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Nicky Jam Hits No. 1 on Latin Airplay Chart With ‘Ojos Rojos’
Nicky Jam pounces to the No. 1 rank on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart as the song climbs 5-1 to lead the April 23-dated ranking. Jam expands his dominance with 16 leaders, and the first unaccompanied by another act in over five years. “Ojos Rojos” advances from No. 5 – having previously reached No. 4 for two weeks – in its 11th week, thanks to a 48% boost in audience impressions, to 10.5 million, earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 17, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. WSKQ New York posted the biggest increase among panelists, up 1 million to 1.8 million, followed by WMEG San Juan, P.R. (up 564,000 to 914,000), and KXOL Los Angeles (up 497,000 to 842,000). The coronation of “Ojos Rojos’” arrives amid Jam’s Infinity Tour, which kicked off Feb. 3 in Boston. The song evicts J...
The Wiggles to Receive Ted Albert Honor at 2022 APRA Awards
Everyone will be wiggling at the 2022 APRA Music Awards, where the Wiggles will receive one of the Australian music industry’s top honors. When the circular APRAs are handed out next month at Melbourne Town Hall, the original Wiggles lineup — Anthony Field, Murray Cook, Greg Page and Jeff Fatt — will receive the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music. For over thirty years, the Wiggles have entertained kids (and given their parents a well-deserved break) with their cheery disposition, colorful skivvies and dancing fingers, and their bank of singalong songs, which include “Hot Potato, “Fruit Salad,” “Get Ready to Wiggle,” and many more. The founding members formed the Wiggles in 1991, having met while studying Early Childhood Education at Sydney’s Macquarie University...
Tony Awards Implements ‘No Violence’ Policy Following Will Smith’s Oscars Slap
The Tony Awards have introduced a new policy on how it will handle potential violence during the live show weeks after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars. In the FAQ portion of a letter obtained by The Hollywood Reporter and sent by Tony Awards Productions to possible ticket buyers for the 75th annual show, producers revealed how they plan to handle an individual in the event they are the “perpetrator” in a violent incident during the ceremony. “The Tony Awards has a strict no violence policy,” the letter reads. “In the event of an incident, the perpetrator will be removed from the event immediately.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The show’s new protocol was included among several other standard policies addressing a range of...
Johnny Depp Testifies Ex- Amber Heard Attacked Him, He Never Hit Back
Actor Johnny Depp scoffed at the notion during court testimony Wednesday that his constant quarrels with ex-wife Amber Heard would ever prompt him to hit her, and insisted on cross-examination that her allegations devastated his career. “Violence isn’t necessary,” Depp said from the stand during his libel lawsuit against Heard, his second day of testimony. “Why would you hit someone to make them agree with you?” Heard has accused Depp of physically and sexually assaulting her on multiple occasions before and during their brief marriage. The former “Pirates of the Caribbean” star sued after Heard, who is also an actor, made an indirect reference to those accusations in an op-ed piece she wrote for The Washington Post. Depp addressed Heard’s accusations in detail Wednesday. Heard has said th...
DEF LEPPARD Releases New Single ‘Take What You Want’
The official visualizer for DEF LEPPARD‘s new single, “Take What You Want”, can be seen below. It is the second single from DEF LEPPARD‘s upcoming album, “Diamond Star Halos”, which will arrive on May 27 via UMe. The follow-up to 2015’s self-titled LP is available for pre-order now in multiple configurations, including a deluxe edition, 2-LP vinyl, digital formats and more. Exclusive bundles including newly designed album merch have also launched. Last month, DEF LEPPARD released “Diamond Star Halos”‘s first single, “Kick”. The song thrusts into an anthemic stadium-ready frenzy kickstarted with driving guitars and bombastic drums woven into its musical fabric. Meanwhile, the chorus has all the makings of another iconic...
ANN WILSON Releases Cover Of QUEEN’s ‘Love Of My Life’ In Duet With VINCE GILL
HEART frontwoman Ann Wilson has released her breathtaking rendition of QUEEN’s “Love Of My Life”, featuring vocals from Vince Gill. The track is taken from Wilson‘s forthcoming album, “Fierce Bliss”, due out April 29 via Silver Lining Music. Ann says: “‘Love Of My Life’ is a beautiful song about endless love. It was my honor to duet with Vince Gill on this song; an unforgettable experience for which I’m grateful.” Wilson has always enjoyed bringing new life and verve to classic songs, and with “Love Of My Life” she has helped fashion a definitive version which stands toe-to-toe with the original. “I had the idea for the QUEEN song ‘Love Of My Life’ as a duet, so I just tried to picture who would...
COHEED AND CAMBRIA Shares Acoustic Cover Of KISS’s ‘Love Gun’
COHEED AND CAMBRIA has shared an acoustic cover of KISS‘s “Love Gun”. The band performed the cover for its early entry audience every night on its recent “Great Destroyer Tour” and decided to record it. The new cover coincides with the launch of COHEED AND CAMBRIA‘s “Vaxis II: A Window Of The Waking Mind” video game. Fans can play as the album’s protagonists, Creature or Sister Spider, as they embark on a mission to save their son Vaxis. COHEED AND CAMBRIA recently announced details of a massive 2022 North American summer headline trek. Dubbed “A Window Of The Waking Mind Tour”, it’s the band’s first major headline run of shows in five years. The upcoming trek, featuring support from DANCE GAVIN DANCE and MOTHICA...
PRIMUS And GOGOL BORDELLO Members Rally Support For Ukraine With ‘Zelensky: The Man With The Iron Balls’
On the night of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Les Claypool of PRIMUS and Eugene Hütz of GOGOL BORDELLO began collaborating on a joint release to rally support for the Ukrainian people. Released today via Rolling Stone and irreverently titled “Zelensky: The Man With The Iron Balls”, the track also features Stewart Copeland, Sean Lennon, Billy Strings and Sergey Ryabtsev. Proceeds from the sale of the single will be donated to Nova Ukraine, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing humanitarian aid to the people of Ukraine. “As soon as Russian aggression broke out, Les and I connected to address the catastrophe ASAP,” recalls Hütz, a Ukrainian native. “We jumped on creating affirmative music that calls for unity and pays respect to the real doers in Ukr...
Kid Cudi Takes To Twitter To Announce He & Kanye Still Aren’t Cool With Each Other
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Timothy Norris / Getty For the past few years Kanye West has become quite well-versed in the art of alienating fans, friends and even his rap peers, so it shouldn’t surprise anyone that Kid Cudi recently stated that he and Kim Kardashian’s stalker are no longer on speaking terms after he and Ye traded barbs on social media. Yesterday the Man on The Moon artist seemingly out of nowhere took to Twitter to announce that the only reason that he’s on Pusha T’s album is because he recorded his verse “a year ago when I was still cool w Kanye” but that’s is not the case these days as he is no longer “cool w that man.” Can’t say we saw that coming. Related Stories More than likely this has to do with Kanye West speaking out against Cudi for being cool with his rom...
Judgment Filed Against Absentee Afrika Bambaataa In Sex Abuse Case
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Al Pereira / Getty The case against Hip-Hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa alleging that he sexually abused someone is at a critical point, as the victim in the case has filed a request for a default judgment. According to reports, the “John Doe” in the lawsuit against Bambaataa filed a formal request for a default judgment with the Bronx Supreme Court last Monday (April 11th). Hugo G. Ortega, the plaintiff’s lawyer made the request on the grounds that the Bronx native “failed to appear in this matter or to answer the plaintiff’s complaint, and the time-limited by law for him to do so has expired.” Reportedly, Bambaataa has not been able to be found since last year, which allowed the civil suit to go forward as requested by “John Doe” and his legal team ut...
Coi Leray Shuts Down Daddy Benzino After He Tries To Show Support
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JC Olivera / Getty Not too long ago up and coming artist, Coi Leray told The Breakfast Club that she and her famous father, Ray Benzino were working on their strained relationship, but now it seems like things are getting derailed as she recently blasted her daddy after he attempted to shower her with support. Complex is reporting that Leray put Benzino on blast when he took to Twitter to suggest that a collaboration between he and his daughter would shake the game up and proclaiming his pride in the success that she’s enjoyed in her young career thus far while taking credit in helping get her this far in life. Related Stories “Man listen..if me and my daughter Coi did a project right now y’all mfs would be in trouble. Big Faxx,” he began. “… to all u wei...
Blac Chyna Defamation Trial Kicks Off With Threats & Kardashians In Court
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paul Archuleta / Getty The showdown between Blac Chyna and the Kardashian-Jenner clan has begun as the reality TV show family appeared in court as the defamation trial against them got underway. According to reports, Kim Kardashian, along with her sisters Khloe, Kourtney, and Kylie Jenner appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday and Tuesday (April 18th & 19th) to be present for jury selection and opening statements. Each of them was named as a defendant in the $100 million lawsuit by the model and former exotic dancer who claimed that they conspired to destroy her budding reality television career by working to cancel her & ex-fiancee Rob Kardashian’s E! 2016 reality show Rob & Chyna. Blac Chyna, aka Angela White, claims that the situatio...
