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Justin Bieber Scores Eighth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Justice’
Of Justice’s 154,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending March 25, SEA units comprise 119,000 (equaling 157.02 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs), album sales comprise just over 30,000 and TEA units comprise a little more than 4,000. Justice’s start of 154,000 represents the second-biggest debut week for an album in 2021, following Dangerous’ start of 265,000 (Jan. 23-dated chart). The new album was previewed by a quartet of top 40-charting hits on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart: “Holy,” featuring Chance the Rapper (No. 3; Oct. 3, 2020-dated chart); “Lonely,” with Benny Blanco (No. 12; Jan. 23); “Anyone” (No. 6; Jan. 16) and “Hold On” (No. 26; March 20). The album’s newest single is “Peaches,” featuring Giveon and Daniel&n...
Lindsay Lohan Launches Her New Single ‘Lullaby’ as NFT Auction
Lohan has “fully invested herself in dropping this song as a NFT with a sole objective of delivering a message of empowerment,” the description continues. The catchy three-minute dance song is currently available for download on the site. As of press time on Sunday afternoon, the bid for “Lullaby” had reached 400,710 TRX (about $25,400). Tech entrepreneur Justin Sun, founder of the Tron blockchain, tweeted Saturday that he had bid 300,000 TRX for the song. The auction ends in four days. Lohan has been a strong proponent of cryptocurrency as of late. The former Disney actress recently sold a Daft Punk NFT on the digital marketplace Rarible, and has signed a partnership with Sun’s Tron. “It’s only a matter of time till everyone in Hollywood and beyond gets invol...
Lady Gaga Swoons Over Her Giant Birthday Bouquet From Boyfriend Michael Polansky
During an April 2020 interview, the star revealed during a chat on MSNBC’s Morning Joe just how she feels about the executive director of the Parker Foundation while discussing the impact of the pandemic on mental health. “With Born This Way Foundation, my mother, Cynthia Germanotta, and our co-founder Maya [Enista Smith], who I love so very much — they are working with my, the love of my life, on something for mental health,” she shared at the time. The singer made their relationship Instagram official earlier last year when she shared a photo of the two of them cuddling while in quarantine. In February, while overseas filming the upcoming crime film, Gaga’s dog walker was shot and two of her three beloved French bulldogs were stolen by thieves. The star R...
Fans Choose Demi Lovato’s ‘Dancing With the Devil’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
In the lyrics for “Dancing With the Devil,” Lovato reflects on her battles with substance abuse that nearly took her life in 2018. “I was dancin’ with the devil, out of control/ Almost made it to heaven, it was closer than you know/ Playin’ with the enemy, gamblin’ with my soul/ It’s so hard to say no, when you’re dancin’ with the devil,” she sings. Lovato wrote the powerful new number with Bianca Deiandra Atterberry, John Ho and Mitchell Allan Scherr. “Dancing With the Devil” is the also the title song for Lovato’s four-part YouTube Originals documentary, which premiered on March 23. Her forthcoming album, Dancing with the Devil… The Art of Starting Over, is scheduled for release on April 2 through Island Records. Placing second on the past week’s tally with 39% of...
Big Sean “Lucky Me/Still I Rise,” Princess Nokia “It’s Not My Fault” & More | Daily Visuals 3.26.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: CBS Photo Archive / Getty Today marks Big Sean’s 33th year on this earth and to celebrate his birthday the Motor City rapper releases a new dual visual that’s sure to please his hardcore fan base. For his latest video to “Lucky Me/Still I Rise,” Big Sean gives a private live performance in an undisclosed location before the lights start flashing and he gets hype and goes off with the fast flow. Back in New York, Princess Nokia takes things to the next level and for her clip to “It’s Not My Fault” gets her futuristic sexiness on while conjuring up memories of J. Lo’s “If You Had My Love” music video. Y’all youngn’s probably ain’t familiar with that joint. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Brockhampton featuring Danny Brown, Thurz, and...
Trump Supporter Rapper Launches Clothing Line To Benefit Judicial Reform
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty Kodak Black is trying to pay it forward now that he’s a free man, for now. The Florida rapper is launching a new clothing line that he says will help benefit judicial reform. The name of the clothing line is L.O.V.E. and the Trump-supporting rapper says the proceeds… Reports TMZ: Kodak’s attorney, Bradford Cohen, tells TMZ … the rapper’s starting a new clothing line dubbed L.O.V.E. … an acronym for “Loyalty Out Values Everything.” The brand’s only in its infancy but Bradford says major retailers like Foot Locker, Footaction, City Gear and Snipes have pre-ordered the apparel. So far, biz is boomin’ … we’re told L.O.V.E. has nearly sold out its first run of pre-orders. There are also plans to roll out a sneaker line and possibly ...
Elton John Says He Recorded ‘Something With Metallica’ During Lockdown
It looks like there’s a Metallica and Elton John collaboration in the works. During the most recent episode of his Apple Music 1 show Rocket Hour, John told guest SG Lewis that he recorded “something” with the rock legends. “I’ve just done something with Metallica, he divulged. “During this lockdown period, I’ve been working with Gorillaz and people like that. I haven’t been doing any Elton stuff, but I’ve been doing great stuff with other people.” The Gorillaz project Sir Elton is referring to is “Pink Phantom” — a track off Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez that also features 6LACK. Earlier this year, Miley Cyrus detailed her upcoming Metallica cover album and revealed that she enlisted John to play piano on “Nothing Else Matters.” Could his recent recordi...
Burning Man Organizers Retitle Festival’s 2021 Theme Due to “Colonial History” Links
The organizers of Burning Man have remained hopeful of their ability to provide a 2021 event, announcing a theme earlier this month and issuing a “gentle nudge” to campsite organizers to start planning just last week. A post appeared in the Burning Man Project‘s blog on March 9th, revealing the theme as well as the meaning behind it. Originally titled “Terra Incognita,” a Latin phrase which translates to “unknown land,” the theme was intended to spark curiosity. Unfortunately, it was later realized that the name had negative connotations that poorly reference the country’s colonial history, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal. According to the post’s author, director of the Philosophical Center of Burning Man...
Robert Fripp and Toyah Slice Their Way Through ZZ Top’s “Gimme All Your Lovin’”: Watch
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox continue their “Sunday Lunch” quarantine series with a slice of the ZZ Top hit “Gimme All Your Lovin’”. This time around, the couple is joined by a mysterious second guitarist and two pairs of scissors. In both a musical and visual tribute to ZZ Top, King Crimson founder Fripp and the mystery guitarist are sporting hats and super-long beards in honor of the legendary Texas rock act’s Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill. Toyah, meanwhile, looks like a burlesque cross between Sweeney Todd and Edward Scissorshands (both played by Johnny Depp), with her eyelashes conjuring up images of Malcolm McDowell’s sociopathic Alex in A Clockwork Orange. Not to mention, she’s wearing a top that more than rivals the see-through number she wore in the couple’s viral performanc...
Alabama Shakes Drummer Steve Johnson Arrested for Child Abuse
Alabama Shakes drummer Steve Johnson is in custody after being charged with child abuse. According to the Associated Press, Johnson was arrested on Wednesday (March 24th) in Limestone County, Alabama, after being indicted on charges of “willful torture, willful abuse, and cruelly beating or otherwise willfully maltreating a child under the age of 18.” An arraignment is set for April 7th. Johnson previously pleaded guilty in March 2020 to violating a domestic violence protection order. He received a suspended sentence of a year in jail, with 24 months on probation. Alabama Shakes has been on hiatus since 2018 as singer Brittany Howard focuses on her solo career. Neither Howard nor the band has yet to publicly address Johnson’s arrest. Related You Deserve to Make Money Even When you ar...
Pete Davidson Spoofs Eminem’s “Without Me” Video on SNL: Watch
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Perry Farrell Reveals More Details About Lollapalooza’s Possible 2021 Return
Perry Farrell has revealed more details about Lollapalooza’s potential return in 2021. While speaking to iHeartRadio’s Jason Rockman, the Jane’s Addiction frontman/festival co-founder said he’s hopeful the festival will happen in some capacity this summer. “If we can all stay on course, get vaccinated, stay socially distanced and masked up, maybe — please, God, maybe — we’ll get to go to Chicago in early August in one capacity or another,” he said. “If it’s not a giant Lollapalooza, it might be a half-capacity Lollapalooza or no Lollapalooza. But I want there to be a Lollapalooza in some capacity so bad.” Farrell went on to note they can only follow the public’s lead. “But we can only respond to the people. If the people are getting it right and we’re flatteni...
