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The Strokes Win First-Ever Grammy for Best Rock Album
20 years into their celebrated career, The Strokes are finally Grammy winners. The New York greats took home Best Rock Album for The New Abnormal, and they gave as hilariously abnormal an acceptance speech as you’d hope they would. Despite a number of albums that many music fans would deem classics, The Strokes had never even been nominated for a Grammy prior to this year. Winning a golden gramophone after such a distinguished career was, understandably, an exciting moment for the group, who Zoomed in to accept the award from what appeared to be their personal basement pool hall. Amazingly, the group appeared to not catch the announcement at first, as Julian Casablancas, Nikolai Fraiture, and Fabrizio Moretti leaned into their computer to hear the winner. “Wow! Damn! Sorry we couldn’t hear...
Jeep Wagoneer LWB and 4xe Plug-in Hybrid: Everything We Know
Yes. Jeep plans to introduce a long-wheelbase Wagoneer to properly compete with its crosstown rivals’ bigger siblings. And if the standard-length Wagoneer’s size is anything to go by, then the long-wheelbase Jeep is sure to overshadow even the biggest of these big SUVs, the 226.9-inch-long Cadillac Escalade ESV. While Jeep kept mum on the topic of a long-wheelbase Wagoneer at the time of the production SUV’s unveiling, the brand previously acknowledged during the reveal of the Grand Wagoneer concept that it plans to produce the extra-long variant of the SUV once production of the standard-length model fully ramps up. We wager the even bigger Wagoneer may see the light of day as early as 2022 as a 2023 model. See all 24 photos Likewise, we expect Jeep to offer the Wa...
Fans Choose Selena Gomez’s ‘Revelación’ EP as This Week’s Favorite New Music
The project, Gomez’s first-even Spanish EP, brought in 43.7% of the vote, beating out new music by Blackpink‘s Rosé (R), Nick Jonas (Spaceman), Imagine Dragons (“Follow You”/“Cutthroat”), and others. In recent weeks, Gomez also topped Billboard‘s new music poll with “Baila Conmigo,” her sultry reggaeton collab with Alejandro, and “Selfish Love,” her low-key bilingual dance track with DJ Snake. Revelación is Gomez’s first major release since her 2020 album, Rare, which earned the singer her third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200. Placing a very close second on the past week’s tally with 43.6% of the vote was Rosé’s solo debut project, R, which features new songs “On the Ground” and “Gone.” She became the second me...
Nick Jonas Announces Deluxe Version of ‘Spaceman’ With New Jonas Brothers Song
Joe Jonas and Kevin Jonas join Nick on “Selfish,” one of the bonus songs featured on the deluxe version of Nick’s latest solo album. “Can’t wait for you guys to hear #Selfish,” Joe wrote on his own Twitter account. Also landing on the deluxe Spaceman set is a song titled “Dangerous,” as well as “chill” versions of album tracks “Don’t Give Up on Us,” “2Drunk” and “This Is Heaven.” Spaceman first arrived on Friday (March 12). You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help ...
Morgan Wallen’s ‘Dangerous’ Spends Ninth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200, Most Since 2016
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. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new March 20, 2021-dated chart (where Dangerous is No. 1 for a ninth week) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on March 16. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. Of Dangerous’ 78,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending March 11, SEA units compri...
Fito Paez, Grupo Niche, Natalia Lafourcade Win Grammys Latin Categories
“I was very nervous,” Páez told Billboard over the phone minutes later. “There’s different music ‘schools’ in the world. I grew up with the American school,” added Páez, one of the great pioneers of melodic Argentine rock that bears British and American influences. “So to have that school give you a pat on the back is a great honor. A great honor that exceeds the award itself. It’s as if the entire country had enveloped me in its arms.” For Grupo Niche, perhaps Colombia’s most emblematic and symbolic salsa band, the win was fraught with emotion. The group, founded in Cali 40 years ago, won in the best tropical album category for 40, an album that pays homage both to its anniversary and to its late founder, Jairo Varela, who died in 2012. “It’s the first album we recorded that doesn’t inclu...
The Strokes Win Best Rock Album Grammy for The New Abnormal
The Strokes won the Best Rock Album Grammy for The New Abnormal, beating out Grace Potter (Daylight), Sturgill Simpson (Sound and Fury), Fontaines D.C. (A Hero’s Death) and Michael Kiwanuka (Kiwanuka). This was their first-ever Grammy win. Despite connection issues when the winner was announced, the dudes were pretty pleased to win. The Strokes are in good company, joining the likes of former Best Rock Album winners including Cage the Elephant, Green Day, Foo Fighters, the War on Drugs, Muse, and Led Zeppelin. <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”height”:”270″,”pla...
Fiona Apple Takes Home Best Alternative Music Album Grammy for Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple took home the Best Alternative Album golden gramophone for Fetch the Bolt Cutters, beating out Brittany Howard (Jaime), Beck (Hyperspace), Tame Impala (The Slow Rush), and Phoebe Bridgers (Punisher). This was her first win of the night. Apple is in good company, joining the likes of former winners including Vampire Weekend, David Bowie, Radiohead, the White Stripes, and the Black Keys. <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”height”:”270″,”playlist”:”10315″,”inviewBottomOffset”:”105px”} }); –> See a full list o...
Grammys 2021: List of Winners (UPDATING)
After being postponed from its original date in January, music’s biggest night finally happened. Hosted by Trevor Noah, the 63rd annual Grammy Awards featured performances from the likes of Taylor Swift, Chris Martin, Haim, Billie Eilish, and more. See the full list of winners, denoted in bold, below: <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”height”:”270″,”playlist”:”10315″,”inviewBottomOffset”:”105px”} }); –> Record of the Year Beyoncé – “Black Parade”Black Pumas – “Colors”DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch – “Rockstar”Doja Cat – “Sa...
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Concert in Clinic After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine
Yo-Yo Ma received his second COVID-19 vaccination at a field house clinic in Berkshire Community College on Saturday, and treated fellow patients and healthcare workers to a concert following the jab. While waiting the standard 15 minutes for observation post-inoculation, the famed cellist took out his instrument and played a brief set. According to the Berkshire Eagle, Ma “wanted to give something back.” <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”height”:”270″,”playlist”:”10315″,”inviewBottomOffset”:”105px”} }); –> The 65-year-old took a s...
ZHU Reveals His Next Album is Complete
Fans of the ever-mysterious ZHU were ecstatic to learn that he has finished working on his next album. The yet-to-be-titled LP will be ZHU’s third following 2018’s Ringo’s Desert and 2016’s seminal breakthrough debut Generationwhy. In true enigmatic fashion, he published a very short yet informative tweet announcing the completion of his album. Unfortunately for those looking to learn more about what’s on the way, no other details were revealed. In-between working on his new album, ZHU has provided fans with a number of ways to stay entertained before it drops. Last month, he launched his own Pandora playlist, “Club Culture.” A month before that, fans were excited to see his tracks “I Admit It” with 24kGoldn and “Desire”...
Fiona Apple Explains Why She Won’t Be Attending the Grammys
Fiona Apple is nominated for three Grammys this year, including Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, and Best Alternative Music Album. While a limited number of guests will be allowed to attend tonight’s ceremony, Apple will not be among them. “It’s not because I’m trying to protest, even though I have problems with the Grammys, it’s not because of that,” Apple explained in a video posted to her friend Zelda Hallman’s Instagram on Sunday. “It’s really because I don’t want to be on national television — I’m just not made for that kind of stuff anymore. I want to stay sober and I can’t do that sober — it doesn’t feel safe to me to be under exposure, scrutiny, comparison to people. I can’t.” Apple continued by noting that “there’s been lots of questions about the transparency of the Gr...
