Friday, May 22, 2026

Big Music Drops Tonight: Unreleased Prince Album Is Already Number 1 on Amazon, Billie Eilish Number 11

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The main music dropping tonight is Prince’s “Welcome 2 America” album. We already have two songs from it– “Born 2 Die” and the title track. They are below.

Of course, I’m very excited about the whole album. Prince just shelved it at one point, and now we get to have it.

“Welcome 2 America” is already the number 1 album on Amazon.

Meanwhile, Billie Eilish’s “Happier Than Ever” is number 11 on Amazon before release tonight.

More on Prince in a little while…

And PS maybe maybe we get a Tony Bennett- Lady Gaga single tonight. No actual news yet, but their concerts next week at Radio City are sold out. Tony turns 95 on Tuesday. The album is done. So…

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