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Listen to Whethan’s Stunning Sophomore Album, “Midnight”
Queue this one up on your car speakers and prepare to be taken on a ride. Out April 29th via Atlantic Records, Whethan‘s MIDNIGHT album is a stunning sophomore showing, proving in only nine tracks and 27 minutes that its critically acclaimed predecessor, FANTASY, was only the tip of his ever-enlarging iceberg of imagination. “[It’s] going to be a totally different side of me you haven’t heard before,” Whethan had promised in January. Just hit play on its booming opening track, “LOCK IT UP” (with Yeat, midwxst and Matt Ox) and you’ll immediately notice the growth. Quirky, dance pop-minded sound design has been traded out with swells of rap (“OUT THE WINDOW” with Overpade), hyperpop (“MENTAL”...
Pusha T Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘It’s Almost Dry’
Pusha T scores his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as It’s Almost Dry debuts atop the list dated May 7. It earned 55,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending April 28, according to Luminate. Streaming activity comprised 83% of the hip-hop album’s first-week unit total. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news It’s Almost Dry is Pusha T’s fourth studio album and his third top 10 on the Billboard 200, following Daytona (No. 3 in 2018) and My Name Is My Name (No. 4 in 2013). Also in the top 10, Jason Aldean lands his 10th top 10 effort, as Georgia bows at No. 8. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by...
Fans Choose Sam Smith’s ‘Love Me More’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
Sam Smith‘s new single “Love Me More” tops this week’s new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (April 29) on Billboard, choosing Smith’s new anthem about loving one’s self as their favorite music release of the past week. The empowering “Love Me More” — Smith’s first release since 2020, when they dropped their Love Goes album — was written “for anyone who feels different, anyone who has to stop themselves every day from saying unkind things to themselves, in their head, all the time,” Smith has said. “I felt like that for the longest time and slowly I’m learning how to just be nice to myself. I wanted to share that because I captured it in this song.” “Love Me More” brought in more than 78% of the vote. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest video...
Avril Lavigne Postpones Shows Due to Positive COVID-19 Case ‘Within the Tour’
Avril Lavigne, who’s currently on the road in support of her Love Sux album, has called off a string of concerts in Canada due to a positive COVID-19 case on her tour. “To my fans and friends in Laval, QC, Moncton, NB and Halifax, NS, we are sincerely sorry to let you know that we are postponing these shows due to a positive COVID case within the tour and subsequent exposures,” she wrote on Twitter on Sunday (May 1), just hours before she was scheduled to play a show in Laval. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Tonight’s show at Place Bell will be rescheduled for May 7th and new dates for both Moncton and Halifax will be announced shortly,” Lavigne said. “I/we sincerely apologize and want you to know that this was not a decision we made l...
Brandi Carlile Sings ‘Love Can Build a Bridge’ in Beautiful Tribute to Naomi Judd
Brandi Carlile paid tribute to Naomi Judd, and sent a message of love to the late singer’s family, with a touching cover of The Judds‘ “Love Can Build a Bridge.” Naomi Judd passed away on Saturday (April 30) at 76. Her daughters first announced her death with a statement that said they had “lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness.” “We are shattered,” Wynonna and Ashley Judd said, according to The Associated Press. “We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news On Sunday, Carlile wrote on Instagram that she had been scheduled to sing to The Judds that night (May 1), for the duo’s induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Instead, Carlile ende...
DaBaby Catches Felony Battery Charge Over Alleged Music Video Fade
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Rawls / Radio One Digital DaBaby is once again in the news for an incident that doesn’t really deal with his music. The “Kirk” rapper caught a felony battery charge over an alleged attack at his music video shoot. A man claims he caught a fade in late 2021 in Los Angeles when he tried to stop a video shoot from happening on his property. Was he not getting pair of something? Reports TMZ: Related Stories The rapper has been charged with felony battery by the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office … over an incident from early December last year … which allegedly left a guy, Gary Pagar, with serious injuries. There’s another man named Thankgod Awute who’s being charged as well. Prosecutors claim he was DaBaby’s cohort in crime … they hit him with felo...
Pusha T Scores First No. 1 Album With ‘It’s Almost Dry’
Pusha T has earned his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 albums chart with It’s Almost Dry, which was released on April 22. According to Billboard, the record moved 55,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, which included 9,000 physical album sales. It’s Almost Dry is Pusha T’s third project to rank in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart, following 2018’s Daytona, which debuted at No. 3, and 2013’s My Name Is My Name, which peaked at No. 4. The 12-track record, which marks the rapper’s fourth studio album, features production from Pharrell Williams and Kanye West and boasts guest appearances from Ye, Kid Cudi, JAY-Z, Lil Uzi Vert, Don Toliver, Malice and Labrinth. King Push recently unveiled a range of merchandise in support of the album, which included several pullover ...
Gabe Serbian, Drummer for San Diego Noise Punks the Locust, Dies at 44
Gabe Serbian—the longtime drummer of San Diego noise punk outfit the Locust—has died. The Locust confirmed the news on their official Facebook page earlier today (May 1). “It’s with heavy hearts that we have to share the passing of Gabe Serbian on April 30th, 2022,” the band wrote in a statement. “This world will miss Gabe as a friend, family member, musician, and artist. He will continue to live on in so many ways and through everyone he has connected with during his time with us.” Serbian was 44 years old, though he would have turned 45 today, Pitchfork confirmed. “We hope that you can find a way to celebrate his life,” the Locust added in their statement. The group asked that fans give Serbian’s family privacy at this time. They also shared a link for Serbian’s memorial fund. All donati...
Deerhoof, Water From Your Eyes, Dan Deacon, and More Contribute to May Day Music: Listen
Deerhoof, Water From Your Eyes, Dan Deacon, Pile, and more have contributed to a new compilation benefiting strike funds. It’s titled May Day Music: A Benefit Compilation For Strike Funds & Artists, and the 47-track collection includes other contributions from Empath, Palberta, Radiator Hospital, and Ryan Pollie. It arrives via Washington, D.C.’s Gardenhead Records. Check it out in full below. The compilation arrives on International Workers’ Day, more casually known as May Day. Last year, Gardenhead assembled another compilation to benefit the youth-led climate-change organization the Sunrise Movement. Among recent unionizations at Starbucks and Amazon, artists and music industry employees have been part of a resurgent organized-labor movement in the United States, with the Union of M...
Suspect in Shooting Incident at Mississippi Mudbug Festival Killed by Officer
A man suspected of firing a gun during Mississippi Mudbug Festival was shot and killed by a law enforcement officer last night (April 30), the Associated Press reports. The second annual music event was held at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones told AP that two or three people had exchanged gunfire around 10 p.m. on Saturday in and around a vehicle on the fairgrounds parking lot. The festival was scheduled to continue tonight, however it has been canceled in light of Saturday’s incident. The Mississippi State Fairgrounds announced the cancellation in a statement on their website. Jones told AP that several people were transported to local hospitals with unknown injuries following the gunfire. He added that an “officer-involved shooting investiga...
Future’s New Album ‘I Never Liked You’ Is Projected to Earn the Biggest Debut of 2022
Future‘s newly-released album, I Never Liked You, is projected to debut at No. 1 on the U.S. album charts, moving approximately 175,000 to 200,000 equivalent album units in its first week, according to ChartData. On top of marking the largest debut of 2022, those figures would be the biggest of Future’s career, surpassing albums including 2015’s DS2 and 2017’s Future and HNDRXX. .@1future‘s ‘I NEVER LIKED YOU’ aiming for #1 debut on the US albums chart with 175-200K units. It will be the biggest debut of the year, over 60M streams day one (via @HITSDD). — chart data (@chartdata) April 30, 2022 The 16-track album, which clocks in at 50 minutes, includes several top-shelf features from artists including Kanye West on “Keep It Burnin’,” Gunna and Young Thug on “For a ...
Kim Kardashian, Pete Davidson & More Stars Hit White House Correspondents’ Dinner Red Carpet
In a return to some normalcy, journalists, government officials and celebrities paraded down the red carpet Saturday night (April 30) at the annual White House press corps gala even as the threat of COVID-19 loomed over the massive hotel ballroom. The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, which the pandemic sidelined in 2020 and 2021, returned with Joe Biden as the first president in six years to accept an invitation. Donald Trump shunned the event while in office. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Comedy was also back with The Daily Show host Trevor Noah as the headliner. Celebrities were reappearing as well: Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson walked the carpet as did Brooke Shields, Sophia Bush and Caitlyn Jenner. The event drew a large...
