Month: June 2022

Cryptocurrency exchange company Binance has signed on as the official sponsor of The Weeknd‘s upcoming After Hours Til Dawn tour, it was announced Thursday (June 2). In a press release, the company calls the “crypto-powered” venture the “first global concert tour to integrate Web 3.0 technology for an enhanced fan experience.” Binance is the world’s […]

30 years ago on June 2, history was made. Mariah Carey‘s MTV Unplugged aired, which she filmed in a rumored attempt to silence naysayers who doubted her vocals on her 1990 self titled album and 1991’s Emotions, and questioned her ability to replicate it in the live setting. Carey got the last laugh, though: The […]

Flume debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart (dated June 4) with Palaces. The set opens with 7,600 equivalent album units earned in the May 20-26 tracking week, according to Luminate. It’s the second leader for the Australian DJ/producer, following Skin (June 2016), as well as his fourth top 10, after Hi […]

Since releasing his debut album Pony in 2019, country singer Orville Peck has become known for hiding his face behind his signature fringed mask, but also for laying his heart out in his music. In 2020, he released a duet with Shania Twain called “Legends Never Die,” and later teamed with Trixie Mattel for a rendition […]

Dua Lipa has certainly come a long way since the release of her self-titled first album in 2017. The 26-year-old singer took a moment on Wednesday (June 2) to reflect on the impressive trajectory her career has taken in the past five years, sharing her gratitude via social media. “5 years ago today I dropped […]

It had been three years since the last Movement, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the crowd in Detroit was thus ready to reunite and get down and the 2022 iteration of the event, which took place this past weekend (May 28-30) in downtown Detroit’s Hart Plaza.  It was truly joyful to be back […]

Dave Smith, a key figure in the development of synth technology in the ’70s and ’80s, has died. The official Instagram account for Sequential, the synthesizer company that he founded in 1974, announced “with heavy hearts” the news of his passing, in a post shared on Wednesday (June 1). “We’re heartbroken, but take some small […]

Kesha is bringing her out-of-this-world passion for the supernatural and paranormal to Discovery+. The “High Road” singer will star in six one-hour episodes of Conjuring Kesha, in which she and her famous friends will explore the nation’s biggest mysteries, haunted locations and supernatural phenomena. Whitney Cummings, Betty Who, GaTa, Jojo Fletcher, Karen Elson and Big Freedia […]

Harry Styles hits No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 Songwriters chart (dated June 4), while Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson tie atop Hot 100 Producers, thanks to their work on Styles’ new album Harry’s House. The LP rockets in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 521,000 equivalent album units earned, according to Luminate […]