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Future Earns Eighth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With ‘I Never Liked You’
Future earns his eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as I Never Liked You debuts atop the list with the year’s largest week for any album. It earned 222,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending May 5, according to Luminate. That also marks Future’s largest week for a solo album, by units earned. His only album to post a bigger week was his collaborative set with Drake, What a Time to Be Alive, which bowed at No. 1 with 375,000 units in 2015. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In total, I Never Liked You is Future’s 15th top 10 album on the Billboard 200. He previously topped the chart with High Off Life (2020), Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD (2019), HNDRXX (2017), Future (2017), Evol (2016), What a Time to Be Alive (2...
Lil Baby Shares New Song “Dark Mode” About Ja Morant
Lil Baby has released a new track “Dark Mode” that’s about Memphis Grizzlies basketball player, Ja Morant. A part of a new campaign for Beats by Dre (Beats), the 90-second track is about channeling your inner beast to succeed. Showcasing both the GRAMMY Award-winning rapper and one of basketball’s most popular players at the moment, the black and white video nods to the duo’s friendship. “Ja has been one of my favorite players to watch. We’ve been locked in,” said Lil Baby. “This is not my first time partnering with Beats, but we took it up a notch with this original song. The world gets to experience ‘Dark Mode’ for the first time in a way that’s crazy!” The campaign video and accompanying track made their debut during Game 3 of the NBA Playoffs between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Golde...
Watch Arcade Fire Perform “Unconditional (Lookout Kid)” and “The Lightning I, II” on SNL
Arcade Fire appeared on Saturday Night Live this week, taking to the stage the night after the release of their new album WE. They performed “Unconditional (Lookout Kid)” and “The Lightning I, II” during the Benedict Cumberbatch-hosted episode. They also played “End of the Empire I-IV (Sagittarius A*)” as the credits rolled at the end of the show. After wrapping up their second song of the evening, Win Butler addressed the crowd with a message seemingly in support of abortion rights. “A woman’s right to choose forever and ever and ever, amen,” he said. Watch it all happen below. This week’s SNL stop was the band’s fifth time as the musical guest on the show, following appearances in 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2018. Arcade Fire announced WE in March with the release of “The Lightning I, II.” The...
Watch U2’s Bono and the Edge Perform in Kyiv Bomb Shelter
Earlier today (May 8), U2’s Bono and the Edge performed a surprise acoustic concert at a bomb shelter in Kyiv, Ukraine, as Rolling Stone and The Irish Times point out. The set was held in a subway station, one of the many structures converted into a shelter following Russia’s violent invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited U2 to perform in the capital city “as a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people,” as the band revealed in a tweet this morning. Bono and the Edge performed the U2 classic “With or Without You,” as well as a version of Ben E King’s “Stand By Me.” Bono invited Ukrainian singer Taras Topolya and his bandmates from Antytila—who are serving as soldiers amid the invasion—to join in on the latter song. During the performance, they replaced the t...
Mickey Gilley, Country Star Who Helped Inspire ‘Urban Cowboy,’ Dies at 86
Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film Urban Cowboy and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86. Gilley died Saturday (May 7) in Branson, Missouri, where he helped run the Mickey Gilley Grand Shanghai Theatre. He had been performing as recently as last month, but was in failing health over the past week. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “He passed peacefully with his family and close friends by his side,” according to a statement from Mickey Gilley Associates. Gilley — cousin of rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis — opened Gilley’s, “the world’s largest honky tonk,” in Pasadena, Texas, in the early 1970s. By mid-decade, he was a successful club owner and had enjoye...
Bad Bunny Tops Spotify Records for Most-Streamed Album in 2022, Most-Streamed Artist Globally in a Day
Bad Bunny‘s new album Un Verano Sin Ti is already making a splash on streaming services. In its first day of release, Friday (May 6), the Puerto Rican star broke two records, Spotify announced. Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti became the most-streamed album in 2022 so far. The artist also reached the milestone of becoming the most-streamed artist globally in one day, with 183 million streams. Drake previously held this record, with 176.8 million streams. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news On Friday, all 23 songs on Bad Bunny’s new album ranked in the top 30 of Spotify’s Daily Top Songs Global chart, with nine of those tracks finding their way to the top 10. Bad Bunny, who was Spotify’s most-streamed artist worldwide in both 2020 and 2021,...
A Rundown of Mickey Gilley’s Biggest Billboard Hits
Mickey Gilley, the piano-playing crooner who grew up with his cousins Jerry Lee Lewis and Reverend Jimmy Swaggart, passed away May 7 at age 86 in Branson, Mo. Between 1968 and 1989, Gilley posted 46 entries on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, which included 17 No. 1s among 34 top 10s. He also posted 27 entries on Top Country Albums, encompassing 10 top 10s. Two LPs hit No. 1: 1974’s Room Full of Roses and City Lights, which reached the pinnacle in 1975. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Gilley, who was born in Natchez, Miss., on March 9, 1936, hit the top of Hot Country Songs with his first of 17 leaders in June 1974, when “Room Full of Roses” led for a week. His final trip to the penthouse was also his only collaboration to hit No. 1...
You Can Bid on a Set of One-of-a-Kind Golf Clubs Made for Avicii
Fans from around the world can now bid on one-of-a-kind golf clubs custom-made for Avicii. The clubs were designed by Swedish LPGA Player Dani Holmqvist and feature Avicii’s signature logo, which is laser-engraved on the underside of each of the wedges. The one-of-a-kind collector’s item arrives by way of the online auction house Charitybuzz. In a fitting move, the auction will benefit the Tim Bergling Foundation, an organization which advocates for the recognition of suicide as a global health emergency. Custom-made Avicii golf clubs. c/o Charitybuzz Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Prior to his tragic death, Avicii was known as a prolific philanthropist. The Swedish dance music icon had donated all proceeds from his single “Divine Sorrow” to RED and th...
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EDM.com Playlist Picks: Alison Wonderland, Oliver Heldens, Destructo & More [5/7/22]
The electronic music community is constantly evolving with new sounds every week, as artists become more innovative with their compositions. EDM.com’s weekly “Playlist Picks” series highlights the top releases in the genre, helping uncover the latest tracks that will soon dominate the dance music scene. EDM.com Top Hits Cocaine – Alison Wonderland Let’s Rave, Make Love – Armin van Buuren & Shapov I Was Made For Lovin’ You (feat. Nile Rodgers & House Gospel Choir) – Oliver Heldens Falling Stars (2022) – Pink Panda & Sunset Strippers Ignite – Prismo & Elle Vee Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Festival Hits 2022 Sweetest Pie (David Guetta Festival Remix) – Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa & David Guetta ...
Jazz Fest: Willie Nelson Cancels Set Due to COVID-19 Case in Band, Zac Brown Band Steps In
The Zac Brown Band will replace country legend Willie Nelson on the closing day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Nelson canceled his Sunday (May 8) performance and postponed other shows after a positive case of the coronavirus in his band. The 89-year-old musician was slated to close the Gentilly Stage — the same stage where his son, Lukas Nelson, is performing earlier in the day with his band the Promise of the Real. The Zac Brown Band is a country band from Atlanta that’s best known for hits like “Chicken Fried,” “Highway 20 Ride,” “Knee Deep” and “Goodbye in Her Eyes.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Melissa Etheridge also canceled her scheduled performance after members of her crew tested positive for COVID-19. Mavis Staples...
Latin Music Moms Speak Out: ‘Balancing Work and Motherhood Is a Basic Right’
Balancing motherhood and careers is tricky under any circumstance, but working moms in the music industry —whether they’re artists, creatives or executives — have to balance a particularly delicate set of challenges that includes unpredictable schedules, physical appearance expectations and navigating a male-dominated field. As part of our ongoing series on motherhood and work, a group of artists and executives who are leaders in their field tell us how they do it all. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Beatriz Luengo Artist, songwriter How did motherhood change your career? At an emotional level, motherhood gave me the general awareness of the world around me from my children’s eyes. It placed my work as an artist and composer at the service of s...
Paulo Londra & Bizarrap Debut at No. 1 on Billboard Argentina Hot 100 Chart With ‘Paulo Londra: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 23’
Paulo Londra replaces himself at No. 1 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart as his first collaboration with Bizarrap, “Paulo Londra: BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 23,” debuts at the summit on the April 30-dated ranking. The session sends Londra’s “Plan A” to No. 2 after its five-week reign. Londra is the second act this year to secure the Nos. 1 and 2 rankings. The last to achieve the feat was Argentinean rapper Lit Killah when “Entre Nosotros,” with Tiago PZK, Nicki Nicole and Maria Becerra, and “La Trampa Es Ley” held the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, respectively (chart dated Feb. 26). The former holds strong in the chart’s top 10 at No. 8. Shakira scores her fourth entry in over a year as “Te Felicito,” with Rauw Alejandro, arrives at No. 41. Rauw Alejandro now ties with Ozuna, both with 32 c...
