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23 Nov 2022

Hear Exclusive Seismic Dance Event 2022 Sets From Fatboy Slim, LP Giobbi, Chloé Caillet & Sama’ Abdulhadi

Earlier this month 5,000 dance fans gathered at Austin’s Seismic Dance Event to do what dance fans to best — dance.

Held at The Concourse Project, a 7-acre venue holding three stages, 2022 marked the third year for the boutique festival, which launched in Austin in 2018 and has since become a destination for global house and techno acts.

“We want to deliver the big festival experience with an intimate vibe,” Seismic co-founder Andrew Parsons, who produces the event alongside his wife Kelly Gray, told Billboard in 2019. “We aren’t trying to sell 20,000 tickets, because that’s not the goal. We always want to keep it boutique.”

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Parsons and Gray are the creative minds behind RealMusic Events, the Austin-based production company that hosts Seismic and has been credited for injecting underground electronic flavor into the “live music capital of the world.”

The festival is also committed to sustainability, partnering wiht Blond:ish’s organization Bye Bye Plastic for separate waste streams into landfill, compost and recycling. (At the 2021 event, 16,468 single-use plastic cups were saved from landfills.) The 2022 Seismic lineup featured heavy-hitters including Jamie xx, Charlotte de Witte, The Martinez Brothers, Gorgon City and Oliver Heldens‘ HI-LO project.

Additionally this year, UK legend Fatboy Slim played a set that launched with the indelible piano chords to his all-time biggest hit “Praise You” before shifting into Freddy Mercury’s isolated vocal from Queen‘s “Don’t Stop Me Now.” (Seriously, listen to it.) Parisian rising star Chloé Caillet whipped up a heady, sexy vibe; scene queen LP Giobbi meshed house music and classic rock samples; and Palestinian producer Sama’ Abdulhadi delivered the hard-hitting techno that’s made her a global name.

Relive these moments or experience them for the first time with the full Seismic 2022 sets from these four stars below.

23 Nov 2022

Joe Jonas Says His New Movie ‘Devotion‘ Put the ‘Pressure’ on Him as an Actor

Joe Jonas opened up in a new interview on Tuesday (Nov. 22) about what it was like tackling his big screen acting debut in the new war drama Devotion.

“Yeah, there were nerves that would come into play here and there, but it’s good to feel something like that again,” the Jonas Brothers singer told Entertainment Weekly of his experience on the set of the Korean War epic. “It’s been a while since I was putting myself in rooms where you’re like, ‘Oh, okay, I’ve got to show up, I’ve got to show my worth in this, and the pressure is on now,’ and how do you bottle that up and utilize it and use it to your advantage, instead of letting it just eat you and take over.”

For the film, which hit theaters nationwide Wednesday (Nov. 23), Jonas also recorded “Not Alone,” his new collab with Khalid. Co-written with Ryan Tedder, the emotional ballad plays over the end credits of Devotion. “I got to see the movie early on, and I brought my friend Ryan Tedder,” he said. “There was a grand piano that happened to be in the screening room, so we started working on the song and brought in a friend of ours, Harv, and I brought in Khalid, and we finished the tune, and that became ‘Not Alone.’

“It really came down to the fact that the one thing [the characters] have is that they’re there for each other, regardless if they are there for them physically,” he added of the track’s thematic connection to the movie.

Telling the story of real-life fighter pilots Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner, Devotion also stars Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell, Christina Jackson, Ali Asghar Shah, Thomas Sadowski, Serinda Swan, Daren Kagasoff and more.

23 Nov 2022

12 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Performances You Probably Forgot

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been an iconic holiday event for more than 90 years, and in recent memory, it has brought some of music’s shining stars and up-and-coming acts along for the float- and balloon-filled ride.

Ahead of the 2022 parade, which features Gloria Estefan, Fitz & the Tantrums, Ziggy Marley, Joss Stone, Jordin Sparks and Betty Who, take a trip down memory lane with some big-name artists who (you may have forgotten) once graced a Thanksgiving float.

23 Nov 2022

Hulu Black Friday Deal! Get a Year Subscription for Just $1.99 a Month

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You can now join Hulu at a major discount! New and eligible returning subscribers can join Hulu for just $1 a month for a year as part of the streaming giant’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday deal.

The promo, which launched on Wednesday (Nov. 23), gets you instant access to Hulu’s ad-supported plan for just $1.99 a month (regular $7.99 a month) for an entire year. But you only have a matter of days before the sale ends, so if you’ve been meaning to sign up for Hulu, you’ll have to act fast to get the discount. The Black Friday deal will end at 11:59pm PT on Cyber Monday (Nov. 28).  

Hulu debuted the streaming deal couple of days before Black Friday officially starts, which is perfect if you plan to stream movies and show over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

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The streaming platform is home to original programs and episodes from network and cable TV and exclusives such as The Handmaid’s Tale, Welcome to Chippendales, Only Murders in the Building, Reasonable Doubt, Candy, The Kardashians, Pam & Tommy, Prey, How I Met Your Father, and Dopesick.

For music fans, Hulu features a range of scripted series, documentaries, biopics, concert specials, and singing competitions such as The Masked Singer, American Idol, Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men, Pistol, Look at Me: XXXTentacion, and the 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

Want more music offerings? Hulu is the go-to streaming destination for exclusive livestream access to major music festivals such as Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Essence Music Festival, and Austin City Limits.

Hulu subscribers can create up to six different profiles under one account — another perk for families and anyone with multiple people under one roof. And for those who enjoy streaming on the go, Hulu lets you watch on up to two different screens at once and from any device, including a smart TV, phone, laptop, tablet, or gaming console.

For TV lovers who want to stream without ads, Hulu’s commercial-free tier is $14.99 a month after a free 30-day trial. There’s also a Hulu bundle with Disney+ and ESPN+, and Hulu + live TV ($69.99/month), which includes 75+ live and on-demand cable and local channels, plus you get access to Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+.

Of course, Hulu isn’t the only streaming service offering up huge savings for Black Friday. Paramount+ is offering 50% off an annual plans for the first year (or $1.99/month when you subscribe to Paramount+ through Prime Video) and HBO Max is currently marked down to $1.99/month for the first three months.

23 Nov 2022

Marty Stuart on Three Decades of Membership at the Grand Ole Opry: ‘It Doesn’t Just Carry Country Music on Its Shoulders, It Carries The Spirit of the Nation’

Nearly 50 years ago, Mississippi native Marty Stuart first stepped onstage at the Grand Ole Opry in 1972, as a starry-eyed, 13-year-old wunderkind who had been a member of Lester Flatt’s touring band as a mandolin player for all of about one week.

“In the South, in the middle part of Mississippi, the Opry was just a way of life,” Stuart tells Billboard. “It was part of the atmosphere at our house. Those people that played on the show felt like family to me before I ever met them. I could not believe I was standing on that stage and getting an encore, which was unbelievable. That was a pretty good way to start in Nashville,” Stuart says. “It’s still a surreal memory.”’’

In his teens, Stuart’s real schooling came on the road, performing as part of Flatt’s band until the bluegrass legend’s death in 1979 at age 64. Stuart then played for Vassar Clement, Doc Watson and later, Johnny Cash, from 1980-1986.

In 198, Stuart released his debut album Marty (With a Little Help From My Friends) (via the bluegrass label Ridge Runner), followed by 1982’s Busy Bee Café. In 1986, he inked a deal with Columbia and released his rockabilly-tinged self-titled project. In 1989 came his first MCA label album, Hillbilly Rock, bolstered by the title track, which reached the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. 1991’s “Little Things” and “Tempted” also reached the top 10, while “The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’” (with Travis Tritt) reached No. 2 and earned a Grammy for best country vocal collaboration.

The next year, Stuart was inducted by Little Jimmy Dickens as a member of the Grand Ole Opry on Nov. 28. But before he would accept the honor, Stuart told then Grand Ole Opry GM Hal Durham that he needed special permission.

“He asked me about joining, and I said, ‘I have to get two people to sign off on it — [Grand Ole Opry icons] Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl.’ I got Mr. Acuff’s blessing and Minnie was at her home at that time, she had had a stroke and wasn’t able to get out and about. [Pearl’s manager] Judy Seale set the meeting up and I was told Minnie loved white roses, so I got about 75 or 80 white roses. I went into Minnie’s room and she looked at all those roses and she said, ‘Oh, my gosh, look at those tight pants,’” he recalls with a laugh. “But she gave me her blessing that day, and I called Hal on the way home that day and said I’d be honored to be a member.”

In his three decades as an Opry member, Stuart has paid it forward, inducting several artists, including Pam Tillis (2000), Terri Clark (2004), Dierks Bentley (2005) and Charlie Daniels (2008).

Stuart has also been witness to the Opry’s enduring spirit in the face of trials — including the 2010 Nashville flood, which forced the Opry to temporarily air from locations like the Ryman Auditorium and Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium, while the Grand Ole Opry House underwent repairs. On Sept. 28, 2010, Stuart was among the cast members who gathered for the Opry House’s reopening concert. In 2020, as concerts and large events were shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Grand Ole Opry was able to forge ahead, even without an in-house audience, never missing a performance.

“Times like the flood and the pandemic just proved how indelible the Opry is,” Stuart says. “The show never went off the air. It was about the only outpost in show business that had the lights on during the pandemic. There’s a reason why it has been here for almost 100 years and it keeps going. It was designed right. It’s not about one person, which I think is brilliant. It’s about a cast, a family and a way of life, and an evolving culture of music. That’s a pretty good framework to exist on.

“When I saw the pictures of the Opry House [following the Nashville flood] I thought ‘What’s gonna happen now?’ But they went straight to Concord Road, to the [WSM-AM Broadcasting] Tower and started broadcasting from there, just saying, ‘Hey, we’re on the air.’ Again, surreal. But the Opry has such broad shoulders. It doesn’t just carry country music on its shoulders — it carries a part of the spirit of the nation, in some ways. In the pandemic, I remember the first night I played, just looking out at an empty house and looking into the cameras. It was my hope that we would inspire someone.”

During his five decades in music, and now as a member of the venerated Country Music Hall of Fame, Stuart has been both a creator in and a conservator of the long lineage of country music artists and their stories. By the late 1990s, the radio hits had dried up, and Stuart again delved deep into the traditional country music sounds he had been raised on, releasing the pivotal 1999 album The Pilgrim, a concept album that included George Jones, Emmylou Harris and Cash. He formed the the ace band the Fabulous Superlatives (Stuart and his Superlatives were inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame Nov. 22), and since then, his music has intersected with gospel (2005’s Soul’s Chapel) and traditional country (2012’s Nashville Vol. 1: Tear the Woodpile Down) and, like Cash before him, highlighted the story of Native Americans (2005’s Badlands: Ballads of the Lakota).

“When I reconnected with traditional country music I found myself, my calling,” Stuart said in the liner notes to his 2012 album Nashville, Vol. 1: Tear the Woodpile Down. “The job seemed to be to champion it, love it, protect it, care for its people, attempt to write a new chapter for it and to make sure that everybody understands that it’s alive and well in the 21st century.”

Though most well-known as a musician (Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives released their latest single, “Country Star,” last week), the multifaceted artist has also been a photographer since he was a child. In 2014, he released photography book American Ballads: The Photographs of Marty Stuart, which includes the final picture taken of Johnny Cash just four days before his passing. From 2008 through 2014, he welcomed an array of fellow artists as part of The Marty Stuart Show on RFD-TV, inspired by eclectic musical showcases including Flatt and Scruggs, The Porter Wagoner Show, or The Johnny Cash Show.

Stuart has also built one of America’s largest private collections of country music artifacts, with over 20,000 pieces — among them Johnny Cash’s first suit, Hank Williams Sr.’s handwritten notes to “Cold, Cold Heart,” and the boots Patsy Cline was wearing when she died in a plane crash in 1963 alongside Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and manager Randy Hughes.

In Stuart’s hometown of Philadelphia, he has been steadily building and strategizing The Congress of Country Music, over 50,000 square feet space that will house the artifacts and will operate as a museum, educational center and world-class performance space. In December, the space’s historic (and newly renovated) Ellis Theater will reopen, with concerts from Stuart, Ricky Skaggs and Vince Gill on the books.

The most recent addition to Stuart’s collection is a 1928 Martin Guitar belonging to the “Father of Country Music,” Jimmie Rodgers, which Stuart acquired from Troy Hess, whose grandfather had worked with Rodgers on railroads in Texas. “When Jimmie passed away, Mrs. Rodgers gave that guitar to the Hess family. It’s been in keeping all these years and Troy sold it to me,” Stuart says.

One of Stuart’s most interesting stories is how he acquired the signature of Carter Family patriarch A.P. Carter. “I got on an autograph kick one time and really wanted to find his autograph,” he explains. “I found out there were only three or four in existence that people knew about. I was up near where the Carter family lived and this car drove up. I had no idea who was driving it. This lady gets out and says, ‘I hear you’re looking for A.P.’s autograph.’ I said, ‘Yes, Ma’am,’ and all she said was ‘Get in.’ So we went to this lady’s house and there was a deed for a piece of land and at the bottom was his signature. She took a pair of scissors, cut the part that had his name on it off and handed it to me. And she didn’t say but one or two words to me. Sometimes things just find you.”

Stuart could soon return to television with a new project. He and his team are editing the pilot for a television show that will showcase some of the artifacts he’s collected and he will begin shopping it soon.

“I see it as 30-minute episodes, revolving around going out to obtain an artifact, rescuing it and bringing it back,” Stuart says. “Every show will start in the warehouse in Philadelphia, Miss., where everything is staged right now. You get the story behind the artifact and it’s a treasure hunt. If there are musical instruments involved, we try to bring the past and present together. For instance, the lyrics to [Hank Williams, Sr.’s] ‘I Saw the Light’ or ‘Cold, Cold Heart,’ it makes a lot of sense for one of his grandkids to sit there and sing them. It’s showing how artifacts are relevant in the hands of somebody current.

“We take for granted that everybody knows who Hank Williams is, but there’s a whole new generation that needs to be educated,” he continues. “It’s a way to bring past, present, and future, entertaining and educating at the same time.”

23 Nov 2022

Trending Up: TikTok Unwraps ‘Lollipop,’ d4vd Hits the Viral Jackpot a Second Time & The ‘Yellowstone’ Bump

Welcome to Billboard Pro’s Trending Up newsletter, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry’s attention. Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip. 
 
This week: Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop” goes viral anew, d4vd follows up his streaming breakthrough with another slow-growing hit, and an independent Texas band enjoys major gains after an appearance on one of the most-watched TV premieres of the decade.

TikTok Takes Another Lick at “Lollipop” 

Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III smash “Lollipop” may have topped the Billboard Hot 100 back in 2008, but TikTok is taking to the song like it came out yesterday. The line “Okay, lil mama had a swag like mine / Even where her hair down her back like mine” is now the soundtrack to all sorts of random ephemera on the platform: One woman used it to soundtrack herself preparing for labor, a 92-year-old grandma used it to share that she had paid off her future funeral costs, and a pair of siblings used the song to poke fun at their dad. 

There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why users are loving Tunechi’s old Cash Money track so much, but the strange TikTok buzz has surely paid off: “Lollipop” is up 47% in weekly on-demand U.S. streams to nearly 3.3 million for the week ending Nov. 21. – KRISTIN ROBINSON

‘Yellowstone’ Fever Boosts Shane Smith & The Saints Songs

If you were one of the nearly 16 million people who watched the season five premiere of the Paramount Network smash family drama Yellowstone, you heard three songs – two as performed by the band within the episode – by independent Texas outfit Shane Smith and the Saints, a previously established favorite of characters on the show. Not surprising, then, that the songs would experience a streaming bump as a result, particularly the ones the band played themselves: “Dance the Night Away,” from 2013’s Coast album, rose 164.7% in weekly official on-demand U.S. streams to 107,000 for the week ending Nov. 17, according to Luminate, while the recently released “Fire in the Ocean” saw a 81% gain to 177,000. – ANDREW UNTERBERGER

Sped-Up? Slowed-Down? Either Way, Listeners Love ‘Limbo’

“Limbo,” the bruising rap showcase from Ontario MC Freddie Dredd, has started to snowball into a hit after being featured on his Freddie’s Inferno project in August — and the song is doing so in a variety of different formats. A slowed-down version of the track is taking off on TikTok, and so is a sped-up version; “Limbo” is being synched up to dramatic sequences in Call of Duty, as well as God of War: Ragnarok. But even in its original version, Dredd’s hard-nosed rhyming is connecting with listeners: weekly U.S. on-demand streams for “Limbo” increased over 90 percent during the week ending Nov. 17, up to 3.54 million, according to Luminate.

Dredd, who is signed to RCA Records, is no stranger to TikTok virality: his 2019 single “Cha Cha,” which sampled Lisa Ono’s “Sway It, Hula Girl,” became a breakthrough for the rapper in the early days of the app’s industry influence. Yet “Limbo” is quickly becoming his signature hit, and Dredd is well-aware of its success. “Out of all the music i have made ive never had a single song do so well in a single day,” he posted on Twitter last week after a particularly strong day for “Limbo” on Spotify. “thank yall so much for streaming my s–t, thank yall for making my dreams come true.” – JASON LIPSHUTZ

d4vd Goes Two for Two With Viral Hits

Teen singer-songwriter d4vd is certainly a newcomer to the music biz, but he’s already racked up a second major TikTok hit this year. First, his single “Romantic Homicide” went so viral it hit the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40 and led to a seven-figure deal with Interscope/Darkroom. Now follow-up “Here With Me” is also picking up steam, with hundreds of thousands of creations already on the app. 

Focusing on the lyrics “I don’t care how long it takes / as long as I am with you / I’ve got a smile on my face,” users are posting videos of heartwarming videos they found on the Internet, sometimes with them on greenscreen reacting to it. One video shows a woman feeding a stray dog, another shows a “tired teacher” putting on a “happy face” before walking into his classroom to greet students. Users’ emotional attachment to the song has transferred to real streaming wins for d4vd, as the song has climbed steadily in plays over the past month – rising 69% in official U.S. on-demand streams from 2.6 million the week ending Oct. 20 to nearly 4.5 million the week ending Nov. 17, according to Luminate. – KR

Q&A: Randy Hutson, CEO of Production Resource Group (PRG)’s Music and Live TV Divisions, on What’s Trending Up in His World

Looking back at 2022, what are some of the biggest wins for PRG, which provides resources and pushes technical innovation in the live sector?

PRG continued our work elevating production for some of the world’s biggest tours this year. Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres tour has been a big moment for us, especially in terms of sustainability. Coldplay made a pledge to reduce their carbon footprint while touring, so our mission was to stay more sustainably-minded while not losing any of the magic fans have come to expect at their shows. To minimize CO2 emissions, the engineers at PRG made one of the show’s standout features – four huge 3D spheres – inflatable so they would collapse and take up ¾ of one truck. With traditional construction techniques the four spheres would have needed six for transport.  This complex engineering had never been done before.

This year we’ve also provided production solutions for legendary artists like Metallica, Post Malone, Jack Harlow, and Elton John’s Farewell Tour, among many others. Some of the Las Vegas residencies we’ve worked on this year include Shania Twain, Carrie Underwood, and Aerosmith. It was also incredibly meaningful to do lighting and video for the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Show at Wembley Stadium.

What do you expect innovation (visual or otherwise) in the touring sector to look like in the next year and beyond?

Tours are being pressured to fill every stadium or arena seat, so one of the areas that we’re focused on is fan engagement. For example, we’ll be building on the success we had with the Indochine tour in Europe, where we positioned the audio speakers BEHIND a new transparent LED video screen, providing fans with an unobstructed view of the screens.

Efficiency in gear is increasingly important. Now, both lighting fixtures and projectors are being designed with LED and laser sources to produce a multitude of green benefits, allowing us to do more with less carbon footprint.  And lastly, for years we’ve done large tours requiring many buses and trucks for gear – whatever we needed to execute the show design. But going forward, production and tour managers are looking at reverse engineering tours, i.e., how many buses and trucks do we want to have? Artists and their productions are looking for ways to improve  touring by using companies with global footprints to cut down on equipment and people movement around the world. Fewer trucks, buses and planes moving will increase profitability (and lead to sustainability) allowing us to continue to do the work we love every day.

PRG has provided technical and logistical support for the Super Bowl halftime show for years. How has the halftime show evolved, and how will it continue to evolve with new tech?

The Super Bowl halftime show is unquestionably one of the most epic moments in an artist’s career, so we listen closely to what they are envisioning for each performance. That means some years the stage is more simplistic while others feature higher levels of spectacle. Overall, our team’s job is to ensure the visual experience is equally incredible for people in the stands and the millions watching at home. As technology and creatives have become more sophisticated, new tech has been implemented to make the show more cinematic, despite limited camera positions on the field. 

You can really see this with The Weeknd in 2021 and the Dr. Dre & Co. performance in 2022 which used our proprietary 35LIVE!® technology. 35LIVE! elevates televised events by giving them a big-screen look and feel, replacing the traditional multi-camera approach.  A team of technical specialists work together to produce astounding imagery, 100% live.  

Fill in the blank: more people in touring/events should be thinking about ______.

Sustainability. It’s never been more important to take care of the environment. In 2017 PRG developed PRG SpaceFrame®, a touring frame design with ultra-light carbon fiber construction and collapsibility that reduces truck space by approximately 35 percent. This means less trucks and a lower carbon footprint. We’re going to see more governments requiring tours, fabrication companies, and production services companies to measure and report carbon emissions and supply safety reports.

We can also anticipate seeing more regulation around power consumption. Resources like fuel are going to be more costly. Research into replacing steel with bamboo in some fabrication applications could be a game-changer. We are also using recyclable materials in place of the hard scenic elements that the industry was built on. It’s time for our entire industry to focus on doing what’s good for the planet. – JL

Season’s Gainings: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Thanksgiving

We all know about the annual Christmas bump that certain holiday perennials begin to enjoy on streaming as early as Nov. 1 – but do folks begin to anticipate Thanksgiving in the same way in the days leading up to the fourth Thursday in November? Well, the numbers aren’t as stratospheric, but slowly but surely, they’re creeping up there for some of the bigger titles. Matthew West’s “Gobble Gobble” is up 93% in daily on-demand U.S. streams from Nov. 15 to Nov 21 to 73,000, according to Luminate, while Ben Rector’s “The Thanksgiving Song” is up 64% over that same span to 45,000, and the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s “Thanksgiving Theme” is up 38% to 75,000. 

As for Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice’s Restaurant Massacre,” the near-20-minute, Thanksgiving-set ‘60s story song traditionally played by classic rock and Triple A stations in full on Turkey Day, the numbers are still relatively small, just passing 15,000 daily streams on Nov. 21. But it’s also rising by 1,000-2,000 streams a day, and may be poised to explode (like so many post-dinner waist shirt buttons) this Nov. 24. – AU

23 Nov 2022

Fetty Wap Gives Back to His Hometown With ‘Sweet Yamz’ Thanksgiving Giveaway

Fetty Wap is spreading some holiday cheer and taking the meaning of giving to a meaty new level. The “My Way” MC hosted his “Sweet Yamz” Thanksgiving Giveaway in his hometown of Paterson, NJ on Tuesday (Nov. 22).

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The name of the giveaway is a play off Fetty Wap’s latest single, “Sweet Yamz.” The rapper partnered with Dr. Mills, the principal of College Achieve Paterson charter school, his family (including sister Divinity Maxwell and brother Rob McCoy) and frequent collaborator Monty to provide free food and groceries for everyone who attended the event.

“We are grateful for this contribution of Thanksgiving meals to our families,” Dr. Mills said in a press release. “Times are tough as people across the country are struggling with the rising cost of food. Once again, our community has risen to the occasion and given back to Paterson. Now, many who would have had to go without will be able to enjoy a wonderful holiday celebration with their families.”

Music was provided by New Jersey native and Hot 97’s very own DJ Drewski.

“I’m very grateful for my fans and for my community because I wouldn’t be where I am without them,” Fetty Wap chimed in. “Giving back, especially in my hometown, is very important to me no matter what the circumstances are. Even though I can’t be there in person, shout-out to every single one of my fans, supporters, and everyone that’s still rocking with me!”

Fetty Wap has notched three top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

23 Nov 2022

Love, Lizzo: How to Watch Lizzo’s HBO Max Documentary for Free

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From humble beginnings to her meteoric rise to stardom, Lizzo is sharing an “intimate look” into the moments that have helped shape her career in the HBO Max documentary, Love, Lizzo, premiering on Thursday (Nov. 24).

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According to the film’s description, Lizzo gets candid about “body positivity, self-love, and recognizing the contributions of Black women” in the documentary, directed by filmmaker Doug Pray and executive produced by Lizzo with her production company Lizzobangers. The film features three years’ worth of footage in addition to home videos of the Grammy winner as a child.

“Growing up I never dreamed I’d get to experience all of the things I’ve accomplished in my life, and I’m just getting started,” Lizzo said in a press release announcing the documentary. “I’m so excited I get to share and relive my journey with my fans and HBO Max. From Cuz I Love You to my dramatic world tour, losing and gaining love, and creating my new album Special, y’all get to see the amount of time, patience, blood, sweat and tears that went into this process. It takes 10 years to become an ‘overnight success,’ and hopefully I can inspire other young creatives to keep going.”

Love, Lizzo is produced by Kevin Beisler, Kevin Weaver, Ryan Kroft, Nicole Rocklin, Pray and Stephanie Meurer. The documentary is presented by Warner Music Entertainment and Live Nation Productions and is an Atlantic Films production in association with Boardwalk Pictures and Diamond Docs.

How to Watch Love, Lizzo on HBO Max for Free

HBO Max subscribers can start streaming Love, Lizzo as soon as it drops on Thursday (new content tends to debut at midnight on HBO Max). The film is streaming at no additional charge.

If you’re not already subscribed to HBO Max, the streaming giant is offering major savings for Black Friday! New and returning customers can join HBO Max for just $1.99/month (regular $9.99/month) for the first three months. The limited deal ends on Nov. 28.

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Want free HBO Max? Unfortunately, HBO Max doesn’t have a free trial, but the platform does provide free episodes. To get free HBO Max, you’ll have to go through a cable or streaming provider.

If you already have HBO through Cox, Xfinity, Spectrum, Verizon Fios, YouTube, and other cable and streaming providers, you can enjoy HBO Max for free. DirectTV Stream also offers free HBO Max in the Premiere Package (click here for more details) and Xfinity is offering a Black Friday deal that includes free HBO Max for a year.

Watch the trailer for Love, Lizzo below.  

23 Nov 2022

Kygo Debuts in Top Dance/Electronic Albums Top 5 With ‘Thrill of the Chase’

Kygo cruises in at No. 4 on Billboard‘s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart (dated Nov. 26) with Thrill of the Chase. The set starts with 5,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the Nov. 11-17 tracking week, according to Luminate.

Thrill is Kygo’s fifth charted entry, all of which have hit the top five, dating to June 2016, when Cloud Nine burst in at No. 1. The quintet of titles ties Lady Gaga for the second-most in that span, second only to The Chainsmokers’ seven. Kygo’s other top five sets are EP Stargazing (No. 3, October 2017), Kids in Love (No. 1, November 2017) and Golden Hour (No. 2, June 2020).

Concurrently, Kygo commands the leading debut on the multi-metric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart with “The Way We Were,” featuring Plested (No. 18). The first Billboard chart appearance for English singer/songwriter (Phil) Plested, the song earned 988,000 streams in its initial frame.

Kygo has now placed 61 total tracks on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, including nine from Thrill; since the chart’s January 2013 inception, only David Guetta has more (73). The Norwegian DJ/producer’s 24 top 10s lead all acts; The Chainsmokers are next, with 22. Included among Kygo’s top 10s are five from Thrill: “Love Me Now,” featuring Zoe Wees (No. 9, August 2021); “Undeniable,” featuring X Ambassadors (No. 8, October 2021); “Dancing Feet,” featuring DNCE (No. 6, this March); “Lost Without You,” with Dean Lewis (No. 10, August); and “Woke Up in Love,” with Gryffin and Calum Scott (No. 9, September).

Returning to Top Dance/Electronic Albums, Black Eyed Peas notch their first entry with the pop/dance-leaning Elevation (No. 13; 2,500 units). Two Elevation tracks have lifted onto Hot Dance/Electronic Songs: “Don’t You Worry,” with Shakira and David Guetta (No. 7, July), and “Simply the Best,” with Anitta and El Alfa, a re-entry at a new No. 38 best this week.

In 2020, Black Eyed Peas enjoyed 10 weeks at No. 1 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs with “Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life),” with J Balvin. Plus, a collab with Tiësto, “Pump It Louder,” from his album Drive (due Feb. 24, 2023), reached No. 28 last month.

Shifting to the Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart, Afrojack and Black V Neck vault 14-9 with “Day N Night,” featuring Muni Long. Afrojack’s 12th top 10 and the first for each of his collaborators is drawing core-dance airplay on Music Choice’s Dance/EDM channel, WZFL (Revolution 93.5) Miami and SiriusXM’s BPM, among others. (The Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart measures radio airplay on a select group of full-time dance stations, along with plays during mix shows on around 70 top 40-formatted reporters.)