Though it’s been 14 years since she played Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical film series, Vanessa Hudgens is still a proud East High graduate — because, hello, once a wildcat always a wildcat. When she and Olivia Rodrigo — who reprised the role of Gabriella in the 2019 Disney + show High School Musical: […]
Month: May 2022
Last week’s Billboard and VersusGame matchups challenging your chart-predicting prowess featured Pusha T facing off against Jason Aldean and the continued Billboard Hot 100 run of Glass Animals‘ “Heat Waves.” Billboard and VersusGame have joined forces to bring music fans a one-of-a-kind, user-generated experience with games that test knowledge of pop culture for a chance to win prizes. Billboard is hosting bi-weekly head-to-head […]
Jason Aldean‘s Georgia debuts at No. 2 on Billboard‘s Top Country Albums chart (dated May 7). Released April 22, the set earned 26,000 equivalent album units, with 13,000 in album sales, in the week ending April 28, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. The 15-track Georgia bookends Aldean’s album Macon. The latter, which also includes […]
As viewers waited for their favorite musicians to ascend the Met Gala steps, it was “About Damn Time” Lizzo showed up to fashion’s biggest night on Monday (May 2) in her best baroness look, fitting in with the Gilded Glamour outfits for the evening’s official theme, In America: An Anthology of Fashion. The three-time Grammy […]
Leave it to the woman who sang “I like dollars, I like diamonds, I like stunting, I like shining” to have one of the best looks at a party where the theme is Gilded Glamour. At the 2022 Met Gala Monday night (May 2), Cardi B showed up and showed out in head-to-toe gold chains […]
The Afghan Whigs are gearing up to release their first new studio album in more than 5 years. The group announced that How Do You Burn? will drop on Sept. 9 on Royal Cream/BMG, followed by a fall tour of the U.S. and Europe slated to kick off on album release day in Minneapolis at […]
It’s been a year since Justin Bieber unveiled his sixth studio album, Justice, but he’s not slowing down yet. In a new interview with Apple Music’s Ebro Darden published Tuesday (May 3), Bieber revealed that his next album is in the works. “I don’t think there’s a date yet, but I do know that we’re wrapping […]
Doja Cat rises to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated May 7) to become the top musical act in the U.S. for the first time, thanks to five charting singles on the latest Billboard Hot 100 and the continued success of her 2021 album Planet Her. “Woman” ascends to a new No. […]
Brooklyn-based arts and media institution BRIC has announced its full festival lineup for BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! 2022 at the Lena Horne Bandshell at Prospect Park. Artists include Brooklyn rapper Vic Mensa, British reggae vocalist Maxi Priest, rock band Chicano Batman, blues artist Fantastic Negrito, Brooklyn-based rock band Crumb and Grammy-winning latin pop singer Fonseca, plus […]
Lady Gaga is heading back to the big screen, this time with “Hold My Hand,” the soundtrack to the long-overdue Top Gun sequel. Arriving at midnight, “Hold My Hand” is an original piece for Top Gun: Maverick, the followup to Tom Cruise’s ‘80s action classic, and it’s featured throughout the flick, according to reps. The new […]