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Playboi Carti’s New Album ‘Music’ Breaks Spotify Record

Playboi Carti’s New Album ‘Music’ Breaks Spotify Record

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Playboi Carti came to play with his new album Music. On Friday, the same day the rapper dropped his long-awaited third studio album, he also broke a Spotify record. The audio streaming giant shared on Saturday that Music became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day in 2025 so far. “Carti’s MUSIC is already making history,” Spotify wrote on its official Instagram account. Music comes five years after Carti released his second studio album, Whole Lotta Red, in 2020. Leading up to its release on Friday, the rapper had been teasing fans for months, including with Spotify’s help. The music streamer put up billboards across Los Angeles, New York City and Miami with both the album title and lyrics, such as “STREETS READY,” “I AM MUSIC MF” and “SORRY4 DA WAIT.” The album features a 30-song tracklist and guest collaborations with The Weeknd, Travis Scott, Future, Young Thug, Lil Uzi Vert and Young Thug and Kendrick Lamar. Some of the track names include “Pop Out,” “Radar,” “Backd00r,” ” Fine Shit,” “I Seeeeee You Baby Boi,” “Like Weezy,” “Good …

Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and 1,000 Musicians Protest AI with a New Silent Album

Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and 1,000 Musicians Protest AI with a New Silent Album

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The good news is that an album has just been released by Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn of Goril­laz, The Clash, Tori Amos, Hans Zim­mer, Pet Shop Boys, Jamiro­quai, and Yusuf (pre­vi­ous­ly known as Cat Stevens), Bil­ly Ocean, and many oth­er musi­cians besides, most of them British. The bad news is that it con­tains no actu­al music. But the album, titled Is This What We Want?, has been cre­at­ed in hopes of pre­vent­ing even worse news: the gov­ern­ment of the Unit­ed King­dom choos­ing to let arti­fi­cial-intel­li­gence com­pa­nies train their mod­els on copy­right­ed work with­out a license. Such a move, in the words of the pro­jec­t’s leader Ed New­ton-Rex, “would hand the life’s work of the country’s musi­cians to AI com­pa­nies, for free, let­ting those com­pa­nies exploit musi­cians’ work to out­com­pete them.” As a com­pos­er, he nat­u­ral­ly has an inter­est in these mat­ters, and as a “for­mer AI exec­u­tive,” he pre­sum­ably has insid­er knowl­edge about them as well. “The gov­ern­men­t’s will­ing­ness to agree to these copy­right changes shows how much our work is under­val­ued and …

Tate McRae Draws Large Crowd for Album Release Event in L.A.

Tate McRae Draws Large Crowd for Album Release Event in L.A.

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Pop star Tate McRae brought legions of fans to the Kia Forum Thursday night for an activation-filled release event for her latest album, So Close to What. Taking over the parking lot of the Inglewood arena, the event was a McRae superfan’s dream — featuring photo ops, outfit displays, food trucks and freebie booths from American Express, Adidas and Neutrogena, the latter as sponsors of the event. Fans, many dressed in McRae-inspired ensembles of hotpants and a jersey, had to request a chance to purchase tickets for $8 through Ticketmaster. All ticket revenue is donated to FireAid to support L.A. wildfire relief efforts. The event was also streamed on TikTok for those who couldn’t be in person. McRae took the stage around 9 p.m., right as her new album was released, performing her recent single “Sports car” and “It’s OK I’m OK,” lights from cranes surrounding the stage and setting the scene. “Guys, what the fuck is up?” the 21-year-old singer screamed to the crowd, asking if they’d like to hear new songs. Tate McRae …

The internet thinks Drake’s new album is a total flop

The internet thinks Drake’s new album is a total flop

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It is not the best time to be Drake. The Canadian artist released a new album on Friday. So far it has not been well received. And that’s putting it nicely. And, in case the rock you live under doesn’t have good WiFi, this came just days after Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show. Lamar devoted a good portion of that show — the most watched broadcast in the country, by far — to further annihilating Drake in the beef that Lamar already decisively won. SEE ALSO: Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show is breaking the internet So again: It is not the best time to be Drake, beyond, you know, the hundreds of millions of dollars in net worth. Mashable Top Stories The new album from Drake, in collaboration with PARTYNEXTDOOR, is titled $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. The album doesn’t seem to dig too far into the beef with Lamar, referencing it mostly on the track “Gimme a Hug.” Early reviews from critics have been pretty negative. And the album doesn’t seem to …

Alessia Cara Spills Her Valentine’s Day Must-Haves Ahead of ‘Love & Hyperbole’ Album Release

Alessia Cara Spills Her Valentine’s Day Must-Haves Ahead of ‘Love & Hyperbole’ Album Release

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Cupid is calling! Alessia Cara sat down with ET before the highly anticipated release of her fourth studio album, Love & Hyperbole, on Feb. 14 for Valentine’s Day.  The singer, 28, spilled her holiday must-haves while celebrating her Made By campaign with Lenovo, which includes her album trailer and accompanying episodic miniseries created with Lenovo Slim 7i Aura Edition, Lenovo Yoga devices, and Lenovo laptops with Intel Core Ultra processors. Yasmine Omar For starters, Cara recommends planning a thoughtful and intimate evening. Her top picks: “A yummy dinner, pretty hydrangeas or chrysanthemums, warm vanilla candles, Cadbury hazelnut chocolate bars, a bubble bath, and anything that feels cozy.” In addition to romantic gestures, the “Scars to Your Beautiful” songstress believes a good playlist can help set the mood. “I tend to write mainly autobiographical music just because I feel most compelled to pick up a pen and paper when I’m feeling something very deeply, whether bad or good,” Cara shares. “There’s a little something for every person, in any situation, on this album, whether you’re single and …

New AC/DC stamps to celebrate 50th anniversary of rock band’s debut album High Voltage | Ents & Arts News

New AC/DC stamps to celebrate 50th anniversary of rock band’s debut album High Voltage | Ents & Arts News

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New stamps are going to be issued to mark the 50th anniversary of AC/DC’s debut album, the Royal Mail has said. The group introduced themselves to the world with the electrifying High Voltage in 1975, before going onto become one of the most successful rock bands of all time. To mark 50 years since its initial release, the Royal Mail has said it will issue eight stamps that capture a sample of the “electrifying” live performances of the band. A further four stamps presented in a miniature sheet will feature the covers of High Voltage as well as Highway To Hell, their sixth studio album released in 1979; Back In Black, the best-selling rock album of all time, and Power Up, the band’s return in 2020. The stamps go on sale from 18 February. AC/DC will become the eighth music band to feature in a dedicated Royal Mail stamp issue. They will follow on from The Beatles in 2007, Pink Floyd in 2016, Queen in 2020, The Rolling Stones in 2022, Iron Maiden in 2023, …

How A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never Happened

How A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never Happened

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A Char­lie Brown Christ­mas uses a cast of ama­teur child voice actors, deals with the theme of sea­son­al depres­sion, and cul­mi­nates in the recita­tion of a Bible verse, all to a jazz score. It was not, safe to say, the spe­cial that CBS had expect­ed, to say noth­ing of its spon­sor, the Coca-Cola Com­pa­ny. In all like­li­hood, it would have been can­celed, but see­ing as it had already been announced and pro­mot­ed (and in any case, was com­plet­ed only a few days before it was sched­uled to air), the show went on. In the event, not only did it please the view­ers of Amer­i­ca, it went on to become one of the most beloved pieces of Christ­mas ani­ma­tion — and that jazz score went on to become one of the most beloved Christ­mas albums. In the new Dig­ging the Greats video above, bassist Bran­don Shaw breaks down some of the dis­tin­guish­ing char­ac­ter­is­tics of Vince Guaral­di’s score, with help from drum­mer Ryan Shaw (not just Bran­don’s broth­er, but also a musi­cian with his own direct con­nec­tion …

How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the Best-Selling Piano Album of All Time (1975)

How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the Best-Selling Piano Album of All Time (1975)

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Near­ly fifty years ago, the cel­e­brat­ed young pianist Kei­th Jar­rett arrived in the West Ger­man city of Köln (bet­ter known in Eng­lish as Cologne). Hav­ing just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzer­land, where he’d played a con­cert the pre­vi­ous day, he was left with bare­ly any time to recov­er before going onstage at the Köln Opera House that night — at 11:30 that night, to be pre­cise, the only time that august cul­tur­al insti­tu­tion would give a jazz musi­cian. Because the restau­rant where he attempt­ed to have din­ner before­hand mixed up his order, he could bare­ly eat a thing before show­time. And his back was act­ing up. Yet all of those dif­fi­cul­ties were as noth­ing against the mis­er­able instru­ment await­ing Jar­rett at the opera house. He’d request­ed a Bösendor­fer 290 Impe­r­i­al grand piano, but a series of errors led to the staff set­ting up a dilap­i­dat­ed, frail-sound­ing baby grand of the same make. Unable to pro­cure a replace­ment, the con­cert’s teenage orga­niz­er Vera Bran­des called in a tuner to do his best to …

The Weeknd Is Set to Perform a One-Night-Only Concert at Rose Bowl Stadium in L.A. to Celebrate His New Album

The Weeknd Is Set to Perform a One-Night-Only Concert at Rose Bowl Stadium in L.A. to Celebrate His New Album

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I feel it coming! The Weeknd is set to perform a one-night-only live show on Jan. 25 at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California to celebrate the release of his Hurry Up Tomorrow album on Jan. 24. The Diamond-certified global superstar will take to perform his hits — which have over 1 billion streams on Spotify — as he debuts never before seen production. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images The concert comes on the heels of the “Save Your Tears” singer’s performance at Estádio MorumBIS in São Paulo, Brazil, and his fall tour across Australia. To further mark the occasion, exclusive vinyl, box sets, and signed CDs are available for pre-order today through Dec. 2 on the XO.STORE. Think: A limited-edition Frank Miller LP, the Standard Album Box Set, and the Sorayama Album Box Set, which each include an exclusive Hurry Up Tomorrow t-shirt and CD. Live Nation To purchase tickets for the concert produced by Live Nation, visit TheWeeknd.com starting at 10 am PST on Dec. 2. RELATED CONTENT:   Source link

‘I can’t see anything’: Elton John unable to finish new album | Ents & Arts News

‘I can’t see anything’: Elton John unable to finish new album | Ents & Arts News

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Sir Elton John says he has not been able to see out of his right eye for four months, and his left eye “is not the greatest”, following a severe infection. The 77-year-old singer said he has been unable to finish his new album due to his limited eyesight, and had been left feeling “stuck”. Asked about when the album with his long-time collaborator Bernie Taupin, which was announced last year, will be out the Rocketman star told ABC News’ Good Morning America: “I don’t know. It’s been a while since I’ve done anything, and well, I just have to get off my backside. “I unfortunately lost my eyesight in my right eye in July because I had an infection in the south of France and it’s been four months now since I haven’t been able to see, and my left eye is not the greatest. “So, there’s hope and encouragement that it will be okay, but… I’m kind of stuck at the moment, because I can do something like this [the interview], but going …