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Billy Corgan Mourns Father’s Passing, Plays Holiday Show With Family as Tribute
Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan paid homage to his late father, William Dale Corgan Sr., over the weekend following the elder Corgan’s death from a heart attack. In a Twitter tribute video, the singer said his father, 74, had had a host of health issues over the past few years and his death was not “wholly unexpected,” but still came suddenly on Friday. Explore See latest videos, charts and news “And then to make matters even crazier, he was pronounced dead in his home and they were able to revive him, and so for a short period of time he was alive and there was faint hope that he was going to pull through it and of course we were all laughing saying, ‘of course he’s gonna live’ cuz that’s who he is,” Corgan said. Corgan Sr., however, did not survive, passing away in a helicopter on ...
20 Best Latin Songs of 2021: Staff Picks
“Telepatia,” “Yonaguni,” and “Pepas” sent Latin artists Kali Uchis, Bad Bunny and Farruko skyrocketing to the top of Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart this year. Meanwhile, fueled by their massive success on TikTok, Rauw Alejandro (as a solo act) and Gera MX entered the all-genre Hot 100 chart for the first time. Needless to say, it was a good year for Latin music, which provided a soundtrack for all your moods: Karol G’s “200 Copas” for your heartbreak, Calibre 50’s “A La Antiguita” to flaunt your romanticism, and Yotuel’s Latin Grammy-winning “Patria y Vida” for your inner activist. Below, see our editors’ picks for the best 20 Latin songs of 2021, arranged in alphabetical order by artist. [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=R...
Proud Grandma Tina Knowles-Lawson Thanks Beyoncé and ‘Beautiful Grand Babies’ For Talk Show Theme Song
Tina Knowles-Lawson roped in some A-list ringers to record the theme song for her new Facebook Watch interview series, Talks With Mama Tina. In a 40-second trailer that dropped on Monday (Dec. 20) Knowles-Lawson announced the show, which she promised would find her inviting “some of my favorite people over to my home” for a chat, and revealed the theme sung by daughter Beyoncé and the matriarch’s grandchildren. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Among the stars who pop up in the trailer are comedian/actor Kevin Hart, Chloe & Hailey, Kelly Rowland, Ciara, John David Washington, Paulette Washington, Storm Reid, Marsai Martin, Zendaya and Tiffany Haddish. The series’ mellow R&B theme song opens with a group of children saying, “let’s talk abo...
Bobby Shmurda ft. Quavo & Rowdy Rebel “Shmoney,” Benny The Butcher “Mr. Pyrex Man” & More | Daily Visuals 12.17.21
HipHopWired Featured Video Since getting released from prison, Bobby Shmurda’s been keeping his followers awaiting that next smash hit that’ll take him back to the top of the hood charts and today he continues to look for just that. Linking up with Quavo and Rowdy Rebel for the visuals to “Shmoney,” Bobby throws him and his crew a wild pool party filled with thick body women who twerk it up so it can rain down dollars. Interestingly enough no one was picking up a single bill. From New York to Buffalo, Benny The Butcher stays on his grizzly and in his latest clip to “Mr. Pyrex Man” rolls hard with his crew from the studio to the streets to show y’all what’s really hood. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Roddy Rich, Fetty Wap, and more. BOBBY SHMURDA FT. QUAVO & ROW...
Judge Recommends Russian Stream-Ripping Sites Pay $82.9M in Damages
A federal judge has recommended that the operators of two Russian stream-ripping websites pay more than $80 million in damages for circumventing YouTube’s anti-piracy measures and infringing copyrights of audio recordings. In a case brought by more than a dozen record labels, including UMG Recordings, Warner Records and Sony Music Entertainment, U.S. Magistrate Judge Theresa Buchanan said the sites operated by Tofig Kurbanov, a Russian national, should be shut down permanently via injunctions and that statutory damages of $50,000 be awarded for each of the 1,618 copyrighted works the sites infringed. Kurbanov operates www.FLVTO.biz and www.2conv.com, which the Fourth Circuit has previously recognized as “two of the most popular stream-ripping websites in the world and…among the most popula...
Adele’s ‘30’ Becomes 2021’s Best-Selling Vinyl Album, Holds at No. 1 on Top Album Sales Chart
Adele’s 30 spends a fourth consecutive, and total, week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Dec. 25) – and also becomes 2021’s top-selling album on vinyl. Across all of its available formats, both physical and digital, 30 sold 146,000 copies in the United States in the week ending Dec. 16 (down 2%) according to MRC Data. Its total sales climb to 1.21 million. It is the only album released in 2021 to sell a million copies. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news 30 also rules the Vinyl Albums chart for a fourth week, selling 41,000 copies (up 16%). Its total sales on vinyl now climb to 234,000 – becoming 2021’s top-selling album on wax. It surpasses the previous top-seller, Taylor Swift’s Evermore, which has sold 232,000 on vinyl throug...
Brandi Carlile, Billie Joe Armstrong And More Set to Perform at ‘Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party’
Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson are set to ring in the New Year’s Eve party on NBC. And they’re bringing friends. An all-star lineup will perform at Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party, including Brandi Carlile, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Saweetie, Anitta, Jack Harlow, 24kGoldn and Kitty Ca$h, organizers have announced. The network also promises “more surprises to come” in the lead-up to the NYE party, hosted by Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson. Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party will be broadcast live from Miami on the night of Dec. 31 from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. ET on NBC. Viewers will also be able to livestream the festivities on Peacock, the network’s streaming service. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news As previously reported, Saturday Night Live crea...
Adele’s ‘30’ Heading For U.K. Christmas No. 1
Adele should be top of the tree this Christmas. The superstar British singer is all set to land the U.K.’s Christmas No. 1 album, with 30 (Columbia) leading the midweek chart and holding course for a fifth consecutive week atop the national chart. If it maintains its position when the survey proper is published this Friday — Christmas Eve — it’ll tie Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour as the longest-running No. 1 album of the year. Sour, however, completed its five-week run in separate blocks. 30 would be Adele’s second Christmas leader, following 2015’s 25, part of its 13-week reign. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Elsewhere on the chart blast, Michael Buble’s Christmas (Reprise) lifts 5-4, while Andre Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra’s Happy Together...
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” Makes Historic Return to No. 1
Mariah Carey‘s holiday classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has made history as the first song in Billboard Hot 100 history to return to No. 1 for the third year in a row. According to Billboard, the tracking week of December 10 to December 16 saw an increase of 7% in both radio airplay audience impressions and downloads. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” also extends Carey’s record of most weeks at No. 1 to a whopping 85 weeks, where she is followed by Rihanna at 60 weeks and The Beatles at 59 weeks. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” was first released in 1994 as part of Carey’s Christmas album and has since become a holiday staple. The single was the first holiday song to be certified diamond by the RIAA, and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time ever in 2019. A...
50 Cent Reveals That His Next Album Could Be His Last
50 Cent has long been considered one of hip-hop‘s biggest names. However, fans have not heard a new project from Fif since the release of his 2015 The Kanan Tape. While that is the case, the rapper still seems to think that he holds one of the top ten spots in the list of greatest hip-hop artists of all time. The artist recently took to Instagram to give fans an update on his next mixtape project. He drops an announcement that his “next album might be [his] last.” He added a friendly reminder to his peers and fans, “terrorized hip hop for 14 years, don’t believe me Nielsen, the numbers will never lie but i’m nobody’s favorite SMH Nah I’m Top 10 dead or alive and i’m not done.” The comments regarding his new album come approximately five months after he last teased his upcoming project. The...
NIGO Reveals Features for Upcoming ‘I Know NIGO’ Album
Following months of teasing, NIGO has now announced features for his upcoming I Know NIGO album. Serving as the streetwear icon’s first music release in nearly two decades, NIGO signed with Universal Music Group earlier this year and is planning to release his project through Victor Victor Worldwide. Taking to Instagram, NIGO shared a potential album cover along with a series of images revealing the name of artists he has worked with for the album. Leading the crew is longtime friend Pharrell, followed by Kid Cudi, A$AP Rocky, Lil Uzi Vert, Pusha T, Famlay and Tyler, the Creator. While the last slide notes the return of the Teriyaki Boyz, the influential hip-hop group of Ilmari and Ryo-Z from Rip Slyme, Verbal from M-Flo, rapper Wise that NIGO served as DJ for back in the early 2000s. The ...
American Soccer Star Christian Pulisic Compared To LeBron James In Viral ‘Pawn Stars’ Clip
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Visionhaus / Getty America is known for a number of sports but when it comes to soccer or football around the globe, the country isn’t one of the powerhouses. Christian Pulisic, a rising player who has achieved much and is still not yet 25, became the subject of a viral clip after he was compared to one of the greatest athletes of all time in LeBron James. On the long-running reality television series Pawn Stars, a fan brings in a signed Pulisic jersey from his Premier League team, Chelsea Football Club, trying to hawk the shirt for darn near $1,500. One of the show’s hosts compares the 23-year-old Pulisic to global soccer superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. While Pulisic is certainly one of the best Americans to ever make it to the world stage...
