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BLACKPINK’s ‘Born Pink’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
BLACKPINK lands its first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Oct. 1) as its second full-length studio album, Born Pink, starts atop the list with 102,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 22, according to Luminate. The eight-song set is the first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 by an all-female group since 2008. Born Pink is the second top 10 for the South Korean quartet, which previously debuted and peaked at No. 2 in October 2020 with its full-length debut, The Album. In addition, Born Pink is the third album by a South Korean act to top the Billboard 200 in 2022, following BTS’ Proof and Stray Kids’ Stray Kids Mini Album: Oddinary. (Unlike those two albums, which are mostly in the Korean language, Born Pink is mostly in English — though with a fai...
Rihanna Posts NFL Football Pic, Confirming She’s the Next Super Bowl Halftime Performer
Rihanna is heading to the Super Bowl! After rumors swirled on Sunday morning (Sept. 25) that she was in discussions to headline the 2023 Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show, the 34-year-old superstar further stoked the chatter by sharing a photo of herself holding an NFL-branded football on Instagram. Shortly after her post, the NFL confirmed the news by retweeting a post by Roc Nation, which featured the same image RiRi had shared. “Let’s GO,” the label and management company captioned its tweet. The NFL also posted Rihanna’s football teaser pic on its official Twitter account. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Super Bowl LVII will take place on Feb. 12, 2023 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. The Apple Music Super ...
Moneybagg Yo Flexes His Lavish Lifestyle New Track “Blow”
Moneybagg Yo has released a new single, rapping about the expensive lifestyle he leads and his ability to “blow” through money, listing off his recent purchases, including a Ferrari. “Blow” debuted on Thursday, coinciding with the Memphis rapper’s 31st birthday. Following the song’s release, Moneybagg Yo spoke about the creation of the track in an interview with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe. “The vibe… it was just a party, birthday club vibe,” the rapper said. “I made it probably a month ago but then I was making it intentionally for my birthday, you know what I’m saying? Just trying to put out a birthday song, do a record.” The new song could also be the first of many that he’ll drop in the coming months as Moneybagg Yo prepares for the rollout of his fifth studio album. The rapper’s last pr...
Nicki Minaj’s 2022 Rolling Loud NYC Headlining Set Was a Moment for the Barbz
Nicki Minaj ruled over a frigid night at Citi Field in Queens, N.Y., to close out day one of Rolling Loud NYC on Friday (Sept. 23), and she brought along several guests to shake the festival grounds. With Nicki being the first female rapper to headline Rolling Loud, expectations for a grand show were high, and the hometown girl didn’t disappoint. Fans were scrambling across the festival grounds when the lights at the Fashion Nova stage turned pink, causing them to hurry over and get a good spot to catch the South Jamaica, Queens, native in all her glory. At around 9:15 p.m., she arrived onstage in an all-black outfit with the sounds of screaming fans filling up the Big Apple air. The mother of one got the party started with a fiery performance of “We Go Up” with Fivio Foreign popping on th...
GIVĒON Drops New Track “Time,” Co-written by Drake
R&B crooner and Grammy-nominated superstar GIVĒON has released a new single ahead of the release of the upcoming Amsterdam film. The track, titled “Time” is co-written by Drake and Daniel Pemberton. The track was created for the forthcoming David O. Russell mystery comedy, setting the tone for the vintage setting and the overall orchestral production behind the film. “Time” is set to be the lead track for the film’s original motion picture soundtrack. Pemberton wrote the original score for the film and for this particular song, he turned to Drake, the executive producer, to collaborate on the title track. “Time” combines GIVĒON’s unmistakably rich and classic vocals with a piano track paired with woodwind instruments. In a statement, the artist said he channeled Frank Sinatra to find h...
A$AP Rocky Confirms Rolling Loud New York Is His Last Performance Before New Album Drops
A$AP Rocky knows just how to keep his fans on their toes when it comes to new music. Prior to his set for Rolling Loud New York this past weekend, Rocky took to Instagram to let his fans know that new music is on his way. His most recent album Tested launched in 2018 and since then, a new mixtape from the Flack himself has been highly-anticipated. Just moments before taking to the Rolling Loud stage in Queens, Rakim took to his Instagram stories to reveal that this will be his final live performance until his next album drops. Rocky shared the news in a fictional Rolling Loud magazine cover graphic with an image that featured various subheadings including, “The Death of the Dummy” and other supporting headlines like, “ASAP Rocky, the Grim Interview,” “Psycho-delic: What Does AWGE Mean?” an...
Post Malone Hospitalized: “I’m Having a Very Difficult Time Breathing”
Post Malone has canceled his concert at the TD Garden in Boston tonight, sharing a note on Instagram that says he has been hospitalized and will be unable to perform. “I’m having a very difficult time breathing, and there’s a stabbing pain whenever I breathe or move,” he wrote. Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Post Malone for comment. Post Malone has been on tour in the U.S. in support of his latest album, Twelve Carat Toothache. At a concert in St. Louis last week, the singer tripped and fell into an opening onstage, briefly halting the show. He returned to the stage after 15 minutes and continued performing; afterwards he said he was given “pain meds” at a hospital and had been cleared to resume the tour. Check out Pitchfork’s 2018 feature “Learning to Love Po...
Pharoah Sanders, Legendary Jazz Saxophonist, Dies at 81
Pharoah Sanders, the legendary tenor saxophonist who performed alongside John Coltrane in the mid-1960s, has died. He was 81. Sanders’ passing was announced on Saturday (Sept. 24) by his record label Luaka Bop, which released the influential jazz musician’s 2021 album, Promises, a collaboration with Floating Points and the London Symphony Orchestra. A cause of death was not provided. “We are devastated to share that Pharoah Sanders has passed away,” Luaka Bop wrote on Twitter. “He died peacefully surrounded by loving family and friends in Los Angeles earlier this morning. Always and forever the most beautiful human being, may he rest in peace.” Born in Little Rock, Ark., on Oct. 13, 1940, Sanders — whose real name was Ferrell Sanders — moved to the Bay Area in the late 1950s before relocat...
Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid Reveals Plans for ‘A Major Farmer Mobilization in Washington’ in March 2023
In advance of the annual Farm Aid benefit concert for family farmers in Raleigh, N.C., on Saturday (Sept. 24), the organization revealed plans for “a major farmer mobilization in Washington” in March 2023 to advocate for federal support of climate resilient agriculture. The march set for the week of March 6 would be “a mobilization the likes of which we have not seen since the 1970s, tentatively called Farmers for Climate, a rally for resilience,” announced Farm Aid cultural impact director Michael Stewart Foley during a live-streamed press conference that preceded the concert at the Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek. Farm Aid co-founder and board member John Mellencamp, participating in the press conference, recalled when “[Willie Nelson] and I made the effort” to testify be...
Miranda Lambert Delivers Electric Career-Spanning Set at Las Vegas Residency Opening
Those who have followed her country music career for more than two decades know there isn’t anything that Miranda Lambert can’t and won’t conquer. From winning more Academy of Country Music Awards than any other artist in history to three Grammy statues and eight studio albums, the queen of modern country reigns supreme. When her Velvet Rodeo residency rolled into Las Vegas’ Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on Friday (Sept. 23) for the first of 24 dates, Lambert ticked another major career box — packing a Sin City venue with a career-spanning repertoire of hits, many of which came from recent albums Palomino and The Marfa Tapes. The girls-weekend crowd came ready to party and the audience — primarily composed of women a lot like Lambert — packed in with rhinestone cow...
Post Malone Cancels Boston Show Last Minute Due to Pain: ‘We’re in the Hospital’
Post Malone called off Saturday night’s concert in Boston due to pain that brought him to the hospital. “Boston, I love y’all so f—ing much,” he wrote to fans on his social media accounts on Sept. 24, just before a scheduled performance at the city’s TD Garden. “On tour, I usually wake up around 4 o’clock PM, and today I woke up to a cracking sound on the right side of my body. I felt so good last night, but today it felt so different than it has before. I’m having a very difficult time breathing, and there’s like a stabbing pain whenever I breathe or move.” “We’re in the hospital now, but with this pain, I can’t do the show tonight,” Malone said. “I’m so f—ing sorry. Everyone’s tickets for tonight’s show will be valid for the reschedule that we’re planning right now. Once again, I’m so f—...
Tiësto Remixes Tiga’s Techno Classic “Mind Dimension” for the Modern Dancefloor
Tiësto is bringing his far-reaching club appeal to an early 2000’s techno classic. Taking on Tiga’s “Mind Dimension,” Tiësto refreshes the acid-infused production of the 2009 track, adding energizing drums and a dancefloor-dominating groove into the mix. The hook of Tiga’s singalong classic is likely to appear instantly recognizable to tenured electronic music fans, but recently the song has seen a resurgence in popularity after multiple high-profile producers tried their hand at remixing it. Tiësto’s version is sure to have the club full on edge as he takes his time building up anticipation in the track’s opening bars with ethereal vocal swells and tense risers. At its tipping point, the Dutch superstar drops a metallic lead and f...
