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J Balvin is gearing up to headline the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Week. This year’s 35th annual event will unfold from October 14-18 at The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater.
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Known for his massive influence on Colombian reggaetón and global Latin music, the Medellín superstar — who is fresh off releasing his sixth solo studio album Rayo — will host a special night titled “Next Gen Reggaetón: An Evening Curated by J Balvin” during the week. The event promises an exciting lineup of surprise performances and guests, all chosen by Balvin himself.
The global superstar and entrepreneur is a highly decorated and critically acclaimed cultural icon who has won multiple Billboard Music Awards and plenty of chart accolades, including nine No. 1 tracks on the Hot Latin Songs chart, including “Mi Gente” with Beyoncé, “Ginza,” “RITMO (Bad Boys For Life)” with Black Eyed Peas) and a No. 1 on the Hot 100 (“I Like It” with Cardi B and Bad Bunny).
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Apart from his curation, Balvin will engage in an exclusive Superstar Q&A moderated by Leila Cobo, chief content officer for Latin/Español at Billboard, providing deeper insights into his music and influence. The session, also sponsored by Cheetos, aims to foster intimate and enlightening discussions.
“Latin music is living its most successful and globally recognized moment ever this year. But Billboard has been proudly at its side for over 35 years as the main flagbearer, supporter and ultimate opinion maker for Latin music around the world,” said Cobo in a press release. “During a year when Latin music is dominating the charts and the cultural zeitgeist, we are thrilled to return to Miami Beach, the global capital of Latin music, for this exciting week-long event.”
The announcement also highlighted the expansive lineup for this legacy event, featuring a blend of established stars and emerging talents including Bad Gyal, DANNA, Danny Ocean, Domelipa, Fat Joe, Gloria Estefan, JOP, Keityn, Lele Pons, Luis Alfonso, Maria Becerra, Mau y Ricky, Mon LaFerte, N.O.R.E., Paola Jara, Peso Pluma, Pipe Bueno, Sophia Talamas, Yeison Jiménez, and Yeri Mua, with more to be announced in the coming months. Tickets are now available here.
“We are proud of the decades-long work we have done to celebrate Latin talent and bring the community together. This year’s event will be an unmatched celebration for artists, the industry and fans,” said Mike Van, President of Billboard, in a press release.
“Miami Beach is ready to once again host Billboard Latin Music Week, an event that truly showcases the vibrant and diverse culture of our community,” added Mayor of Miami Beach, Steven Meiner. “This week not only celebrates the rich heritage of Latin music, but also highlights Miami Beach as a global destination for arts and entertainment. We look forward to another unforgettable week of music.”
Billboard Latin Music Week will coincide with the Billboard Latin Music Awards, which will air on Telemundo. Latin Music Week tickets will not include access to the awards show this year. Instead, Billboard will host a special 35th-year anniversary celebration on the evening of October 18 where INSIDER badge holders will receive exclusive invitations to this star-studded event.
For more information on the Billboard Latin Music Week, updates on the schedule, and more exciting announcements, visit BillboardLatinMusicWeek.com.
Actors want to sing, singers want to act, directors want to… act, too, sometimes. But not Chappell Roan. The chart-topping, drag-loving, festival conquering pop star of the year whose shows are full of dramatic looks and choreo, pulled no punches in an Interview magazine chat with SNL star Bowen Yang when the show’s break-out star asked her if she might consider dipping her toe into acting to get break from some of the insanity of pop stardom.
“I say this with peace, and love, and blessings,” the 26-year-old nearly-decade-in-the-making overnight star told Yang. “Actors are f–king crazy.” Yang agreed, though Roan noted that she, of course, didn’t mean him. “You can, I’m crazy,” he assured her.
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“I don’t know you, but I know that you’re not the vibe I’m talking about,” Roan explained. “Like, I get so freaked out by film people. I’ve been asked in the past couple of weeks, like, ‘You want the lead in XYZ?’ and I’m like, ‘No.’” While Roan didn’t specify what projects she’d been asked to join, she said she appreciated the attention, but was definitely a hard-no on taking her talents to the big screen.
On Monday (August 19), the “Red Wine Supernova” star jumped on TikTok to talk about the “harassment” she’s been getting from fans lately,” lamenting the lack of boundaries fans have when it comes to interloping on her private life. “I don’t care that this crazy type of behavior comes along with the job, the career field I’ve chosen. That doesn’t make it OK. That doesn’t make it normal,” she said. “That doesn’t mean I want it, doesn’t mean I like it. I don’t want whatever the f— you think you’re supposed to be entitled to whenever you see a celebrity.”
Even though she unequivocally told Yang she’s not interested in adding a hyphen to her professional title, Roan revealed that she’s not a total newbie when it comes to being a thespian. “I originally started doing music because I wanted to get my foot in the door for acting, and then I moved to Los Angeles, and I was like, ‘F–k that,’” said Roan, who noted that she’s had acting training, but finds the idea the “most stressful thing in the world” to her.
“The industry is legitimately so scary, and it is so out of my control. I can put out music whenever I want. I don’t have to wait for a casting director to be like, ‘It would be great if we cast you, and then we’ll decide your schedule for the next three months,’” Roan said.
She did leave a bit of daylight for the right project, adding that if she were to change her mind, the project would have to be “really specific and really silly,” in which case she might consider a cameo. That said, she added, “I would rather get arrested.” Plus, the next year is totally booked out anyway.
Foreigner waxes nostalgic and reflective on its first new song in eight years, a track from the band’s vaults.
Timed to the group’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction on Oct. 19, “Turning Back the Time” appears on a new 18-song, best-of compilation of the same name that releases Oct. 4 via Rhino.
“There are a number of songs that Lou Gramm and I wrote together that have never seen the light of day,” Foreigner founder Mick Jones tells Billboard. “‘Turning Back the Time’ was co-written with Marti Frederiksen. Marti and I recently revisited and reworked the song. Because of the time that had passed we were able to go back to it with a fresh perspective. The sentiment of the song spoke to us now more than ever and with the upcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction we thought it an ideal time to let the world hear it.”
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The upbeat and melodic track weighs in at just under three minutes, with lyrics about “the times I was growing up and the road that brought me here,” and how seeing the Beatles on TV “changed everything deep inside of me.” It also references “the double vision day,” a nod to Foreigner’s second album. Particularly poignant in light of Jones’ battle with Parkinson’s disease, which has kept him off stage for the last few years, the chorus intones, “There’s something missing my life, so I’m turning back the time.”
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The track was first demoed back in 1996, shortly after Jones and Frederiksen collaborated on songs for the 1998 movie Strange Fruit. The two also began writing material for Foreigner, with Gramm joining the process for some of those, including “Turning Back the Time.” Jones and Frederiksen co-produced the recording earlier this year with both playing guitar, Jones adding keyboards, Frederiksen on bass and his son Evan on drums. Gramm’s vocals were taken from the original demo; he left the band for a second and final time in 2003.
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The album’s other 17 tracks draw from Foreigner’s nine studio albums, including “When It Comes to Love” with current frontman Kelly Hansen.
There’s no word on any future plans for additional unfinished Foreigner material that’s in the vaults. Jones told Billboard in May that, “There are a number of songs that are demos I wrote with Lou. A couple of them are quite promising. Some written with Marti are lying around. I’ve been going through cassette tapes of demos; some I think don’t deserve to see the light of day.” Jones adds that he’s also finished mixing and mastering a solo album, Shelter From the Storm, that he hopes to release “at some point soon.”
Gramm, meanwhile, has often spoken about “a whole album’s worth of songs” from the early 2000s that he and Jones wrote and only recorded in rough form. “They’re great songs…some of our very best songs,” Gramm told Billboard earlier this year. “There were about eight or nine of them. We didn’t have a record company then, so we were waiting to see what happened. Then Mick and I had a huge falling out, and I left the band…. So now Mick’s got the copy and I don’t have one and I don’t know if he’s ever gonna do anything with them. I kind of doubt it, but I would like to at least listen to those roughs that we did. Those were great ideas.”
In the meantime, Jones, Gramm and their former bandmates are preparing for the Rock Hall induction, one of the most highly anticipated since Foreigner was long considered one of the shrine’s greatest snubs. Producer Mark Ronson, Jones’ son-in-law, put together a video campaign with Rock Hall members such as Paul McCartney, Slash, Dave Grohl, Slash and Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers expressing disbelief that the group wasn’t in yet.
“Every year was the same thing, so eventually I didn’t really worry about it,” Jones told Billboard earlier this year. “I certainly haven’t been overly consumed by it…. I’ve had a great career and this is like the whipped cream and cherry on top.”
The Rock Hall induction ceremony will stream live from Cleveland via Disney+, with a truncated special slated for ABC later in the year.
The full track list for Turning Back the Time:
“Feels Like The First Time”
“Cold As Ice”
“Long, Long Way From Home”
“Hot Blooded”
“Double Vision”
“Dirty White Boy”
“Head Games”
“Urgent”
“Waiting For A Girl Like You”
“Juke Box Hero”
“Girl On The Moon”
“I Want To Know What Love Is”
“That Was Yesterday”
“Say You Will”
“Can’t Slow Down”
“When It Comes To Love”
“The Flame Still Burns”
“Turning Back The Time”
The NFL is gearing up for a significant milestone by hosting its inaugural regular-season game in São Paulo, marking a historic expansion of American football into South America.
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Amid this groundbreaking event, Brazil‘s own baile funk superstar Anitta will kick off the halftime show, Billboard can exclusively announce Tuesday (Aug. 20). Her performance is set to meld the vibrant spirit of Brazilian music with the exhilarating intensity of American football. “I am incredibly excited to perform in São Paulo at the NFL’s first game in my home country of Brazil,” the artist tells Billboard Español. The event is taking place September 6 at 8:15pm ET.
Steering Anitta’s presentation are NFL’s head of music, Seth Dudowsky, Senior vp of global event operations & production, Jon Barker, and director of event presentation & content, Tim Tubito, all in collaboration with Production Club. “When we talked about artists that we wanted to work with, Anitta was at the top of that list,” explains Dudowsky. “We don’t want to come in and make this very American and Western. We want it to weave into the culture of the environment that we’re at,” adds Jon Barker.
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In a discussion with Billboard Español, Anitta, Dudowsky, and Barker delve deeper into the preparations and expectations for this unprecedented NFL game, sharing their visions of blending sports, music, and culture to create an unforgettable experience for fans around the globe.
How do you feel about performing at the historic NFL game in São Paulo, the first of its kind in South America?
Anitta: I am incredibly excited to perform in São Paulo at the NFL’s first game in my home country of Brazil. Growing up here has completely shaped me as an artist and, of course, as a person. So it means everything to be able to bring fans around the world the excitement and joy of our amazing music and culture. It’s really a dream come true to be a part of this moment.
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Seth and Jon, how was Anitta decided on for this halftime show at the NFL’s first game in São Paulo?
Seth Dudowsky: We wanted to make sure that coming to Brazil, we were putting on the spectacle and the level of quality that you expect from an NFL event. Also, doing it in a way that felt natural and embracing the culture of São Paulo and Brazil. The most authentic way to do that is to work with artists and performers who are from those places. Artists who have been not only a face of Brazilian music, and what that represents around the world, but also being an icon in America as well. This creates a bridge for us to come from American culture down to São Paulo. When we talked about artists that we wanted to work with, Anitta was at the top of that list. It’s been an amazing opportunity, not only to have her perform at the game and help us create an incredible game-day experience for the fans, but also to help be an ambassador so that fans understand we’re coming down to Brazil. We’re going to do it in a special way that celebrates Brazilian culture.
Jon Barker: American football is becoming a global sport, and we are starting to play more games in different parts of the world. The opportunity to bring our game to São Paulo, Brazil, to South America, is really exciting. When you think about an opportunity to work with an artist like Anitta, it just elevates everything that we’re going to do. We don’t want to come in and make this very American and Western. We want it to weave into the culture of the environment that we’re at, so that fans who are coming to this game can identify with the entire experience. Anitta just brings that one hundred times for us, because she’s such a wonderful talent.
Anitta, have you previously followed American football? If so, what does this sport mean to you personally?
Anitta: I love sports in general, and I’m one of those fans who screams in front of the TV! With American football it would be no different. As a Brazilian, I love getting together with friends and family to have a barbecue and to cheer.
How do you plan to connect with an audience that might be experiencing both Anitta and NFL football for the first time?
Anitta: Music is something that brings us all together, no matter where you’re from or what your background is. Football does the same, so I think that uniting force from both music and football creates a natural connection to the audience. I hope this global audience will really enjoy the performance.
Seth and Jon, how important is local culture in choosing a halftime performer for international NFL games?
Barker: Extremely important. It’s part of the overall environment that we create. I know we’re talking about halftime, about Anitta, but it sits in the way that we think about decor and the use of color and pattern, and how that reflects local culture. It’s in the music selection that we use in pregame DJs and artists who are going to be singing the national anthems for both countries. It shows up in many different ways, not just in the music that we select at halftime. It’s integrated along the journey. When you start to see the decor pattern that we’re using, you’ll see that it’s reflective of Brazilian culture.
Dudowsky: We’re going to make sure that we are representing and being authentic to the culture there. One of the most direct and effective ways to make it feel like I’m seeing something that’s not just another regular season game [with] the way we’re using art, imagery, and music. To go back to Anitta, we’ll have assets that are going to be created both in Brazil and America. For the fans in Brazil, it’s to make sure that they feel like we’re doing something authentic with an artist they recognize and love. But also for American fans to see that content, to see Packers-Eagles highlights. With Anitta and Brazilian music, it gives [Americans] that feeling that this is unique and special, even if [they’re] not actually going to São Paulo to experience it.
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The NFL is focusing on global expansion and bringing American football to new audiences. As a Brazilian artist, how do you see your role in this initiative?
Anitta: Seeing the NFL grow football internationally has been great to watch, and when I saw they announced the first game in South America, I felt like the stars were aligning. I know many football fans out here in Brazil, so having the opportunity to perform for so many of my fans here and beyond is an amazing experience.
Jon and Seth, how do you ensure that the music appeals to both longtime NFL fans but also new audiences?
Dudowsky: On the music strategy point, one of my biggest beliefs is that music is universal, just like sports is. Every country on earth has their own version of what they love in sports and what they love in music. You won’t find a corner of the planet that doesn’t have those two things as part of that culture. While it’s universal, it’s also specific. Everybody’s music choices and opinions on music are personal. So we know not every single piece of music everybody’s going to love, and that’s okay. We try to work with artists that are authentic and are uniquely themselves and represent a space in music. We speak a lot with our office counterparts in Brazil and Latin America. We work with labels and trusted sources, artists, agents, tastemakers, people that really are on the ground and know what’s relevant.
Barker: It’s such a great line that sport and music are universal, and they don’t need to be translated; they just carry over. Who would have ever thought that playing John Denver in Munich, 70,000 people would just stop doing what they’re doing and sing together in unison? It happened! Sometimes we get it right, and sometimes we don’t. We experiment, and we see what hits and what doesn’t. You’ve got a different audience inside the stadium at varying ages, a different audience tuning in television locally, and a different one tuning in the United States.
How do we listen and learn from the local community? And how do we weave that into this game and create the environment that we want new fans in São Paulo to experience? That’s the process we go through, and I hope that each year we get better and better at it.
Anitta, can you give us a hint about what viewers can expect from your halftime show?
Anitta: While I want to keep a lot of elements of the show a surprise, I can tell you I will perform Brazilian funk! I can’t wait to do this in front of so many Brazilians at home, as well as the global audience who will be able to see the show as well. It’s going to be big, and I’m excited for everyone to see what we have in store.
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Barker: I don’t want to be hyperbolic but we’re about to do something historic, bringing our game to a place that’s never been played before. The excitement that is bouncing off the walls at our headquarters in New York and Seth’s offices in Los Angeles is palpable. How we’ve been received in [Brazil] from the day we made the announcement that we’re coming has been overwhelmingly welcoming. I’m proud that I can be a part of something like this, being part of the NFL, and being part of a group that’s bringing this game to Brazilians, and have them, hopefully, experience it and love it the same way that we all do here.
Dudowsky: One of the things that keeps me energized and passionate about being at the NFL for over a decade is the opportunity to not only learn about these cultures, but to be a part of something that is happening for the first time. Whether it was in Munich or the first Super Bowl in Las Vegas, when a city gets the opportunity to do something like this for the first time, it just feels extra special. The energy, the passion that especially Brazilian fans come with, we couldn’t be more excited to see it with our own eyes and to be a part of it; and to see what the country and fans of Brazil do with this game going into the future.
Working with a global icon like Anitta has only made everything we’re saying even more tangible. Her team has been amazing. She has been fantastic. We’re excited to have Anitta and all the energy and excitement that she brings. It’s only going to add to what we know is going to be a really special and historic night in São Paulo.
Becky G is hitting the road in the fall with her 2024 Casa Gomez: Otro Capítulo Tour, Billboard can exclusively announce Tuesday (Aug. 20). The Mexican-American pop star is set to kick off her 14-date stint on Oct. 11 at The Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. She will visit fans in key cities such […]
The 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago kicked off in style on Monday night (August 19) with rousing speeches from former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton and President Joe Biden and riveting performances from Jason Isbell and Mickey Guyton.
But on a night when Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and her VP nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, made surprise appearances, one of the biggest unexpected moments came during the reveal of a new ad for the Harris/Walz campaign that is scored to Beyoncé‘s a cappella version of the bid’s theme song, “Freedom.”
The powerful Lemonade track that has quickly become the musical grace note of the 11th hour campaign that kicked off when Biden unexpectedly agreed to drop out of his second race against convicted felon and former one-term President Donald Trump soared from the speakers inside Chicago’s United Center to help hype the crowd up for what turned out to be a very long night.
Opening with images of horses running free on the prairie and trains moving through the desert West, the video was full of classic images of Americana, from desperate Dust Bowl families to American troops storming the beaches during WWII, plenty of American flags and the Statue of Liberty. “What kind of America do we want?” Oscar-nominee actor Jeffrey Wright intoned over video of regular citizens suiting up for a day’s work. “One where we’re divided, angry, depressed? C’mon! We’re Americans! Fascism? We conquered it. The Moon? Landed on it. The future? Building it. Freedom? Nobody loves it more.”
As pics of Black Lives Matter protests, the moon landing and Civil Rights, reproductive rights and gay pride marches mixed with training film of Paralympic athletes and citizens of all races and abilities filled the screen, Bey’s voice soared as she sang, “Freedom, freedom, I can’t move/ Freedom, cut me loose/ Singin’ freedom, freedom/ Where are you?”
In contrast to the often dark, dire message from Republicans during the RNC several weeks ago, the “Freedom” video offered a message of hope and unity, save for a bit that spotlighted the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol by Trump’s followers. “I’mma keep on running cuz a winner don’t quit on themselves,” Beyoncé’s bellowed as footage of Harris promised, “extremists want to take us back, but we are not going back!”
The convention that runs through Thursday (August 22) will nominate the nation’s first Black and Asian American woman to the precipice of the highest office in the land. It is expected to be a star-studded affair that will contrast with the RNCs roster of septuagenarian professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Fighting CEO Dana White, model Amber Rose, country singers Lee Greenwood, Jason Aldean and Chris Janson and rapper-turned-far-right country singer Kid Rock. Instead, the DNC will have nightly celeb hosts including Kerry Washington, Mindy Kaling, Ana Navarro and Tony Goldwyn as well as guest Julia Louis-Dreyfus, along with Jason Isbell and Mickey Guyton (who performed on night one) and James Taylor, who was cut for time on the first night.
After jumping into the race at the end of last month, Harris’ campaign rolled out “Freedom” during the veep’s walk-out at her inaugural visit to campaign headquarters; the rousing, full-band album version of the song was also featured in an early campaign video. Unlike Trump, who has been sued, issued cease & desist orders and strongly-worded requests to stop using the music of popular acts during his campaign stops by musicians who do not agree with his divisive, name-calling rhetoric, Queen Bey gave the Harris campaign full approval to use “Freedom” during the run for the White House.
And while Trump re-posted fake AI-generated images of what appeared to be Taylor Swift fans, and the singer herself, endorsing his third presidential bid over the weekend, the Harris campaign has been flooded with full-throated, A-list endorsements from a galaxy of contemporary and classic stars, from Olivia Rodrigo and Barbra Streisand to Megan Thee Stallion, John Legend, Spike Lee, Katy Perry, Charli XCX, P!nk, Cardi B, Kesha, Jane Fonda, Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro and George Clooney, among many others.
Watch the new “Freedom” campaign video below.
The 2024 Summer Olympics are but a memory at this point, but for Public Enemy rapper Flavor Flav the flame burns on. The excitable hip-hop hype man isn’t done boosting the names and stories of U.S. athletes, including the paralympians who are gearing up to take the stage in Paris next week.
“THIS is just one of the many @gofundme for the @Olympics and @Paralympics that I support,” tweeted Flav about the games that will take place from August 28-Sept. 8. “Imagine spending 18 years taking ya kid to every practice and game and working 2-3 jobs to buy equipment,,, and then not being able to watch them play the biggest game of they life.”
Flav was responding to a post from Paralympic sprinter Nick Mayhugh, who earlier this month wrote, “HELP SEND MY PARENTS TO PARIS! [gold medal emoji]. I created a @gofundme to help pay for expenses to send my parents to the #Paralympics! They’ve never been out of the country, & couldn’t watch me compete in Tokyo due to COVID. Any & all donations are appreciated!” The rapper was one of more than 300 people who’ve donated anywhere from $5-$500 to the cause; he appears to have donated $100 under his birth name, William Drayton. So far, the campaign has raised $11,126 of its $10,000 goal.
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Three-time gold medalist Mayhugh is a 28-year-old Paralympian who just qualified for his second Paralympic team. The athlete who discovered he had cerebral palsy at age 14, helped the U.S. Men’s National Para Soccer team win its first bronze medal at the 2019 Para Pan American Games and then switched to track for the Tokyo Olympics, where he won a trio of golds in the 100M T37, 200m T37 and the 4X100m medley at the 2021 Games.
“I am humbly asking for any and everyone’s help to get my parents over to Paris to watch me compete for Team USA and bringing home more gold medals!” Mayhugh wrote in his GoFundMe.
Flav has been all-in with the U.S. squad this year, pledging $1,000 and a cruise for all the members of the U.S. Women’s Water Polo team and helping to cover rent costs for 24-year-old discus thrower Veronica Fraley and, before it was restored, offering gymnast Jordan Chiles a giant, bejeweled bronze clock in place of the bronze medal that was briefly stripped from her over a technicality.
The friendship with the water polo squad rambled on to Las Vegas recently, where the PE hype man got hype with the athletes at Resorts World on Saturday night, after being welcomed to the resort with a giant American flag display on the hotel’s facade. “imma so proud of all these women. Look at all the support and attention brought to this sport and women’s athletics. We changing the game and that is something BIG to celebrate,” Flav wrote on Instagram alongside video and photos of him partying with the women.
See Flav’s tweet and Vegas party video below and check out Mayhugh’s GoFundMe here.
THIS is just one of the many @gofundme for the @Olympics and @Paralympics that I support. Imagine spending 18 years taking ya kid to every practice and game and working 2-3 jobs to buy equipment,,, and then not being able to watch them play the biggest game of they life. https://t.co/xnZWGABNbs— FLAVOR FLAV (@FlavorFlav) August 15, 2024
WOOWWW,!!! Y’all we did it,!!! FULLY FUNDED within a day. This is the power of unity and community. Y’all helping make some dreams come true,!!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾@nickmayhugh @gofundme https://t.co/BiFE6VJNot— FLAVOR FLAV (@FlavorFlav) August 16, 2024
The race for the Official U.K. Singles Chart top spot is heating this week up as English electronic music duo Chase & Status, composed of Saul Milton (Chase) and Will Kennard (Status), hold on to the No. 1 position with their Stormzy collaboration “BACKBONE.”
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Despite their strong showing, Chappell Roan is hot on their heels, aiming to secure her first-ever No. 1 with “Good Luck, Babe,” which is currently sitting at No. 2 and just under 1,000 chart units behind. The competition between these two powerhouse tracks is expected to continue throughout the week, making for a nail-biting finish.
Further down the chart, dance music collective BL3SS, alongside CamrinWatsin and bbyclose, are on track to break into the Top 5 for the first time with their breakthrough hit “Kisses,” which has climbed up one spot to No. 5. The track has been gaining momentum over the past few weeks and is expected to be a strong contender as we approach the weekend.
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In terms of new entries, all eyes are on Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, who are set to make a significant impact with their new collaboration “Die With A Smile.”
The track is projected to debut at No. 7, marking Gaga’s 15th U.K. Top 10 hit and Bruno’s 11th. Their combined star power is sure to keep this song in the spotlight for weeks to come.
The midweek update also suggests significant movement for Sonny Fodera, Jazzy, and D.O.D., whose track “Somedays” could jump up eight places to No. 11, putting it within striking distance of the Top 10 by the week’s end. Additionally, Teddy Swims is poised to break into the Top 20 for the first time with “The Door,” currently at No. 19, and Post Malone and Luke Combs could see their collaboration “Guy For That” climb to No. 20.
With these chart battles underway, it’s shaping up to be an exciting week on the Official U.K. Singles Chart. Stay tuned!
Blink-182 are set to take their fans on another wild ride with the release of One More Time… Part-2, dropping on Sept. 6. The San Diego rockers Are set to take their fans on another journey with the release of One More Time… Part-2, dropping on Sept. 6.
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Adding to the excitement, the band is set to share the first single from the expanded album, “All In My Head,” this Friday, Aug. 23.
The legendary pop-punk trio, who have been at the forefront of the genre since their mainstream breakthrough with 1999’s Enema of the State, is expanding their 2023 Billboard 200 No. 1 album One More Time… with eight fresh tracks.
One More Time… marked a significant moment for the band, as it was their first album with guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge since his return to the band.
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DeLonge’s return was spurred by bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus’s battle with cancer, leading to a reconnection that resulted in the creation of the album. The project, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, became their third career No. 1 album, furthering their legacy in the pop-punk genre.
The album’s singles saw major success on the Billboard charts, with “Edging” and “One More Time” both topping the Alternative Airplay chart, the latter setting a record with 20 consecutive weeks at No. 1.
The buzz around Part-2 has been building ever since drummer Travis Barker teased fans with a cryptic tweet on July 22, asking, “Who’s ready for One More Time Part-2?” The anticipation reached a peak on Aug. 18 when Barker confirmed that the album was “mixed and mastered” and ready for fans.
One More Time… Part-2 features eight brand-new tracks that will be available in multiple physical formats, including a 2 LP Complete Deluxe Edition on Blue Balls Colored Vinyl and a 1 LP Deluxe Tracks Only variant on Red Rocket Colored Vinyl.
You can pre-order and pre-save One More Time… Part-2 here, while the first single from the album, “All In My Head,” will drop on Aug. 23.
It was a music-packed first night at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, with Jason Isbell, Mickey Guyton and James Taylor all performing at Chicago’s United Center in support of presidential hopeful Kamala Harris. Isbell and Guyton both made their DNC debuts on Monday night (Aug. 19), while Taylor was playing his fifth straight convention in […]