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Two live albums duke it out in the U.K. chart race, with Blur taking pole position.
Based on midweek sales and streaming data published by the Official Charts Company, the Britpop legends lead the way with Live at Wembley Stadium (Parlophone), cut over two summer nights in 2023.
If it holds its course, Live at Wembley Stadium will give Damon Albarn and Co. an eighth U.K. chart leader, seven of them studio recordings.
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The London-formed four-piece led the Official U.K. Albums Chart with Parklife (1994), The Great Escape (1995), blur (1997), 13 (1999), Think Tank (2003), The Magic Whip (2015) and The Ballad of Darren (2023). Those shows last July at England’s national stadium are captured in a two-hour concert film, also titled Live at Wembley Stadium, due out in cinemas Sept. 6 through Altitude Films.
Close behind is Rite Here Rite Now (Loma Vista), the soundtrack to Ghost’s concert film of the same name. The Swedish heavy metal outfit recorded the project at LA’s Kia Forum in September 2023. When the Official Chart is published late Friday, Aug. 2, Rite Here Rite Now should open at No. 2 for the rockers’ fourth U.K. top 10 following 2018’s Prequelle (No. 10 peak), 2022’s IMPERA (No. 2) and 2023’s Phantomime (No. 8).
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Meanwhile, Eminem’s two-week stay at No. 1 is set to come to a halt. The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace) (via Interscope) dips 1-3 on the midweek tally.
Also new to the Chart Update is English singer Sam Tompkins’ hi, my name is insecure (Island), set for a No. 5 start. That would give the singer-songwriter a career-high, after 2022 release Who Do You Pray To? peaked at No. 7.
Following her stunning performance during the 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony in Paris, Celine Dion’s catalog is enjoying extra love from her fans in the U.K. The Canadian superstar’s 2016 release My Love – The Essential Collection (Columbia) rises 40 spots up the midweek chart, and is predicted to return to the top 40, at No. 29. The Canadian superstar singer performed Edith Piaf’s “Hymne A L’Amour” on the Eiffel Tower, marking her first public performance since being diagnosed with stiff person syndrome in 2022.
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Rapper Chino XL, born Derek Emmanuel Barbosa, has reportedly passed away. He was 50.
AllHipHop.com reportedly confirmed the rapper’s passing, while numerous peers took to social media to express their condolences. Fellow MC’s Planet Asia and A-F-R-O confirmed his death. RIP to CHINO XL .. I’m gonna miss you, big bro 🕊️,” wrote A-F-R-O on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Born in The Bronx and raised in New Jersey, Chino XL dropped his debut album, Here To Save You All, in 1996 via Rick Rubin’s American Records. Although received positively by critics it only performed modestly commercially and it would be five years, and some record label shuffling before he dropped a follow-up project (I Told You So). A third album, Poison Pen, followed in 2006 and by then Chino had developed a rep as a high level lyricist, a rapper’s rapper widely respected by his peers.
While Chino XL never achieved mainstream notoriety, his reputation as elite level MC was sterling. For example, in 2020 he dropped a smoking verse on “Superhumans,” which appears on the Madlib and Oh No album called The Professionals. In the early 2000’s he also found success in front of the camera as an actor.
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In 2023, Chino XL linked up with producer Stu Bangas to drop an album called God’s Carpenter. Since news of his passing, peers including Crooked I, Evidence, Chuck D and more, and fans of Chino XL took to social media to express their condolences and appreciation for his mastery of the art of rhyme.
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While the past weekend’s KCON festival offered K-pop fans the rare opportunity to see their favorite artists in person through three days of convention and concerts, ZEROBASEONE took full advantage of the Los Angeles audience by surprise announcing a new album on the fest’s final day on Sunday (July 28).
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After the nine-member boy band performed the singles “Feel the POP” and “In Bloom” at the Crypto.com Arena, a mysterious video appeared across the KCON marquee with the phrases “Cinema Paradise” and “August 2024” below it. The guys quickly confirmed that the tease was a “comeback spoiler” to the audience.
Cinema Paradise will be ZB1’s fourth K-pop release since debuting just over a year ago on July 10, 2023, with their Youth in the Shade EP. See the comeback spoiler “film” below:
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ZEROBASEONE wasn’t the only artist to utilize KCON LA to tease new music.
Not long after ZB1 made the surprise album announcement, next KCON performer Jeon Somi revealed at the end of her set that she would be returning to the K-pop scene with “a “fun summer song.” The soloist shared the melody and lyrics from the upcoming track, telling the audience to sing along with the call-and-response lines: “Come and get your ice cream… / Too cold!”
Somi’s agency, THEBLACKLABEL, quickly confirmed that the singer’s new single “Ice Cream” would drop on Aug. 2 and shared the following photos.
Elsewhere during KCON, Billboard 200–charting boy band P1Harmony hyped up fans when leader Keeho shared the group’s “comeback is coming faster than you think” during the “red carpet” ceremony on Saturday, July 27.
Plus, the Japanese girl group ME:I (created on Produce 101 Japan The Girls, a local version of a K-pop singing competition developed by KCON organizer CJ E&M) shared a live performance of their new single “Hi-Five” ahead of its official release on Aug. 28. Previously, the 11-member outfit peaked at No. 2 on the Japan Hot 100 so far with their debut single “Click” in April.
The music video to “Hi-Five” dropped a few hours after making its live debut to KCON-ers in attendance.
KCON reports that a combined 5.9 million fans showed up in person and online from more than 170 countries across the three days of this year’s festivities, which is in line with the 5.9 million viewers from 176 regions from last year’s fest. With the bonus of surprise announcements and new song reveals this year, the upcoming KCON Germany 2024 in September should also boast millions of fans tuning in.
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Quavo has previewed an upcoming track featuring a sample of Lenny Kravitz’s classic rock-tinged anthem “Fly Away.” “When u reach for new heights Sky is the limit! #FLY,” Huncho captioned the clip on Monday (July 29), teasing the song. The accompanying video finds the Migos rapper in a glass airport terminal pointing to the sky […]
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