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Anitta’s Global Vision: A Trilingual Takeover
Indio, Calif., and Rio de Janeiro are nearly 7,000 miles apart. Indio is a desert, and Rio a tropical beach paradise; Rio a bustling metropolis of nearly 7 million people, and Indio, for most of the year, a sleepy small town. But in mid-April, the disparate locales somehow became one when Anitta turned Coachella into a Brazilian Carnival. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Sérgio Mendes’ classic samba “Mas Que Nada” played over the speakers; then, as it transitioned into her own “Onda Diferente,” the 29-year-old rode a motorcycle onto the main stage, wearing a spangled and feathered Roberto Cavalli ensemble in yellow, green and blue, the colors of the Brazilian flag. Over the course of the next 45 minutes, her eye-popping show — a mas...
Pepsi® Partners With Billboard to Drop First-Ever Live Minting Experience During the 2022 BBMAs
There’s no other scoreboard like the Billboard charts and we’re raising the bar on what it means to celebrate the pinnacle achievements of the music industry. Today, Pepsi announced the groundbreaking Pepsi Mic Drop x Billboard Music Awards “Winners’ Club” NFT Collection, a limited-edition collection created exclusively for Sunday’s 2022 Billboard Music Award, in conjunction with MRC Live & Alternative, the global entertainment company producing this year’s show. The collection will only be available on Billboard ChartStars, a digital collectible platform created in partnership with UNBLOCKED. During the ceremony, fans will have the opportunity to claim NFTs in real-time as televised awards are announced — for free! As each award is announced during the show, a custom digital col...
Here Are the Answers to the Latest Billboard x VersusGame Matchups: Future, Harry Styles & More
Last week’s Billboard and VersusGame matchups challenging your chart-predicting prowess featured Future‘s new album I Never Liked You and Harry Styles‘ sophomore set Fine Line. Billboard and VersusGame have joined forces to bring music fans a one-of-a-kind, user-generated experience with games that test knowledge of pop culture for a chance to win prizes. Billboard is hosting bi-weekly head-to-head challenges on entertainment and pop culture gaming app VersusGame, where fans can vote on their favorite artists and songs and wager on who will top the charts and more. VersusGame data shows that fans have predicted correct chart outcomes nearly three out of four times so far. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Last w...
The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins on Jon Bon Jovi’s Recent Vocal Issues: “It’s Not Fun to Watch This”
The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins has weighed in on Jon Bon Jovi’s vocal issues, which were apparent on the veteran rocker’s recent US tour with his legendary band Bon Jovi. Jon Bon Jovi’s performances were notably shaky and off-key — a criticism that was consistent across numerous concert reviews. To Hawkins’ ear, Bon Jovi sounded “tired” rather than hindered by a vocal cord problem such as a polyp. Hawkins suggested that it’s psychological, and called for the band’s camp to step in. “It sounds like he needs some kind of therapy,” Hawkins said on his YouTube series “Justin Hawkins Rides Again” [as transcribed by Blabbermouth]. “It doesn’t sound like it’s a polyp or some sort of lump on his vocal cords ’cause that would be more unpredictable — he would be hitting the notes and then it w...
Sean “Diddy” Combs Forms R&B Label, Announces New Album
Sean “Love” Combs (aka Diddy) has announced a new R&B label, the eponymous Love Records. The first project under the imprint will be his next solo album, slated for release this summer as part of a one-off deal with Motown Records. The “Bad Boy for Life” mogul is also sticking to his word by confirming that he will maintain his oversight role in Bad Boy Entertainment, which he founded in 1993, while developing the more genre-specific Love Records. In terms of operational duties, he will reportedly act as executive producer, curator, and A&R for his upcoming project. In a statement, Combs shared: “Music has always been my first love. Love Records is the next chapter, is about getting back to the love and making the best music of my life. For the label, I’m focused on creating t...
Wilco Announce 2022 Tour in Support of New Album Cruel Country
Wilco are set to return on May 27th with their new double album, Cruel Country. Today, the Chicago folk-rock greats shared a new single called, “Tired of Talking It Out on You,” plus announced a lengthy North American tour in support of the upcoming release. The 27-date cross-country outing kicks off on August 14th in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and also includes stops in cities like Indianapolis, Montreal, Fargo, Sioux Falls, San Diego, Vancouver, and New Orleans. A ticket pre-sale begins Thursday, May 12th via Ticketmaster (use code FINALE), with a public on-sale following on Friday, May 13th. Get tickets here. Advertisement Related Video Later this month, Wilco will stage their annual Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, MA. If you can’t be there in person, both of Wilco’s sets, as well as Jeff...
Post Malone Teases New Roddy Ricch Collab
Post Malone is prepping to release his upcoming album, Twelve Carat Toothache, next month with a new collab with Roddy Ricch. The artist took to social media to tease the upcoming joint, possibly entitled “Cooped Up.” Posty’s announcement arrives several weeks after he confirmed some of the featured artists fans can expect on Twelve Carat Toothache, which also includes Doja Cat, Robin Pecknold and The Kid LAROI. “I would love to play this entire record and I just want to say hey to everybody that’s hanging out. Honestly, I’ve been working so f***ing hard and I would love to play y’all a couple more records if y’all got time. We’ve got a lot of cool stuff going on,” he said during his Instagram Live. Twelve Carat Toothache will mark Malone’s first full-length studio effort since 2019’s...
Lil Uzi Vert Says He Is “Going Back to Classic Mode”
Lil Uzi Vert has been missing in action since he last promoted his upcoming project, The Pink Tape. Earlier this week, however, he returned with what seems to be hints regarding the tape. “This time less talkin more working,” he wrote on Instagram, giving fans an idea of what to expect from the project. ”Going back in classic mode.” A while ago, Uzi claimed that he was taking his time with The Pink Tape “so it won’t suck”, and that the album was going through its mixing process around August 2021. He explained that his previous album was his highest-selling due to the experimental mixing, not the actual music. The projected album, The Pink Tape, would be Lil Uzi Vert’s first complete solo album since March 2020’s Eternal Awake, and his first rel...
Future Leads Three Billboard Charts Simultaneously For the First Time
Future triples up for the first time in his career as he leads the Billboard Artist 100, 200 and Hot 100 charts simultaneously, making him only the 11th artist in history to achieve this feat. The Atlanta rapper leaps to the top spot from No. 30 on the Billboard Artist 100, thanks to the successful debut of his latest album, I NEVER LIKED YOU. He also takes the lead on the Billboard 200 for the eighth time, with the record landing at No. 1 with 222,000 units moved in its first week. This makes Future the fifth-most charted rapper after JAY-Z, Drake, Eminem and Ye. Moreover, “WAIT FOR U” featuring Drake and Tems, also debuts at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, overtaking Harry Styles’ “As It Was.” Future is now the second rapper to simultaneously lead the Billboard 200 ...
The Weeknd’s ‘Dawn FM’ Sets New Vinyl Album Record
The Weeknd’s Dawn FM has set a new record for vinyl albums. The January 2022 album returned to No. 1 on this week’s Top Album Sales chart with a total of 44,000 copies sold in the United States, and almost 34,000 of that sum were vinyl LPs. This marks the largest sales week for an R&B album on vinyl since tracking began in 1991, overtaking Prince’s Welcome 2 America numbers from August 2021. Dawn FM also jumped to No. 2 on this week’s Billboard 200 chart thanks to the album’s release on vinyl, cassette and box sets. The original 16-track record features guest appearances from Jim Carrey, Tyler, the Creator and Lil Wayne, Quincy Jones and Josh Safdie, along with production work from exec producers Max Martin and Oneohtrix Point Never, Oscar Holter, Calvin Harris and Swedish House Mafia....
iPod Commercials Defined an Era for Music in Marketing: The 10 Most Iconic Ads
It’s difficult to underestimate how deeply and completely the iPod revolutionized music listening. Introduced in 2001, the pocket-sized device escorted music consumers out of the CD era and into the gleaming digital age. (“I don’t know who your product’s designers are,” Moby said in a 2001 promotional video from Apple, “but boy, you’re not paying them enough.”) Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Of course, iPod commercials quickly became as iconic as the products they sold. Launched in 2003, the classic iPod ad campaign featured silhouettes of people dancing like mad in front of brightly colored backgrounds, with the iPod and its headphones in stark white contrast. These clips are deeply embedded in the memories of most anyone who watched televisi...
Arcade Fire Lights up Midweek U.K. Chart With ‘WE’
Arcade Fire is charging to a fourth U.K. No. 1 with WE. The Canadian alternative rock outfit leads an all-new Top 5 on the midweek chart with WE (via Columbia), their sixth studio LP. Win Butler and Co. previously led the tally with 2010’s The Suburbs, 2013’s Reflektor and 2017’s Everything Now. WE dropped last Friday (May 6), several weeks after longtime member Will Butler announced he will be leaving the band. Coming in at No. 2 on the Official Chart Update is fast-rising Norwegian singer Sigrid, with her sophomore studio effort, How to Let Go (Island). Should it hold its ground, How to Let Go will give Sigrid a new career high, eclipsing the No. 4 best for her 2019 debut Sucker Punch. Marc Almond and David Ball’s reunited Soft Cell could nab a return to the top flight with Happiness Not...
