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The Vamps Snag U.K. No. 1 With ‘Cherry Blossom’
Veteran Irish crooner Daniel O’Donnell extends his national chart record as his new album Daniel (DMG TV) starts at No. 3, and becomes his 40th U.K. Top 40 album. The veteran country artist has landed a Top 10 album in each of the last 29 years, and is the first artist to have an LP on the national sales chart each year for the last 32 years. Daniel’s No. 3 bow is an equal career best, jointly held with O’Donnell’s 2003 album Daniel In Blue Jeans. Following the announcement of her new, global publishing deal with Reservoir, Georgia-born singer Katie Melua’s Album No. 8 (BMG) enters at No. 7. It’s her eighth Top 10 record. Philippines-born, British indie rock artist Beabadoobee is new at No. 8 with her debut album Fake It Flowers (Dirty Hit). Beabadoobee was shortlisted for the 2020 BRITs’ ...
Cher Debuts ‘Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe’ at Biden Benefit Concert: Watch
The number was originally composed by Harold Arlen for the 1943 film musical Cabin in the Sky, earning an Oscar nomination for best original song. It’s been covered by many singers, and released as either as “Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe” and “Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe.” Cher, an outspoken critic of Trump’s White House, revamped “Happiness” with new lyrics for Biden, of course, as the federal election campaign hits the final stretch. John Legend, Pink and Andra Day also performed at the fundraising concert, in support of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his VP candidate Kamala Harris. Watch Cher’s performance below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be....
50 Cent: “F*ck Donald Trump”
Source: Mark Sullivan / Getty Chalk this up to when trolling goes wrong? After saying he just might vote for the current resident of the White House, 50 Cent has changed his tune to, “F*ck Donald Trump.” The Queens rapper posted the video of his alleged ex-girlfriend Chelsea Handler telling Jimmy Fallon she was willing to pay those extra taxes that he claimed would make him go to the Dark Side and vote for Trump. “So he doesn’t want to pay 62 percent in taxes because he doesn’t want to go from ’50 Cent’ to ’20 Cent’ and I had to remind him that he was a Black person, so he can’t vote for Donald Trump and that he shouldn’t be influencing an entire swath of people who may listen to him because he’s worried about his own personal pocketbook,” said Handler. But his caption made it clear he isn...
Kith of Power: BMW Partners With Kith on Hypebeast M4 Special Edition
If you get the feeling that major car makers have been collaborating with streetwear designers more than usual lately, you’d be right. Virgil Abloh recently teamed up with Gordon Wagner, Mercedes-Benz’s design honcho, to reimagine the classic G-Wagen. Now BMW has done something similar (albeit less drastic) with an icon of its own. Meet the 2021 BMW M4 Competition X Kith. Like Abloh’s Off-White, Kith is a streetwear brand known mostly for its footwear and men’s apparel. The man behind the brand, Ronnie Fieg, is both designer and BMW enthusiast. But instead of just setting to work on some new, BMW-inspired apparel, Fieg decided to try his hand at sprucing up the brand new 2021 BMW M4 Competition. While his changes don’t do much for the M4’s attention grab...
Snowman & The King: T.I. vs Jeezy To Start Verzuz Season 2
Source: Prince Williams / Getty One of the best manifestations of the unfortunate Coronavirus Pandemic was the Verzuz battles that kept spirits up during quarantine. After a brief hiatus, Season 2 of Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s dose of concentrated Hip-Hop competition will have T.I. and Jeezy facing off against each other. Earlier in the week, Busta Rhymes had called for T.I. for a battle. However, the King passed, and shortly thereafter Jeezy popped up saying he wanted the smoke against the fellow trap rapper, too. The game seems to have gotten its wish, with Verzuz announcing T.I. and Jeezy are first up in a new season. Per the official Verzuz IG, it goes down November 19 at 5pm via Apple Music, with drinks courtesy of Diddy’s CIROC brand. Some of the initial first season’s battles inclu...
Ariana Grande’s ‘Positions’ Is This Week’s Fan Favorite New Music
The new song serves as Grande’s first solo single since 2019’s Thank U, Next and will be featured on her upcoming sixth studio set of the same title, which is expected to drop on Friday (Oct. 30) through Republic Records. In the interim, the pop superstar has kept busy adding to her growing collection of No. 1 hits thanks to high-profile collaborations with both Lady Gaga (“Rain on Me”) and Justin Bieber (“Stuck With U”). Grande recently revealed the track list for Positions, which features appearances by Doja Cat, The Weeknd and Ty Dolla $ign. Earlier this week, the singer also shared the accompanying music video for “Positions, which finds the pop superstar looking presidential in Jackie O-inspired fashions. Placing second on the tally was the &#...
Tool’s Maynard James Keenan Has a Not-So-Nice Message for Coronavirus Deniers
Keenan, whose musical project Puscifer is releasing new album Existential Reckoning on Oct. 30, did later note that prior to hopping on the flight, he got a mask to wear. After arriving in New Zealand, the musician said that he stayed in his hotel for four days because the band had a few days off. “So I was just drinking water, hot showers, taking care of myself, hot tea. Just trying to get through it. It sucked!” he said. “But you didn’t know yet how bad this thing could’ve been; if I had known how bad this thing could’ve been, I would’ve been freaking out! So we isolated pretty well.” But because of his illness — which a doctor in New Zealand told him wasn’t COVID-19 — Keenan says that the band had to tweak their sets a bi...
Russell Wilson Pens Sweet Birthday Tribute for ‘Queen’ Ciara
Ciara rang in her birthday with a heartfelt message from her family on Sunday (Oct. 25). Russell Wilson shared some family snapshots on Instagram, along with a sweet note about his wife on her 35th birthday. “My Queen. You are everything a man, husband, lover, friend, dad, a family, and our kids could ever ask for! You are Heaven sent. You have changed my life for the better. You, my Queen, are the most loving mother to our beautiful 3 babies. I am grateful for how you always love,” he wrote. 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 give users bac...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart for Eighth Week
Of Folklore’s 77,000 units earned in the tracking week ending Oct. 22, album sales (as noted above) comprise 57,000 (up 709%), SEA units total 20,000 (down 7%, equaling 26.35 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs) and TEA units comprise a little under 500 (up 2%). With another 57,000 copies sold in the latest tracking week, Folklore’s total album sales jump past 1 million (to 1.038 million), making it the first album to sell a million copies in 2020. It’s also the first album released in 2020 to sell a million. Folklore is Swift’s ninth album to sell at least 1 million copies in the U.S. Those nine albums include all eight of her studio efforts, along with her Christmas release The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection. Folklore’s eighth week at No. 1 also marks its third total visit to...
Foo Fighters, Eddie Vedder, Stevie Nicks and More Celebrate Tom Petty’s 70th Birthday
Tom Petty would’ve turned 70 on October 20, and to celebrate the milestone birthday some of the late rockstar’s friends, colleagues, and admirers joined forces for a virtual party. After nearly three hours of covers on SiriusXM’s Tom Petty Radio from dozens of artists including the Raconteurs and the Killers, a three-hour-long livestream kicked off that featured more covers and birthday wishes, both new and archival. Among the performances, Foo Fighters put their spin on “Honey Bee,” the Flaming Lips covered “Listen To Your Heart,” Beck did “Don’t Come Around Here” with Jeffertitti, Spoon performed “Breakdown,” Margo Price brought a country flare to “Crawling Back To You,” Brandi Carlile did “Wildflowers,” and the Heartbreakers’ Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench reunited to close o...
2021 Hyundai Elantra N Line Priced, Undercuts Jetta GLI by $2,365
For 2021, Hyundai is giving Elantra buyers a more powerful alternative in the form of a new N Line trim. It has less competition than its Sport predecessor, too, now that the Honda Civic Si is on hiatus. Priced at a reasonable $25,095, the Elantra N Line just might be up to the task of winning over would-be Si buyers. See all 45 photos Under the hood, the N Line features a turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine making 201 hp and 195 lb-ft of torque. This engine pairs with a standard six-speed manual transmission. If you opt for the six-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, the price goes up to $26,195. To match the powertrain updates, Hyundai gives the N Line sportier suspension and steering tuning. It also gets larger front brake rotors for improved stopping performance. Cos...
Fiona Apple Slyly Endorses Joe Biden in Voting PSA
Early voting is in full swing, and Fiona Apple’s encouraging people to go out and vote the best way she knows how: through song. Apple’s good friend Zelda Hallman shared a video on Instagram of the singer-songwriter singing George and Ira Gershwin’s “Bidin’ My Time,” from their 1930 musical Girl Crazy – a sly endorsement to the Democratic nominee Joe Biden — and holding up her “I Voted” sticker. The post is simply captioned “Vote.” It’s no surprise Apple voted for the more progressive candidate. She recently narrated a short film that demonstrates how to document ICE arrests, campaigned to help indigenous groups fight COVID-19, and pledged to donate two years of TV and movie placement royalties from Fetch the Bolt Cutters tracks “Heavy Balloon” and “...
