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Daft Punk is going face to face in a whole new way, with Madame Tussauds New York revealing new wax figures of the French duo. Capturing the pair — Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo — in their Random Access Memories-era silk and velvet suits, the figures debuted in the facility on Tuesday (Feb. 27.) The […]
True icons know a thing or two about longevity — just look at Kylie Minogue. At the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards, the global superstar will be honored with the Icon Award in recognition of her hit-packed decades-long career.
Across a whopping 16 studio albums, Minogue has cemented herself as both a style chameleon and a master of musical reinvention. From bubble dance pop (1988’s Kylie) to a brave stab at country music (2018’s Golden) to last year’s disco-inflected synth-pop opus (Tension), Minogue has moved throughout her career with a special level of fearlessness.
The Australian juggernaut first hit the Billboard Hot 100 back in 1988 with the No. 3-peaking “The Loco-Motion,” a cover of Little Eva’s 1962 hit. She would once again hit the top 10 14 years later with the classic “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” (No. 7), the lead single from her Grammy-winning album Fever. With Fever, Minogue flew to No. 3 on the Billboard 200, her highest career peak yet on the ranking; she has landed 11 total titles on the chart, including 2010’s Aphrodite (No. 19).
In addition to her success on Billboard’s marquee albums and singles charts, Minogue has also proven herself to be a dominant force on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs. On that ranking, she’s earned 18 overall entries so far, including the top 10 hits “Dance Alone” (No. 8, with Sia) and “Padam Padam” (No. 7), the first song to win the newly formed Grammy for best pop dance recording. “Padam Padam” also peaked at No. 32 on Pop Airplay, marking her first appearance on the ranking in nearly two decades.
With a career like this, it’s no wonder that Kylie Minogue is the Icon Award recipient for the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards.
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This week in dance music: Alesso was announced the performer for the L.A. Galaxy’s 2024 season home opener against Inter Miami this Sunday (Feb.25), and Daft Punk took us back two decades with a one-time only livestream of their 2003 film Interstella 5555, in honor of Daft Punk Day.
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And, of course, we’ve got new music too. These are the best new dance tracks of the week.
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Ariana Grande, “yes, and?” (The Blessed Madonna’s Godsquad Remix)
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The Blessed Madonna has an esteemed pedigree when it comes to remixing our apex pop queens, with her 2020 Club Future Nostalgia megamix of Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia album existing in a rare and rave-y Venn diagram of prestige underground, pop perfection and absolute fun. So the producer is a perfect fit to edit Ariana’s Grande’s “yes, and?” — itself frothy dance fare that’s now in its fifth week on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs. The Blessed Madonna initially simplifies the production before turning the dial up on the track’s string section, ramping up into all-out disco bliss (and giving us more of a good thing, by extending the track by a full minute and a half).
Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, “Skip”
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Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello — two thirds of the holy trinity Swedish House Mafia — take us straight to the ’90s rave of our minds with “Skip,” their tight, urgent take on tech house with an acid-edge that gives serious “Hey Boy Hey Girl”-era Chemical Brothers. The track is the latest from the pair, who released “O OK?” with PARISI last spring, and comes ahead of Angello’s solo headlining U.S. tour that launches on Mar. 29 in Boston and will itself then skip across the country for Coachella. Swedish House Mafia is also playing summer festivals including Tomorrowland and a residency at Ushuaïa Ibiza.
2hollis, “light”
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At 20 years old, rising Los Angeles producer 2hollis has already received co-signs by Skrillex and Four Tet, and demonstrates why with “light.” Reminiscent of Worlds-era Porter Robinson with an emo edge, the song is punchy — like a strobe beamed directly into your eyes — and a pristinely produced homage to messy love, with 2hollis handling vocals himself. Having already sold out shows around the U.S., the producer is currently in Europe for sold-out performances in Berlin, London and Paris over the coming week.
Cakes Da Kill & Dawn Richard, “Do Dat Baby”
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New York star Cakes da Killa links with the ever-sublime Dawn Richard for the simmering “Do Dat Baby.” The track layers up loads of hand percussion with R&B-oriented keys, Cakes’ rapid-fire flow and Richard’s velvet voice for an effortlessly cool dancefloor jam with sex appeal. The song comes from Cakes’ forthcoming album Black Sheep, out Mar. 22 via Tokimonsta’s Young Art label.
Omar Souleyman, “Rahat Al Chant Ymme”
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Long specializing in dabke — the music that accompanies the traditional folk dance of the same name rooted in the Levant region — Omar Souleyman again crosses that sound with rave-ier impulses on the joyfully high-octane dance jam “Rahat Al Chant Ymme.” Out via Mad Decent, the track is the lead single from Souleyman’s forthcoming album Erbil, coming Mar. 29. The project is the wedding singer turned international star’s tenth studio LP and is all about Erbil, Iraq, the city the Syrian artist now dwells in and which, a press release says, “offered solace and embraced Souleyman during recent uneasy times.”
Three years ago today, on Feb. 22, 2021, Daft Punk rattled the world with the announcement the duo was breaking up after 28 years together. The French icons have since marked the anniversary of this occasion by releasing a trinket from the vast Daft Punk vault on Feb. 22 in the two years since.
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And that date has come around again. To celebrate their unparalleled legacy, the French duo is screening its 2003 film, Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, on its Twitch channel today. The screening begins precisely at 5:22 p.m. ET.
Overseen by Japanese animation legend Leiji Matsumoto and written and scored by Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo and Thomas Bangalter, Interstella 5555 is an hour-long “space opera” completing the story begun by the videos of singles “One More Time,” “Aerodynamic,” “Digital Love” and “Harder Better Faster Stronger,” all from the duo’s era-defining 2001 album, Discovery.
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In those videos, an evil impresario kidnaps and brainwashes an extra-terrestrial rock group, transforms them into prefabricated pop stars, brings them back to Earth and manipulates them to the top of the charts. Each “movement” of this silent film is accompanied by a track from Discovery.
“The project was born in 2000, when we flew out to Tokyo with an hour of music and our own script,” Bangalter said upon the film’s release in 2003. “Leiji gave us a warm reception, and after listening to the music, he came on board immediately. Three years later, our dream has come true.”
In terms of comeback rumblings, the French duo was said to be playing the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony, a rumor that was quickly shot down by their team last fall. The pair did kinda sorta satiate the ongoing public demand for fresh Daft Punk material by releasing the “drumless” edition of 2013 classic Random Access Memories in November, in conjunction with the album’s 10-year anniversary.
LA Galaxy has scored a major artist for its 2024 MLS Regular Season Home Opener. The soccer team announced on Monday (Feb. 20) that Alesso will be performing at the opening game against Inter Miami CF at Dignity Health Sports Park on Sunday (Feb. 25). “As a massive football enthusiast, I’m looking forward to being […]
This week in dance music: We explored the world of sports and DJing, tagging along with Kaskade at the Super Bowl, talking to Shaquille O’Neil about his electronic output, as well as to Philadelphia Phillies DJ Garrett Stubbs and to 16 NBA DJs. Also, Justice was announced as a 2024 SXSW speaker and we spoke to the creative director of Boiler Room.
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Here also, of course, are the best new dance tracks of the week.
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Subtronics, TESSERACT
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The bass scene continues its headbanging, rail-riding forward momentum with the release of TESSERACT, the sophomore album from Philadelphia’s Subtronics. The 16-track LP, out via the artists’ own Cyclops Recordings, is loaded with genre regulars — Excision, Grabbitz, HOL! (of “COUNTRY RIDDIM” fame) and REZZ among them — with this latter artist joining the producer born Jesse Kardon for the dark, squelchy, spatial “Black Ice.” Altogether the album has more subdued and sometimes groovy moments, some grime influence other tracks that hit like a two-by-four to the face, demonstrating Kardon’s heavy, heady, frequently psychedelic range.
“Some songs are meant for the dancefloor, some are meant for the car, and some are meant to serenade you to sleep,” he says. “I am trying as best I can to create a fascinating alternative reality with magic and a sci-fi world of energy and feeling.” Subtronics — the only electronic artist to hit Pollstar’s 2023 Top 100 North American Tours chart, at No. 75 — launches his 16-date North American tour tonight in Minneapolis, with two shows at Red Rocks also on the calendar for May.
John Summit & Hayla, “Shiver”
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The winning formula this pair forged on their hit “Where You Are” — which showed up on President Obama’s favorite songs of 2023 list — extends to “Shiver,” which features Hayla’s increasingly iconic voice over a cinematic, climax-laden progressive house production from Summit. “Last year, Hayla and I had one of the biggest dance records of the year with ‘Where You Are,”’ he says, “so we knew we had to follow it up, and it was much easier said than done. It took about nine months start to finish to get this record done, but damn it was worth it. This might be my favorite record to date — definitely the most emotion I put behind a song.”
The track is out on Summit’s Experts Only label and comes ahead of his performances at Coachella 2024, where he’ll play solo and with Dom Dolla as Under Construction, along with his sold out Madison Square Garden show in July. Both Summit and Hayla have debut albums coming later this year.
Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man, “Lovers In A Past Life”
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Calvin Harris and U.K. singer-songwriter Rag n Bone Man, who scored a hit together with 2019’s “Giant” — re-link for “Lovers In a Past Life.” Recorded at the end of 2023, the song finds Harris meshing a slinky guitar, kickdrum and waves of synth with the husky voice of Rag n Bone Man, who keeps the Valentine’s Day mood alive with lyrics about “slow dancing in the midnight glow.” The track follows announcements that Harris will be a 2024 resident at LIV Las Vegas and LIV Beach inside the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, and will return to Ushauïa in Ibiza for a Friday night residency this season.
Nia Archives, “Silence Is Loud”
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U.K. junglist Nia Archives extends a hot streak with “Silence Is Loud,” the title track from her debut album coming this April 12. Weaving classic jungle with rave, indie and Brit-pop, the song is a propulsive and high-impact two-and-a-half minute ode to the producer’s love for her brother, without whom, the lyrics go, “the silence is loud.” The album, out via HIJINXX/Island Records and made with David Byrne and FKA Twigs collaborator Ethan P. Flynn, is meant to function as a complete work rather than a collection of tracks — with Archives pushing the genre forward by, she says, “putting interesting sounds on jungle.”
Francis Mercier & Emmanuel Jal “Hustla”
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February isn’t famous for its weather, but Haitian DJ Francis Mercier transports us to the warm beaches of our mind with his latest, “Hustla.” Out on Higher Ground, the Afro-house track has an impeccably laidback vibe, with Mercier creating a steamy, breezy groove and South Sudanese-Canadian singer Emmanuel Jal adding vocals that match the production as speaks of “the heat of Port-au-Prince, to the streets of New York, rocking in the souk of Marrakesh, headed to the hills of Nairobi, on the way to the beaches of Rio.” Even if your weekend plans don’t involve much more than hanging around the house, let this one take you away.
Four Tet, “Daydream Repeat”
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It’s a big week for Four Tet, who announced his very own festival — the aptly titled Four Tet & Friends — happening this May 4-5 in Brooklyn. The event will feature producers including Ben UFO, Chloé Robinson, Daphni b2b Floating Points, Salute, Avalon Emerson and multiple sets from Four Tet himself. This news comes in tandem with the producer’s latest, “Daydream Repeat,” which takes the chime sound so essential to the Four Tet oeuvre and places it amongst a propulsive, but also delicate (and even occasionally slightly gritty) six-minute production. The song is the latest single from Four Tet’s twelfth studio album Three, coming March 15.
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Cat Janice’s “Dance You Outta My Head” tops another Billboard chart, jumping 5-1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 dated Feb. 17.
The TikTok Billboard Top 50 is a weekly ranking of the most popular songs on TikTok in the United States based on creations, video views and user engagement. The latest chart reflects activity Feb. 5-11. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50. As previously noted, titles that are part of Universal Music Group’s catalog are currently unavailable on TikTok.
“Dance You Outta My Head” continues to rise on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 as more users learn about and spread both the song and Janice’s story. The 31-year-old singer is currently in hospice care after being diagnosed with cancer, and the newly released track (Jan. 19) is dedicated to her 7-year-old son as her final song.
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Janice herself has continued to post about the song’s success intermittently on TikTok, while other users post dance or lip-synch videos, raise awareness of Janice’s condition or simply use the tune to soundtrack viral moments.
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“Dance You Outta My Head” concurrently reaches the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for the first time, lifting 11-10. It earned 5,000 downloads Feb. 2-8, good enough for its first week at No. 1 on the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales list, and 1.2 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate.
Below Janice, Cordelia’s “Little Life” lifts to a new peak of No. 2 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50. The tune has been in the top 10 of the chart for the last five weeks, reaching new heights thanks to a trend in which users say they’re eating half of a food item, but do so in increasingly convoluted ways.
Rich Amiri’s “One Call,” the previous chart’s No. 2, and Flo Milli’s “Never Lose Me,” the prior list’s ruler, fall to Nos. 3 and 4, respectively. They’re ahead of the debuting Coldplay classic “Yellow,” which enters the ranking at No. 5. Recent top-performing videos for the song, a No. 48 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for the band in 2001, include footage from Coldplay’s Asian tour as well as a viral upload of a pair of fans getting married to the track.
Concurrent with its debut on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart (No. 38), YG Marley’s “Praise Jah in the Moonlight” reaches the TikTok Billboard Top 50’s top 10 for the first time, vaulting 20-9. The grandson of Bob Marley first found success with the track on TikTok after performing it during mother Lauryn Hill’s concerts late last year, which preceded its eventual release that December.
Recent activity using “Praise Jah in the Moonlight” often covers dance trends as well as users pointing out Marley’s heritage, fitting timing given the release of the new Bob Marley biopic Bob Marley: One Love, which premiered in the U.S. Feb. 14.
“Praise Jah in the Moonlight” jumps 74-60 on the Hot 100 via a 33% boost in streams to 8.3 million total.
See the full TikTok Billboard Top 50 here. You can also tune in each Friday to SiriusXM’s TikTok Radio (channel 4) to hear the premiere of the chart’s top 10 countdown at 3 p.m. ET, with reruns heard throughout the week.
Karol G had three things to celebrate on Wednesday (Feb. 14): her 33rd birthday, Valentine’s Day and a new single. The Colombian superstar unveiled her new track, “Contigo,” her latest collaboration with Tiësto. This also marks the pair’s third effort together, following “Don’t Be Shy” (2021) and “Provenza (Remix),” part of Karol’s 2023 Mañana Será […]
The Justice comeback is gaining momentum, with the French duo confirmed as keynote speakers at SXSW 2024. Happening at the Austin Convention Center on March 13 at 2:30 p.m., this rare public conversation from Justice’s Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay will focus on their forthcoming album, Hyperdrama (due out April 26), and the legacy and future of the renowned […]
