Photo by Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images It’s a rare occasion when Rihanna shares an update about her music, especially after years of making headlines for her babies and businesses. Fortunately for fans, she gave some tidbits on her process of creating her long-awaited album R9 during her cover story for Interview magazine. âI have a…
Blair Caldwell Thanks to her new album Cowboy Carter, BeyoncĂ© has landed another Billboard chart milestone. Twenty three songs from the album have charted on the Billboard Hot 100. In addition to three of them making the top 10, as previously reported, she’s got four more in the top 30 and the rest scattered all the…
Blair Caldwell BeyoncĂ© has galloped into the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 with three different songs from her new #1 album, Cowboy Carter. “Texas Hold ‘Em,” which was #1 a while back, has rebounded from #11 to #2. Meanwhile, “II Most Wanted,” Bey’s duet with Miley Cyrus, is at #6, while Bey’s take…
Frederic REGLAIN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Whitney Houston‘s legacy will be celebrated this summer during Chicago’s Ravinia Festival. On August 30, the festival will play host to the world premiere of The Voice Of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration. The production will feature the original master recordings of Whitney’s vocals, set to new orchestrations of her biggest hits…
Blair Caldwell Did anyone think that BeyoncĂ©‘s Cowboy Carter wouldn’t lasso a huge #1 debut on the Billboard chart? Bey’s acclaimed new album debuts with sales of 407,000 units, giving her the biggest first-week sales of 2024 and the biggest first-week sales since Taylor Swift‘s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) sold 1.65 million units in November. Cowboy Carter…
Derek Blanks with crowdMGMT Missy Elliott has been in the business for a minute — long enough to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. That’s why it’s so surprising that it’s only now that she’s hitting the road for her first ever headline tour. Out of This World — The Missy…
Blair Caldwell We’ll have to wait a couple days to see how she fares on the Billboard 200, but BeyoncĂ©‘s album Cowboy Carter has already topped the U.K. charts, breaking several records in the process. Bey is now the first Black artist to top the U.K. charts with a country album and the first to simultaneously top…
Kemosabe Records/ RCA Records After teasing it for several days, Doja Cat has officially dropped Scarlet 2 CLAUDE, the deluxe version of her 2023 album, Scarlet. In addition, she’s released a music video for one of the new songs: “MASC” featuring Teezo Touchdown. Doja co-directed the clip with Jamal Peters. The other feature on the album comes from A$AP…
Blair Caldwell Anyone who thinks Paul McCartney isn’t happy that BeyoncĂ© has covered The Beatles classic “Blackbird” on her album Cowboy Carter would be very wrong. âI am so happy with @beyonceâs version of my song âBlackbird,ââ McCartney shares on Instagram. âI think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me…
Blair Caldwell BeyoncĂ©‘s put a new lasso twirl on her #1 hit “Texas Hold ‘Em,” releasing a “Pony Up” remix with different lyrics and vocals. The song includes a new breakdown, during which BeyoncĂ© commands, “Now I’ma need all my cowboys to the dance floor/ Get to the dance floor.” There’s also a whole new…