Thursday, May 2, 2024

Music

New Pop: Drake, Nick Jonas, Bruno Mars Drop R&B Tinged Hits, Justin Bieber Song Lands with a Thud and Sounds Very Familiar

It's actually a big day in pop. There are a bunch of new records, mostly very good. Drake hit number 1 with "What's Next" and...

Miley Cyrus Leaves RCA Records for Corporate Cousin Columbia Records Amid Declining Record Sales

Miley Cyrus has not left the building. Still not 30 -- she's 28 -- Miley feels like she's lived several lifetimes. But even at this...

Jay Z Sells Tidal Streaming Service to Twitter’s Jack Dorsey: Read Our Original Tidal Scoop from 2015

Back in March 2015, we broke the story that Jay Z had bought a Swedish streaming service and was bringing in heavy hitters like...

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Fan Vote Puts Jay Z Last, Fela Kuti First, Followed by Tina Turner, Foo Fighters

If the fans had anything to say about it, Jay Z would not be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. After 3...

Nat Geo’s “Genius Aretha” Series Got No “Respect” So 8 Part Show Will Be Heavy on 80s Hits Like “Freeway of Love”

National Geographic's 8 part "Genius Aretha" special launches on March 21st with a reported Emmy worthy knockout performance by Cynthia Erivo. The series is...

What Year is It? One Fifth of iTunes Top 100 Is Oldies, from “Sweet Caroline” to “You’re So Vain” to “Call Me Maybe”

Maybe it's a sign of needing comfort food music. Or maybe it's just that the current pop releases are not very satisfying. But 20 of...

Morgan Wallen’s N Word “Scandal” Helped Double Album Cross 1 Million Mark This Week

Remember Morgan Wallen's N word scandal? Not really? No one who buys country music seems to remember it either. That was so four weeks ago! Wallen...

Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr Dedicate Gorgeous Cover of Beatles Song to “the life and humanity of every blackbird”

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr were the leaders of the 5th Dimension, the very underrated R&B pop group that stormed the charts from...