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Shazam! Drake Named Most Shazamed Artist Ever
Drake put up a major milestone this week and it’s another one that looks like it might be hard to beat. To celebrate their 20th anniversary, Shazam released a list of major moments from the past two decades and among the notable stats is the one crowning Drizzy as the most-Shazamed artist of all-time with 350 million Shazams across his solo songs and tracks he’s been featured on. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Topping the list of the most-Shazamed Drake tracks was his 2016 Views single “One Dance,” which has been ‘Zamed more than 17 million times. According to a release celebrating the service’s bday, Shazam has surpassed 70 billion song recognitions to date, with the Apple-owned company providing an interesting list of some other nota...
Usher Extends Las Vegas Residency: See the Dates
Just one month into his Usher: My Way the Vegas Residency, Usher has extended his Sin City stay into next spring. The string of shows that kicked off at Dolby Live at Park MGM on July 15 of this year, has tacked on 25 new dates slated to kick off on March 3, 2023 and run through a July 15, 2023 show. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news According to a release, Usher has sold out all the shows in the current residency to date and is on track to sell out all 25 of this year’s gigs. The show takes place on the custom-designed stage at the 5,200-seat Dolby Live and it spans the singer’s career, from “Love in This Club” and “OMG” to “You Make Me Wanna…” and “My Boo” and “U Remind Me.” Tickets for the 2023 shows will go on sale to the public on Fr...
The Weeknd, Moses Sumney, Blackpink’s Jennie, More Appear in New Teaser for the The Idol
The Weeknd has shared another new teaser for his upcoming HBO Max series The Idol. The show—set in “the gutters of Hollywood,” as the new clip points out—centers on a female pop singer (played by Lily-Rose Depp) as she becomes romantically involved with a Los Angeles club owner and cult leader. Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye stars in the series, which he produced and co-wrote. The new trailer does not list a release date, but it does give a look at a number of cast members, including Moses Sumney, Blackpink’s Jennie, Mike Dean, Dan Levy, Rachel Sennott, Hank Azaria, Hari Nef, and more. The new clip debuted at the Weeknd’s concert in Las Vegas last night, as Stereogum points out. Watch it below. The Idol was first announced last summer. Tesfaye co-created the series with producing partner Reza F...
Coldplay Announce 2023 Tour Dates
Coldplay have announced 2023 dates on their world tour in support of Music of the Spheres. Next year, the band will perform in Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Find Coldplay’s schedule and a trailer for the tour below. Coldplay famously declined to tour in support of Everyday Life for environmental reasons. The band has set out to make the Music of the Spheres World Tour more sustainable, with a press releasing touting concerts powered entirely by renewable energy. For example, there have been solar panels and wind turbines at every venue to help power the shows. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commiss...
Kick From Kingston: Leon Edwards Defeats UFC Welterweight Champ Kamaru Usman
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 2 mins ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first B...
Hit-Boy Proves He’s “FIREPROOF” in New Single
Hit-Boy is back with his latest single, “FIREPROOF.” Clocking in at just a little over two minutes, the track hears the producer/rapper give thanks for all his success while still staying hungry and maintaining his mindset of improving his skills. “FIREPROOF” arrives shortly after Hit-Boy worked on The Game’s latest album DRILLMATIC – Heart vs. Mind as executive producer and on Beyoncé’s RENAISSANCE. The Fontana, California native also recently shared that he composed the score for Madden NFL 23, which just released last week. Watch Hit-Boy’s “FIREPROOF” music video above. In related news, The Game spoke up about Wack 100’s claim regarding the removal of NBA YoungBoy’s verse on DRILLMATIC. Read Full Article
Mike Dean on Scrapping ‘Ye’ Weeks Before Release: “Anything Can Happen, Especially Kanye”
Mike Dean has opened up about his experience working on Ye, the 2018 studio album Kanye West scrapped just weeks before its due date. In a recent interview with Nile Rodgers’ Deep Hidden Meaning, the record producer and multi-instrumentalist shared, “Till it’s over, anything can happen, especially Kanye.” Dean further explained that despite the fact that they only had a few weeks to finish the new record, he was pleased with how it turned out. “In Wyoming, for the Ye album, we had 10 songs, I guess. And we were trying to do a seven-song album. I came in one day and he’d erased the whole board and said ‘We’re starting over.’ That’s what happened. And we did it in like two weeks. We made seven songs and it came out pretty good.” West previously confirmed that he scrapped Ye after he made the...
Bebe Rexha Joins ITZY’s Yeji & Ryujin for Surprise ‘Break My Heart Myself’ Performance at KCON 2022
Bebe Rexha made her KCON debut on Saturday (Aug. 20), joining ITZY members Yeji and Ryujin for a special performance of her 2021 song “Break My Heart Myself.” The exciting team-up took went down during the opening concert of America’s biggest K-pop festival, which is taking place this year at the Los Angeles Convention Center and Crypto.com Arena. Dressed in all black, Rexha strutted onto the stage during ITZY’s set and performed the ultra-personal track alongside Yeji and Ryujin, drawing thunderous applause from the packed crowd. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I love you, ITZY!” Rexha shouted to the audience while embracing her collaborators. In early June, ITZY’s Yeji and Ryujin unleashed a mesmerizing dance performance to “Break My Heart M...
BLACKPINK’s Jennie Goes Clubbing in New Teaser for The Weeknd’s ‘The Idol’: Watch
BLACKPINK‘S Jennie Ruby Jane lets loose in the latest teaser for The Weeknd‘s upcoming HBO series The Idol. In the sizzling new trailer, the K-pop singer enters the “gutters of Hollywood” as she goes clubbing alongside The Idol co-star Lily-Rose Depp. Jennie is seen flashing a devilish smile while lounging in a sauna with Depp before the two whisk away in a convertible to a packed dance club. The Weeknd premiered the second teaser for the music-industry drama during his concert at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium on Saturday (Aug. 20). The brief clip was shared on social media the following morning. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news BLACKPINK’S Jennie spoke about her excitement for The Idol after the first drugs-and-sex-filled trailer dropped in late...
Camila Cabello Joins Hans Zimmer for ‘Frozen Planet II’ Song ‘Take Me Back Home’
Camila Cabello and Hans Zimmer have teamed up to write and record the new song “Take Me Back Home” for BBC One’s Frozen Planet II. The track will first premiere on BBC Radio 1 on Friday (Aug. 26) ahead of a first-look trailer for the Sir David Attenborough-narrated series. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The BBC announced the collaboration with a press release on Sunday (Aug. 21), noting that “Take Me Back Home” features Cabello’s vocals with the orchestration of Zimmer. Cabello and Zimmer worked with arranger Anže Rozman and producer Russell Emanuel for Bleeding Fingers Music. “my life is a dream,” Cabello wrote on Twitter, where she shared the news with fans. In a statement to the BBC, she added, “To be able to combine my passion for the...
Kasabian Scores Sixth U.K. Chart Leader With ‘The Alchemist’s Euphoria’
Kasabian converts a huge midweek lead into a U.K. chart crown with The Alchemist’s Euphoria (via Columbia), the British band’s seventh studio effort. The Leicester rockers now have six No. 1s, a streak dating back to their sophomore album Empire, from 2006, a feat that places the band level with the likes of fellow Brits Pink Floyd, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, Blur, Paul Weller and The Chemical Brothers. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The Alchemist’s Euphoria, the first release to feature founding guitarist Sergio Pizzorno on lead vocals, finishes the cycle by outselling its nearest competitor by 2-to-1, the Official Charts Company reports. Also new to the chart this week is Pale Waves’ Unwanted (Dirty Hit), at No. 4. It’s the Manchester ...
Rod Wave’s ‘Beautiful Mind’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200
Rod Wave is opening this week’s Billboard 200 at No. 1 with Beautiful Mind. The record debuts with a total of of 115,000 equivalent album units, including 113,000 in streaming equivalent album units (157.73 million on-demand streams of the 24 tracks), 2,000 in album sales and a minor sum in track equivalent album units. Beautiful Mind marks the artist’s second chart-topper after SoulFly and is his fourth consecutive top 10 effort, following Pray 4 Love in 2020 and Ghetto Gospel in No. 10 Also entering this week’s top 10 is Megan Thee Stallion with her surprise album Traumazine as it debuts at No. 4 with 63,000 equivalent album units, including 54,000 in streaming equivalent album units (85.72 million on-demand streams of the 18 tracks), 8,000 in album sales and 1,000 in track equivalent al...
