The Weeknd, who has new music, and Justin Bieber have both climbed in the ranking. Kendrick Lamar, Ariana Grande and Bad Bunny have all dropped out of the running. Any surprises here amongst the most popular artists in 2024? 1. Bruno Mars Score: 100 2. Lady Gaga Score: 99 3. Taylor...
Some cities just resonate with music, and one of the finest examples of that is Birmingham. It isn’t hard to see why when you take into account thewide number of excellent music venues around the city, but some artists that have made their name in the second city have gone on to ...
The Top 5 albums on the chart are by British acts, with a 50/50 split of male to female artists in the Top 10. In all, the Top 10 records have racked up 35 million chart sales, made up of 29.3 million physical copies, 3.8 million downloads and 2.2 million sales-equiv...
When a songwriter has to split their tracks up between multiple different artists, it might be difficult to ensure that each track sounds appropriately fitted to each performer. For Allen, it all comes down to knowing when to follow the rules and when to break them. "Sometimes we'll be wri...
Dance music’s man of the moment has continued making each year bigger than the last, achieving milestones many artists can only dream of. On June 14, the British producer brought his emotion-driven electronica to the L.A. Memorial Coliseum in what was his first-ever stadium show. The book...
What’s real is the song was inspired by The Ramones, The Smiths, and The Buzzcocks, three artists André was listening to “heavily” before he wrote it. As for the famous line “Shake it like a Polaroid picture,” André admits you’re actually not supposed to shake the film, but ...
Also, the music video gifted us Matt Willis in a wedding dress. For that, we're forever grateful. 2. What I Go to School For Released: 2002 Official Chart peak: 3 Total chart units: 493,000 Busted's debut single - the Number 3-peaking What I Go to School For - has racked up ov...
It was only a question of time, but on Saturday (Nov. 7),Depeche Modewill be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2020. Other artists who are receiving the honor areNine Inch Nails,The Notorious B.I.G.,T. Rex,The Doobie Brothers, andWhitney Houston...
West Coast hip-hop rivalry attracted significant negative media attention. Rap’s reputation as a violent, disruptive form of music seemed to be legitimized. For years, the genre would continue to be vilified by the mainstream media. Most importantly, hip-hop lost two of its greatest artists...
acts such as Caetano Veloso would become the first Latin American artist to expose tropicalia to British and American audiences alike and Jethro Tull would replace endless solos with their organized chaos among many other artists that introduced a new age of psychedelia and music into the cultural ...