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Adele’s ‘Easy On Me’ Smashes Records En Route to U.K. No. 1

Adele’s comeback is complete, as the superstar English singer sets a U.K. sales record on her return. “Easy On Me” (Columbia) cruises to No. 1 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, Adele’s third leader in her homeland after “Someone Like You” (2011) and “Hello” (2015). The new track carves up the competition with 217,300 chart […]

J Balvin Apologizes for ‘Perra’ Music Video After Removing It From YouTube

J Balvin has released a statement about his “Perra” music video, which was removed from YouTube last weekend. The music video, in collaboration with Tokischa, showed the Colombian artist entering “el bajo mundo,” where he met up with the Dominican newcomer. The Raymi Paulus-directed visual had Balvin tugging at two Black women on leashes, a group of […]

Fans Choose Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd’s ‘Moth to a Flame’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music

“Moth to a Flame,” Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd’s new collab, has topped this week’s fan-voted new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll that was published Friday (Oct. 22) on Billboard, choosing “Moth to a Flame” as their favorite new music release of the past week. Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd’s shimmering club banger brought […]

BLACKPINK Perform ‘Stay,’ Deliver Speech for ‘Dear Earth’ Special

BLACKPINK brought their ballad “Stay” to the YouTube Originals special Dear Earth on Saturday (Oct. 23). The K-pop group sang their 2016 single for the virtual event, where they also communicated “an important message” in a segment they filmed about climate change. “We are the first generation to have grown up in the digital age, […]

Jay Black, Jay and the Americans Singer, Dies at 82

Jay and the Americans singer Jay Black has died of complications from pneumonia. He was 82. Black’s family confirmed that he passed on Friday night (Oct. 22). In his final years, Black, who performed his last concert in 2017, also suffered from dementia. “Today, we mourn the passing of David Blatt a/k/a Jay Black and […]