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Jordan McGraw on Writing with The Jonas Brothers and His New Song About Matthew McConaghey
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Jordan McGraw sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about his newest singles and how the pandemic allowed him to readjust he musical styling, leaning into his coming-of-age bands like Blink-182, Green Day, Tina Turner, and Tears for Fears. The singer/songwriter also discusses touring with The Jonas Brothers and co-writing “Her” with Nick Jonas, writing a song about Matthew McConaghey, and pop punk’s resurgence. McGraw also tells us about making a music video on the set of Wheel of Fortune and why some moms are calling him “an abomination and a menace to society.” Advertisement Related Video Listen to this new episode of Kyle Me...
Olivia Rodrigo & Alanis Morissette Bond Over Being Child Actors, ‘Mean Girls’ Reaction to Their Breakout Albums
They also share a similar origin story, with Rodrigo blasting into our consciousness via Disney+’s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, on which she sang, danced and acted, and Morissette doing the same on the 1980s Canadian kid sketch comedy show You Can’t Do That on Television. And, not for nothing, both also released singles that feature them working out their love drama in cars, “Drivers License” and “Ironic,” respectively. What Olivia really wanted to know, though, was how Morissette handled it when her global debut album, 1995’s 30 million-plus selling Jagged Little Pill, blew up and suddenly put the then 21 year-old singer under the microscope. “All eyes on the fishbowl. There was a lot of bullying and a lot of jealousy and a ...
Five Ways the Music Industry Has Changed Since Adele Last Released an Album
What we’ve heard of “Easy On Me” so far sounds much like the Adele that the world fell in love with a decade-plus ago. But even if the sound of her new music is in line with her earlier blockbusters, the music industry has evolved at a rapid pace since 2015. Her continued streak of hits is close to a foregone conclusion, but what success looks like in 2021 is slipperier and harder to define by the old metrics. Here are five ways that the music industry has changed since we last heard from Adele. Streaming windows have gone out of style Back in the mid-2010s, streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music had already begun reshaping music consumption and driving down traditional sales even further from the decline previously brought about by filesharing at the turn of the centu...
Maneskin Scores First Rock & Alternative Airplay No. 1 With ‘Beggin”
Måneskin is the first act in 2021 to land its premier Rock & Alternative Airplay ruler and the first since All Time Low, whose “Monsters,” featuring blackbear, hit No. 1 in September 2020. “Beggin'” is Måneskin’s second Rock & Alternative Airplay entry; “I Wanna Be Your Slave” hit No. 28 in August and ranks at No. 47 on the latest survey (708,000 in audience). Concurrently, “Beggin'” spends a second week at No. 1 on Alternative Airplay and is bubbling under the Adult Alternative Airplay ranking. The song by the Italian quartet, which won the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest with “Zitti e buoni,” continues rising at pop radio, bulleting at its No. 6 high on Pop Airplay and pushing 16-14 on Adult Pop Airplay. It ...
Lizzo Sparkles In Sheer Dress at Cardi B’s Dancehall-Themed Birthday Party
Lizzo counted herself as one of the many lucky people to be invited to Cardi B‘s 29th birthday bash on Sunday (Oct. 11), and as such, showed up to the star-studded event in a sheer outfit worthy of dancing the night away. Ahead of the event, Cardi tweeted out the outfit requirements for her big birthday bash. “Yes, it’s true! The dress code is dancehall! Bring out ya best Caribbean and Dancehall looks!” the rapper wrote, later enforcing the rule on Instagram with a dancehall fashion inspiration post captioned, “See y’all Dancehall Queens tomorrow. old school dancehall & new school just come ready to skin out !!!!!” 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...
Elton John Claims Billboard Record with 50-Year Span Between Top 40 Hits
50 years after first striking gold with “Your Song,” Sir Elton John has now tallied his 58th Top 40 hit. His Dua Lipa-assisted “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)” rose to No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, allowing him to pass Michael Jackson’s previous record of Top 40 appearances (excluding holiday songs) spanning 46 years, eight months, and three weeks. “Your Song” climbed to No. 38 on the chart dated December 19th, 1970, marking a span of 50 years and 10 months between The Rocket Man’s very first Top 40 hit and his latest. Prior to “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix),” John last scored a Top 40 hit in 1999 with his LeAnn Rimes collaboration “Written in the Stars.” “A lot of it is, of course, due to Dua Lipa’s popularity and the brilliant PNAU remix, but I feel very, very content and happy that I’m ...
Kacey Musgraves’ star-crossed Barred from Grammys Country Album Category
Country music’s ongoing identity crisis and the Recording Academy’s unceasing incompetence have joined together for one head-scratching decision. As Billboard reports, two-time Best Country Album Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves won’t be going for a threepeat in 2022, as her new studio set, star-crossed, has been declared ineligible for the country music categories. Musgraves has previously taken home top honors in the category for 2014’s Same Trailer, Different Park and 2018’s Golden Hour, which also won Album of the Year. On paper, star-crossed looks like a strong contender. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and six singles have placed on the Hot Country Songs chart: “justified,” “simple times,” “breadwinner,” star-crossed...
Britney Spears Jokes About Releasing a Book After Jamie Lynn Spears’ Memoir Announcement
One day after Jamie Lynn Spears revealed her upcoming memoir, big sister Britney Spears had some words of her own about planning to release a book. The Zoey 101 actress announced Monday that she would be publishing her book, titled Things I Should Have Said, on Jan. 18, 2022, via Worthy Publishing. Under the description of the book on the publisher’s official website, it reads, “She spent years escaping into different characters—on All That, Zoey 101, and even in the role as Britney’s kid sister.” “I owe it to myself, my younger self, and to my daughters to be an example that you should never edit yourself or your truth to please anyone else,” the younger Spears wrote on her Instagram. “I know I still have ALOT of ...
Ariana Grande Faces a ‘Dilemma’ on ‘The Voice’: Watch
The contestants hugged it out at the end of the performance, as Grande let out a scream. “That was really fun,” John Legend enthused. If he had to pick one, he’d go with Katherine, due to her “compelling voice.” Kelly Clarkson remarked that it was “a really well-matched battle,” and said she’d go with Vaughn. Blake Shelton admitted he’d never heard the song “Dilemma,” until now, but his reaction to the performance was “wow.” Katherine, he said, “gave it that extra bit.” Which left Grande to make the final call. Ultimately, she went with Katherine who, she noted, “really surprised the hell of out me tonight.” Watch below. 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...
All-Star ‘The Metallica Blacklist’ Tribute Hits Top 10 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart
Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now MRC Data. Pure album sales were the measurement solely utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. Of The Metallica Blacklist’s sales of 8,000 in the latest tracking week, physical album sales comprise effectively all of that sum. The CD editio...
Boston Red Sox Shout Along to Robyn’s “Dancing on My Own” to Celebrate Playoff Win: Watch
After center fielder Kiké Hernández launched the Boston Red Sox into the ALCS on Monday night with a walk-off sac fly, the team celebrated their victory over the Tampa Bay Rays with a beer and champagne-soaked shout-along to Robyn’s classic 2010 pop song “Dancing on My Own.” Ok, so it wasn’t technically Robyn’s version. Via Vanyaland, the Sox were losing their minds to the Tiësto remix of Calum Scott’s cover of “Dancing on My Own” — which happens to be backup catcher Kevin Plawecki’s walkup song. And you know what? That’s just fine. If Boston wins two more playoff series and hoists the World Series Commissioner’s Trophy, only then will they deserve the real thing. In the meantime, enjoy the contact buzz of watching a locker room full of beefy dudes scream “I’m in the corner watch...
Boston Red Sox Shout Along to Robyn’s “Dancing on My Own” to Celebrate Playoff Win: Watch
After center fielder Kiké Hernández launched the Boston Red Sox into the ALCS on Monday night with a walk-off sac fly, the team celebrated their victory over the Tampa Bay Rays with a beer and champagne-soaked shout-along to Robyn’s classic 2010 pop song “Dancing on My Own.” Ok, so it wasn’t technically Robyn’s version. Via Vanyaland, the Sox were losing their minds to the Tiësto remix of Calum Scott’s cover of “Dancing on My Own” — which happens to be backup catcher Kevin Plawecki’s walkup song. And you know what? That’s just fine. If Boston wins two more playoff series and hoists the World Series Commissioner’s Trophy, only then will they deserve the real thing. In the meantime, enjoy the contact buzz of watching a locker room full of beefy dudes scream “I’m in the corner watch...
