A year after Migos‘ Culture debuted atop the Billboard 200, the Atlanta trio repeated the feat as their Culture II opened at Number One with 199,000 total copies sold. However, of Culture II‘s 199,000 total copies sold, only 38,000 were from traditional album sales, with streaming equivalent albums (SEAs) responsible …
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Awards shows are made-for-TV spectacles, full of quick cuts and closeups designed to reveal a performance’s emotional intensity. It’d be impossible to truly capture the excitement and, in some cases, bemusement of the nearly 20,000 fans (and a few rows of celebrities) who filled New York City’s Madison Square Garden …
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Lynyrd Skynyrd will embark on their final tour this summer, tapping an array of guests to join them throughout the big sendoff including Kid Rock, Hank Williams Jr. and Bad Company. The Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour starts May 4th at the Coral Sky Amphitheater in Palm Beach, …
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For the past 15 years, Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood has enjoyed another professional life as a film composer. Now, a decade after the Academy disqualified his score for There Will Be Blood because it incorporated previous music he’d written in it, he has become an Oscar nominee for the lushly …
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Fall Out Boy battle unrequited love with loud, hooky guitars on their new song “Wilson (Expensive Mistakes).” The track is the latest single from their upcoming album,Mania. Fall Out Boy‘s recent singles encompass modern production trends with electronic dance music flourishes and breezy pop. In contrast, “Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)” is …
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Eminem fires back at his critics in a remix ofRevival track “Chloraseptic,” featuring 2 Chainz and Phresher. “Not as raw as I was; ‘Walk on Water’ sucks; Bitch, suck my dick/ Y’all saw the track list and had a fit ‘fore you heard it,” he rhymes. “So you formed your …
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Cardi B flaunts her love of diamonds, sports cars and sex on her hard-charging new single, “Bartier Cardi,” featuring 21 Savage. The Bronx rapper unfurls a series of triplet rhythms over a minimal trap beat and eerie synth chords, rhyming, “Your bitch wanna party with Cardi/ Cartier Bardi in a …
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As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis posted a long apology Sunday, one year after he was released from prison following his conviction on murder-for-hire charges. “Words cannot begin to express how deeply sorry I am for the hurt that I have caused. There is no defense for what I …
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Ty Dolla $ign pairs an upbeat R&B-pop tune with a surprisingly tragic story in the new video for “Side Effects.” The song appears onthe rap star’s latest album, Beach House 3. The Ryan Hope-directed clip opens with several sequences of pure joy: A young man falls in love, creates music …
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UPDATE: The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said that it is currently reviewing a sexual assault accusation against Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter, according to Deadline. *** Melissa Schuman, former member of teen-pop group Dream, has accused Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter of rape. In a detailed blog post, …
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