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Kanye West’s New Album Donda 2 Ruled Ineligible for Billboard Charts
Kanye West’s new album Donda 2 will not appear on any Billboard charts, Billboard reports. West has been selling the album exclusively via his Stem Player, so it violates Billboard’s merchandise bundle policy, which deems ineligible albums that are sold with merchandise. Pitchfork has reached out to Kanye West’s representatives for comment and more information. West premiered Donda 2 at a Miami event on February 22. The next day, he shared four songs from the record on his Stem Player website. And, on February 24, he made available 12 more songs, billing the 16 total tracks as V2.22.22 Miami. Last year, West’s Donda debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, moving 309,000 equivalent album units in its first week. At the time, it was the biggest week for any album release of 2021. The achievem...
Geffen Records Names Tom March U.S. President
Tom March has been named the new president of Geffen Records in the United States, the company announced today (March 7). March, who spent the past six years as co-president of Polydor in the U.K., will take up his new post in July and report to Interscope Geffen A&M chairman/CEO John Janick. March joins at a period when Geffen is on an upswing it hasn’t experienced in some time, with Olivia Rodrigo having broken out into superstar status in the past year with her album SOUR and nominations in each of the Big Four categories coming up at the Grammys in April. Geffen, in addition to INgrooves and Universal Music Group, will also be the distribution home for BTS when they make their UMG debut after leaving Columbia Records last fall, while another signing, the rapper Yeat, saw his latest...
Glass Animals’ ‘Heat Waves’ Completes Record Run to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
A song released in 2020, and about late nights in the middle of June, reaches No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 2022. Glass Animals‘ “Heat Waves” hits No. 1 on the Hot 100, completing a record-breaking rise to the summit, leading in its 59th week on the chart. It shatters the prior mark of 35 weeks on the survey needed to reign, set by Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” in December 2019. Over its unprecedented run, “Heat Waves” has ruled multiple radio formats and become prominent on TikTok and streaming services. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated March 12, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 8). For all chart new...
Florence + The Machine Drop Spiritual Video for New Song ‘Heaven Is Here’: Watch
A new Florence + The Machine track is here, and apparently, so is heaven. Accompanied by an eerie music video packed with primal choreography, Florence Welch and her indie rock band’s song “Heaven Is Here” arrived on Monday (March 7). With gut-punching lyrics such as “Every song I ever wrote became an escape rope tied around my neck to pull me up to heaven,” the new song finds Welch venting her frustrations over being creatively chastised, according to a release. Written during lockdown, “Heaven Is Here” is a reckoning of themes such as “joy, grief, breath, the body, movement, the soul, power, rage, powerlessness, spirituality and escapism,” according to the release. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The group’s new project is aesthetically very similar to their previous song, “Th...
Phoebe Bridgers Announces Reunion Tour 2022: See the Dates
Phoebe Bridgers is headed back on tour! On Monday (March 7), the singer-songwriter unveiled the 2022 dates of her ongoing Reunion Tour. The North American leg of the run will kick off April 13 at Phoenix’s Arizona Federal Theatre before making stops in Las Vegas, Dallas, Atlanta and Chicago, as well as at multiple festivals throughout the summer, including Coachella, Forecastle Festival and BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival. From there, Bridgers will hop the pond for a European dates beginning at Fairview Park in Dublin, and playing numerous fests in just as many countries — from Glastonbury and Lollapalooza Paris to Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival and Roskilde Festival in Denmark. Explore See latest videos, charts and news But that’s not all. Following shows at the O2 Apollo in Manchester and ...
Kanye West Defends His “Eazy” Pete Davidson Murder Video & Calls It “Art”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty Last week Kanye West caught much backlash after releasing the visuals to “Eazy” in which he buried alive a clay version of Pete Davidson aka his ex-wife’s new boyfriend. While many called the video disgusting and disturbing, Ye is calling it artistic therapy (of course). On Sunday (March 6), Kanye finally responded to the outcry he provoked with the controversial music video and naturally he defended his vision saying “Art is therapy just like this view” and that “art is protected as freedom of speech.” Related Stories Well, he’s not wrong but the man has been publicly harassing his ex-wife in an effort to win her back while continuously slandering her new bae, Pete Davidson, even going so far as to allegedly spread the rumor that the guy has...
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HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Supreme / Supreme This union was inevitable. OG streetwear brand Supreme has officially revealed its collaboration with British luxury brand Burberry. Source: Supreme / Supreme Over the years, Supreme has teamed with luxury brands like Tiffany & Co. and Louis Vuitton, so linking with the purveyors of the Burberry plaid shouldn’t be surprising. More like, what took so long? While Burberry’s popularity has been a rollercoaster in Hip-Hop circles, the British luxury fashion brand was founded in 1856. Known for outerwear, the Burberry trench, lined with its recognizable plaid is a classic piece while the brand also developed gabardine, which is a weatherproof fabric. As for Supreme, their collection for Spring 2022 with Burberry includes a Tren...
Netflix, TikTok Block Services in Russia to Avoid Crackdown
Netflix and TikTok suspended most of their services in Russia on Sunday (March 6) as the government cracks down on what people and media outlets can say about Russia’s war in Ukraine. TikTok said Russian users of the popular social media app would no longer be able to post new videos or livestreams and they also wouldn’t be able to see videos shared from elsewhere in the world. Netflix said it was suspending its service in Russia but didn’t provide additional details. The actions are likely to further isolate the country and its people after a growing number of multinational businesses have cut off Russia from vital financial services and technology products in response to Western economic sanctions and global outrage over the invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday...
Central Cee Overtakes Tears For Fears In U.K. Albums Chart Race
In a well-paced U.K. chart race, Central Cee’s 23 (via Central Cee) pulls ahead at the last turn for the hip-hop artist’s first leader. Born in Shepherd’s Bush, London, Central Cee (real name Oakley Neil H T Caesar-Su) goes one better with 23, the rapper’s sophomore mixtape, which debuts at No. 1. A year earlier, his debut Wild West went to No. 2 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart. After leading the midweek survey, ‘80s legends Tears For Fears have to settle for second place with The Tipping Point (Concord). It’s the first full album of original material for Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith since 2005, and it’s the band’s first U.K. Top 5 appearance since 1993’s Elemental went to No. 5. The Tipping Point finishes the week as the U.K.’s best-selling vinyl release. Explore See latest videos, cha...
‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ Captures U.K. Chart Crown For Seventh Week
Encanto’s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (via Walt Disney) can’t be caught in the U.K. chart race, as the hit single enters a seventh week at No. 1. “Bruno,” the longest-running No. 1 this year so far, became the first original Disney cut to lead the Official U.K. Singles Chart. Encanto continues to make a big impression on the chart with “Surface Pressure” down 3-5 this week, and “The Family Madrigal” down 8-10. Further down the list, there are climbs for Lost Frequencies and Calum Scott’s “Where Are You Now” (up 4-3 via Insanity); Belters Only and Jazzy’s “Make Me Feel Good” (up 5-4 via Polydor); Australian DJ and producer Luude’s reworking of “Down Under” featuring Men at Work’s Colin Hay (up 10-6 via Sweat It Out); and D-Block Europe and current albums chart champ Central Cee’s “Overseas”...
Dave’s ‘Starlight’ Set to Dethrone ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ In U.K.
Can Dave break the Encanto spell? The “Funky Friday” rapper cruises to the lead in the U.K. singles chart race with “Starlight,” a surprise release to celebrate the start of his U.K. tour. “Starlight” is burning bright on the First Look chart, which ranks songs based on sales and streams consumed in the first 48 hours of the chart cycle. If it keeps its spot, “Starlight” will give the Brit Award and Mercury Prize winner his second No. 1, and de-throne Encanto’s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” after a seven-week unbroken run at the top. Whatever happens when the chart proper is published later this week, expect to see a new leader. “Bruno” tumbles 1-9 on the chart blast. With “Starlight” set to debut at No. 1, the man from Down Under, Luude, prepares to crash the U.K. Top 5 for the first time. ...
Kodak Black’s ‘Back for Everything’ Debuts at No. 2 on Billboard 200
Kodak Black‘s Back for Everything is opening this week’s Billboard 200 chart at No. 2. The lengthy 19-track record opens with 60,000 equivalent album units including 57,000 in streaming equivalent album units (84 million on-demand streams of the tracks), 3,000 in album sales and the remaining in track equivalent album units. Back for Everything marks Black’s fourth top five-charting Billboard 200 entry, and marks his first studio album since 2020’s Bill Israel. Other new appearances in this week’s top 10 are Tears for Fears with The Tipping Point and Avril Lavigne with Love Sux, which enters at No. 8 and No. 9, respectively. Elsewhere on the chart, the soundtrack to Encanto stays put at No. 1 followed by Morgan Wallen at No. 3, Gunna at No. 4 and The Weeknd at No. 5. Making up the bottom h...
