Rock
St. Vincent Pops Up in Mysterious Poster Campaign For New Album
“Who’s Your Daddy?” indeed. St. Vincent is headed back into our ears. The singer pops up in a new viral poster campaign promoting what appears to be her upcoming follow-up to 2017’s MASSEDUCTION, in which she poses in a retro-70s burgundy suit while rocking a blonde bob. The teaser for the album reportedly called Daddy’s Home features copy that reads, “St. Vincent is back with a record of all-new songs. Warm Wurlitzers and wit, glistening guitars and grit, with sleaze and style for days. Taking you from uptown to downtown with the artist who makes you expect the unexpected. So sit back, light up, and by all means have that bourbon waiting because… DADDY’S Home.” The ad, which features the logo for the singer’s Loma Vista Recor...
Rick Springfield on Creating ‘Working Class Dog’ 40 Years Ago: ‘It Was a Lot of Lust’
Though the pandemic has pushed back a 40th anniversary tour, Springfield plans to play the album from start to finish when he’s able to return to the road and has been relearning the tracks. “When I first started, they were the only songs that I had so I played everything,” he says. “But I haven’t played the whole record since ’81.” Additionally, Springfield hopes to reissue the album, which he produced with Bill Drescher and Keith Olsen, to include demos of the songs that didn’t make it onto the finished set. Below, a genial Springfield dives deep into the making of the album with Billboard, recalling why he didn’t want his photo on the famous album cover, and how he juggled budding stardom with appearing on soap opera General Hospital, where he played the libidinous Dr. Noah D...
A Timeline of the Legal Battle Between Chris Cornell’s Widow & Soundgarden
December 2019 – Vicky Cornell sues Soundgarden In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Florida on Dec. 9, 2019, Vicky accused surviving band members Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Hunter Benedict Shepherd — along with the band’s longtime business manager Rit Venerus — of attempting to “strong-arm” her into turning over seven unreleased audio recordings Chris made prior to his death by withholding royalties owed to his estate, of which she is the personal representative. She says that the group reached out to her in July 2017 about using Chris’ unreleased recordings for an upcoming Soundgarden album, which she agreed to as long as her late husband’s s longtime “trusted producer” be in...
The Pretty Reckless Earn First No. 1 on Top Album Sales Chart With ‘Death by Rock and Roll’
The Pretty Reckless previously logged top 10s on Top Album Sales with Who You Selling For (No. 8, 2016) and Going to Hell (No. 5, 2014). Death by Rock and Roll also enters an array of other album charts, including the Billboard 200 (No. 28), Top Rock Albums (No. 3), Hard Rock Albums (No. 2), Tastemaker Albums (No. 3) and Independent Albums (No. 5). The album’s title track reached No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in August of 2020, marking the fifth leader for the band. The set’s latest radio single, “And So It Went,” featuring Tom Morello, climbs 9-8 (a new peak) on the most recently published chart (dated Feb. 27). Back on the new Top Album Sales chart, Foo Fighters’ Medicine at Midnight falls 1-2 in its second week (15,000 sold; down 77%), while Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 Ever...
Twitch (Hilariously) Replaces Metallica BlizzCon Performance With Elevator Music
The moment was enough for viewers to be in hysterics, the incident trending on Twitter Saturday morning. The event, dubbed “BlizzConline,” was streamed this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Between the laughs, fans pointed out Metallica was one the most outspoken acts when it came to creating musical streaming laws, suing Napster in 2000. Billboard has reached out to Blizzard Entertainment for comment about the incident. Last year, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett said the band’s battle against streaming was in hindsight a lost cause. “We didn’t make a difference — we did not make a difference,” Hammett told Dean Delray on the Let There Be Talk podcast. “It happened, and we couldn’t stop it — because it was just bigger than any ...
Song of the Week: serpentwithfeet Gains Traction with Soulful “Same Size Shoe”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, serpentwithfeet gains traction with “Same Size Shoe”. There are two types of hype in the music business. One type makes it feel like an artist has the primal forces of nature behind them, controlling all media and advertising to make it seem like their next album will not only be the next canonical masterpiece to change music forever, but also the antidote to all that ails our suffering species and planet. And, then, there’s the type of hype that seemingly finds root in the tiniest speck of soil imaginable and slowly grows from th...
Dua Lipa, Christina Aguilera & More Artists Share the Love on Valentine’s Day 2021
See how other artists are celebrating Valentine’s Day with their loved ones: Joe Jonas The Jonas brother shared a sweet throwback pic of wife Sophie Turner from when she was pregnant with their daughter. In the snap, the Game of Thrones star is sprawled on the couch, her pregnant belly on display. “Happy Valentine’s Day to my 2 Valentines [heart emoji] throwback,” he captioned the image. Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello The “Wonder” singer showed off the sweetness in his life on Valentine’s Day. In his Instagram Stories, the crooner shared a photo of Cabello with a plate featuring what appears to be a heart-shaped pancake surrounded by blueberries and strawberries. The photo was accompanied by three heart emojis. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill The countr...
Machine Gun Kelly Says He Wears Megan Fox’s ‘Blood Around My Neck’ on Valentine’s Day
Fox posted a tribute to her “unusually handsome boy” as well, using descriptions like “magical and haunted” and “ethereal and dangerous” and writing, “the journey will likely be perilous but there is no destination without him.” Her post featured a slideshow of personal pictures showing off their connection. For some fans, MGK’s gesture brought to mind former couple Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton’s alleged blood vial necklaces. “You know those lockets you buy that are clear and you put a picture of your grannie in and wear it around your neck?” Thornton said in 2014, addressing the chatter years after their early 2000s relationship. “She bought two of those. We were apart a lot because she’s off maki...
Papa Roach’s ‘Last Resort (Reloaded)’ Crowns Hot Hard Rock Songs
It’s also the group’s, and Johnson’s, first Hot Hard Rock Songs leader since the chart debuted in June 2020. Papa Roach’s current radio single, “The Ending,” concurrently reaches a new No. 17 high. The original “Last Resort” led Alternative Airplay for seven weeks beginning in August 2000. The rap-rock tune kicked off a career for Papa Roach that encompasses 17 entries on Alternative Airplay and 31 on Mainstream Rock Airplay, including five No. 1s on the latter. The latest, “Come Around,” led in December 2019. Johnson has experienced early success with his own song “Damn!,” which has so far reached No. 44 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs. (An alternate version of “Damn!” features another 2000s rock stalwart in Nickelback’...
Langhorne Slim’s ‘Strawberry Mansion’ Is His Most Personal Album Yet: Emerging Artists Spotlight
The set, which he wrote during the first few months of the pandemic, finds Langhorne grappling with a number of demons: his battles with anxiety and depression, maintaining sobriety, dealing with the effects of the East Nashville tornado in March, which nearly wiped out his home, and, like many others, simply overcoming 2020. “[The album] came out as I was starting to find some quiet in the noise and some peace within the chaos,” he tells Billboard. “I began to find that my world actually expands when I make it smaller and attempt to simplify a bit. It’s a maddening world indeed but there’s beauty in the madness for those who seek it.” Langhorne Slim debuts at No. 10 on the Emerging Artists chart (dated Feb. 13) thanks to Strawberry Mansion, which arrives at No. 9 on the Americana/Folk Alb...
Alice Cooper Gets Vaccinated After Previously Contracting COVID
The Godfather of Shock Rock got his jab, and he wants you to get one too. Alice Cooper, the Hall of Fame-inducted rock icon, visited the Abrazo West Campus hospital in Goodyear, Arizona, a suburb of his hometown of Phoenix, where he rolled up his sleeve for the COVID vaccine. In a video message, the “Poison” singer admitted he and his wife Sheryl have recovered from the novel coronavirus, but they’re now covered against another bout. 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 back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Metallica Has Half of the Week’s Top 10 Best-Selling Albums
Here’s a look at Metallica’s five albums in the top 10 on Top Album Sales, along with a sixth that missed the region, but is at No. 15. Nearly all of the sales for each title are from their vinyl editions. Title; Rank; Total Copies Sold on All Formats (Gain)Metallica; No. 3; 10,000 (up 383%)Ride the Lightning; No. 4; 9,700 (up 617%)…And Justice for All; No. 5; 9,400 (up 776%)Master of Puppets; No. 7; 8,100 (up 1,102%)Kill ‘Em All; No. 8; 8,000 (up 917%)Hardwired… To Self-Destruct; re-entry at No. 15; 5,500 (up 2,433%) The last act to have five of the top 10 on Top Album Sales was Prince, following his death in 2016, when he claimed half of the region on the list dated May 14, 2016. Metallica also has six of the top 10 on the Feb. 13-dated Vinyl Albums chart – the third time an act has held...
