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SZA’s ‘SOS’ Makes It a Month at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart
SZA’s SOS makes it a month at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, as the album spends a fourth straight and total week atop the list (dated Jan. 14). It earned 125,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 5 (down 2%), according to Luminate. SOS is the first album by a woman to spend its first four weeks at No. 1 in a year, since Adele’s 30 ruled for its first six weeks (Dec. 4, 2021 through Jan. 8, 2022-dated charts) and is the first album by a woman to have four consecutive weeks at No. 1 since 30’s six week-run at No. 1. SOS is also the first R&B album by a woman to have four weeks at No. 1 since February of 2008, when Alicia Keys’ As I Am notched a fourth and final nonconsecutive week atop the list (Feb. 16, 2008). More strikingly, SOS is the first R&B album ...
Fans Choose Shania Twain’s ‘Giddy Up!’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
Shania Twain‘s new single “Giddy Up!” has topped this week’s new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Jan. 6) on Billboard, choosing Twain’s track as their favorite new music release of the past week. “Giddy Up!” brought in 87% of the vote, beating out new music by YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Popcaan feat. Drake and more. Twain’s party-ready new sing is the first track off of Queen of Me, her forthcoming album that’s set for a Feb. 3 release. The singer line danced into 2023 with “Giddy Up,” dropping the song and its music video on Jan. 5. “The saying ‘Let’s Go Girls!’ is such a wonderfully uplifting sentiment now, but it’s just something I said during the recording in the studio and I guess that’s the same for ‘Giddy Up!’,” Twain said in a statement...
Lizzo Says That ‘Cancel Culture Is Appropriation’
Lizzo took a moment on a Sunday morning to share her concerns about cancel culture. “This may be a random time to say this but it’s on my heart.. cancel culture is appropriation,” Lizzo tweeted on Sunday (Jan. 8). “There was real outrage from truly marginalized people and now it’s become trendy, misused and misdirected,” she wrote. Lizzo continued: “I hope we can phase out of this & focus our outrage on the real problems.” Just days before, the “About Damn Time” singer had taken to social media to shut down the “tired” “discourse around bodies.” “I’ve seen comments go from, ‘Oh my gosh, I liked you when you were thick. Why did you lose weight?’ ‘Oh my gosh, why did you get a BBL? I liked your body before.’ ‘Oh my gosh, you’re so big. You need to lose weight but for your health’ t...
Watch The Weeknd’s New Music Video for “Is There Someone Else?”
The Weeknd has shared a music video for “Is There Someone Else?,” a cut from his latest album Dawn FM. Directed by Cliqua, the visual sees the singer bring a woman home, where he somewhat eerily watches her dance from him. He later dons a creepy plastic mask and wanders the city streets in the dead of night. “I know that you’re hiding something from me / That’s been close to your heart,” he croons. “And I felt it creeping up every day / Baby, right from the start/” “Is There Someone Else?” is listed as the tenth track on Dawn FM, The Weeknd’s fifth studio LP, released through XO and Republic Records. The music video celebrates exactly a year since the album debuted. He had been teasing the video on social media earlier this week, before dropping it in full. Watch the new music video for ...
YOASOBI & Ichiro Ohkouchi Talk Evolution of ‘The Witch From Mercury’ Heroine & Connection to ‘The Blessing’ Theme Song
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury, the first Gundam animated TV series in roughly seven years, has just drawn to a close. For the first time in the franchise’s history, the protagonist was a woman, and the show generated a lot of buzz for the new directions it was taking Gundam, such as including elements of school life and inter-corporate war. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The show’s writer, Ichiro Ohkouchi (also responsible for Planetes, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, SK8 the Infinity, and more) was asked to “create a Gundam series that could be enjoyed by newcomers to the franchise, including young viewers.” This, he explains, is why he added new elements to the anime. “I’m not all that young myself, so I thought if...
Tyler Childers, Jason Isbell, Amythyst Kiah Lead Hello From the Hills Benefit Concert: 5 Standout Performances
Americana artists gathered Saturday evening (Jan. 7) at Nashville’s City Winery for the fundraising concert Hello From the Hills, which supported a range of nonprofit organizations dedicated to addiction and substance abuse recovery, restorative justice work, and residential recovery/transitional living. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Held by The Hello in There Foundation (which launched in 2021 to remember singer-songwriter John Prine and aims to support people who are marginalized or discriminated against) and Tyler Childers’ Hope in the Hills, the show featured performances from artists including Childers, Jason Isbell, Sierra Ferrell, Amythyst Kiah, and Margo Price with Jeremy Ivey. Oh Boy Records leader Jody Whelan welcomed the crowd, whi...
Future and Sony Music Settle ‘High Off Life’ Trademark Lawsuit
Future’s production company, Freebandz Productions, and Sony Music have settled a lawsuit filed over his eighth studio album High Off Life. The suit was filed in October 2020 by High Off Life LLC, a clothing company based in Atlanta. In the lawsuit, the LLC alleges that “overnight, defendants destroyed HOL’s investment of many years and many thousands of dollars into building consumer recognition,” Billboard reported. The company is owned by independent music artist Z. Rich, who started his clothing company in 2009. He alleges that he’s been using the name for years to sell branded merchandise. Although Sony attempted to have the lawsuit dismissed early last year, a U.S. judge ruled that both sides had to be able to present their argument before he determined the suit proceedings. “Given t...
Paris Hilton Calls Out ‘Absolutely Ridiculous’ Conspiracy Theories About Photo With Britney Spears
Some Britney Spears fans seem convinced that something is not quite right in a new picture featuring the singer on Paris Hilton‘s Instagram feed. Hilton shut down the “ridiculous” rumors herself in a comment on Saturday (Jan. 7). In a post on Friday, Hilton shared several photos from friend Cade Hudson’s birthday party, most of which she says were taken on an iPhone. One picture had longtime friends Spears and Hilton posing with the guest of honor. Comments included followers saying “That is not Britney” and leaving theories like “It’s really strange how half the necklace chains are missing in the photo with Britney. And what’s wrong with her fingers?” Another person wrote, “Is that an AI Britney?? Look at her fingers!!! WTF Paris? You’re becoming more and more shady to me and I used to lo...
Watch the Weeknd’s New Video for “Is There Someone Else?”
The Weeknd has shared the video for his Dawn FM track “Is There Someone Else?” The clip features the singer as both a masked, jealous voyeur and the guy she told him not to worry about. Check out the Cliqua-directed clip below. Dawn FM was released one year ago today (January 7). The second leg of the Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn Tour kicks off in June. Last month, he shared a new song called “Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)” from the film Avatar: The Way of Water. The single was produced by Swedish House Mafia and Simon Franglen. The upcoming HBO Max series The Idol, which stars Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye as a charismatic cult leader infiltrating Los Angeles celebrity culture, is due out later this year. 5 Takeaways From the Weeknd’s New Album Dawn FM Content This content can also ...
The Weeknd Drops ‘Is There Someone Else?’ Music Video on ‘Dawn FM’ Anniversary
The Weeknd‘s “Is There Someone Else?” video has arrived, on the one-year anniversary of his Dawn FM album. The Cliqua-directed music video for “Is There Someone Else?” — the 10th track on Dawn FM — was released on Saturday (Jan. 7). The Weeknd had previously teased the visual, sharing a snippet on his social media accounts earlier in the week. The singer’s latest video features him watching a woman’s seductive dance through a city apartment window — and with a somewhat creepy mask — as he wonders in the night, “Is there someone else or not?” Dawn FM made its debut on Jan. 7, 2022 and launched at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Watch “Is There Someone Else?” below. [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=”Submit to Flexi” name=”m...
Alan Copeland, The Modernaires and ‘Your Hit Parade’ Vocalist, Dies at 96
Alan Copeland, the songwriter, Grammy-winning arranger and ultra-smooth vocalist known for his many years with The Modernaires and performances on Your Hit Parade and The Red Skelton Hour, has died. He was 96. Copeland died Dec. 28 in an assisted living facility in Sonora, California, his friend Bob Lehmann told The Hollywood Reporter. As recently as this fall, Copeland was still singing and playing keyboards in a quartet called Now You Hazz Jazz. “It was his dream to play in a small group until the last curtain, that’s how he termed it,” said Lehmann, the drummer. Copeland wrote or co-wrote songs including “Make Love to Me” — Jo Stafford’s version made it to No. 1 on the Billboard chart in 1954 — “Too Young to Know,” “High Society,” “This Must Be the Place, “Darli...
Alex G Performs “Runner,” “Miracles,” More on CBS Saturday Morning: Watch
Alex G appeared on CBS Saturday Morning this week, performing “Runner,” “Miracles,” and “Early Morning Waiting” from last year’s album God Save the Animals. Watch it below. After releasing God Save the Animals in September, Alex G took “Miracles” to the stage at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He also brought “Runner” to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. More recently, Alex G covered Michelle Branch’s “All You Wanted” for a SiriusXMU Session, and performed a handful of songs for NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert” series. Read Pitchfork’s feature “Alex G Is Building a Mystery,” and find God Save the Animals at No. 10 on Pitchfork’s list of the 50 Best Albums of 2022. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Content This content can also be viewed on the site ...
