Chino y Nacho Reunite at 2021 Premios Juventud for Emotional Performance

Venezuelan duo Chino y Nacho reunited at the 18th annual Premios Juventud ceremony on Thursday night (July 22) for an emotional performance following Chyno Miranda’s COVID-19 experience.

The pair took the stage to perform a medley of their hits, kicking off with the 2016 chart-topping track “Andas en Mi Cabeza,” followed by “Me Voy Enamorando” and their anthem “Mi Niña Bonita.”

The highly anticipated reunion between the duo — who in 2017 separated but later reunited in 2020 to release their single “Raro” — marks Miranda’s return to the stage after battling COVID-19 and the aftermath that resulted in serious health complications.

In a video posted Wednesday on Instagram, Miranda detailed what he lived with months after being diagnosed with the coronavirus, which compromised his nervous system and was diagnosed with the disorder peripheral neuropathy.

“I want you to know that his process has been really hard and I am hurt and concerned but I want my fans to know that I’m here to have a conversation with them,” he said. “I want them to know the truth. And for them to know that I’m still working on new music. I love you all.”

Watch his message below:

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The 2021 Premios Juventud took place Thursday live from the Watsco Center in Miami featuring performances by Karol G, Grupo Firme, Myke Towers, Tini and many others.

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Watch Kanye West’s ‘Donda’ Listening Event

Kanye West’s Donda listening event is live.

The rapper is premiering his 10th studio album, set for release Friday, at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Thursday night (July 22) with a massive listening part. The event is streaming live via Apple Music.

Donda is West’s first album since his back-to-back 2019 gospel projects Jesus Is King and Jesus Is Born, the latter of which is credited to the Sunday Service Choir. It remains to be seen what the new project — named after his late mom, who died in 2007 at age 58 — will sound like, but the first song previewed from the project, “No Child Left Behind,” both lyrically and sonically recalls West’s gospel work.

“No Child Left Behind” was previewed in a one-minute Beats by Dre commercial starring track and field star Sha’Carri Richardson. The commercial, which debuted during Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday and was scored and edited by West, includes 60 seconds of “No Child Left Behind.”

Watch now by tuning in to Apple Music.

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These 4 Motown Stars Received Kennedy Center Honors Before Label Founder Berry Gordy

The announcement on Wednesday (July 21) that Motown founder Berry Gordy will receive the Kennedy Center Honors in December was welcome news to fans of American pop and R&B from the last 60-plus years — which is to say, just about everybody.

Gordy will be honored alongside Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels and operatic bass-baritone Justino Díaz. The ceremony is set to tape at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5 for airing as a two-hour CBS special around the holidays.

Gordy, 91, founded Motown Records in 1959. Four of his biggest stars received the honor before he did. Take a look:

Stevie Wonder:  Wonder was just 49 when he got the honor in 1999. That makes him one of the youngest Kennedy Center Honorees in history, along with LL Cool J (2017) and Midori (2021), who were also 49 when they were honored in 2017 and 2021, respectively, and the creators of Hamilton: An American Musical, who were even younger when they received a special Kennedy Center Honor in 2018. Wonder is the only artist in Grammy history to win album of the year with three consecutive studio albums: Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness’ First Finale (1974) and Songs in the Key of Life (1976). Wonder has amassed 25 Grammys and also won an Oscar for “I Just Called to Say I Love You” from The Woman in Red (1984).

Smokey Robinson: The songwriter, former leader of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles and solo star was 66 when he was honored in 2006. Robinson, one of the greatest songwriters in history, has won just one Grammy in competition, for “Just to See Her” (which he didn’t write!). The song, a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, took the 1987 award for best R&B vocal performance, male.

Diana Ross: The former leader of Diana Ross & the Supremes and solo superstar was 63 when she was honored in 2007. Ross has yet to win a Grammy in competition, despite 12 nominations over the years. (That’s hard to imagine.) She received an Oscar nod for her performance as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues (1972).

Lionel Richie: The former leader of Commodores and solo star was 68 when he was honored in 2017. Richie has won four Grammys, including album of the year for his second solo album, Can’t Slow Down (1984), and song of the year for “We Are the World” (1985), which he co-wrote with Motown alum Michael Jackson. Richie also won an Oscar for “Say You Say Me” from White Nights (1985).

Two other artists who rose to fame on Motown — Marvin Gaye and Jackson — are of sufficient stature to be seriously considered for Kennedy Center Honors, but both died before they could be honored. Gaye was shot to death in 1984. Jackson died of cardiac arrest in 2009. The Kennedy Center has never honored a solo artist posthumously (though they have recognized two deceased group members — Glenn Frey of Eagles and Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire).

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The Wallflowers’ ‘Exit Wounds’ Debuts at No. 3 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart

The Wallflowers’ first studio album in more than eight years, Exit Wounds, debuts at No. 3 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated July 24). The Jakob Dylan-led act’s latest release sold 6,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending July 15, according to MRC Data.

Meanwhile, Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour clocks a third nonconsecutive week at No. 1 (10,000 sold; up 7%) while Miley Cyrus’ Plastic Hearts hits a new peak (re-entering at No. 5), thanks to its vinyl LP release.

Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now MRC Data. Pure album sales were the measurement solely utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Exit Wounds marks The Wallflowers’ highest-charting album yet, and second top 10, on the 30-year-old Top Album Sales chart. The act’s previous high came with its debut set, 1996’s Bringing Down the Horse, which peaked at No. 4 in 1997.

Exit Wounds also launches in the top 10 on the Americana/Folk Albums chart (No. 4) and Tastemaker Albums chart (No. 10). The latter ranks the week’s top-selling albums at independent record stores.

Tomorrow x Together’s former No. 1 The Chaos Chapter: Freeze rises 4-2 (7,000 sold; up 1%) and Taylor Swift’s chart-topping Evermore bumps 5-4 (nearly 6,000; down 15%).

Cyrus’ Plastic Hearts re-enters the chart at No. 5 – a new peak – with a little more than 5,000 sold (up 1,233%) thanks to its vinyl LP release on July 9. Of the album’s sales for the week, 91% came from its vinyl edition, which also bows at No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart. Plastic Hearts initially debuted and peaked at No. 5 on the Top Album Sales chart dated Dec. 12, 2020.

Queen’s Greatest Hits falls 3-6 on the new Top Album Sales chart (just over 5,000; down 26%), BTS’ former No. 1 Map of the Soul: 7 climbs 12-7 (5,000; up 5%), Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours bumps 9-8 (nearly 5,000; down 6%), the former No. 1 Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 soundtrack ascends 11-9 (a little less than 5,000; down 4%), and Michael Jackson’s Thriller holds at No. 10 (almost 5,000; down 6%).

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Camilo Cashes In as ‘Millones’ Hits No. 1 on Latin Airplay Chart

Camilo nabs his fifth No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart as “Millones” rises 5-1 on the survey dated July 24.

“Millones” is Camilo’s second No. 1 as a soloist, without an accompanied act. He previously took the throne alone with “Vida de Rico” (one week, Jan. 30-dated tally).

“Millones” rises as the greatest gainer with 9.9 million audience impressions, up to 46%, earned in the week ending July 18, according to MRC Data. It’s Camilo’s fifth win since he notched a first leader in June 2020; all one-week rulers. Let’s take a look:

Title, Artists (if other than Camilo), Peak date
“Si Me Dices Que Sí,” with Reik & Farruko, June 27, 2020
“Tattoo,” with Rauw Alejandro, Sept. 12, 2020
“Vida de Rico,” Jan. 30
“Despeinada,” with Ozuna, Feb. 6
“Millones,” July 24

“Millones” also leaps to the top on Latin Pop Airplay, a fourth No. 1 there following the four-week reign by “Despeinada,” with Ozuna, starting January 9, 2020.

“Millones” is the fourth single from Mis Manos, Camilo’s second top five debut on Top Latin Albums (March 20-dated survey).

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