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10 May 2024

Kings of Leon Return With ‘Can We Please Have Fun’: Stream It Now

Hits, headline slots, awards and inter-band fighting. Since their 2003 debut, Kings of Leon has soaked it all up, rocked out, and, at times enjoyed the royal treatment.

With the release at midnight of Can We Please Have Fun (via Capitol), KoL’s career goes nine albums deep.

The award-winning sibling act’s latest LP is led by the shaggy rocker single “Mustang,” which cracked the top 5 of Billboard’s Adult Alternative Airplay and Alternative Airplay charts.

“Our only rule is to not have any songs on the album that we would be embarrassed if they were a single — so we try to make the album great, because we don’t know anything about the business side of things or algorithms or which song will do well,” bandmate Jared Followill tells Billboard.

“Now,” he continues, “it seems like you just need a great 15-second piece of a song to make it big on TikTok — slow it down, reverb it, make it huge. But we don’t know what works anymore, and I don’t think anybody knows … You just have to play ball a little bit, and hope that you’re with the right people who know what they’re doing.”

After working with Markus Dravs on their last two full-lengths, including 2021’s When You See Yourself, the quartet tapped Kid Harpoon last year to guide the new effort.

The rockers — Caleb (guitar/vocals), Nathan (drums), Jared (bass) and Matthew Followill (guitar) — burst into the mainstream in the late 2000s with smashes “Use Somebody” and “Sex on Fire,” both from 2008’s Only By the Night; the former song won record of the year in 2010, one of their three career Grammys.

Along the way, they’ve collected three NME Awards, two Brit Awards, and one Juno, headlined major festivals around the globe, including Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, and Glastonbury, and landed a No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 2016’s Walls, one of the band’s four top 10 appearances on the chart.

KoL hits the road this June for a world tour in support of Can We Please Have Fun. Produced by Live Nation in North America, the jaunt will visit 26 cities across the U.S. and Canada, starting Aug. 14 at Moody Center in Austin, TX.

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09 May 2024

Morgan Wallen & Post Malone Team Up for Party Anthem ‘I Had Some Help’: Stream It Now

With friends like Post Malone and Morgan Wallen, look no further for some help having a good time.

The duo unveiled their long-awaited collaboration, “I Had Some Help” on Friday (May 10), less than a month after they debuted the track during Wallen’s headlining spot at the country music festival, Stagecoach. Post Malone previously teased the uptempo track on social media, highlighting bar-ready lyrics such as “I had some help/ It ain’t like I can make this kind of mess all by myself/ Don’t act like you ain’t help me pull that bottle off the shelf … they say teamwork makes the dream work.”

Rumors of a Post Malone country album have been swirling for a while, especially since November’s CMA Awards, both the “Sunflower” singer and Wallen were joined by Hardy to honor the late Joe Diffie with renditions of “John Deere Greene” and “Pickup Man.”

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“Country record is coming. I keep singing a song that we made while I was in Nashville. It’s so f–king sick, but it’s not out,” Post confirmed during the awards show’s Twitch livestream.

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He’s also recently posted covers of songs by Sturgill Simpson (“You Can Have the Crown“), paid tribute to late country icon Toby Keith, shared pics of him hanging with Combs in the studio and teased a snippet of a tear-in-yer-beer acoustic ballad called “Missing You Like This.”

Listen to Post Malone and Morgan Wallen’s “I Had Some Help” below.

09 May 2024

Megan Thee Stallion Returns to Flex on Her Haters With Braggadocious ‘BOA’ Single: Stream It Now

The transformation of Megan Thee Stallion continues as she sheds her skin and heads into the “rebirth” for her anticipated upcoming album.

The Houston Hottie has unleashed another single sticking with the serpentine theme with the LilJuMadeDaBeat-produced “BOA” arriving on Friday (May 10), which includes a sample of Gwen Stefani’s 2004 classic “What You Waiting For?”

Meg takes aim at the critics attempting to pick apart everything she does and leaves the haters in the dust.

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“I’m taking shots, I’m taking spots/ I see the shade then they get blocked/ They see the chain then they went blind/ I know I’m different I’m one of a kind/ I took off on b—-s and left ’em behind/ How do you hate me if I’m on your mind,” she raps.

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Thee Stallion lets it be known she doesn’t need TikTok to help propel her to a hit record since she’s really about what rap stands for.

“Throwing s–t for TikTok/ B—h I’m really hip-hop/ They all know my s–t hit/ Ain’t listen when your s–t drop,” she spews.

Following the release of “BOA,” Megan will hit the road next week for the Hot Girl Summer Tour alongside her “Wanna Be” collaborator GloRilla.

Kicking off in Minneapolis on May 14, Meg and Glo will visit 31 cities, including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Thee Stallion’s hometown of Houston.

She’s also gearing up to travel across the pond starting on July 4 for shows in Glasgow, Scotland, England, France, Germany and Ireland.

The “WAP” rapper has declared this month to be Megan May and she unleashed some heat with a bristling freestyle earlier this week that finds her spitting over Gucci Mane’s classic “I Think I Love Her.”

Listen to “BOA” below.

09 May 2024

Ice Spice Drops ‘Gimmie a Light’ Single: Stream It Now

Someone give Ice Spice the light! The Bronx rapper is coming in with that heat on her new single “Gimmie a Light,” which dropped on Friday (May 10) via 10K Projects and Capitol Records.

She debuted “Gimmie the Light” during her Coachella performance in April. The single samples Sean Paul’s Billboard Hot 100 No. 7 smash “Gimme the Light” from his 2002 sophomore album Dutty Rock. The reggae superstar shared the video snippet on X.

“Gimmie a Light” arrives four months after Spice’s last solo single “Think U the Shit (Fart),” which debuted at No. 37 on the Hot 100 — making it her highest charting solo single to date. She’s slated to drop her first full-length album Y2K later this year, following her debut EP Like..? that she released in January 2023. The project (which got a deluxe release last July) reached No. 15 on the Billboard 200, which included her Hot 100 No. 4 smash “Princess Diana” with Nicki Minaj and her 2022 breakout smash “Munch (Feelin’ U).” The project was featured on Billboard‘s 50 Best Albums of 2023 list and Best Rap Albums of 2023 list.

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She also recently hopped on the remix of Cash Cobain and Bay Swang’s viral song of the summer contender “Fisherrr,” which debuted at No. 11 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 and No. 33 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs this week (chart dated May 11).

Listen to “Gimmie a Light” below.



09 May 2024

Camila Cabello & Lil Nas X Team Up for High-Energy Collaboration ‘He Knows’: Stream It Now

Camila Cabello knows what makes a good pop song, and that’s why she called on Lil Nas X for her newest track, “He Knows,” which arrived on Friday (May 10).

Earlier in the week, the duo were seen partying the night away at FKA Twigs’ Met Gala afterparty, where they danced alongside the “Cellophane” singer behind the DJ booth.

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“He Knows” arrives just days after the pop star took to social media to announce the forthcoming arrival of her fourth solo album, C,XOXO, alongside the cover art which features a shot of the “Havana” singer with her recently dyed blonde hair, licking a blue lollipop and looking into the camera. In the caption, she reveals that the project arrives on June 28. See the post here.

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The former Fifth Harmony member’s new project will be the follow-up to her April 2022 LP Familia, which reached No. 10 on the Billboard 200 upon its release. The record featured singles “Don’t Go Yet” and “Bam Bam” with Ed Sheeran, which peaked at Nos. 42 and No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively.

Earlier this year, Cabello introduced her new album era with the Playboi Carti-assisted “I Luv It,” which samples Gucci Mane’s “Lemonade” and finds her interpolating Rihanna.

Listen to “He Knows” featuring Lil Nas X below.

09 May 2024

Gunna Declares Himself ‘One of Wun’ on New Album: Stream It Now

Gunna has released his fifth studio album One of Wun on Friday (May 10) via YSL Records and 300 Entertainment.

The 20-track project includes collaborations with Offset (“Prada Dem”), Normani (“$$$”), Leon Bridges (“Clear My Rain”) and Roddy Ricch (“Let It Breathe”). Previously released single “Prada Dem” reached No. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 20 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. He also previously dropped “whatsapp (wassam).” Gunna’s collab with Normani arrives two weeks after he hopped on her “1:59” single from Normani’s upcoming, highly-anticipated debut album Dopamine, which debuted at No. 2 on R&B Digital Song Sales this week (chart dated May 11).

One of Wun arrives one year after his last studio album A Gift & a Curse, which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and reached No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. It was his first full-length release since being released from jail. A Gift & a Curse featured Gunna’s Hot 100 No. 4 smash “fukumean,” which topped Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (for five weeks) and Rhythmic Airplay (for two weeks).

The Calvin Clausell Jr.-designed Gunna album artwork maintains the floral theme from A Gift & a Curse, with Gunna’s face covered by a sheer white scarf sporting a mix of blue and white flower petals.

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Gunna is currently embarking on his Bittersweet Tour (with special guest Flo Milli), which kicked off on Saturday (May 4) in Columbus, Ohio. The tour will run until June 11, where the rapper will perform a final hometown show at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena.

Listen to Gunna’s One of Wun below.

09 May 2024

Jon Batiste, Daniel Pemberton & More Honored at 2024 ASCAP Screen Music Awards

Jon Batiste, Daniel Pemberton and Siddhartha Khosla are among the winners of the 2024 ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards. The kudos were presented as part of the 2024 ASCAP Screen Music Awards at an invitation-only event in Los Angeles on Thursday (May 9).

Here are this year’s recipients of the ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards, which are chosen by the ASCAP composer and songwriter community:

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Film score of the year: Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse  

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Television score of the year: David Fleming, The Last of Us

Television theme of the year: Siddhartha Khosla, Only Murders in the Building

Documentary score of the year: Jon Batiste, American Symphony

Video game score of the year: Gordy Haab, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and American Symphony were both shortlisted for Oscars for best original score, though neither wound up with a nomination. Batiste was Oscar-nominated for co-writing a song from American Symphony – “It Never Went Away,” which he co-wrote with Dan Wilson.

Khosla received two Primetime Emmy nods in 2022 for his work on Only Murders in the Building – outstanding music composition for a series (original dramatic score) and outstanding original main title theme music – but none this past year. Fleming has yet to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy.

In addition, the ASCAP Screen Music Awards recognize top composers of the past year’s hit streaming series and films. The top-rated streaming series winners include Robert Duncan for The Night Agent, Natalie Holt for Loki, Bear McCreary for the streaming remake of book series Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for the dramedy Unprisoned.

Among the top-rated streaming films winners, Germaine Franco is honored for her score for action-thriller The Mother, Marcus Miller for the holiday comedy Candy Cane Lane, and Lorne Balfe for both historical thriller Tetris and action-romance Ghosted.

In other categories, Pemberton takes home top box office film of the year for his score to the blockbuster animated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and David Vanacore is named the top most performed themes and underscore winner for his work on such shows as Survivor, The Kardashians and The Daily Show.

Composers Matthew Hawkins, the late Maurice “m.0.” Jackson and the late Neil Martin (collectively known as Numeriklab) win top network television series for their main theme for NCIS, while John Sereda is recognized with top cable television series for the historical drama When Calls the Heart.

The complete list of winners is available on the ASCAP website: www.ascap.com/screenawards24.

09 May 2024

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Surpasses 2 Million in U.S. Sales

Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department has surpassed 2 million in U.S. album sales after only two weeks in release, according to Luminate. It’s her 11th album to sell at least 2 million copies. (Album sales are purchases of both digital download albums and physical albums, like CDs, cassette tapes and vinyl LPs.)

In the week ending May 2, The Tortured Poets Department sold 107,000 copies, which was down 94% compared to the previous week, its opening frame, when it bowed with 1.914 million sold. Sales of the album loom so large, the 2.021 million it has sold in its first two weeks represents 8.4% of all U.S. album sales year-to-date (24.05 million).

The Tortured Poets Department is the first album to sell at least 2 million copies in its first two weeks since Adele’s 25 sold 4.49 million in its first two frames in 2015 (3.378 million in its first week, and 1.112 million in week two).

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On Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart dated May 11, The Tortured Poets Department remains at No. 1 for a second week.

Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

The rest of the top 10 on the Top Album Sales chart is busy with debuts and re-entries, led by the list’s top debut, Grateful Dead’s Dave’s Picks, Volume 50: The Palladium, New York, NY – 5/3/77 at No. 2. The live archival set sold 20,000 copies in its first week.

Lafey’s Bewitched re-enters the list at No. 2, a new high, with 15,000 sold – her best sales week yet. It jumps back onto the list following a deluxe reissue on April 26, dubbed Bewitched: The Goddess Edition, with four bonus tracks. The new Goddess Edition was released on six vinyl variants, a CD, cassette, digital download and a streaming album.

A trio of debuts round out the top six, as Yung Bleu bows at No. 4 with Jeremy (13,000), Luke Hemmings’ Boy starts at No. 5 (10,000) and St. Vincent’s All Born Screaming enters at No. 6 (nearly 10,000).

Swift’s chart-topping 1989 (Taylor’s Version) falls 4-7 (9,000; down 35%) and Lover drops 3-8 (8,000; down 42%). ILLIT’s Super Real Me debuts at No. 9 with nearly 8,000, while TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s former No. 1 minisode 3: TOMORROW rises 11-10 with 7,000 (down 25%).

09 May 2024

Ever Wonder How Vampire Weekend Got Their Name? These Maya Rudolph ‘SNL’ Promos Definitely Won’t Help

If you’ve ever wondered how Vampire Weekend got their name, new promos for their appearance this weekend on Saturday Night Live with host Maya Rudolph will be of no help whatsoever.

In one of the new promos that arrived Thursday (May 9), SNL castmember Kenan Thompson asks the band about the origin of their moniker and gets this fantastical story in return. “Oh, it’s just a combination of our real names,” frontman Ezra Koenig says. Chris Baio chimes in, “I’m Vampire Friday,” followed by Chris Tomson claiming, “I’m Vampire Saturday,” and Koenig wrapping, “And I’m Vampire Sunday.”

“So does that answer your silly little question during my promo, Kenan?” Rudolph snips at her former castmate, who replies with a simple “yes, ma’am.”

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In fact, the rock trio originally got the handle during their Columbia University days, when Koenig worked on a short film by the same name that was intended to be an updated version of the ’80s vampire movie Lost Boys set in Cape Cod.

Saturday’s episode will mark Vampire Weekend’s fourth time on SNL, after making their first appearance in March 2008, not even two months after the release of the self-titled debut album that put them on the map.

Rudolph was a castmember on Saturday Night Live from 2001 to 2007 and has made frequent returns to Studio 8H since, including two other turns as the host. The actress is currently starring on the Apple TV+ comedy Loot, which wraps its second season on May 29.

Watch all the promos for this weekend below:

09 May 2024

Jay Wheeler y Kany García regresan a Latin Pop Albums para un doble debut en el top 10

Por primera vez en más de cuatro años, dos álbumes debutan simultáneamente en el top 10 de la lista de Latin Pop Albums de Billboard.

En la lista fechada el 11 de mayo, Música Buena Para Días Malos de Jay Wheeler abre en el No. 4, mientras que García de Kany García llega al No. 8. Es la primera vez que la lista Latin Pop Albums tiene dos títulos debutando en la región superior desde el 12 de octubre de 2019, cuando José José debutó en los No. 1, 6 y 7 tras su muerte en septiembre, con Serie Platino – 20 Éxitos Vol. 2, El Príncipe de la Canción y Secreto, respectivamente.

Música Buena Para Días Malos de Wheeler comienza con 5.000 unidades equivalentes a álbumes ganadas en Estados Unidos la semana que finalizó el 2 de mayo, según Luminate. De ellas, poco más de 4.000 provienen de streams, lo que equivale a 6,3 millones de streams oficiales on demand de las canciones del álbum. Las ventas tradicionales del álbum y canciones comprenden la suma restante de la primera semana.

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Música Buena Para Días Malos fue precedido por una canción en la lista general Latin Airplay: “Historia”, que alcanzó el No. 35 (lista fechada el 27 de abril).

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Además, con los debuts simultáneos de dos artistas diferentes en el top 10 de Latin Pop Albums, Wheeler y García también repiten una hazaña lograda por última vez hace cinco años, cuando Miguel y Anitta debutaron en los No. 3 y 4, respectivamente, con Te Lo Dije (EP) y Kisses en la lista fechada el 20 de abril de 2019.

Ambos se suman a la lista de pocos álbumes que han debutado en Latin Pop Albums en 2024. Aquí esos cinco debuts en el top 10, que incluyen dos No. 1:

Fecha y posición debut, título, artista
27 de enero, No. 1, Orquídeas, Kali Uchis
6 de abril, No. 1, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, Shakira
13 de abril, No. 6, Final, Vol. 2, Enrique Iglesias
11 de mayo, No. 4, Música Buena Para Días Malos, Jay Wheeler
11 de mayo, No. 8, García, Kany García

El álbum de García llega a Latin Pop Albums con 2.000 unidades equivalentes ganadas en Estados Unidos durante el mismo período. Esto fue casi completamente impulsado por la actividad de streaming de sus 12 canciones. La cifra equivale a 3,4 millones de streams oficiales a la carta de los temas del disco.

García, quien tiene un historial en el chart, regresa al top 10 después de casi cinco años, cuando su álbum Contra El Viento debutó y alcanzó el No. 3 en junio de 2019.

La cantautora puertorriqueña ha conseguido un total de 10 títulos en la lista, ocho de los cuales alcanzaron el top 10, a lo largo de tres décadas, desde que su álbum Cualquier Día, su debut en los charts, llegara al No. 10 en septiembre de 2007.

A García le precedieron tres canciones en Latin Pop Airplay: “Una vida buena” alcanzó el No. 15 (3 de febrero), mientras “Que vuelva” con Carla Morrison, y “En esta boca” con Young Miko, llegaron ambas al No. 12 en los rankings del 16 y 30 de marzo, respectivamente. Por último, “Te lo agradezco” con Carin León regresa al No. 43 en la actual lista multimétrica Hot Latin Songs, que combina difusión radial, ventas digitales y actividad de streaming.