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Kelly Clarkson Kicks ‘the Door Open’ With Soulful Silk Sonic Cover: Watch
Kelly Clarkson tapped into her soulful side in her signature Kellyoke opening segment on the Monday (Dec. 20) episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, and performed her powerful take on Silk Sonic’s hit “Leave the Door Open.” Joined by a trio of background singers to assist her, Clarkson peppered the lyrics with smooth vocal runs to make the song her own. “I’ma leave the door open/ I’ma leave the door open/ That you feel the way I feel/ And you want me like I want you tonight, baby/ Tell me that you’re coming through,” Clarkson effortlessly sang. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Leave the Door Open” hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 2021; the track serves as Bruno Mars’ eighth No. 1 single, while Anderson .Paak earned his first wi...
Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ Hits Its First Billboard Airplay Chart
Taylor Swift‘s “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” has already topped the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts (dated Nov. 27), and now adds another impressive, if perhaps unlikely, achievement: It reaches its first Billboard radio airplay chart, entering Adult Pop Airplay at No. 38, up 52% in plays in the Dec. 13-19 tracking week, according to MRC Data. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The song has overcome two notable challenges in bowing on the ranking: It’s not being promoted, by Republic Records, as a proper radio single, and it clocks in, in its longest form, at over 10 minutes. It’s even competing for airtime against another Swift song that is receiving a focused promotional campaign at radio: “Message in a Bottle (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault),” which ranks a...
Billboard Explains: How Mariah Carey Became the Queen of Christmas
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” has returned to the Billboard Hot 100 as the pop star embraces her yearly holiday takeover. But how did Mariah become synonymous with Christmas? And how many records has she broken with the famous track? This is Billboard Explains: How Mariah Carey become the Queen of Christmas.
Michael Jordan & Son Jeffery Jordan Launch Heir Inc.
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jean Catuffe / Getty Looks like Michael Jordan and his son Jeffery are going into business together to launch a new company for a new generation of sports fans. According to Variety the father-son duo will be linking up to initiate the beginning of Heir Inc. which will come as an app (Heir.app) and serves as a holding company that will build a new consumer-facing community platform that will enable fans to connect with athletes on a new level. Aside from simply being a way for sports stars and their followers to get familiar, the site will also have features that will allow users to get into the business aspect of things including an entertainment studio and consumer products. Related Stories Heir Inc. is a new company co-founded by Jeffrey Jord...
Fetty Wap Pinched At Newark Airport On Warrant
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Fetty Wap can’t win for losing. The “Trap Queen” rapper was arrested at Newark Airport on an outstanding warrant. Rolling Stone first reported that Fetty got pinched at Newark Liberty International Airport, after an ankle monitor alert, on Friday afternoon (Dec. 17). The irony is this arrest isn’t even tied to the whole drug trafficking thing Fetty Wap has been accused of by the Feds. “Officers were dispatched to an ankle monitor call for an active warrant out of North Bergen, New Jersey,” said a spokesperson for the Port Authority PD to Rolling Stone. “An active warrant was identified and the suspect was then transported to our [Central Police Desk], which is our main checkpoint for arrest processing.” Fetty found himself in cuffs du...
The Causes of Deaths Of The Astroworld Victims Revealed
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: THOMAS SHEA / Getty It’s been more than a month since tragedy struck at Astroworld and 10 people lost their lives due to lack of safety protocols and now a medical examiner has confirmed what many believed was the causes of death (not conspiracy theorists though). According to TMZ, the medical examiner overseeing the case has confirmed that the 10 people who died at the November 5th concert passed away due to “compression asphyxia” when a crowd surge took place and caused the victims lungs to be crushed in the process and ultimately suffocated to death. Though many susoected that drugs might’ve played a part in their deaths one one of the 10 people who passed away one had “contributory cause” to his death of the combined toxic effects of cocaine, met...
Mac DeMarco Covers “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”: Listen
Mac DeMarco has covered the holiday staple “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” the latest instalment in his annual Christmas song series. Check out the video, which stars an inflatable tree looking for a place to call home, below. “I Hope your holiday season is full of love and tree,” DeMarco captioned the video. “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” was written by Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent and first released by Bing Crosby in 1943. Elvis, Josh Groban, and Kelly Clarkson are among those to have recorded popular covers. Last week, DeMarco collaborated with the experimental pop artist Jean Dawson for a new song called “Menthol*.” DeMarco released his last album, Here Comes the Cowboy, in 2019. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Watch Björk in New Trailer for Viking Revenge Film The Northman
The first official trailer for The Northman is here. Robert Eggers’ viking revenge film, which stars Björk, Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe, and Ethan Hawke, is in theaters April 22, 2022. The film, set in 10th century Iceland, follows a Viking prince avenging his murdered father. Production resumed in August last year after a long pandemic-related delay. Eggers co-wrote the screenplay with the Icelandic poet and longtime Björk collaborator Sjón. Focus Features will release the film in the United States; Universal has the international rights. Check out “Revisiting Björk’s First Film, The Juniper Tree, In Honor of Its Restoration” on the Pitch. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Juice WRLD’s ‘Fighting Demons’ Debuts at No. 2 on Billboard 200
The late Juice WRLD is opening this week’s Billboard 200 at No. 2 with Fighting Demons. The artist’s second posthumous album is debuting with 119,000 equivalent album units including 110,000 in streaming equivalent album units (155.49 million on-demand streams of the songs), 5,000 in track equivalent album units and 4,000 in album sales. Fighting Demons marks Juice WRLD’s fifth Billboard 200 entry, and follows previous No. 1s like Legends Never Die in 2020 and Death Race for Love in 2019. Elsewhere on the chart, Adele logs her fourth straight week at No. 1 with 30 while Taylor Swift, Michael Bublé and Olivia Rodrigo at Nos. 3, 4 and 5. Making up the bottom half of this week’s top 10 are Morgan Wallen, Mariah Carey, Vince Guaraldi Trio’s soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas, Drake and Po...
Big Sean Details His Relationship With Kanye West in Full ‘Drink Champs’ Interview
Last month, Kanye West gave an honest interview on Drink Champs revealing some thoughts about his colleagues in the industry. Ye is never one to hold back on his thoughts and revealed that signing Big Sean to his G.O.O.D. Music label was one of the worst decisions he has ever made. Big Sean and Kanye West’s feud go way back and since hearing his comments, Sean Don was ready to appear on Drink Champs to set the records straight. The interview touched on many dramatic issues surrounding Big Sean and Ye’s relationship over the course of their careers. Big Sean discussed how Kanye West and JAY-Z once pressured him to fire one of his friends due to a photo that surfaced online of the three of them collaborating in the studio, as well as auditing the label for money he was owed and reaching out ...
Fans Choose FKA Twigs and The Weeknd’s ‘Tears in the Club’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
FKA Twigs and The Weeknd‘s new track has topped this week’s fan-voted new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll that was published Friday (Dec. 17) on Billboard, choosing “Tears in the Club” as their favorite new music release of the past week. “Tears in the Club,” the first team-up between the two artists, brought in just over half of the vote at 52.43%. FKA Twigs and The Weeknd dropped the song on Thursday, with the atmospheric chorus “Tears in the club/ ‘Cuz your love’s got me f—ed up.” While it’s unclear whether “Tears in the Club” will appear on an upcoming album from either FKA Twigs or The Weeknd, this year they’ve both hinted that new albums are in the works. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The Weeknd’s “Poison” collab with Aaliyah, re...
Christmas Tunes Dominate Record-Setting U.K. Singles Chart
It’s a very merry Christmas for Ed Sheeran and Elton John as their holiday-themed collaboration snags a second week atop of the U.K. chart. “Merry Christmas” (Atlantic) leads a new frame that features 24 Christmas songs in the Top 40. According to the Official Charts Company, that’s a new all-time chart record for the most Christmas-themed songs in the chart a week prior to the Dec. 25 holiday. The Top 10 on this week’s Official U.K. Singles Chart is home to Christmas hits by Wham! (at No. 3), Mariah Carey (No. 4), Shakin’ Stevens (No. 6) and The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl (No. 7), all of which hold their positions from last week, while Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” (MCA) lifts 10-8. Indeed, just one song in the Top 10 this week doesn’t have Santa at it’s heart — Sa...
