Bad Bunny continues to make the rounds with his historic album Un Verano Sin Ti, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with the year’s biggest week for any album: 274,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S., according to Luminate. On Billboard‘s Hot Latin Songs chart, all 23 tracks entered the top […]
Month: May 2022
This week’s First Country column features new music from Lainey Wilson, Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line member Tyler Hubbard‘s first solo release, Ronnie Dunn’s collaboration with Jake Worthington and more. Lainey Wilson, “Heart Like a Truck” Wilson’s latest follows two No.1 hits (“Things a Man Oughta Know” and the Cole Swindell collab “Never Say Never”). […]
Harry Styles is launching nine pop-up shops around the world to celebrate the release of his new album Harry’s House on Friday (May 20). Harry’s House will be temporarily located in Amsterdam, Berlin, Chicago, Dallas, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, and Toronto. Fans can experience and celebrate the new project with special activations and […]
One person was killed and two others were injured in a recording studio fire in Hollywood, California, on Thursday (May 19), according to local news station KTLA. Among the two survivors was Aimee Osbourne, the 38-year-old daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. Sharon revealed the news via Instagram, alongside a map of where the studio […]
This week in dance music: Carnage went deep on ditching the project to focus on his house alias Gordo, debut San Francisco festival Portola dropped a scorching hot lineup for its September event, Above & Beyond launched a new label focused on downtempo and ambient, Purple Discoo Machine dropped a predictably excellent edit of Lizzo’s […]
What are some of the common threads among winning songs at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards? Hit Songs Deconstructed, which provides compositional analytics for top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits, analyzed key sonic characteristics of the songs that journeyed from composition to coronation at this year’s BBMAs, held May 15 at MGM Grand Garden Arena […]
Harry Styles delivers his new album Harry’s House, Taylor Swift delivers the commencement speech at NYU’s graduation and Rihanna delivers her first son with A$AP Rocky. But the delivery of good news this week doesn’t stop there. Olivia Rodrigo, BTS and Drake were among the record-setting winners at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. And Bad Bunny latest […]
Summer might be just around the corner, but during Kelly Clarkson‘s Friday (May 20) performance on The Kelly Clarkson Show‘s Kellyoke series, it wouldn’t have been shocking if snow started falling from the sky. Performing one of the saddest Christmas songs ever written — Joni Mitchell‘s “River” — the three-time Grammy winner transformed her talk show’s […]
Ella Mai earns her third top five album on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums chart as Heart on My Sleeve debuts at No. 2 on the list dated May 21. The set, released on May 6 through 10 Summers/Interscope Records, begins with 20,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending May 12. […]
A former One Direction member has returned with a brand new album, two members of a popular rap trio have released a track together and a pop star has given their fans the first official taste of a new era. But which release was your favorite? Harry Styles‘ highly anticipated third album, Harry’s House, has […]