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Chris Stapleton’s ‘Probably’ Is Definitely No. 1 on Country Airplay Chart
Chris Stapleton banks his second No. 1, among five top 10s, on Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart, as “You Should Probably Leave” ascends to the summit of the Feb. 12-dated list. In the tracking week ending Feb. 6, the song increased by 4% to 27.1 million impressions, according to MRC Data. The song – which Stapleton wrote with Chris DuBois and Ashley Gorley, and produced with Dave Cobb – follows Stapleton’s first Country Airplay leader, “Broken Halos,” for a week in March 2018. Before “Probably,” Stapleton reached No. 2 with his two most recent Country Airplay entries as a lead artist: “Starting Over” (April 2021) and “Millionaire” (March 2019). He first hit the top 10 with “Nobody to Blame” (No. 10, April 2016). The track is from Stapleton’s fourth full-length, Starting Over, which debute...
2022 Oscars: See the Full List of Nominations
The Power of the Dog leads the nominees for the 94th annual Academy Awards, which were unveiled Tuesday morning (Feb. 8). The film landed a total of 12 noms, including best picture, best director for Jane Campion, and acting noms for star Benedict Cumberbatch and supporting players Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Dune follows with a total of 10 noms, including best picture, but the film was left out of the directing and acting categories. West Side Story and Belfast earned seven noms, while King Richard was nominated in six categories. Those three also will compete for best picture in a category that includes a total of 10 nominees; CODA, Don’t ...
Chevrolet’s ‘Find Your Groove’ Album Spotlights a New Sound in the Middle East
Coinciding with the launch of the All-New Chevrolet Groove SUV, the automotive brand has dropped a collaborative album titled Find Your Groove. Continuing to tap into its global audience, the project champions rising musical talent from across the Middle East and North Africa, and brings them together to form a new music genre, ME-Pop. For over 15 years Big Hass has been a leading figure in the Arabic hip-hop scene, making it his priority to push the sound globally. “It all started back in 2007 with my music blog. I then launched an online radio and then pushed towards the FM Radio in Saudi Arabia,” he says. Representation is key, and spotlighting emerging talent on his shows within the region as well as abroad stays at the forefront of his community-led ethos so it was only right Che...
Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood Nominated for Best Original Score at 2022 Oscars
The 2022 Oscar nominations for Best Original Score have been announced. Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead is up for The Power of the Dog and Hans Zimmer got a nod for Dune. They’ll face off against Nicholas Britell (Don’t Look Up), Germaine Franco (Encanto), and Alberto Iglesias (Parallel Mothers). Jonny Greenwood was previously nominated for Best Original Score at the 2018 Academy Awards. His Phantom Thread score ultimately fell short to Alexandre Desplat’s The Shape of Water. The Power of the Dog, directed by Jane Campion, is up for Best Picture. It’ll compete against Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza (featuring a title theme by Jonny Greenwood), Dune, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, West Side Story, and King Richard—the Richard Williams biopic that boasts Beyoncé’s Oscar-nominated song “Be ...
Beyoncé and Billie Eilish Nominated for Best Original Song at 2022 Oscars
Beyoncé has earned her first Academy Award nomination, with “Be Alive” from King Richard up for Best Original Song at this year’s Oscars. Billie Eilish’s “No Time to Die” for the James Bond movie of the same name is also nominated in the category, alongside songs penned by Diane Warren (Four Good Days), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto), and Van Morrison (Belfast). Find the list of nominated tracks below. “Be Alive” marked Beyoncé’s first new original music since her 2020 visual album Black Is King, written for the biopic about the father of Serena and Venus Williams. Last year, Beyoncé set a new record at the Grammys for most awards held by a woman, overtaking the singer and bluegrass artist Alison Krauss with her Best R&B Performance win for “Black Parade.” Eilish’s “No Time to Die” took ...
Questlove Nominated for Best Original Documentary at 2022 Oscars
Questlove is among this year’s Oscar nominees in the Documentary Feature category. The Roots drummer is recognized for his directorial debut Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised). See the full list of Documentary Feature nominees below. The 2022 Best Documentary Feature shortlist included Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry and Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground. Those films did not get nominated in the end. Summer of Soul is up for a Best Music Film Grammy this year. Read Pitchfork’s “Questlove on Restoring Black Music History and Making One of the Year’s Best Films.” Follow the rest of Pitchfork’s coverage of the 2022 Oscars. Documentary Feature Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell – AscensionStanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry &...
Oscars 2022 Best Picture Nominations: See the Full List
The nominees for the 2022 Oscars have been announced. Contenders in the Best Picture category include Licorice Pizza, Dune, The Power of the Dog, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, King Richard, and West Side Story. Check out the full list of nominated films below, and find the complete roster of this year’s nominees at the Academy Awards’ website. The 94th Academy Awards ceremony will take place March 27 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Last year, the Oscar for Best Picture went to Chloé Zhao’s drama Nomadland. Follow the rest of Pitchfork’s coverage of the 2022 Oscars. Best Picture BelfastCodaDon’t Look UpDrive My CarDuneKing RichardLicorice PizzaNightmare AlleyThe Power of the DogWest Side Story Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Duran Duran Drops New Track ‘Laughing Boy’: Stream It Now
Duran Duran is celebrating their long-overdue nomination for the Rock Hall with “Laughing Boy,” the first in a hattrick of new releases. “Laughing Boy” dropped at midnight, and is one of three previously-unheard tracks that’ll appear on the digital deluxe edition of Future Past, due out this Friday (Feb. 11). On it, keyboardist Nick Rhodes leads the way with an atmospheric synth soundscape, John Taylor’s bass pops and slaps, and frontman Simon Le Bon belts out high notes and hits a classic, x-large Duran Duran chorus. Future Past is the band’s 15th studio album, and features plenty of assists from the likes of Blur’s Graham Coxon, Tove Lo, CHAI, Ivorian Doll, and David Bowie’s former pianist Mike Garson, plus production by Erol Alkan and Giorgi...
Pusha T Releases ‘Diet Coke’ After Collaborating With Ye: Stream It Now
Pusha T‘s new song “Diet Coke,” produced by Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and 88-Keys, is out now. The track, which dropped at midnight Tuesday (Feb. 8), comes after Pusha T and his manager Steven Victor teased it early Monday. Victor began the song’s rollout by sharing a clip from the black-and-white music video with no caption. In the snippet, Pusha is seen rapping as Ye grooves to the beat in the background. “Imaginary players ain’t been coached right/ Master recipes under stove lights/ The number on this jersey is the quote price/ You ordered Diet Coke, that’s a joke, right?/ Everybody get it off the boat, right?” The song’s lyrics, which were released before the tune, continue, “But only I can really have a snow fight/ Detroit n—a challenge, what’s your dope like?/ If your Benz bi...
Alice In Chains’ Music Rights Acquired by Primary Wave and Round Hill
The catalog includes such hits as “Man in the Box,” “Rooster” and “Would.” In the U.S. alone, the band’s activities generated more than 18 million album consumption units, including 12 million CD sales. “Primary Wave is pleased to partner with the estates of Layne Staley and Mike Starr to honor their musical legacies as part of the classic era lineup of Alice In Chains, who created the amazing songs and records that comprise the albums Dirt and Facelift, and the acoustic EPs, Jar of Flies and Sap,” said Primary Wave’s David Weitzman in a statement. “These projects represent the greatest works from one of the best artists of the iconic ’90’s Seattle based grunge era.” Lead singer Staley died of a drug overdose in 2002, while bassist Starr died of an overdose in 2011. Meanwhile, in addition ...
Iggy Pop and Ensemble Intercontemporain Named 2022 Polar Music Prize Laureates
Iggy Pop, one of the founding fathers of punk music, and Ensemble Intercontemporain, a classical music assemblage based in Paris, have been named the Laureates of the Polar Music Prize for 2022. The royal ceremony and banquet will take place in Stockholm on May 24 after a two-year COVID gap. Explore Explore Iggy Pop See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first Polar Music Prize ceremony, which honored Paul McCartney and the Baltic States, in 1992. The Prize was founded and funded by Stig “Stikkan” Anderson, the noted Swedish songwriter, producer, label owner and music publisher who was the manager of ABBA. After the Nobel Prize Committee rejected Anderson’s suggestion of a Nobel Prize for music, he created the Polar...
Phil Elverum Announces New Documentary There’s No End, Shares Trailer: Watch
Phil Elverum has announced a forthcoming documentary titled There’s No End. Mattias Evangelista directed it, with Elverum credited as a producer. A release date for There’s No End has not yet been announced. Watch a trailer for the film, wherein Elverum discusses parenting and “making the leap into belief,” below. Elverum, Evangelista, and director of photography Riley Donovan all shared individual statements about their work in the YouTube description for the clip. Elverum wrote: I always try to just be myself. Sometimes I make songs and albums of spilled guts deep reaching ideas and send them out to all the strangers in the world, but mostly I’ve tried to keep the real daily life private. I’ve wanted to share the meat and hide the skin. Now I find myself surprised to be revealing a beaut...
