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Katy Perry went to space with Lauren Sanchez, Gayle King and others on a Blue Origin spacecraft. The public and celebrities alike shared their opinions about the women being sent to space. Keep watching to find out what some Billboard staffers had to say about the trip.
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Stefanie Tanaka:
If anyone out there has $150,000, then you can go to space too.
Tetris Kelly:
All right, so Billboard squad, five ladies went to space, but everybody seems to just be mad at Katy Perry. Are we mad? What’s going on?
Jerah Milligan:
I don’t care.
Stefanie Tanaka:
I can understand why people are mad. I don’t know if I feel that strongly about it.
Tetris Kelly:
Why? What are people upset about?
Stefanie Tanaka:
I mean, a lot of people, you know, times are tough right now. It doesn’t really like look super inspiring to see, like, super rich people just going into space.
Ciara Zimring:
It’s not giving what they think it’s giving. They think it’s giving inspiring, sending a bunch of women to space, but it’s giving more sending a bunch of rich people in space, as opposed to actual female astronauts that should be sent up.
Stefanie Tanaka:
Yeah, yeah.
Ciara Zimring:
That would give more.
Stefanie Tanaka:
It’s like, it’s cool for, like, the aesthetics of it, like to see a group of women, women of color, going into space. Like, it looks good as a photo-
Jerah Milligan:
As a photo.
Stefanie Tanaka:
But it’s like, this was all funded by Jeff Bezos. They wouldn’t be going up there without him. If this is Elon Musk, people would be reacting the same way. All these billionaires are obsessed with going to space because they’re gonna leave this planet completely f—ed
Tetris Kelly:
Stefanie’s mad.
Stefanie Tanaka:
They’re going to go up there the minute this planet goes to hell because of climate change.
Tetris Kelly:
I mean, and I think the funny part to me is that you have, like, this inspirational moment, but then I feel like the whole time I watched Gayle be a part of this, she was looking scared. She didn’t even want to go. And she’s like, why am I here? How did I get on this spacecraft?
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Eazin talks about the creative process behind his new song, “Shakespeare’s Bruises,” and more! Eazin: The music video for this song mainly highlights dancing with some small designs added, so mixing it with funky dance beats feel fresh, like a creative collision. The significant moment should be when I started learning street dance in university. […]
Wisp performed for the first time at Coachella, and she shares her experience of debuting her new single “Get Back to Me” at the festival, her favorite part of Coachella and more!
Are you excited for her new single? Let us know in the comments below!
Tetris Kelly:So from the Hot Hard Rock songs No. 10. Like, you were top 10 there, and now playing Sonora stage with so many other amazing rock acts. How was it?
Wisp:It was amazing. I had so much fun.
And then, what is that … the vibe over there? Because I feel like in that specific stage, like everybody’s just having a good time.
Yeah, I was so relieved that I was playing Sonora stage because it’s so enclosed and it’s dark, and I feel like that’s the perfect vibe for my music. So it was really fun. It was packed, too.
Yeah, it was packed for your set. And I mean, you also debuted some new music.
I did!
So how was it to play “Get Back to Me”?
It was amazing. I love that song, and I’m really excited for it to come out.
And then, what have your fans felt when they were … how did you feel when they’re, like, did you debut a new song and like, they’ve never heard it before?
Yeah, I don’t know. Sometimes it’s hard to tell what people are thinking, but I feel like they were pretty well received today, so I’m happy.
And then, how has Coachella been, in general? Because this is your very first Coachella.
It is.
So, like, how has it been walking around? What’s been your favorite part?
It’s been so fun. My friends are here as well. So we’ve seen a couple sets yesterday. Clairo was my favorite. She was amazing.
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Billboard cover star Gracie Abrams is heading back to the studio and has revealed that she’s working on new music following the success of “That’s So True.” She opens up about her friendships with Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo, her experience opening their tours, the future of pop with Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan, her […]
Tracy Chapman’s 1988 self-titled debut album comes charging back onto Billboard’s album charts (dated April 19), following its vinyl reissue on April 4. The Billboard 200 chart-topper and Grammy Award-winning effort had been out-of-print on vinyl in the United States since at least the early 1990s.
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In the week ending April 10 in the U.S., Tracy Chapman sold 14,000 copies across all configurations, with about 13,500 on vinyl.
On the Top Album Sales chart, which launched in 1991, the set reenters at a new peak of No. 4. It also debuts on Vinyl Albums (No. 2) and Indie Store Album Sales (No. 3); and reenters Americana/Folk Albums (No. 4), Top Rock Albums (No. 10), Top Rock & Alternative Albums (No. 11, new peak), Catalog Albums (No. 12) and the Billboard 200 (No. 51). On the latter chart, the set – which spent a week atop the list in 1988 – reaches its highest position since 1989.
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Tracy Chapman yielded three Billboard Hot 100-charting songs in 1988: the Grammy-winning “Fast Car” (No. 6), “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution” (No. 75) and “Baby Can I Hold You” (No. 48).
The new vinyl reissue was prepared for release by Chapman and the album’s original producer, David Kershenbaum and sourced from an analogue master. It was released as a widely-available 180 gram black vinyl edition, along with three retailer-exclusive color variants (opaque deep red for Walmart, transparent orange for indie stores, and opaque orange for Urban Outfitters).
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 (TEA) units and streaming equivalent album (SEA) units.
Chapman’s album is one of seven debuts or reentries in the top 10 on the latest Top Album Sales chart, which is led by the debuting Preacher’s Daughter from Ethel Cain at No. 1. It’s her first No. 1 and chart entry. The 2022 album was released on vinyl for the first time on April 4, and in total, the set sold 37,000 copies for the week – nearly all from vinyl purchases.
Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s Who Believes in Angels? enters at No. 2 with 36,500 sold; ZEROBASEONE’s Blue Paradise starts at No. 3 with nearly 20,500 and Ariana Grande’s eternal sunshine rounds out the top five, falling 1-5 with 10,500 (down 83%).
Black Country, New Road’s Forever Howlong debuts at No. 6 (nearly 9,000), Djo’s The Crux starts at No. 7 (8,000), xikers’ House of Tricky: Spur bows at No. 8 (nearly 8,000), Sabrina Carpenter’s former leader Short n’ Sweet slips 6-9 (a little over 7,500; down 16%) and Kendrick Lamar’s chart-topping GNX falls 5-10 (about 7,500; down 19%).
Jin’s getting ready to drop his second album, ‘Echo,’ and we have a sneak peek at the tracklist for the album. Keep watching for all the details! Are you excited for his new album? Let us know in the comments! Tetris Kelly: It’s time to be happy again for Jin as the BTS superstar has […]
Amaarae is entering her BLACK STAR era, and the singer shares her excitement about previewing new music, her history-making Coachella performance, the differences between weekend one and two, touring with Sabrina Carpenter and Childish Gambino, her thoughts on women owning their sexuality in the music industry and more!
Are you excited for BLACK STAR? Let us know in the comments below!
Tetris Kelly:From the desert. Miss Fountain Baby, Amaarae. What’s up, girl?
Amaarae:
I’m good, I’m good, I’m good. It’s BLACK STAR now, it’s ‘BLACK STAR now. We’re getting ready for album mode. So, you know.
We know you’re getting ready for album mode because you were out there at the desert just dropping new music. So how did it feel to, like, release new stuff on such a great stage?
Man, it was incredible. I think the crowd responded really well. I’m excited to drop the new music. I’m excited for this new chapter. And it was insane. It was insane. Like the energy was nuts.
And how do you even prepare for something like Coachella?
You don’t prepare for Coachella. Coachella prepares for you. No, I feel like you just have to lock in mentally. Like, I’m not even kidding. There’s so many moving parts for the show. And I think, like, at some point I had to melt down a little bit.
Yeah, because, like do you get nervous? How do you, like, how do you handle your nerves?
I think it just gets to a point where it’s like, you have to end up on that stage, and you have to give the people a show. And I think for a stage this big and just kind of, like, this prominent, you I can’t, like, lose, you know, I can’t afford to lose. So it’s just lock that mind in and we just go. We just go.
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Billboard’s Dance Moves roundup serves as a guide to the biggest movers and shakers across Billboard’s many dance charts — new No. 1s, new top 10s, first-timers and more.
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This week on charts dated April 19, Skrillex, 2hollis, PinkPantheress and others achieve new feats. Check out key movers below.
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The influential DJ-producer dropped his fourth studio album, F*CK U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!!
Drake went on Adin Ross’ livestream and spilled that he has a new solo album in the works after he received love from Travis Scott and Yeat at Coachella. Keep watching for the full story! Are you ready for a new Drake album? Let us know in the comments! Tetris Kelly: Drake’s recent return with […]
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