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23 May 2024

Knocked Loose Earns First Top Hard Rock Albums No. 1

Knocked Loose lands at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums chart for the first time, reigning over the May 25-dated survey with You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To.

The set starts with 24,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. May 10-16, according to Luminate. The sum includes 18,000 in album sales and 6,000 in streaming-equivalent units. Of those album sales, 14,000 were on vinyl, begetting the LP’s No. 2 debut on Vinyl Albums.

The rockers complete a steady climb to No. 1 on Top Hard Rock Albums; after first appearing on the tally with its 2016 debut studio set Laugh Tracks, which peaked at No. 4, they rose to No. 2 in 2019 with A Different Shade of Blue prior to the reign of You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To. The band formed in 2013 in Oldham Country, Ky.

The new LP also debuts at Nos. 4 and 5 on Top Rock Albums and Top Rock & Alternative Albums, respectively. On the all-format Billboard 200, it starts at No. 23, Knocked Loose’s best, eclipsing the No. 26 peak of A Different Shade of Blue.

Concurrently, nine songs from You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To dot Billboard’s multimetric Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, paced by “Suffocate,” featuring Poppy, at No. 5. That’s a return to the song’s peak, it initially reached on the May 11 list. The tune earned 1.3 million official U.S. streams May 10-16.

The top debut from the album, meanwhile, belongs to “Slaughterhouse 2,” which starts at No. 6 with 1.1 million streams.

23 May 2024

Raye, Bruce Springsteen, Lana Del Rey & More Honored at 2024 Ivor Novello Awards: Winners List

Raye, Bruce Springsteen, Lana Del Rey, Bernie Taupin, KT Tunstall and more were honored at the 2024 Ivor Novello Awards, which were held at Grosvenor House in London on Thursday (May 23). The Ivors with Amazon Music, as the awards are officially branded, went to 26 songwriters and composers across 14 categories.

This year’s Songwriter of the Year with Amazon Music went to Raye. The win caps a busy 12 months since the release of her debut album, My 21st Century Blues. On March 2, Raye became the first artist to win six awards in a single night at the Brit Awards. Her haul included British album of the year, British artist of the year and best new artist. Before her breakthrough as an artist, Raye wrote for artists including Charli XCX, Little Mix, Beyoncé, John Legend, Ellie Goulding and Zara Larsson.

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Springsteen was in attendance to receive Fellowship of The Ivors Academy, the highest honor the organization bestows. Springsteen is the first international songwriter that the Academy has inducted into Fellowship. Springsteen, who has won an Oscar and seven Grammys for his songwriting (out of 20 Grammys total), was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1999.

This year’s Special International Award celebrated Del Rey’s career and influence. Del Rey has received three Grammy nominations for her songwriting, including song of the year nods for “Norman F–king Rockwell” and “A&W.” She also received a Grammy nod for best song written for visual media for “Young and Beautiful” (from Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby).

Del Rey will soon receive another award. On Thursday (May 23), the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) announced that she will receive this year’s NMPA Songwriter Icon award. The award will be presented at the organization’s annual meeting at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City on June 12.

Taupin was recognized with the Ivor Novello for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. It is the ninth Ivor Novello awarded to Taupin, 50 years on from his first win for “Daniel” with Sir Elton John in 1974. Though best known for his legendary songwriting partnership with John, Taupin has also written for artists as diverse as Starship, Heart, Willie Nelson, Courtney Love and Brian Wilson.

Taupin and John were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992 and received the Johnny Mercer Award, that organization’s highest honor, in 2013. The pair won an Oscar for best original song for “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman, but Taupin has been under-recognized at the Grammys – just two nominations – best original score written for a motion picture or a TV special for Friends (a 1971 movie, not the iconic TV series of the same name) and best country song for “Mendocino County Line,” which was recorded by Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack.

Tunstall received the Outstanding Song Collection with PRS for Music award, recognizing her creative trail across a 20-year career. It comes 18 years after she claimed her first Ivor Novello Award for “Suddenly I Seem,” which won Best Song Musically and Lyrically in 2006.

Jerskin Fendrix’s debut film score for Poor Things took home Best Original Film Score. Poor Things was nominated for an Oscar for best original score but lost to Ludwig Göransson’s Oppenheimer.

Best Album was awarded to Black Classical Music, written by Yussef Dayes, Rocco Palladino and Charlie Stacey. The album is seen as a significant advance for the burgeoning London jazz scene. Judges praised Black Classical Music for using a modern lens to reframe the format of instrumental music.

Best Contemporary Song was claimed by Kwake Bass, Peter Bennie, Biscuit and Raven Bush of Speakers Corner Quartet alongside Kae Tempest for “Geronimo Blues.” This is the first Ivor Novello Award that these songwriters have received.

Having won the 2023 Rising Star Award, Victoria Canal won Best Song Musically and Lyrically with “Black Swan,” alongside Jonny Lattimer and Eg White. Canal performed the song live at the awards ceremony.

Dave, Central Cee, Jo Caleb and Jonny Leslie won PRS for Music Most Performed Work for their collaboration on “Sprinter,” the U.K.’s biggest song of 2023. Dave and Central Cee have previously been nominated for Songwriter of the Year, with Dave claiming the award in 2022.

Grime star Skepta was recognized with the Visionary Award with Amazon Music.

Now in its fifth year, the Rising Star Award with Amazon Music champions Britain and Ireland’s most promising songwriting talents. Claiming the prize this year is Master Peace, whose songwriting was praised for its intelligent blend of genres.

Arthur Sharpe won Best Television Soundtrack with his original composition for The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies. This is the second time the British composer has won the award. He also claimed it in 2022 with his score for Landscapers.

The award for Best Original Video Game Score went to Stephen Barton and Gordy Haab for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. It was praised for staying true to John Williams’ original music while moving into its own authentic world.

“On behalf of The Ivors Academy and all the songwriters and composers we represent, it’s an honor to recognize extraordinary work and brilliant individuals behind it,” Tom Gray, chair of The Ivors Academy, said in a statement.

In celebration of The Ivors 2024, Amazon Music have released three new Amazon Music Original tracks. American singer-songwriter METTE has covered “Bennie and the Jets” by John and Taupin. The War on Drugs have paid tribute to Springsteen with covers of his “Dry Lightning” and “Highway 29.”

The Ivor Novello Awards, now in their 69th year, are judged by songwriters and composers from The Ivors Academy.

Here’s a complete list of the nominations for The Ivors 2024, with winners marked, followed by a list of non-competitive awards.

Best album

WINNER: Black Classical Music; written by Yussef Dayes, Rocco Palladino and Charlie Stacey; performed by Yussef Dayes; music published in the UK by YD Music-Kobalt Music Publishing and Sentric Music 

Crazymad, for Me; written and performed by CMAT; music published in the UK by BMG

False Lankum; written by Daragh Lynch, Ian Lynch, Cormac MacDiarmada and Radie Peat; performed by Lankum; music published in the UK by Beggars Music

Lahai; written and performed by Sampha; music published in the UK by Young Songs-Sony Music Publishing

My 21st Century Blues; written by Raye and Mike Sabath; performed by Raye; music published in the UK by Warner Chappell Music Ltd and Sony Music Publishing

Best contemporary song

“Back on 74”; written by Lydia Kitto, J Lloyd and Tom McFarland; performed by Jungle; music published in the UK by Handsome Dad Publishing-Sony Music Publishing and Kobalt Music Publishing

“Enough”; written by Brian Eno, Fred Gibson, Buddy Ross and Winnie Raeder; performed by Fred again.. & Brian Eno; music published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing, Promised Land Music-Sony Music Publishing, Heavy Duty-Kobalt Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music Ltd

WINNER: “Geronimo Blues”; written by Kwake Bass, Peter Bennie, Biscuit, Raven Bush and Kae Tempest; performed by Speakers Corner Quartet feat. Kae Tempest; music published in the UK by Warp Publishing and Domino Publishing Company

“Mama’s Eyes”; written by Todd Dulaney, Ines Dunn, Barney Lister and METTE; performed by METTE; music published in the UK by MNRK Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing, Promised Land Music-Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music Ltd

“Water”; written by Imani ‘Mocha’ Lewis, Corey Lindsay-Keay, Jackson Lomastro, Ari PenSmith, Rayo, Sammy Soso and Olmo Zucca; performed by Tyla; music published in the UK by Always Forward Thinking-Kobalt Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music Ltd, Concord Music Publishing and Sony Music Publishing

Best song musically and lyrically


“Black Friday”; written by Laurie Blundell, Max Clilverd and Tom Odell; performed by Tom Odell; music published in the UK by Kobalt Music Publishing-UROK Music Publishing

WINNER: “Black Swan”; written by Victoria Canal, Jonny Lattimer and Eg White; performed by Victoria Canal; music published in the UK by Second Songs-Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music Ltd and Universal Music Publishing

“Spirit 2.0”; written by Yussef Dayes and Sampha; performed by Sampha; music published in the UK by YD Music-Kobalt Music Publishing and Young Songs-Sony Music Publishing

“Sunshine Baby”; written by Amber Bain; performed by The Japanese House; music published in the UK by Dirty Hit Songs-Kobalt Music Publishing

“The Narcissist”; written by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree; performed by Blur; music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing and BMG

PRS for Music Most Performed Work

“As It Was”; written by Kid Harpoon, Tyler Johnson and Harry Styles; performed by Harry Styles; music published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing and Pulse Songs-Concord Music Publishing

“Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2”; written by Ice Spice, Mura Masa and PinkPantheress; performed by PinkPantheress & Ice Spice; music published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing, BMG and Sony Music Publishing

“Giving Me”; written by Conor Bissett, Robert Griffiths and Jazzy; performed by Jazzy; music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing

WINNER: “Sprinter”; written by Central Cee, Dave, Jo Caleb and Jonny Leslie; performed by Dave & Central Cee; music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music Ltd and Kobalt Music Publishing

“Strangers”; written and performed by Kenya Grace; music published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd

Rising Star Award With Amazon Music

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WINNER: Master Peace

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Best original film score

WINNER: Poor Things; composed by Jerskin Fendrix; music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; composed by Daniel Pemberton; music published in the UK by Sony Music Publishing

Typist Artist Pirate King; composed by Carly Paradis

Best original video game score

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare III; composed by Walter Mair

WINNER: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor; composed by Stephen Barton and Gordy Haab; music published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing

Tin Hearts; composed by Matthew Chastney; music published in the UK by Sentric Music

Best television soundtrack

Boat Story; composed by Dominik Scherrer; music published in the UK by Du Vinage Publishing and Sony Music Publishing

Slow Horses Season 3; composed by Daniel Pemberton and Toydrum; music published in the UK by Apple-Sony Music Publishing

The Crown The Final Season; composed by Martin Phipps; music published in the UK by Du Vinage Publishing and Sony Music Publishing

WINNER: The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies; composed by Arthur Sharpe; music published in the UK by BDi Music obo Sister Pictures and Rights Worldwide

Three Little Birds; composed by Benjamin Kwasi Burrell

Academy Fellowship

Bruce Springsteen

Songwriter of the Year With Amazon Music

Raye

Special International Award

Lana Del Rey

Visionary Award With Amazon Music

Skepta

Outstanding Contribution to British Music

Bernie Taupin

Outstanding Song Collection With PRS For Music

KT Tunstall

23 May 2024

Lizzo Says Her Mental Health Is Improving: ‘I’m the Happiest I’ve Been in 10 Months’

Lizzo is feeling better as she navigates her mental health.

The “Good as Hell” star shared a mirror selfie to Instagram on Wednesday (May 22), giving an update on how she’s been feeling in the caption. “I’m the happiest I’ve been in 10 months,” she wrote. “The strange thing about depression is you don’t know you’re in it until you’re out of it. I’m definitely not all the way as carefree as I used to be.. But the dark cloud that followed me every day is finally clearing up. My smile reaches my eyes again and that’s a win. I thought my album was finished.. but I gotta get some of these good vibes off in a banger real quick. Thanks for your patience.”

Lizzo’s mental health update comes nearly two months after she took to Instagram to express frustration over public criticism toward her. “I’m getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the Internet,” she wrote against an orange and yellow background. “All I want is to make music and make people happy and help the world be a little better than how I found it. But I’m starting to feel like the world doesn’t want me in it.”

She added, “I’m constantly up against lies being told about me for clout & views… being the butt of the joke every single time because of how I look… my character being picked apart by people who don’t know me and disrespecting my name. I didn’t sign up for this s— — I QUIT [peace out emoji].”

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She then cleared things up in a follow-up post. “I just need to clarify — when I say I quit, I mean, I quit giving any negative energy attention,” she said in the Instagram clip. “What I’m not gonna quit is the joy of my life, which is making music, which is connecting with people.”

The singer continued, “I know I’m not alone. In no way, shape or form am I the only person who is experiencing that negative voice that seems to be louder than the positive … I’m going to keep moving forward, I’m going to keep being me.”

Lizzo has been under scrutiny over the past year, as she’s been involved in a harassment lawsuit brought by three of the “Special” singer’s former dancers in August 2023. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles by dancers Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez, accuses Lizzo (real name Melissa Jefferson) and her Big Grrrl Big Touring Inc. of a wide range of legal wrongdoing and included dozens of pages of detailed allegations. Lizzo denied the claims in a response shared to Twitter, calling them “false allegations” and “sensationalized stories.”

23 May 2024

Watch Yasiin Bey Freestyle Over ‘Like That’ Beat

Yasiin Bey hopped on Instagram Live a few days back and kicked a freestyle over Metro Boomin’s “Like That” beat. The socially conscience rapper did his variations of what he called the “Petty Big 3” rapping, “Greedy, seedy, and creepy/ Corny, horny and boring/Bougie, goofy and moody/Foolish, ruthless and clueless/Variations on a petty Big 3/ A whole lot to look at, but not much to see” as he gave his commentary on those at the top of the game.

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The beat is an interesting choice considering that the Mighty Mos found himself in some controversy when he compared Drake’s music to “shopping with an edge” after being asked if he considers the Canadian rapper to be hip-hop.

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Drake then responded with an old clip of Method Man explaining what hip-hop is:

However, Mos walked those comments back a bit on Instagram shortly after and stated that he reached out to Drake, but has yet to get a response. He also challenged his fellow artists to give the fans more substance, saying, “What I would like to see, in terms of creators or creative people in the world as it relates to our culture, is for people to connect with us beyond the jukebox or the dance floor.”

Bey seems to be doing this with this freestyle and has a history of politically charged music over the course of his career.

Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” featuring Kendrick Lamar currently sits at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, and has been on the chart for eight weeks straight.

As Yasiin said in his freestyle: “Yuck ?!”

23 May 2024

Pearl Jam Delivers a Muscular, Tribute-Heavy Show on Night 2 at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum

On the second night of a two-night stint at Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on Wednesday (May 22), Pearl Jam brought the energy with a powerful, no-frills rock show that delivered on the hits.

More than 30 years after the band catapulted to stardom with its diamond-selling, grunge-era classic Ten, Eddie Vedder’s voice (oft-imitated, never duplicated) remains a vital instrument, while the rest of the band — including guitarists Mike McCready and Stone Gossard, bassist Jeff Ament and drummer Matt Cameron — boast the tight, well-oiled chemistry of a lineup that has, remarkably, remained consistent ever since Cameron joined up in 1998.

Though it brought the firepower in spades, Wednesday night’s show — which marked the latest stop on Pearl Jam’s Dark Matter World Tour that launched in Vancouver, B.C., earlier this month — started on a somber note when Vedder launched into “Long Road,” a track off the band’s 1995 Merkin Ball EP. Leading up to the performance, Vedder paid tribute to his late uncle, John Vedder, noting that Wednesday marked the 10th anniversary of his death. “He kinda shaped me from an early age,” Vedder said from the stage. “I just had to get it out of my system before we played tonight.”

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That was far from the only tribute paid by the band on Wednesday, bringing a melancholy undercurrent to the roughly two-and-a-half-hour set. At one point during the evening, Vedder also paid homage to a host of iconic rock drummers who have died within the last several years. “A couple of years ago, just randomly, some of the greatest of all time, we lost,” said Vedder, who rattled off the names of Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins, The Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts and Rush’s Neil Peart before segueing into a performance of Dark Matter‘s title track.

Later in the evening, Vedder also remembered the great Tom Petty by revealing that the red guitar he was holding on stage was one the late rock star had given him years earlier. “The day before we left, [when] we were starting the tour, I went into this back room of mine, and I had space to take one more guitar on the road …This guitar was screaming out, ‘Pick me, pick me,’” said Vedder before launching into a cover of Petty’s hit 1989 single “I Won’t Back Down.”

Though new tracks from Dark Matter were sprinkled liberally throughout the performance — including “Wreckage,” “React, Respond” and show-closer “Setting Sun” — Wednesday night’s set understandably leaned heavily into the first decade of Pearl Jam’s career, when the band was at its commercial peak.

Of those early albums, the muscular Ten received a particularly bright spotlight, with Vedder and company busting out renditions of “Even Flow,” “Black,” “Alive” and fan favorite “Jeremy,” which the band performed off the back of the propulsive Yield standout “Do the Evolution” during an extensive encore. Another highlight on Wednesday included the band’s performance of Vitalogy cut “Nothingman,” which served as a particularly potent showcase of Vedder’s still remarkable voice, which retains its clarity and power to move more than three decades on.

The night’s most rousing moment arrived with the second-to-last song, a cover of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World,” which boasted special guest appearances from Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith (who Vedder had noted was in the house earlier in the evening); Dark Matter producer Andrew Watt on guitar; and the members of Deep Sea Diver, the Seattle-based indie rock outfit that’s serving as the opening act on the first North American leg of the tour. During the extended performance, the band managed to turn the Forum into a full-on dance party, with Vedder flinging tambourines with abandon into the eager hands of the satiated crowd.

Full setlist:

  1. “Long Road”
  2. “Nothingman”
  3. “Present Tense”
  4. “Go”
  5. “Scared of Fear”
  6. “React, Respond”
  7. “Wreckage”
  8. “Untitled” (tour debut)
  9. “MFC “(tour debut)
  10. “All Those Yesterdays” (tour debut)
  11. “Even Flow”
  12. “Dark Matter”
  13. “Corduroy”
  14. “Won’t Tell”
  15. “Black”
  16. “Waiting for Stevie”
  17. “Comatose”
  18. “Rearviewmirror”

Encore:

  1. “I Won’t Back Down” (Tom Petty cover)
  2. “Dance of the Clairvoyants”
  3. “Do the Evolution”
  4. “Jeremy”
  5. “Alive”
  6. “Smile”
  7. “Rockin in the Free World” (Neil Young cover, with Chad Smith, Andrew Watt and Deep Sea Diver)
  8. “Setting Sun”

23 May 2024

Camila Cabello’s 10 Biggest Chart Hits, From ‘Havana’ to ‘Señorita’

Over the course of her career, Camila Cabello has gone from competition show contestant to girl group bandmate, then from burgeoning pop soloist to genre-shifting musical scientist.

And in that process, the Cuba-born, Miami-raised artist has scored numerous hits on the charts. After getting her start on The X Factor, where Fifth Harmony was assembled, Cabello and her cohorts Ally Brooke, Normani, Dinah Jane and Lauren Jauregui notched eight entries on the Billboard Hot 100 as a group, led by the No. 4-peaking “Work From Home” with Ty Dolla $ign.

Since going solo in 2016, the hitmaker has become a go-to collaborator for artists such as Young Thug and Shawn Mendes, with whom she scored her first- and second-ever No. 1 hits (via “Havana” and “Señorita,” respectively). She’s also traversed dance-pop, Latin-pop and hyper-pop — and even more “pop” subdivisions in between — as a one-woman act, snatching up enough enough Hot 100 smashes to put her numbers of total entries well into double-digit territory.

From her early days as a pop ingenue to her later years of genre-crossing experimentation, keep reading to see Cabello’s biggest hits to date as a solo artist on the Hot 100 below.

Camila Cabello’s Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits ranking is based on weekly performance on the Hot 100 through May 25, 2024. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at lower spots earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates during various periods.

23 May 2024

Lana Del Rey to Receive 2024 Songwriter Icon Award at NMPA Annual Meeting

Lana Del Rey will receive this year’s NMPA Songwriter Icon award, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) announced today. The award will be presented at the organization’s annual meeting at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City on June 12.

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Del Rey, 38, has received 11 Grammy nominations (but, surprisingly, no wins yet). Her nods include three in songwriting categories – “Norman Fu—ing Rockwell” and “A&W,” both for song of the year, and “Young and Beautiful” (from Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby) for best song written for visual media. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe for co-writing “Big Eyes” from the Tim Burton of the same name.

“Lana Del Rey defines being iconic,” NMPA president and CEO David Israelite said in a statement. “Her influence is felt across all genres and has inspired the biggest artists in the business. Her songwriting is deeply personal, and she continues to innovate – bringing fans thought provoking lyrics and indelible style.”

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Savan Kotecha will receive the NMPA Non-Performing Songwriter Icon award. Kotecha has received Grammy, Golden Globe and Oscar nods in songwriting categories. He received a Grammy nod for best song written for visual media and a Golden Globe nod for best original song for “Love Me Like You Do” and an Oscar nod for best original song for”Husavik” from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.

“Savan Kotecha is virtually unmatched in his impact on pop music,” Israelite said in a statement. “He has helped craft the sounds for so many of the biggest hits of the past decade. We are thrilled to honor his continued success.”

The timeless ballad “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” co-written by Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti and George David Weiss, will be honored as an NMPA Iconic Song. Elvis Presley’s original hit version of the song, recorded for his 1961 film Blue Hawaii, reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962. UB40’s reggae-tinged cover version, recorded for the film Sliver, spent seven weeks at No. 1 in 1993.

Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) will receive the NMPA President’s award for his work to support creators.

Additionally, Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl will sit down for a keynote conversation. Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter will discuss the current challenges of protecting intellectual property.

23 May 2024

‘Fallout’ Reigns on Top TV Songs Chart Via Ink Spots Synch

Amazon Prime Video’s new Fallout series sports a strong start on Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind (a Songtradr company), scoring five of the 10 songs on the April 2024 survey, paced by The Ink Spots’ “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” at No. 1.

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Rankings for the Top TV Songs chart are based on song and show data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with sales and streaming information tracked by Luminate during the corresponding period of April 2024.

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“I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” was recorded by The Ink Spots in 1941 (it reached No. 4 on Billboard‘s Best Selling Retail Records chart that year) and is familiar to fans of the Fallout video game series on which the TV show is based, as it is also part of the soundtrack of the games Fallout 3, Fallout 4 and Fallout 76.

The song, featured in episode two of the series (all of which premiered April 10), snagged 4.6 million official on-demand U.S. streams and 1,000 downloads in April 2024, according to Luminate.

Fallout takes No. 2 on Top TV Songs, too: Johnny Cash’s “So Doggone Lonesome” is in the runner-up spot after being heard in the series premiere and third episode. Cash’s 1955 single racked up 1.9 million streams and 1,000 downloads in April 2024.

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass’ “Ladyfingers” (No. 4; 2.6 million streams), The Platters’ “Only You (And You Alone)” (No. 6; 2.1 million streams, 1,000 downloads) and Nat “King” Cole’s “Orange Colored Sky” (No. 7; 1.7 million streams, 1,000 downloads) also help coronate Fallout’s arrival on Top TV Songs.

The top non-Fallout title, meanwhile, is Tom Jones’ “It’s Not Unusual,” which bows at No. 3. Jones’ first song to reach a Billboard chart (it peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1965), the track appears in the series premiere of Dead Boy Detectives, the newly premiered Netflix series that debuted its full first season on April 25.

“It’s Not Unusual” earned 2.9 million streams in April 2024. It’s joined on the ranking by The Church’s “Under the Milky Way,” which bows at No. 10 after a synch in Dead Boy Detectives’ seventh episode (1.2 million streams). “Under the Milky Way” was also a Hot 100 hit, reaching No. 24 in June 1988.

See the full top 10, also featuring music from Ripley and Baby Reindeer, below.

Rank, Song, Artist, Show (Network)

  1. “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire,” The Ink Spots, Fallout (Amazon Prime Video)
  2. “So Doggone Lonesome,” Johnny Cash, Fallout (Amazon Prime Video)
  3. “It’s Not Unusual,” Tom Jones, Dead Boy Detectives (Netflix)
  4. “Ladyfingers,” Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Fallout (Amazon Prime Video)
  5. “In Dreams,” Roy Orbison, Ripley (Netflix)
  6. “Only You (And You Alone),” The Platters, Fallout (Amazon Prime Video)
  7. “Orange Colored Sky,” Nat “King” Cole, Fallout (Amazon Prime Video)
  8. “How to Fight Loneliness,” Wilco, Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
  9. “Il Cielo In Una Stanza,” Mina, Ripley (Netflix)
  10. “Under the Milky Way,” The Church, Dead Boy Detectives (Netflix)

23 May 2024

7 Best Moments From Ed Sheeran’s ‘X’ 10-Year Anniversary Show in NYC

“I already know that this is gonna be a top three best gig of my life,” Ed Sheeran pronounced early on Wednesday night (May 23). He had only just taken the stage at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., to fete the 10th anniversary of his 2014 album x (Multiply) with a one-night-only performance, but there was a palpable thrum in the air that seemed to promise the pop star would make good on his vow by night’s end.

It’s hardly hyperbolic to say that expectations were sky high when Sheeran released his sophomore album in the summer of 2014. After years of relentlessly playing gigs around London, his 2011 debut, + (Plus), had turned the then-20-year-old from a small-town dreamer raised in the rural east of England into a reluctant superstar known the world over for his natural songwriting prowess, heartrending lyricism and shock of bright red hair.

The result was x, an inventive tour de force that pushed Sheeran’s talents in unexpected new directions and the second step in his master plan of releasing five mathematically themed albums named after operations commonly used in elementary arithmetic.

Pronounced “Multiply,” x outperformed its predecessor in spades, becoming Sheeran’s first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, landing four top five hits at pop radio and going on to be certified 5x platinum by the Recording Industry of Association of America. (By the close of 2019, the album also landed at No. 8 on the decade-end Billboard 200 encompassing the entire 2010s.)

Ten years later, in front of an arena filled with fans, Sheeran was ready to take a trip down memory lane and share stories about smash hits such as “Thinking Out Loud,” “Don’t” and “Photograph,” as well as cherished favorites including “Tenerife Sea” and “Bloodstream.”

“When I made this record, you know, you write the songs that are so personal, you hold them in … and it belongs to all you guys when it’s released,” he told the rapt audience. “But what I found listening back to this record, I sort of felt it was like reliving all of the experiences and kind of claiming the stories back.”

In between behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the creation of the album, Sheeran treated each song on the evening’s two-and-a-half hour setlist with the care and attention it deserved — with even deep cuts such as “Nina” and “Afire Love” receiving special new arrangements he’d weaved together on his trusty loop pedal just for the occasion.

Billboard was on the scene to capture all the memories, surprises and revelations at Sheeran’s one-night-only event. Dive into the multiplicity of unforgettable moments from the special x 10th anniversary show below.

23 May 2024

Public Enemy, Ghostface Killah Join DJ Cassidy’s Vegas Residency

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Public Enemy and Ghostface Killah will be on the star-studded lineup for DJ Cassidy’s upcoming Las Vegas residency.

For those aiming to attend DJ Cassidy’s “Pass The Mic Live!” residency at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada, the lineup just got more impressive. It was announced that Public Enemy and Ghostface Killah would appear along with Raekwon, Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat, Too $hort, and Warren G as rotating guests. The legendary Hip-Hop group from Long Island is slated to appear for one of the three nights of the residency. They will be part of the show along with Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Fat Joe, and Ja Rule. “Pass the Mic Live!” will take place on July 5-6, 12-13, and 19-20 at Planet Hollywood’s Bakkt Theater.

“This will be unlike any other show you’ve seen, and a show that people want to continuously come back to see more than once and night after night,” DJ Cassidy said in an interview, “because every show is a unique experience with one-of-a-kind collaborative moments, which is part of why the special guests are such an important piece to the puzzle.” He also discussed the significance of Public Enemy’s appearance on the bill. “They’ve done one other show in the U.S. in the last seven years, and so this is quite a big deal for them, and it’s quite an honor to have them, as it is to have everyone. And Flavor Flav lives in Las Vegas, so he’s now a hometown hero.” Public Enemy will be a part of the show on July 6.

Caesars Entertainment and Live Nation are producing the events, along with Loud and SRC Records founder Steve Rifkind. DJ Cassidy hopes to channel the spirit of Las Vegas’ storied entertainment history going back to the days of The Rat Pack and Elvis Presley for these concerts as another landmark for Hip-Hop culture. “There is not a lot of hip-hop in the Las Vegas residency space, and I am very cognizant of that,” says Cassidy, “and I take this responsibility very deeply. It’s really important to all of us to create something not only that represents Hip-Hop in a special way, but from a broader perspective, to create something that can be talked about in the future in the same sentence as the other performers and shows that I mentioned.”

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