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Shawn Mendes Is the Youngest Artist Ever to Top the Billboard 200 With Four Full-Length Studio Albums
1. Miley Cyrus – 16 years, five months, one week: The onetime Disney star landed her fourth No. 1, Hannah Montana: The Movie, a film soundtrack, on May 2, 2009. Her first three No. 1s were Hannah Montana (a TV soundtrack), the double-disc Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus (half TV soundtrack, half studio album) and Breakout. 2. Justin Bieber – 18 years, four months and one week: The Biebs landed his fourth No. 1, Believe, on July 7, 2012. That made him the youngest male solo artist and the youngest solo artist who was born outside of the U.S. to land four No. 1s — records he still holds. His first three No. 1s were My World 2.0, Never Say Never: The Remixes (a seven-song remix album) and Under the Mistletoe. FYI, Bieber was 21 years, nine months and one week old...
8 Memorable Times Artists Got Political in 2020
Megan Thee Stallion In a year that she stamped her ticket as a major music force, Meg also flexed her voice. One of her biggest moments: It came during the season 46 premiere of Saturday Night Live, when she performed “Savage” with the words “Protect Black Women” behind her on a screen that soon bore bloody bullet holes as audio clips from Malcolm X’s 1962 speech “Who Taught You to Hate Yourself?” boomed from the speakers. Her set also included audio of activist Tamika Mallory’s criticism of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron after his decision to charge one of the three officers in the death of Breonna Taylor with wanton endangerment for firing into her home: “Daniel Cameron is no different than the sellout negroes that sold...
HHW Gaming: Xbox Teams Up With LeBron James & ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ To Help Teach Kids Coding
Source: Microsoft / Space Jam: A New Legacy LeBron James’ new film, Space Jam: A New Legacy, and Microsoft are teaming up for a pretty dope cause that will help usher in the next generation of young video game developers. Announced today (Dec.14), Microsoft Corp. and Warner Bros. will celebrate the 2021 release of James’, not a sequel Space Jam film with an exciting new contest. The campaign will see Xbox, NBA champion and global icon LeBron James, Bugs Bunny, and the rest of the Tune Squad to jump-start young gamer’s game development dreams by amplifying coding education by creating an original Xbox arcade-style video game inspired by the forthcoming film. The contest aligns perfectly with Space Jam: A New Legacy film. Official synopsis: Welcome to the Jam! Basketball champion and global...
James Harden Allegedly Still Wants Out Of Houston Despite John Wall Acquisition
Source: Tim Warner / Getty The Houston Rockets and new head coach Stephen Silas have yet to work with the full new-look team since the trade of Russell Westbrook. With “The Brodie” now a member of the Washington Wizards and John Wall now in Texas, it’s being reported that team star James Harden still wants to be traded, allegedly. ESPN is reporting that sources are saying that Harden, 31, doesn’t seem all that impressed with sticking around despite the addition of Wall, who has been out of the game for the past two seasons. Wall, who spent his entire career with Washington until this point, seemingly looks prepared to work with his backcourt mate. “I think me and James can be a heck of a combination,” Wall said to the media throng after his squad lost to the Chicago Bulls 104-91 last night...
Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Cover Pearl Jam’s ‘Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town’
Pearl Jam and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda are joining forces to a conversation in order to help out the Democratic candidates in the upcoming U.S. Senate runoff race. Ahead of this Wednesday night’s virtual event, Miranda paid tribute to the alt-rock legends by sharing a cover of 1993’s “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town.” Watch it below. “I’ve long admired Pearl Jam’s music and commitment to advocacy — and their music has made an impact on me since I was a teenager,” Miranda said in a statement when the fundraiser was first announced. “Georgia came through for America and now it’s time for America to come through for Georgia,” Eddie Vedder said in a statement of his own at the time. “We — along with millions of others — are fans of Lin-Manuel for both...
The White Stripes Release 1999 Show to Raise Funds for Fair Fight Voter Participation Group
Carrying on with the celebration of their recently released Greatest Hits album, The White Stripes’ have made Live at The 40 Watt available for download on Bandcamp until Dec. 20 at midnight CT. The 11-track collection, on Third Man Records, was recorded September 27, 1999, at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia. All Bandcamp proceeds will go to Fair Fight Action, a voter participation advocacy group that has been working to protect the rights of eligible voters in the Georgia runoff elections. The band also re-released two Saturday Night Live performances of the songs “Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground” and “We’re Going to Be Friends. They previously unveiled old live performance videos of the same tunes for a 2005 VH1 Sessions taping. SPIN rec...
Will Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel Perform ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ During ‘Elf’ Reunion
Ferrell, who played as Buddy the Elf in the movie, and Deschanel, who played Jovie, reprised their rendition of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” during the event. Other original cast members who took part included Bob Newhart as Papa Elf, Edward Asner as Santa and Mary Steenburgen as Emily. Other original cast members included Amy Sedaris, Kyle Gass and Andy Richter. Meanwhile, other roles were filled by “special guests,” including Lithgow, who performed James Caan’s role of Walter; Sykes, who played the manager of Gimbel’s department store Christmas display; and Danny Woodburn, who played Peter Dinklage’s role as children’s author Miles Finch. Jeong, Ed Helms and Busy Phillips also joined the event in various roles. In a twist, Pod Save Ameri...
Reddit Acquires TikTok Competitor Dubsmash
“Both Reddit and Dubsmash share a deep-rooted respect for how communities come together,” said Reddit CEO Steve Huffman. “Dubsmash elevates underrepresented creators, while Reddit fosters a sense of community and belonging across thousands of different topics and passions. It’s clear that our missions closely align and that our community-focused platforms can coexist and grow as we learn from each other.” While Dubsmash launched as a creation tool for lip-synching videos in 2015, its founders retooled the offering two years later to add social media elements. It has since emerged as a strong competitor in the growing social video app market, which is dominated by TikTok (with 100 million monthly active U.S. users and 2 billion global downloads) but also include...
‘About That Time Again’: Watch Justin and Hailey Bieber Decorate the Christmas Tree
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree! On Sunday (Dec. 13), Justin Bieber took to social media to give Beliebers a peek at his homey holiday decor. “About that time again,” the pop star captioned the post, which features a time lapse video of him and wife Hailey Bieber trimming their tree with white lights, dozens of personal ornaments and a giant, silver star on top. In addition to the video, he also shared a pair of close-up shots of the finished product, complete with ornaments of snowmen, foxes, puppies, gingerbread men and more. 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 p...
Demi Lovato Pays Tribute to Naya Rivera With ‘Glee’ Throwback Post: ‘Miss You’
“RIP Naya Rivera. I’ll forever cherish the opportunity to play your girlfriend on Glee,” Lovato wrote on Instagram a day after Rivera’s body was found along with a series of photos from their Glee arc. “The character you played was groundbreaking for tons of closeted queer girls (like me at the time) and open queer girls, and your ambition and accomplishments were inspiring to Latina women all over the world.” Rivera’s ex-husband, Ryan Dorsey, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Ventura County, California, on behalf of their son in November; the action also named the United Water Conservation District and Parks and Recreation Management for allegedly failing to warn visitors of the dangers of the lake and failure to outfit the boat with...
Shawn Mendes Achieves Fourth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Wonder’
Of Wonder’s 89,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending Dec. 3, album sales comprise 54,000, SEA units comprise 34,000 (equaling 46.92 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs) and TEA units comprise 1,000. All four of Mendes’ full-length studio albums have now debuted at No. 1. He began his chart career with his introductory project, The Shawn Mendes EP, which debuted and peaked at No. 5 on the Aug. 16, 2014-dated chart. He followed it up with his debut full-length studio set, Handwritten (No. 1 on May 2, 2015), and then his next studio effort, Illuminate (No. 1, Oct. 15, 2016). He then charted two live albums (Live at Madison Square Garden, No. 200 on Jan. 14, 2017, and MTV Unplugged, No. 71 on Nov. 25, 2017) before seeing his self-titled third studio...
A Taylor Swift Fan Unearthed a ‘Speak Now’-Era Hint at ‘Evermore’
If it’s meant to be, it will be. Was Evermore single “Willow” already on Taylor Swift‘s mind nearly 10 years ago? On Saturday (Dec. 12), a fan of Swift’s with a sharp eye found the word “Willow” was featured in the music video for “Mean,” circa 2011. The song was on Swift’s Speak Now album, released a decade ago. “No words,” they wrote. The tweet showed a collage of music video stills comparing “Willow” to “Mean,” both of which had Swift outfitted in a lace dress and wearing her hair in a braid. On Swift’s “Mean” stage set is a sign that clearly says “Willow” (which can be seen pretty well about 56 seconds in, if you’re watching for it yourself). You Dese...
