Billboard will incorporate YouTube streams into its calculations for the Billboard 200 albums chart, the company announced today. The change will go into effect on January 3, 2020. According to The New York Times, Billboard will also factor in music video plays from Apple Music, TIDAL, and VEVO, but not “user-generated content,” such as memes
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New York rapper Lil Tjay has shared his latest single. “Go In” is produced by JD on Tha Track. Give it a listen below. Lil Tjay shared his studio debut True 2 Myself back in October. That album featured contributions from Lil Baby, Lil Wayne, Lil Durk, and others. True 2 Myself included Lil Tjay’s
Nicole Scherzinger seen on a night out at Freedom in Soho on December 09, 2019. (Ricky Vigil M/GC Images) In news that, clearly, everyone must know about right now, Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger had a night on the town sniffing poppers at a gay bar in London, England this week. And the entire staff
Roy Loney, the original frontman for ’60s rock group Flamin’ Groovies, has died, according to a post on the band’s Facebook Page and San Francisco CBS affiliate KPIX 5. “We are all deeply saddened and stunned to learn that our dearest friend and bandmate, Roy Loney, passed away this morning,” the group wrote. A cause
Australian indie pop group The Lucksmiths are reissuing their 2003 album Naturaliste on vinyl for the first time. Originally released on Candle Records, the band’s fifth record is re-released via member Mark Monnone’s label Lost and Lonesome after a crowdfunding campaign. Below, watch an archival video for “Camera-Shy” (via Trouble Juice). The Lucksmiths released their
Usher has shared a new single feature British singer/songwriter Ella Mai. “Don’t Waste My Time” was co-produced by Bryan-Michael Cox and Jermaine Dupri. Give it a listen below. Usher’s last studio album as a solo artist was 2016’s Hard II Love. Last year, he dropped “A”, his collaborative project with Zaytoven. Ella Mai’s self-titled debut
Taylor Swift has been publicly feuding with Scooter Braun, the music industry manager who purchased Big Machine and the master rights to her first six albums, for months. Braun responded to Swift in an open letter inviting her to “speak directly and respectfully.” In her first public comments about the incident since Braun posted his
MC Great Daeg has just released one of the coolest rap videos on the planet called, “Vlad”, a murderous, vampire-esq joy. Great Daeg, aka Daeg Faerch, is more than qualified to produce a music video of that intense caliber having portrayed the role of young Michael Myers in Rob Zombie’s horror remake of Halloween. Named
Baauer and Channel Tres have shared their new song from Danny Brown’ new Grand Theft Auto radio station “iFruit Radio.” Listen to “Ready to Go,” which also features Brown, below. “iFruit Radio” launches with the new GTA update The Diamond Casino Heist. Brown hosts the station with special guest Skepta. Other artists featured on “iFruit
Seu Jorge has announced a new collaborative direct-to-disc album with the Brazilian composer Rogê with a new song called “Pra Você Amigo.” Seu Jorge & Rogê Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions is due out Feburary 7, 2020 via Night Dreamer. Listen to “Pra Você Amigo” below. The LP is Seu Jorge and Rogê’s first album-length collaboration
She & Him, the duo of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, are in the middle of their Very She & Him Christmas Party tour, and, as they begin a leg of dates in California, they stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live!. On last night’s episode, they performed “Christmas Day” from their 2016 record Christmas Party. Watch
At his recent show in Los Angeles, James Blake performed an intimate cover of Billie Eilish’s “when the party’s over,” from her 2019 album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?. Check out a clip from his performance below (via Stereogum). Blake’s concert last night marked the first of his “Solo Piano” shows.
The Mountain Goats have announced a 2020 spring tour, JamBase reports. Find the dates below. The Mountain Goats released their new album In League With Dragons this year. The Mountain Goats 02-20 San Francisco, CA – Swedish American Hall02-21 San Francisco, CA – Swedish American Hall02-22 San Francisco, CA – Swedish American Hall04-26 Asheville, NC
Harry Styles with a mouthful of cod sperm. (CBS) Harry Styles came face-to-face with his ex-girlfriend Kendall Jenner while guest hosting Tuesday’s The Late Late Show. The Fine Line singer filled in for James Corden, who is busy filming a movie, and was joined by his “longtime friend” Jenner, who he was romantically linked with
U.S. Girls have announced their U.S. tour, playing three shows in February 2020 in Toronto, Montreal, and New York City. The group’s latest live configuration will feature seven singers. Earlier this year, U.S. Girls’ Meg Remy signed an open letter along with 200 other Canadian musicians—including members of Arcade Fire, Destroyer, Tanya Tagaq, Owen Pallett,
Blood Orange has announced a March 2020 tour. Tei Shi will support as the special guest for the North American shows. Check out Blood Orange’s poster below. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.) This year, Blood Orange shared his Angel’s Pulse mixtape. He also
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office revealed inconclusive findings from its autopsy for Juice WRLD, who died yesterday (December 8) following a seizure at the age of 21. It has now been disclosed that the rapper’s private plane, which landed at Chicago Midway International Airport around 1 a.m., was searched by police for narcotics, as
On Thursday, December 12, the UK general election will take place. Today, the oft politically outspoken Brian Eno has shared a new song skewering the Conservative Party, or Tories, as they’re often referred to. “Everything’s on the Up With the Tories” is a satirical account of Britain’s widening income gap, the privatization of healthcare, and
Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene’s “City of Love” is a rambunctious and rollicking musical ride courtesy of the most talented music unit to emerge in recent memory from the Denver, Colorado musical scene. They are well versed in the style and that’s obvious during every second of this near four-minute track, but the most
David Bowie will be honored with a live show at England’s National Space Centre. Titled “Bowie; Oddity to Mars,” the immersive, 360-degree celebration of the musician’s work will take place at the Centre’s Sir Patrick Moore Planetarium, the largest in the UK. Music spanning 1969 to 1972 will be performed by DAVID LIVE, a five-piece
The rapper Juice WRLD has died, TMZ reports. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed his death to WGN. He was 21. Law enforcement sources told TMZ that he suffered a seizure at Midway Airport after his plane landed. Paramedics reportedly rushed him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Juice WRLD, who just
Earlier this week, Kanye West announced that he had another opera in the works. Mary followed the Christmas nativity story. It was staged today (December 8) at the boat-racing arena Miami Marine Stadium, which looks out onto an expanse of water instead of astroturf. His latest collaboration with artist Vanessa Beecroft fell on the final
Juice WRLD died today at the age of 21. He was reportedly rushed to the hospital after suffering a seizure in Chicago’s Midway Airport. The news of the popular rapper’s death left the music world stunned, and throughout the day, rappers paid homage to their late peer. “I really wish we had more talks like
The Flaming Lips have a long-standing tradition of collaborating with other artists for full albums. Now, Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd have teamed up with Deap Vally’s Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards to form a new supergroup called Deap Lips. Their new album Deap Lips is out March 13 via Cooking Vinyl. Take a listen
Dave East, Jay Electronica, and New Jersey’s 070 Phi have teamed up for a new song. The track, “No Hoodie (Nothin’ to Lose),” benefits the nonprofit Hoodies for the Homeless. Listen to the single, where the rappers discuss the homelessness epidemic, below (via Billboard). Dave East / Jay Electronica / 070 Phi: “No Hoodie (Nothin’
Melbourne quartet Crayon Fields are reissuing their 2009 album All the Pleasures of the World, as BrooklynVegan reports. The deluxe reissue, to celebrate the record’s 10th annviersary, is pressed on blue/green “galaxy swirl” vinyl and includes B-sides, instrumentals, and covers of ABBA, Roxette, and Kath Bloom songs. Check out the band’s demo version of “Mirror
The Weeknd returned to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night for the second time this week. This time around, he performed his comeback single “Blinding Lights.” The Weeknd’s set was broadcast in black and white, and the singer performed in a hall of mirrors while audience members held up small, square mirrors to
The new Aretha Franklin TV series Genius: Aretha premieres on National Geographic in May 2020. Today (December 6), Entertainment Weekly has shared the first photo of Erivo as the Queen of Soul. Check out the image below via National Geographic Channel’s Instagram. Genius: Aretha will feature a number of Aretha Franklin’s hit songs, including “I
Alex Paterson has announced a new album from the Orb: Abolition of the Royal Familia is out March 27 via Cooking Vinyl. The record, which Paterson made with his new main writing partner Michael Rendall, features contributions from Roger Eno, Youth, Steve Hillage, Gong’s Miquette Giraudy, and more. Below, check out the Orb’s new song
The Weeknd recently returned with two new singles. Last night, he performed one of those new songs, “Heartless,” while wandering the elaborately lit, mysteriously shifting halls of the Ed Sullivan Theater on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Watch it happen below. “Heartless” recently got a new video which shows the Weeknd and Metro Boomin