesn’t have a gambling problem while acknowledging he’ll have to sit for a year. The NFL published a report on Monday (March 7) announcing Ridley’s suspension for betting on games in November of last year, including some contests featuring his team, shortly after vacating the team in the previous month due to what he claimed were “mental health reasons.” From the NFL: Related Stories “There is nothing more fundamental to the NFL’s success — and to the reputation of everyone associated with our league — than upholding the integrity ...
New Season of Kayo Chingonyi’s ‘Decode’ Spotify Podcast To Explore Skepta’s ‘Konnichiwa’
The upcoming season of Kayo Chingonyi and Spotify‘s original Decode podcast is set to take a deep dive into Skepta‘s award-winning album, Konnichiwa. Season two of Decode will feature a total of 12 episodes and follows the first season that dissected Dave’s Psychodrama. “Decode returns for a second series to go deep inside another iconic UK rap album, track by track, week by week, line by line, beat by beat,” the Spotify page reads. “What masterpiece is being dissected this time? Say hello to Skepta’s award-winning Konnichiwa, from 2016.” Chingonyi also added on Instagram, “Come with us as we wander through the hinterland of a significant UK album. This time we’re in the company of Skepta’s KONNICHIWA.” Konnichiwa arrived three years after its initial announcement and featured guest appear...
Aldous Harding Shares Video for New Song “Fever”: Watch
Aldous Harding has released the new song “Fever,” the second single from her forthcoming album Warm Chris. Harding made the video for “Fever” with Martin Sagadin. Watch below. Harding made Warm Chris with producer John Parish. It’s the follow-up to 2019’s Designer and it’s out March 25 via 4AD. The new record includes lead single “Lawn,” which also got a visual made by Harding and Sagadin. Read about Aldous Harding’s “Old Peel” in Pitchfork’s “The 8 Best Music Videos of June 2021.” Plus, check out the new feature “Will the Real Aldous Harding Please Stand Up?” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Mandy Moore Announces New Album and Tour, Shares New Song “In Real Life”: Listen
Mandy Moore has announced her new album In Real Life. It’s out May 13 via Verve Forecast. Today, she’s shared the album’s title track and announced a North American tour that takes place this spring summer. Find the new song, the album’s trailer, and her tour dates below. In Real Life was produced by Mike Viola and features contributions from Moore’s husband Taylor Goldsmith (of Dawes), Taylor’s brother Griffin Goldsmith, Lucius’ Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, Lee Pardini, and Sebastian Steinberg. Moore’s last album was 2020’s Silver Landings. Mandy Moore: In Real Life In Real Life: 01 In Real Life02 Heartlands03 Little Dreams04 Just Maybe05 Living in the in Between06 In Other Words07 Four Moons08 Little Victories09 Heavy Lifting10 Brand New Nowhere11 Every Light Content This content can al...
Travis Scott Announces New Event Safety Initiative in Response to Astroworld Tragedy
Travis Scott has announced a new initiative called Project HEAL following the November 5 tragedy at the 2021 Astroworld Festival. Billed as a “multi-tier, longterm series of community-focused philanthropy and investment efforts,” the initiative is broken into four categories: a Waymon Webster HBCU scholarship fund, an expansion of the CACT.US Youth Design Center, free mental health resources, and a U.S. Conference of Mayors Task Force of Event Safety. Project HEAL is backed by a multi-million funding commitment from Scott, with a portion of proceeds from his upcoming product launches also going towards the initiative, Billboard reports. “Over the past few months I’ve been taking the time and space to grieve, reflect, and do my part to heal my community. Most importantly, I want to us...
Pussy Riot Share New Song “Laugh It Off”: Listen
Pussy Riot have shared a new song called “Laugh It Off.” It features the New York-based artist VÉRITÉ and the rapper LATASHÁ. Listen to it below. “Women-identified and LGBTQ+ people don’t need to be empowered, we need tools and funds to empower ourselves,” Nadya Tolokonnikova said in a statement, noting the song was released in conjunction with International Day of Gender Equality. The song is the latest from a forthcoming Pussy Riot project that features “Punish,” a song co-written by Tove Lo. At the end of 2021, members of Pussy Riot including Tolokonnikova were named “foreign agents” by the Russian government. In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Tolokonnikova launched a fundraiser that sold NFTs of the Ukrainian flag. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it...
Sia Says She’s Behind Popular Snoop Dogg-Affiliated NFT Twitter Account
Sia has come out… as an avid NFT collector. On Tuesday (March 8), the singer-songwriter revealed that she’s behind the NFT Twitter handle @BiancaMedici69, which trades and discusses NFTs with over 13,000 followers. The account owner had been teasing their identity for several days, tweeting on Monday, “It’s been a joy quietly collecting NFTs this last year supporting other artists & causes. And oh what fun being a secret Medici. But I think it may bring more attention to these artists & causes if I went ‘public.’ So Tuesday at 2pm PT, I will dox & reveal my true identity.” Sia revealed her involvement with a tweet from her official account on Tuesday which read, “I am @BiancaMedici69.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news I am @BiancaMed...
Ed Sheeran Sings In London Court to Defend His Authorship of ‘Shape Of You’
LONDON — Ed Sheeran sang a brief burst of Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good” in London’s High Court on Tuesday (March 8), while giving evidence in a copyright trial over one of his biggest hits. Sheeran is in a legal dispute with songwriters Sami Chokri, who performs under the name Sami Switch, and Ross O’Donoghue over Sheeran’s 2017 hit single “Shape of You.” Chokri and O’Donoghue argue that the global hit lifts “particular lines and phrases” from their 2015 single “Oh Why” – allegations denied by Sheeran and “Shape of You” co-writers Steven McCutcheon, better known as Steve Mac, and John McDaid. Giving evidence for a second day in a trial expected to last up to three weeks, Sheeran sang parts of “Feeling Good” and his 2013 single “I See Fire,” as well as the “Oh I, Oh I, Oh I” chorus hook from...
Ariana Grande and More Celebs Slam Passage of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill
On Tuesday (March 8), the controversial Parents Rights in Education bill was passed in the Florida Senate, leading Ariana Grande and other famous faces to speak out against it. Better known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, the potential law would restrict teachers from speaking about LGBTQ+ history, people, and other topics in school classrooms across the state and give parents the right to sue educators and administrators who did so. A proposed amendment to the bill would also require school counselors and teachers to out LGBTQ+ students to their parents at home if they come out or confide in a trusted adult at school. Explore See latest videos, charts and news “Really disgusting,” Ari wrote in her Instagram Stories beneath a post by Equality Florida sharing the news. Meanwhile, George Takei ...
