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Grupo Frontera’s ‘No Se Va’ Continues Hot Streak Across Billboard Latin Charts
Grupo Frontera scores a first top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart as “No Se Va” climbs 12-4 on the Oct. 22-dated ranking. The song’s fresh success comes after it topped Latin Digital Song Sales for one week and became the fifth regional Mexican song to hit the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 over its 64-year history. “No Se Va” pushes to the upper region on Hot Latin Songs mainly on the strength of streaming activity. It logged 8.9 million official U.S. streams during the tracking week ending Oct. 13, according to Luminate. It yields a No. 26 debut on Streaming Songs and takes home the Greatest Gainer honors on Latin Streaming Songs with a 9-4 lift. Meanwhile, sales drop by 22%, to 1,000. On Latin Digital Songs Sales, the song cedes the throne back to Bad Bunny’s “Titi Me Preguntó” wit...
AleXa Signs With UTA, Sets New EP Following ‘American Song Contest’ Win: Exclusive
Months after breaking into Stateside consciousness as the first-ever champion of American Song Contest, AleXa has connected with new team members as well as new music. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Billboard can exclusively reveal that the U.S.-raised K-pop star has signed with United Talent Agency (UTA) for representation in all aspects, including areas beyond music like TV, film and licensing. Billboard had previously broken the news that the starlet had previously teamed with ICM Partners in 2020, just months after her debut onto the K-pop scene. AleXa will continue under ZB Label, the subsidiary recording company under long-running Korean video and film production company Zanybros. “I’m looking forward to a new history of K-pop as...
Beyonce’s ‘Renaissance’ Runs Back Up Charts After Wide Vinyl Release
Beyoncé’s Renaissance runs back up Billboard’s album charts (dated Oct. 22) following its wide vinyl release on Oct. 7. The set surges 69-2 on Top Album Sales and returns to No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Top R&B Albums and Vinyl Albums, and hits No. 1 on Tastemaker Albums for the first time. On the Billboard 200, the former No. 1 climbs 6-3. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Renaissance sold 47,500 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 13 (up 2,401%) according to Luminate. Of that sum, vinyl sales comprised 45,500 (up from a negligible sum the week prior) – marking the largest week for an R&B album on vinyl since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991. It’s also Beyoncé’s single-largest week on vinyl ever. Renaissance was initi...
‘Good Music to Ensure Safe Abortion Access to All’ Benefit Album Makes Chart-Topping Debut
The all-star charity album Good Music to Ensure Safe Abortion Access to All debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Compilation Albums chart and also bows at No. 9 on Top Album Sales. The 49-track set sold nearly 8,500 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 13 according to Luminate – the largest sales week for a non-soundtrack compilation album in two years. The benefit album boasts music from Death Cab for Cutie, Fleet Foxes and Pearl Jam, among others, and was exclusively available via Bandcamp’s webstore for one day only, on Oct. 7, as a digital download. According to a press release, the album’s net proceeds will benefit non-profit organizations working to provide abortion care access to all: Brigid Alliance and NOISE FOR NOW (who are working with Abortion Care Network)....
NBA YoungBoy Breaks Tie With JAY-Z For Fifth Most-Charting Billboard 200 Albums
YoungBoy Never Broke Again is officially the rapper with the fifth most-charting albums on the Billboard 200, breaking his tie with JAY-Z. The feat was announced by Chart Data on Twitter, with the Baton Rouge rapper breaking Hov’s record of 24 albums on the chart. YB hit the record with the release of his latest project 3800 Degrees — a 13-track effort featuring Mouse on Tha Track, E-40 and Shy Glizzy that was released with a note from the artist himself: “To whom stabbed me in my back laughing like me being counted out funny- it’s all good.” There is a chance, however, the 23-year-old will move past his own record again this month when he drops Ma’ I Got a Family, his sixth project of 2022 that will feature between 13 and 17 tracks. YoungBoy Never Broke Again is now the rap...
Thaiboy Digital Announces ‘Back 2 Life’ Album, Releasing “True Love” Feat. Yung Lean
After releasing “Som Jag” with Bladee under his DJ Billybool moniker, Thaiboy Digital has returned to announce his third studio album, Back 2 Life. Teasing the euphoric and anthemic quality of the upcoming release, Thaiboy shared the lead single “True Love” Featuring Yung Lean. The new track features lyrics that embrace the beauty of life, love, and “the kind of flexing that can only come from someone who has made it through the worst to meet the best on the other side.” Back 2 Life will feature production from Loesoe, Outtatown, Rok, Seal, and longtime collaborators Mechatok, Lusi and Whitearmor. While Yung Lean and Bladee serve as the choice features set to cap off the latest release from Drain Gang. Listen to “True Love” Feat. Yung Lean on Spotify and Apple Music Below. Thaiboy Digital’...
Someone Snuck Into a Liquid Stranger Show Through the Venue’s Air Ducts
Liquidity is a superhuman power one person conjured while sneaking into a Liquid Stranger show in Houston, Texas. An unexpected guest apparently broke in through the ceilings of the venue, wriggling through the air ducts and into the men’s bathroom at Liquid Stranger’s recent show at Ayva. A video shared by a fan, which appears to be a screengab from Snapchat, is captioned: “Dude just snuck in through the ceiling.” It shows a young man stepping on the bathroom’s hand dryer and his other foot on the bathroom’s mirror. As the board from the ceiling falls on his back, he jumps on the sink and then onto the floor. The man did stay at the show, according to a number of responses on Twitter. Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Liquid Stra...
Drake Once Got Paid $100 To Open Up For Ice Cube
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cole Burston / Getty These days everyone knows that Drake has enough money to finance his own small country, but recently he revealed he was barley getting gas money to open up for a Hip-Hop legend when he was trying to make a name for his Canadian self. Per Page Six, the man currently known as the Six Gawd revealed that back in 2006 when he was only known as “Wheel Chair Jimmy” on the show Degrassi, he was getting paid a whole Benjamin to open up for Ice Cube when Cube did a show in Canada. Yes, $100 back in 2006 could’ve gotten you a pair of Air Force 1’s and a t-shirt, but these days a buck could barely fill up your gas tank. Rumors about the low-paying sum of cash started to swirl years ago and were proved to be true this week when The Flyer Vault&nbs...
The Critics Are Not Smelling What The Rock’s ‘Black Adam’ Is Cooking Despite Strong Early Reactions
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Warner Bros. / Black Adam Dwayne, The Rock Johnson, has been promising for months that the hierarchy of the DCEU is about to change with the arrival of his blockbuster anti-hero film, Black Adam. That sounds good, but the consensus is that the critics are not smelling what The Rock’s Black Adam is cooking. Black Adam is just days away from striking movie theaters with a tremendous lightning bolt, but when the film arrives, it will do so by being critically panned among movie critics across the board. Right now, The Rock’s 15-year passion project is sitting at a disappointing 54% after being reviewed by 79 reviewers. If there is any positive to get out of that, 43 reviews are fresh, while 36 or rotten. We also don’t have an audience score, and if Black Ada...
A Humble King: Kid Cudi Tells Fans He Will Not Retweet Fans Tweets Calling Him A Genius
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rebecca Sapp / Getty Kid Cudi is very humble. The multihyphenate is so modest that if you send a tweet calling him a genius, he won’t retweet it. Cudder let his 2.7 million followers know that while he appreciates their kind words, he is not a big fan of them, calling him a genius on Tuesday, October 18. “Hey guys!! I wont RT if u call me a genius im sorry. I dont think im worthy of that praise and its a lil weird for me to RT it. I know ive got a gift, but callin myself a ‘genius’ or agreeing w it comes off a lil [arrogant] to me. And thats not me. I love and appreciate you,” the Cleveland native tweeted. What he does appreciate is if you call him a “smart and creative king.” Cudi did retweet a tweet calling him such in reference to a tweet he hit send o...
John Cale Announces Album, Shares Video for New Song With Weyes Blood: Watch
John Cale has announced his new album Mercy with a video for his new song “Story of Blood,” featuring Weyes Blood. The album features additional contributions from Animal Collective, Sylvan Esso, Laurel Halo, Tei Shi, Actress, and more. It’s due out January 20 (via Double Six/Domino). Check out Mercy tracklist and the “Story of Blood” music video, directed by Jethro Waters, below. Of the Weyes Blood collaboration, Cale said in a statement: I’d been listening to Weyes Blood’s [2016 album Front Row Seat to Earth] and remembered Natalie [Mering]’s puritanical vocals. I thought if I could get her to come and sing with me on the “Swing your soul” section, and a few other harmonies, it would be beautiful. What I got from her was something else! Once I understood the versatility in her voice, it ...
NxWorries Return With Video for New Song “Where I Go”: Watch
NxWorries are back. Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge have returned with a new single, “Where I Go,” featuring H.E.R. It comes with a music video directed by .Paak. NxWorries’ debut album, Yes Lawd!, was released in 2016. The duo followed that up with a remix album the next year. Last year, .Paak and Bruno Mars shared their debut Silk Sonic album, An Evening With Silk Sonic. Anderson .Paak’s latest solo effort, Ventura, arrived in 2019. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
