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Billboard announced Thursday that “limited combinations of merchandise and physical albums” will count toward the Billboard 200 chart, starting later this year.  Dubbed “fan packs,” these combinations are limited to merch paired with the physical copy of an album, as “each individual item must also be sold separately in the same web store.” Combining merch with […]

It’s time for a new class of Grammy winners to be unveiled. As fans are well aware, Beyoncé stood as this year’s most-nominated artist with Renaissance-spurred appearances in nine categories, while Kendrick Lamar—whose Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers was one of 2022’s most widely acclaimed releases—amassed eight nods. “Celebrating the miracle of music is […]

Taylor Swift is shouting out SZA’s recently released SOS album amid the continued success of her Midnights single “Anti-Hero.” “What on Earth I love you guys,” Swift wrote in an Instagram Stories update, as seen below. “PS – Been listening to [SZA’s] album nonstop. Absolutely adore her music. So much love and respect for her!!” […]

Naomi Judd—one half of the mother-daughter country duo The Judds—has died at age 76. Her daughters Wynona and Ashley Judd announced the tragic news in a statement Saturday, but did not provide details on their mother’s death.  “Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness,” they […]

Lil Durk had a wide-ranging conversation on the latest episode of the Full Send Podcast, where he revealed how much he charges for a feature. “If I don’t know you… I ain’t gonna lie, I gotta go $350,000,” Durk said at the 35:30 mark of the video above. “I got receipts. … Now listen, you gotta have receipts. ‘Cause somebody […]

Toronto has been fighting to be known as a music city for years. Though many of the city’s concert venues, bars, and clubs have shut down due to a myriad of infrastructure issues— on top of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic—one Toronto resident is memorializing these spaces in a small way. Andrew Smith started building community […]

Save a horse, ride a cowboy! There must be something in the water in Calgary, which has just been crowned Canada’s sexiest city for the second year in a row.  The annual ranking of Canada’s sexiest cities is conducted by online sex shop PinkCherry. They take a peak at consumer habits, then use that data […]

Following the success of his new Lil Durk collab “Broadway Girls,” country star Morgan Wallen says he’d like to work with Kendrick Lamar. The singer-songwriter has been at the center of controversy this year after a video showed him using a racial slur, for which he ended up apologizing. In a new conversation with comedian Druski on Clubhouse, per Variety, Wallen was not […]

ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Saturday Night Live is back. The NBC sketch show kicked off its 47th season this week with musical guest Kacey Musgraves, who made […]

Lil Nas X performed “Dead Right Now” and “That’s What I Want,” off his debut studio album Montero, last week on the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, as well as a cover of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” which you can watch up top.  Dolly revealed Wednesday that she “immediately” heard Lil Nas X’s cover, and came away feeling “surprised,” “honored,” and “flattered.” […]