Nigerian pop star Wizkid and burgeoning singer Tems take to the colorful streets of Accra, Ghana, in the video for “Essence.” A single from Wizkid’s 2020 album Made in Lagos, “Essence” finds Tems and Wiz longing for physical connection. The young stars glow, Wiz bare-chested and draped in diamonds, Tems …
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Bootsy Collins has dropped a new music video for “Slide Eazy,” his collaboration with Ellis Hall, Rod Castro, and Brennan Johns from his most recent album, The Power of One. Directed by Jameson Mangan, the clip is an eye-popping kaleidoscopic collage that finds Bootsy and his collaborators breezing through the …
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Rod Wave landed atop the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart for the first time following the release of his new album, SoulFly. The singer brought in a staggering 202.1 million song streams to launch him to Number One for the week of March 26th through April 1st. Rod Wave has …
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Rod Wave may not be a household name, but he sure streams like one. The Florida rapper reaches a new career peak on the RS 100 this week with his new song “Street Runner” at Number 15, and now, with his upcoming album SoulFly, he takes Number One on this …
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Rhye frontman Michael Milosh has responded to accusations of sexual abuse, assault and grooming made by his ex-wife, actress Alexa Nikolas. Milosh released the statement to Rolling Stone on Wednesday, in response to a five-part open letter Nikolas posted to Instagram titled “Groomed by the Groom.” In her open letter, …
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Dua Lipa dazzled in her performance of two of her biggest hit songs, “Levitating” and “Don’t Start Now,” at the 2021 Grammy Awards. Lipa took the stage in a large, robe-like pink gown in front of a surreal, purple cloud background to perform “Levitating” solo. DaBaby took the stage soon …
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Metallica’s classic album Master of Puppets turned 35 on Wednesday, and, to celebrate, the band appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to perform its opening track, “Battery.” As a nod to their highly influential metal album and the tour surrounding it, Metallica performed in front of their original …
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Indie favorites Islands have returned with a new song, “(We Like To) Do It With the Lights On,” from their first album in five years, Islomania, set to arrive June 11th on Royal Mountain Records. “Do It With the Lights On” is a catchy bit of dance-pop led by an …
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Country star Morgan Wallen returned to Number One on the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart after briefly ceding the top spot to Taylor Swift. Wallen picked up 118.4 million song streams for the week of February 19th through February 25th, which was actually about 2 million more than he got …
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The Recording Academy announced the full list of nominees for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards on Tuesday, November 24th, and as always the Best New Artist category boasts a compelling mix of budding stars, critical favorites, and a couple of sleeper hits. The biggest name on this year’s list is …
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