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Pusha T Lands First No. 1 Album With It’s Almost Dry
Pusha T has scored his first-ever No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. It’s Almost Dry earned 55,000 equivalent album units in its first week, with 83% of that coming from streaming. It’s his third album to reach the top 10, with Daytona peaking at No. 3 and My Name Is My Name landing at No. 4. Billboard notes that, at 12 songs, the album is the second-shortest album to go No. 1 this year after Stray Kids’ Oddinary. Its 55,000 figure is the lowest for a No. 1-debuting album since NF’s Perception in 2017. It’s Almost Dry was produced by Kanye West and Pharrell Williams. It also includes contributions from Jay-Z, Kid Cudi (on what Cudi calls his “last song” made in collaboration with Kanye), Lil Uzi Vert, Don Toliver, Nigo, Labrinth, and Pusha T’s brother and Clipse partner No Malic...
Megan Thee Stallion Day Proclaimed in Houston
At a ceremony on Sunday, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and members of Houston City Council celebrated Megan Thee Stallion’s philanthropic endeavors. She was awarded the key to the city, and Turner proclaimed that May 2 is officially Megan Thee Stallion Day. The day also happens to be Megan’s mother and grandmother’s birthday. “Megan Thee Stallion has an extraordinary entertainment career, but we wanted to honor her for what she does offstage to lift people’s lives in underserved communities,” Turner said, according to ABC 11. “She assisted people after the 2021 winter storm, during the pandemic, and helped those struggling with homelessness. I look forward to watching her grow as an artist and humanitarian.” In video of the ceremony, Megan can be seen speaking through tears as she gave re...
Joe Biden Called Trump A Plague, Where Is The Lie?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty President Joe Biden is doing his best to lead the United States through some tumultuous times, bur it doesn’t mean he can’t let off some joke. During Saturday night’s (April 30), White House Correspondents’ dinner, the VP turned POTUS aimed some hilarious bars at Donald Trump aka the guy who lost. Since Trump is a well-documented, thin-skinned chump (as well as cancellations due to COVID-19), Biden was the first President to address the dinner’s attendees in six years. Biden delivered some self-deprecating, tongue in cheek one-liners, but our fav was the one aimed at the 45th President who still refuses to accept that he took an L. Related Stories “We had a horrible plague followed by two years of Covid,” said Biden. “Just imagine if my ...
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”...
Carrie Underwood Brings Out Axl Rose to Perform Guns N’ Roses Classics at Stagecoach 2022
Carrie Underwood headlined Stagecoach on Saturday night and surprised the crowd with none other than Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose. In between hits like “Jesus, Take the Wheel” and “Cowboy Casanova,” the American Idol winner trotted out the rock star by launching into the band’s classic 1987 single “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” “Welcome to the greatest night of my life,” she said after running through the song’s first verse and chorus solo. “Give it up for Axl Rose!” The duo also performed “Paradise City” during the set, singing, “Take me down to the paradise city/ Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty/ Oh, won’t you please take me home/ Take me down to the paradise city/ Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty/ Take me home.” Both songs were released as singles off the ha...
Megan Fox Believes She Manifested Machine Gun Kelly: “I Think I Made Him”
Like something out of Practical Magic, Megan Fox claims she manifested Machine Gun Kelly as a child. Speaking to Glamour UK for its latest cover story, the actress revisited meeting her now-fiancé on the set of 2021’s Midnight in the Switchgrass — the Bruce Willis crime thriller Kelly has said in the past he only joined as an opportunity to meet Fox. “He says that,” she told the magazine. “And I do believe even the day before, he was trying to basically quit the movie and his best friend, Rook, his drummer, and then also his manager, Ashleigh, were both like, ‘But your scenes are with Megan Fox.’ And he was like, ‘Fuck it! I’ll get on the plane.’” Related Video As for Fox, she confessed she “didn’t know why I was taking the movie. I just knew I needed to do it for some reason.” And i...
How to Get Tickets to Luke Combs’ 2022 Tour Dates
Country music superstar Luke Combs has announced the “Middle of Somewhere Tour.” Taking place this fall, the tour will see Combs play shows in cities like Green Bay, Charleston, Louisville, and more. What’s more, tickets to Combs’ upcoming tour will be priced at pre-pandemic levels. “I know that the price of everything has been going up these last couple years and there’s nothing I can do about that, but the one thing I could do is set the price of my tickets,” Combs says. “So, what I wanted to do was keep the ticket prices the same as they were before the pandemic. I really really hope you guys will come out and check us out. Can’t wait to see you on the road!” Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is Luke Combs’ Next Tour? Advertisement Related Vid...
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...
