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What’s Your Favorite Beyoncé No. 1 Hot 100 Hit? Vote!
Birthday Queen Beyoncé has celebrated seven singles hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 over the last two decades before turning 39 Friday (Sept. 4), but which one are you crazy in love with? She’s accomplished this feat twice on her own with “Irreplaceable” from her all-too-fitting album B’Day and “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” from I Am… Sasha Fierce. But the superstar recruited some famous friends (and husband) to get to the top with their duets, from “Crazy in Love” featuring then-boyfriend and current husband Jay-Z to “Perfect” with Ed Sheeran to the “Savage” remix with fellow Houston native Megan Thee Stallion. So which of Queen Bey’s No. 1 hits are you crowni...
Fans Pick Bounty Killer vs. Beenie Man as the Best ‘Verzuz’ Battle Yet
Beenie Man and Bounty Killer both took home the winning title of our Verzuz battle poll. Verzuz battle viewers voted in a poll published Tuesday (Sept. 1) on Billboard, choosing the battle between the dancehall reggae legends streamed live from Kingston, Jamaica during Memorial Day weekend as their all-time favorite. And location was key here: Their Verzuz battle won with a whopping 88% of the vote, and 44.6% of the tally’s total votes came from fans in Jamaica. The two DJs not only brought back the historic precursor of Verzuz battles with their head-to-head soundclash competition as early as the 1950s, but they also ushered in a new format of the Verzuz battles by being the first two artists to perform in the same room and IG Live feed. The poll came a day ...
New Kendrick Lamar Music Is On The Way, Spotted Filming Video In L.A.
Source: Apega – WENN / WENN It seems the wait will not be too much of a wait for Kendrick Lamar fans. The Los Angeles native is back on the scene. All signs are pointing to a new Kung-Fu Kenny project. On Wednesday, September 2 the BODE clothing brand posted a visual about the “How Much A Dollar Cost” MC. “Kendrick Lamar shooting a music video in Los Angeles in our Senior Cord Rugby Shorts via @topdawgent” the caption read. This is not the first time the New York based fashion label has been embraced by a top Hip-Hop name. Earlier the summer Jay-Z was spotted wearing an all BODE outfit while with one of his children in The Hamptons. While the West Coast artist has kept a relatively low profile since the release of his last effort DAMN in 2017 there have been hints here and there ...
Robert Pattinson Allegedly Tests Positive For The Rona, Stops Filming of ‘The Batman’
Source: Vimeo / Matt Reeves Looks like COVID-19 done took down The Batman, b. According to Vanity Fair, production on the Matt Reeves-directed The Batman has come to a screeching halt with word spreading that the film’s star, Robert Pattinson has tested positive for the Coronavirus. Though Warner Bros. has confirmed that filming on the picture has temporarily paused due to COVID-19, they wouldn’t say who tested positive on the production team. Warner Bros. would not comment on any individual worker’s health, sharing only this statement: “A member of The Batman production has tested positive for Covid-19, and is isolating in accordance with established protocols. Filming is temporarily paused.” Vanity Fair confirmed through a highly placed source that Pattinson was the individual ...
Oops, the Electric Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Dragster Makes 1,502 Wheel HP, Not 1,400
(As it turns out, you can see the Mustang Cobra Jet dragster in action on the show Hard Cell on the MotorTrend app. In the meantime, subscribers can check out other episodes of the performance-EV-focused program right here. ) The Mustang Mach-E is a clear indication Ford wants to make quick, powerful electric cars. Now the Blue Oval has prepared an even more potent pony: a Cobra Jet EV dragster with more than 1,500 horsepower. Like fossil-fuel-powered Cobra Jets, the Ford Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 prototype—so named, we suppose, for the 1,400 wheel horsepower it was originally thought to produce—looks a lot like a regular Mustang on steroids, with optimized bodywork and fat rubber signifying its quarter-mile purpose. For better or worse, though, this latest model sounds nothing...
‘Less Instruments, More Feelings’: Leonel Garcia’s ‘Amor Pasado’ Pays Homage to Ranchera Classics
Putting the spotlight on lyrics, vocals and emotions, Leonel García‘s stripped-down versions of ranchera classics such as “La Media Vuelta,” “En el Último Trago” and “Tu Recuerdo Y Yo” on his new album Amor Pasado inject new life to the songs of an older generation. Paying tribute to the melancholic songs made famous by musical icons like José Alfredo Jiménez and Chavela Vargas, García began recording this album nearly three years ago. “I wanted to do an homage to ranchera music, to Mexican music because it has been a part of my life since I was little,” García tells Billboard. “I don’t sing the genre but still it has influenced my way of singing.” For Amor Pasado, García recruite an array of artists such as Natal...
From SZA & Ty Dolla Sign to Big Sean, Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite This Week? Vote!
This week’s supply of new music is full of surprises galore by everyone from SZA and Big Sean to DJ Khaled and Drake, and with so many to choose from, Billboard wants to know which new release is your favorite! Is SZA’s glorious return with some help from Ty Dolla $ign hitting different three years after Ctrl? Were you living for DJ Khaled and Drake’s high-concept “Popstar” video starring none other than Justin Bieber? Perhaps you’re living for the veritable dream team of rising stars — we’re talking Doja Cat, City Girls and Mulatto — assembled by Chloe x Halle for their “Do It” remix or Finneas‘ latest single, “What They’ll Say About Us” has you all up in your feels. And that’s not all! Big Sea...
Is A Marshmello/Demi Lovato Collaboration Coming?
Update (Sept. 4): Marshmello took to social media to share a teaser video with Demi Lovato. Check it out: It seems everyone has a taste for Marshmello. Still riding high on his Juice WRLD collaboration “Come & Go” the Mello man posted a cryptic teaser that seemingly references Demi Lovato on Monday (Aug. 3). On Instagram, the producer posted an image of himself on the phone with a caption reading simply “hello? demi?” As it seems unlikely that he’s referring to Demi Moore, we’re betting that we see a new single with Lovato in the coming weeks. In what could be a clue about the themes of the track, the image shows Marshmello sitting in a dark room littered with liquor bottles and a knocked over lamp, with an obscured mystery woman linge...
First Out: New Music From Bright Light Bright Light, Fletcher, Flavia & More
If you’re in need of some queer additions to your Labor Day weekend playlists, look no further; Billboard Pride is here to help with First Out, our weekly roundup of some of the best new weekly music releases from LGBTQ artists. From a colorful new video courtesy of Bright Light Bright Light and Caveboy to Fletcher’s new single, check out some of our favorite new releases from this week below. Bright Light Bright Light & Caveboy, “It’s Alright, It’s OK” With their brand new music video for their track “It’s Alright, It’s OK,” pop singer Bright Light Bright Light and indie star Caveboy shifted the focus away from themselves. Instead, the entirety of the new clip focuses on New York drag performer and activist Glo...
Eddie Vedder on ‘Democratic Process’ While Recording Gigaton, Admiration for Bandmates
Eddie Vedder opened up on a variety of topics — including working on new music during the global pandemic, why he finally joined Instagram and why the “democratic process” of recording Pearl Jam’s Gigaton makes it one of his favorite records — on a special fan-driven Q&A session with SiriusXM, Faithful Forum with Eddie Vedder, on Wednesday (Sept. 3). Vedder has been deemed Pearl Jam’s frontman, but he points out how PJ co-founders Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard’s longtime musical partnership has paved the way for the foundation of the band. “I think at some point we functioned without a leader,” he said in the interview. “If I ended up in that situation, I think it was reluctantly. It was by no means a hostile takeover. It was their world that started all this. It was Green River. A...
David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World to Be Reissued for 50th Anniversary
David Bowie’s seminal The Man Who Sold The World album is getting the 50th-anniversary treatment and will be released under its originally intended title, Metrobolist, on Nov. 6 on Parlophone Records. As with the Space Oddity 50th anniversary vinyl, as well as a 180g black vinyl edition, it will come in 2020 limited edition handwritten numbered copies on gold vinyl (numbers 1971 through 2020) and on white vinyl (numbers 1 through 1970) all randomly distributed. The 2020 re-release of the album under its Metrobolist moniker has been remixed by original producer Tony Visconti, with the exception of the track “After All,” which Visconti considered perfect as is and is featured in its 2015 remaster incarnation. Bowie personally d...
Kanye West Gets Booted From Virginia Ballot
Source: Pool / Getty Kanye West’s Presidential campaign took another L. Yesterday (Sept. 4), a judge granted an order to removed Yeezy’s name from the Virginia ballot. Apparently, the “Power” rapper once again got caught peddling the jig when it came to getting the petition signatures needed to get on the ballot legally. Reports Raw Story: Richmond Circuit Court Judge Taylor was looking at the electors that were chosen for West’s bid because the people said that they were misled about taking an “Elector Oath.” “Two signed affidavits were submitted Friday to the State Board of Elections from registered voters who said they were duped into signing up to serve as electors for West in Virginia,” the Washington Post reported on Monday. “In a separate account, an Alexandria woman ...
