Taylor Swift made chart history on the Billboard 200 as her 1989 grabbed Number One for a 10th non-consecutive week, putting the “Blank Space” singer in an elite company of artists who have placed multiple albums at Number One for over 10 weeks. Swift previously achieved double-digits at the top spot…… Source: RollingStone Link: On the […]
It’s Signing Day, where the nation’s top football prospects pack their high school’s auditorium to announce where they’ll be playing college ball. After Number-One recruit Byron Cowart (kinda, sorta) picked Auburn, another top name got ready to make his decision: Cordell Broadus, a 6-foot-2 wide receiver out of Las Vegas’…… Source: RollingStone Link: Snoop Dogg's […]
Former R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills sings a humorously intense verse on “Stop the Presses,” a new novelty rap about the death of newspapers. “‘Shut down the papers’ was Hitler’s first dictum,” he sings, with copious Auto-Tune partway into the song. “Now we’ve done it to our own damn system.” He…… Source: RollingStone Link: R.E.M.'s Mike […]
Monday night in Nashville, at the end of a draining performance of “Father’s Day,” a track on his new LP Afraid of Ghosts, Butch Walker winked a teary eye toward his mother, Melissa. The singer was promoting the deeply personal record with a solo performance at Grimey’s New & Preloved Music, and his…… Source: RollingStone Link: Butch Walker […]
On Sunday night, Common and John Legend will take the stage at the 57th annual Grammy Awards to perform “Glory,” the song they wrote and performed for the movie Selma. Before the performance, though, Common revealed that the duo will be introduced by a very special guest. The Chicago rapper confirmed to Rolling…… Source: RollingStone Link: Common […]
Tom Brady has nothing on Ellen DeGeneres. Country superstar (and devoted sports fan) Dierks Bentley gave up his tickets to last weekend’s Super Bowl — in his hometown of Phoenix, Arizona, no less — so that he could perform on the Ellen DeGeneres Show just a couple of days later. “We…… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
The Black Keys have granted PETA the rights to use their track “Howlin’ For You” for free in a new ad campaign promoting animal adoption. The charming 30-second clip above features a handful of PETA members — including actor Fred Willard, celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels and RuPaul’s Drag Race star Raven — playing with their…… Source: RollingStone Link: Black […]
Tori Amos will release deluxe reissues of her first two studio albums, 1992’s Little Earthquakes and 1994’s Under the Pink, on April 14th via Rhino Records. The newly remastered LPs will be packaged in 2-CD sets, each paired with a disc of B-sides and bonus tracks. Both albums will also…… Source: RollingStone Link: Tori Amos […]
Cody Simpson is a free man. Not only has the Australian singer-songwriter, actor and former Dancing With the Stars contestant recently turned 18, but he is an independent artist, having exited his contract with Atlantic. “It’s the first time I’ve had the creative freedom to do what I want,” he…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Cody […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Iggy Azalea and Sam Smith led the finalists for the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards with five nominations apiece, with Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande each receiving four nominations. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Azalea & Smith lead iHeartRadio Music Award nominees