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Frederic REGLAIN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Whitney Houston‘s legacy will be celebrated this summer during Chicago’s Ravinia Festival. On August 30, the festival will play host to the world premiere of The Voice Of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration. The production will feature the original master recordings of Whitney’s vocals, set to new orchestrations of her biggest hits […]
Blair Caldwell Did anyone think that Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter wouldn’t lasso a huge #1 debut on the Billboard chart? Bey’s acclaimed new album debuts with sales of 407,000 units, giving her the biggest first-week sales of 2024 and the biggest first-week sales since Taylor Swift‘s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) sold 1.65 million units in November. Cowboy Carter […]
Derek Blanks with crowdMGMT Missy Elliott has been in the business for a minute — long enough to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. That’s why it’s so surprising that it’s only now that she’s hitting the road for her first ever headline tour. Out of This World — The Missy […]
Blair Caldwell We’ll have to wait a couple days to see how she fares on the Billboard 200, but Beyoncé‘s album Cowboy Carter has already topped the U.K. charts, breaking several records in the process. Bey is now the first Black artist to top the U.K. charts with a country album and the first to simultaneously top […]
Kemosabe Records/ RCA Records After teasing it for several days, Doja Cat has officially dropped Scarlet 2 CLAUDE, the deluxe version of her 2023 album, Scarlet. In addition, she’s released a music video for one of the new songs: “MASC” featuring Teezo Touchdown. Doja co-directed the clip with Jamal Peters. The other feature on the album comes from A$AP […]
Blair Caldwell Anyone who thinks Paul McCartney isn’t happy that Beyoncé has covered The Beatles classic “Blackbird” on her album Cowboy Carter would be very wrong. “I am so happy with @beyonce’s version of my song ‘Blackbird,’” McCartney shares on Instagram. “I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me […]
Blair Caldwell Beyoncé‘s put a new lasso twirl on her #1 hit “Texas Hold ‘Em,” releasing a “Pony Up” remix with different lyrics and vocals. The song includes a new breakdown, during which Beyoncé commands, “Now I’ma need all my cowboys to the dance floor/ Get to the dance floor.” There’s also a whole new […]
Blair Caldwell The latest celebrity to sing Beyoncé‘s praises for what she’s accomplished on her new album, Cowboy Carter, is an old pal of hers: Michelle Obama. On Instagram, the former first lady posted a photo of the album cover and wrote, “@beyone you are a record-breaker and history-maker. With Cowboy Carter, you have changed the […]
ABC We have apparently not heard the last of Lizzo. On Friday, March 29, Lizzo shared a post on social media in which she appeared to tell fans that she was quitting the music business, but now, she’s clearing up her statement. “I wanna make this video because I just need to clarify. When I […]
Blair Caldwell Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter made a massive debut Friday on streaming services. While Bey has said that Cowboy Carter is a Beyoncé album, not a country album, the records it’s set are being counted as though it’s a country release. Cowboy Carter has become Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day so far in 2024, […]