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What’s Your Favorite Boy Band of All Time? Vote!
Billboard has been traveling back through time by ranking the best boy band projects from the past 30 years. But what’s your favorite group of all time? BTS expanded beyond a Korean household name and became a worldwide sensation with killer choreography, infectious bilingual earworms and a sublime social media presence. The septet has been a mainstay at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Social 50 chart for the last 187 weeks. Boyz II Men has been a historic mainstay on the Billboard Hot 100, notching three of the longest-leading No. 1 hits: “One Sweet Day” with Mariah Carey in 1995 for 16 weeks, “I’ll Make Love to You” in 1994 for 14 weeks, and “End of the Road” in 1992 for 13 weeks. One Direction is turning the big 1-0 next wee...
‘Check’ Out Iggy Azalea’s Latest Sultry Outfit: Pics
Iggy Azalea has her 13.5 million Instagram followers “checking” out her latest Fashion Nova outfit. In yesterday’s (July 16) quarantine ‘fit pic, the “Fancy” rapper stays classy and cool with a mimosa in hand, showing off a checkered two-piece set that had Noah Cyrus commenting, “wwoow.” The artist (real name Amethyst Amelia Kelly) unveiled the name of her newborn son, Onyx, on Instagram earlier this week with a voice recording titled “Amethyst & Onyx,” revealing his adorable coos. Last month, she announced she had given birth and that she wanted fans to respect her family’s privacy. “I want to keep his life private but wanted to make it clear he is not a secret & I love him beyond...
20 Questions With Inner City: Kevin Saunderson, His Son Dantiez & Steffanie Christi’an Release the Group’s First Album in 30 Years
Nearly 30 years after the release of their last album, Inner City is back. The seminal dance music project began in the late ’80s, when Detroit techno pioneer Kevin Saunderson linked with singer Paris Grey for the 1989 debut Inner City album, Paradise. That LP generated a pair of all-time genre classics in “Good Life” and “Big Fun,” with the latter track hitting No. 1 on Billboard‘s Dance/Club Songs chart in the fall of 1988. The duo then followed up with 1990’s Fire and 1992’s Praise before letting the globally successful project rest for the next 28 years. Now featuring Saunderson, his son Dantiez (an accomplished producer in his own right) and vocalist Steffanie Christi’an, Inner City has today (July 17) released We All Move Toge...
Michelle Obama To Debut New Podcast Helping Listeners Talk To Their Loved Ones
Source: Netflix / Courtesy of Netflix Michelle Obama is once again expanding her professional resume, this time she’s adding podcaster to her list of talents. At the end of the month, The Michelle Obama Podcast is scheduled to go live with the first episode on Spotify‘s platform. The first season of the show is reportedly aimed at helping listeners have open, new, and “hard conversations” with their loved ones–starting with Obama’s own family. In a special video announcement via Instagram, our forever First Lady announced her project, the first originating from streaming platform’s deal with the Obamas’ production company Higher Ground. “For this first season, I’ll be talking with some of the people most dear to me: my mom, my brother, my friends, colleagues, and many others,” Mrs. Ob...
Cops Now Think Megan Thee Stallion Was Targeted, Tory Lanez Under Investigation
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Tory Lanez has all the explaining to do. In a story that gets stranger with every new piece of information, the police now believe Megan Thee Stallion was attacked, and they have their eyes on Tory Lanez as the perpetrator. It started when Lanez was arrested for possession of a concealed weapon while riding dirty, and Megan Thee Stallion was in the whip. She was injured, with initial reports saying she cut her foot on glass in the vehicle. But then the “Savage” rapper clarified the narrative, saying she had been shot multiple times, and even required surgery to removed bullets from her leg. Instantly, Tory Lanez was tried and convicted in Twitter court as being a hothead who had the audacity to shoot at the leader of the Hotties. However, the au...
Georgia’s Gov. Brian Kemp Sues Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms For Caring About People
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty The state of Georgia is one of many across the nation seeing an uptick and surging of positive COVID-19 tests, signaling the alarm for more to be done to mitigate the spread. However, Gov. Brian Kemp has decided not to enforce a statewide mask mandate and instead filed to sue Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms for instituting a city-wide mandate. Atlanta, the state’s most populous city and over 51 percent Black, seen some spikes in the numbers with Mayor Bottoms implementing a mandate for masks to be worn in public spaces throughout the city. Kemp framed Bottoms’ measures as an affront to economic recovery efforts instead of the public health focus that is was, moving lockstep with President Donald Trump’s reckless policies and positions on handling COVID-19. ...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot G-Checks Press Secretary For Going Karen: “Watch Your Mouth”
Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty Tensions are higher and even higher when it comes to the political climate. One official made it clear she is not the one. One of the most polarizing White House officials got put in her place for talking slick. On Thursday, July 16 Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany addressed the eyesore that is the gun violence problem in Chicago. When discussing the issue she took a very clear shot at Mayor Lori Lightfoot calling her the “the derelict mayor of Chicago”. Additionally, she inferred that she was too incompetent to decelerate the murder rate. Brian Bennett, Senior White House Correspondent for Time Magazine reported on the jab via Twitter. This apparently got back to the former lawyer prompting her to respond to the shade. “Hey, Karen. Watch your mout...
Tove Lo is Spinning a DJ Set in Nintendo’s “Animal Crossing” Tomorrow
Electropop superstar star Tove Lo is taking her love of Animal Crossing: New Horizons to the next level. The Grammy Award-nominated songstress has announced a special DJ set taking place in the wildly popular Nintendo game tomorrow, July 18th. Taking to Instagram to share the news, Tove Lo invited fans to “come party like it’s pre COVID.” She will be choosing 6 players to join her on her Animal Crossing island, who can enter by designing a custom in-game outfit for their character and sharing it along with the hashtag #ToveLoAnimalCrossing. “I got hooked on this world at the start of quarantine cause… it’s cute animals and tropical islands lol,” she wrote. “So I’m very excited about the news below!!” You can check out Tove ...
Perry Farrell to Release Career-Spanning Box Set
Perry Farrell will release a career-spanning box set that will look outside of his work in Jane’s Addiction and Porno for Pyros. The set will encompass his entire 35-year career. Titled Perry Farrell- The Glitz; The Glamour, the collection features 68 tracks and a release bills it, cements Farrell’s status as the “Godfather of Alternative Rock.” Included in it is a Blu-ray featuring 12 uncompressed Dolby Atmos mixes from Kind Heaven and three brand new previously unreleased Atmos mixes, a photographic memoirs hardcover book, a bandana, plus two exclusive Zoltar prints. There is also an unearthed recording of Jim Morrison that Farrell has composed, and to complete the circle written and recorded with Starcrawler. It also features never-before-heard remixes from...
Nandi Bushell Thanks Tom Morello and Brad Wilk with Audioslave Cover
If you’re wondering what the future of rock music looks like, Nandi Bushell can show you. She dropped a video covering Audioslave’s “Cochise.” While cover videos aren’t a new thing, the 10-year-old British-Zulu musician shows all her musical skills and played the bass, the drums and a special guitar that was gifted to her by Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello. Giving each note all her energy, Bushell looked like she played each instrument with so much ease. “Dear @tommorello and @bradwilk,” she captioned the YouTube video, “thank you for always for supporting me. I made this cover of #Cochise for you both. @tommorello I LOVE my new #soulpower @fender #guitar! It’s AMAZING!!! #audioslave wow! So Good! Thank you: @fender @ludwigdrumshq @zildjiancompany @vicfirth @roland.artists @roland_u...
Soundgarden Drop Benefit Show Counterclaim Suit Against Vicky Cornell
The surviving members of Soundgarden have dropped part of their counterclaim against Vicky Cornell, which they filed in May regarding the 2019 I Am the Highway benefit show, after being threatened with sanctions by her legal team. In the original filing, the band accused Cornell of using the funds from the show for “personal purposes for herself and her family.” Despite dropping this part of the lawsuit, the Cornell and the surviving Soundgarden members will still be dueling over who owns unreleased audio recordings, Rolling Stone reported. In a statement given to the Hollywood Reporter, Cornell’s lawyer Martin Singer called the band’s actions “shameful conduct.” “When we threatened Soundgarden with the undisputed facts that their claims concerning Vicky Cornell and the Corn...
Listen to Eddie Vedder and Supersuckers Cover the Ramones’ ‘I Believe in Miracles’
On June 19, 2014, the Supersuckers played the tour closer for their American tour. But it became more significant because it was the final show after singer and bassist Eddie Spaghetti was diagnosed with throat cancer was set to get surgery. Despite the cloud over the Supersuckers at that moment, they had a great show that turned into an epic moment. During the encore, Eddie Vedder joined the band for a rendition of the Ramones’ “I Believe in Miracles.” “Somehow Eddie had found out about my cancer diagnosis and put the word out that he’d like to come to the show and maybe do something with the band,” Spaghetti said in a statement, “especially with the impending struggle I was about to undertake with the whole cancer fright. The song was extra poignant.” But Vedder’s support didn’t stop the...
