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Following the release of Origen, an album stacked with covers spanning five decades of Latin classic hits and other global masterworks that shaped his life, Juanes returns to U.S. concert stages with a 20-date run launching with two dates at Fillmore Theatre in Miami Beach, starting Thursday night (Sept. 16) and wrapping Oct. 17 in New York City.
The covers set featuring classics by Juan Gabriel, The Beatles, Joe Arroyo, Bruce Springsteen, Juan Luis Guerra, Joaquín Sabina and other greats, will embark on a road trip through Juanes’ Origen Tour, an exploration of his musical roots. The experience will also journey back to his songbook, some of the most recognizable tunes in his musical vein, coinciding with Hispanic Heritage Month in September and October.
Through his more than 30 years of music, Juanes has provided immersive and forward-looking tunes that sway from traditional pop fused with vallenato and cumbia to alternative rock-permeated songs. Ahead of Thursday night’s kick-off performance, here are seven tracks Billboard can confirm he’ll be performing, out of his 34 hits on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart, most of which took over atop the chart. The all-metric tally blends airplay, streams and digital data.
“A Dios Le Pido”
The song is the first single from Juanes’ Un Día Normal, his second studio album that earned him a first No. 1 on the all-Latin genre Top Latin Albums chart in September 2003. The track marked Juanes’ second entry on Hot Latin Songs and first top 10, as it peaked at No. 2 in August 2002.
“Es Por Ti”
The second single from the aforementioned set earned Juanes a second top 10 on the all-metric tally as it peaked at No. 4 in December 2002.
“Fotografía,” with Nelly Furtado
Became Juanes’ first No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs. The commercial hit took over atop the tally for five weeks starting July 19, 2003.
“Nada Valgo Sin Tu Amor”
His second-longest leading title with a total of 12 weeks at No. 1 became the first single of Mi Sangre (2004), his third studio album and longest No. 1 charting title on the Top Latin Albums chart (five weeks starting October 2004).
“La Camisa Negra”
The tune earned Juanes his fourth No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs, ruling for eight weeks in 2005.
“Lo Que Me Gusta A Mi”
Produced by Gustavo Santaolalla, the track peaked at No. 2 in April 2005 and remained on the list for a total of 22 weeks.
“Me Enamora”
Became Juanes’ longest-leading hit racking up a total of 20 weeks at to No. 1 since its debut at the penthouse in September 2007. The track was the first radio single from La Vida…Es Un Ratico, the three-week Top Latin Albums chart ruler in 2007.
Kanye West has followed up his 10th studio album Donda with the release of an all-new music video for his track “24” that honors his late mom.
The abstract visual, which premiered Thursday (Sept. 16), opens with a clip of a fictional audience that appears to be cheering West on during one of his album listening parties at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. “He’s done miracles on me,” West is heard singing as the song begins.
At the one-minute mark, an emotional clip of West’s late mom Donda appears, in which she is seen laughing and smiling. As the video progresses, a version of West is seen gradually ascending from the stadium to the sky, above the clouds and into an infinite universe — at which point, the world as we know it fades and an empty galaxy remains.
West’s new tribute to his mom comes nearly 14 years after her November 2007 death. She was 58 when she died due to surgery complications.
The new visual for “24” comes after West released the music video for his Donda track “Come to Life” on Sept. 1.
West debuted 23 songs from his new album on the Billboard Hot 100 tally dated Sept. 11. The historic feat makes him only the second act in music history to chart that many songs in a single week. With Donda debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, West is now the seventh artist to release at least 10 chart-topping albums. The 22-time Grammy winner now joins fellow hitmakers The Beatles (19), Jay-Z (14; he provides uncredited guest vocals on Donda’s “Jail”), Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand (11 each), Eminem, Elvis Presley and Drake (10 each).
Watch West’s new “24” music video below:
Billie Eilish, Finneas, Maroon 5, Brittany Howard and more artists are banding together to push Congress to support President Biden’s “Build Back Better” bill in support of strong climate provisions.
On Wednesday, the stars will enable their millions of fans to take action by launching a massive social media campaign by posting images of a large red exclamation point, alternating with scenes of extreme weather conditions, while using the hashtags #CodeRedClimate and #CodeRedCongress. The campaign will include a link to a page where fans can email their local representatives and push support for the largest climate protection bill in American history. During the week of Sept. 27, Congress will vote on the bill that outlines how to get the country to 80% pollution-free electricity by 2030; provide tax incentives for solar, wind, energy-efficiency, electric cars, charging stations, and more; and cut subsidies for fossil fuels.
The “Build Back Better” bill also plans to drive major investment into communities disproportionately hit by environmental injustice.
Other artists and actors participating in the #CodeRedClimate campaign include: Jon Batiste, Public Enemy’s Chuck D, Dave Matthews Band, Alec Benjamin, Melissa Etheridge, Kurtis Blow, Dead & Company, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jane Fonda, Mark Ruffalo, Damian and Stephen Marley, GROUPLOVE, Huey Lewis and The News, among many others.
Additionally, the National Independent Talent Organization (NITO) is reaching out to its members to participate.
If the “Build Back Better” bill passes, President Biden can enter global climate negotiations on Nov. 1 with America setting out to cut climate pollution 100% by 2050 and encouraging other major nations to act accordingly.
Musician Annie Farman, Superfly and Bonnaroo/Outside Lands festivals co-founder Rick Farman, Adam Gardner and Tanner Watt of the environmental music nonprofit REVERB, and Global Citizen are also among those organizing the #CodeRed campaign. Global Citizen’s 24-hour series of concerts on Sept. 25 will also shine a spotlight on the initiative.
A former cast member on the reality television show Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for conspiracy and wire fraud related to a Ponzi scheme and related charges involving a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loan application.
U.S. District Judge Mark H. Cohen sentenced Maurice Fayne, also known as Arkansas Mo, to 17 and a half years behind bars and five years of supervised release. Fayne, 38, of Dacula, Georgia, also was ordered to pay restitution of nearly $4.5 million to the victims.
Fayne pleaded guilty to the charges on May 11. Those also included charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution involving a loan application for the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP.
“Fayne planned to use the PPP program as a cover for his long-running Ponzi scheme,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine in a news release Wednesday. “The funds the program supplies serve as a lifeline to many businesses desperately trying to stay afloat during the pandemic, and unfortunately his fraud helped deplete those precious dollars.”
Erskine said from March 2013 through May 2020, Fayne ran a multistate Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 20 people who invested in his trucking business. Instead of using investors’ money to operate the business, he used the funds to pay personal debts and expenses and to fund an extravagant lifestyle, Erskine said.
During the scheme, Fayne spent more than $5 million at a casino in Oklahoma, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia said.
In April 2020, Fayne submitted a $3.7 million loan application to United Community Bank, falsely claiming that his trucking business had 107 employees and an average monthly payroll of $1.4 million.
Prosecutors said that instead of using the money to retain workers and other business expenses, Fayne used the loan to cover expenses including $40,000 in past-due child support, $50,000 for restitution owed in a previous fraud case, $85,000 for custom-made jewelry, $136,000 to lease a Rolls-Royce and $907,000 to start a new business in Arkansas.
Fayne appeared on season 8 of VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta as the love interest of longtime cast member Karlie Redd.
ABBA is back in the top 40 of the Billboard 200 albums chart for the first time in over three years, as the Swedish pop pioneers’ Gold: Greatest Hits surges from No. 114 to No. 34 on the Sept. 18-dated survey.
The set vaults following the release of two new singles from the quartet on Sept. 2, the announcement of a forthcoming studio album – Voyage, its first in 40 years, due Nov. 5 – and a series of concerts in 2022.
Gold earned 15,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 9, up 61%, according to MRC Data. Of that sum, album sales comprise 5,000, also enabling the set’s 33-11 jump on the Top Album Sales chart.
Gold was last in the top 40 of the Billboard 200 on the chart dated Aug. 11, 2018, when the set ranked at No. 40. It was last higher than on the latest list just one week earlier, when it placed at No. 25, its peak. Gold was released in 1993 in the U.S. and has spent 186 weeks on the chart in total.
On Catalog Albums, Gold rallies from No. 30 to No. 3. (The Catalog Albums chart ranks the most popular older albums of the week, generally defined as those at least 18-months old and no longer within the top 100 of the Billboard 200 chart.)
ABBA Goes Global: ABBA’s two new songs previewing Voyage, “Don’t Shut Me Down” and “I Still Have Faith in You,” both bound onto the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart in the top 40: “Shut” at No. 26 and “Faith” at No. 37. The former starts with 13.9 million streams and 23,900 sold outside the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 9, while the latter opens with 14.1 million streams and 20,300 sold.
On the Billboard Global 200, “Shut” begins at No. 54 (15.4 million streams; 26,900 sold worldwide) and “Faith” enters at No. 62 (15.7 million streams; 22,600 sold).
Meanwhile, Back on the U.S. Charts: On the U.S. based Digital Song Sales chart, ABBA’s 1977 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 “Dancing Queen” is the group’s top seller, re-entering at No. 19, a new best, with a 314% surge to 3,900 sold. “Shut” starts at No. 32 (3,000).
“We took a break in the spring of 1982 and now we’ve decided it’s time to end it,” ABBA said in a statement released Sept. 2. The group will return to live performances with its residency, ABBA Voyage, set to begin May 27, 2022, in London, in which the act’s members will be depicted as avatars (aka, “ABBAtars”), circa 1979.
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