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Can Lil Nas X extend his “Old Town Road” success to the Grammys? That’s among the questions that received partial answers Wednesday with the unveiling of the nominees for the 2020 edition of the music excellency-honoring ceremony. Tyler, the Creator‘s IGOR, Juice WRLD’s Death Race for Love, 2 Chainz’s Rap or Go to the League, Ariana Grande’s Thank […]
Albums still matter. Here are the ones we’re into at the moment, including Earl Sweatshirt, LUCKI, FKA twigs, Mavi, Gang Starr, Danny Brown, Grip, and more. Image by Sho Hanafusa Every month, we try to keep up the daily onslaught of new music, and every month we highlight the best new artists. But what about […]
Some of our favorite rising acts in music, featuring Grip, Gracie Abrams, Rema, BENEE, Hanzo, Grandma, and more. It can seem like artists today come out of nowhere. One day they’re working a 9-5 job in their hometown, and the next they’re getting tens of millions of streams per song and touring the world. Technology […]
Kurt Cobain‘s iconic green cardigan has reportedly sold for $334,000, making it the most expensive sweater ever sold at an auction. According to Rolling Stone, the garment was purchased through Julien’s Auctions this weekend, about four years after it was auctioned off for $137,000. The unwashed sweater, which was estimated to rake in between $200,000 and $300,000, […]
Juice WRLD has been sued by Yellowcard for copyright infringement over his 2017 single “Lucid Dreams.” Billboard reports that a complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in California Monday by Yellowcard’s William Ryan Key, Peter Michael Mosely, Longineu Warren Parsons, and Sean Michael Wellman-Mackin alleging that the song copies “melodic elements” from the song off their […]
The Notorious B.I.G., Whitney Houston, and Soundgarden are among the first-time nominees in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s newly announced Class of 2020. “It’s an incredibly talented list of 16—some returning, some nominated for the first time ever,” Rock Hall president and CEO Greg Harris said Tuesday. “Congratulations to these 2020 nominees.” See the full […]
In his new memoir titled Me, Elton John opens up on how his perception towards Michael Jackson changed following his early interactions with the King of Pop, confessing that he thought the singer was “genuinely mentally ill” in his latter years, TMZ reports. “I’d known Michael since he was 13 or 14 … He was just the most adorable kid you […]
It’s been a disappointing month in headlines and drama, but there was no shortage of great music on the rise. Get familiar with some of our new favorites. Image by Sho Hanafusa This month was an exhausting one. It’s understandable why the insane 6ix9ine courtroom drama is currently dominating conversation in the music world, but it’s a […]
2019 may go down as the first year in which U.S. on-demand streams surpass 1 trillion. 2019’s year-to-date total, per an extensive Billboard report, is currently at 775.3 billion when accounting for both audio and video. That haul marks a 28 percent increase when compared to the same point in 2018, a year dominated by numbers […]
The first week projections for Post Malone‘s newly released third studio album have arrived and they’re looking pretty good for the Syracuse, New York-born artist. According to HITS Daily Double, Hollywood’s Bleeding is projected to move around 450-500k equivalent album units in its debut week with 190-215k of that coming from pure sales. Oh, and the project is expected to debut in the […]
