Music industry sources estimate Adele could sell as many as 2.5 million records this week to top the current record holder, NSYNC, whose 2000 album "No Strings Attached" debuted with 2,416,000 sold its first week.
The boy band's second release remains the only album to sell 2 million copies in the U.S. in a single week. 3.6 million physical copies of Adele's "25" were shipped to US retailers, with sources forecasting 1.5 million CD and 1 million digital download sales in its first week. Read more here.
Spotify''s global streaming record was previously held by The Weeknd's "Beauty Behind The Madness" with 90 million global streams in its opening week.
The follow-up to 2012's "Believe" sees Bieber joined by special guests including Ariana Grande, Big Sean, Travi$ Scott, Nas, Halsey, Skrillex and Diplo.
The Canadian star launched "Purpose" in the US with appearances on The Tonight Show, The Today Show and The Late Late Show, among others. Read more here.
According to a press release from the Cobb County DA's office, "Mr. Winfrey was indicted on 27 counts, including four counts of racketeering, eight counts of violation of Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, 12 counts of aggravated assault, two counts of criminal damage to property, and one count of possession of a firearm during commission of a felony."
Winfrey has been sentenced to "20 years, with 10 years to serve in prison and the rest on probation." 'This defendant is a member of the Bloods street gang," Chief ADA Don Geary told the court this morning. 'We can prove he was in the Camaro. Whether he was alone, we don't know. At any rate, he is a party to these crimes." Read more here.
"Made In The A.M." took second spot behind Justin Bieber's "Purpose", which sold 649,000 equivalent album units, including 522,000 in pure album sales.
One Direction's fifth studio release was previewed with videos for the lead single, "Drag Me Down", and the follow-up tune "Perfect", as well as several other tracks in the days leading up to its official release. Read more here.
Billboard reports the band showcased four new tunes including the title track, "Amazing Day,", "Up&Up" and the project's lead single "Adventure Of A Lifetime."
The 11-song set before an intimate crowd of 2,000 plus also delivered hits from the band's catalog including "Yellow", "Clocks", "Paradise" and "Viva la Vida", among others.
Coldplay postponed the originally-planned live stream from the same venue on November 13 following the terrorist attacks in Paris. The group, instead, performed a short acoustic set that night - including John Lennon's "Imagine" as a tribute to Paris - for the fans who had already lined up at the theater. Watch the video here.
"F*** yeah!," posted Cyrus on Facebook. "After our 1st show in Chicago (which was totally turnt) we loved seeing y'all singing along to all the Dead Petz jamsssss but seemed like this one was a fan favorite!!!!!
"For all of you who can't be with us in Detroit tonight and of course for all of you who will, here is the official Lighter music video directed by me and Wayne Coyne featuring Jen Stark's bad ass animated kaleidoscopic projections!!!!!"
"Lighter" follows the late summer release of the album and a video for the Dead Petz opening track "Dooo It!" The month-long, 8-date Milky Milky Milk club tour with The Flaming Lips and Dan Deacon hits one Canadian and seven US cities including New York, Philadelphia and Boston before wrapping up in Los Angeles on December 19. Watch the video here.
It's not like fans are exactly starving for new music. Drake's had a busy year, releasing the mixtape If You're Reading This It's Too Late�, and his collaborative project with Future What A Time To Be Alive, plus he had multiple Meek Mill diss tracks.
The rapper took to Vine to post a very short clip of new music that is believed to be from the forthcoming "Views From the 6" album, check out the preview clip here.
The layout gives off a Matrix vibe and when you first arrive to the site it asks if you're ready to take a journey with the Bajan pop dynamo. After you sign in with Facebook or Google, the words "Welcome. You'll know when it's time." Refresh the page and you receive a warning, "Be patient. And keep your eyes open."
Rihanna told her Twitter followers she was excited to share the website with them. With this piece of marketing, more is sure to come for Rihanna. Are you ready for what Rihanna has in store?
Check out some pictures here.
On Friday, he released the album's first single, "Take Me Down," featuring Little Big Town. It's full of sexy and winding guitar solos that hint at love's power to capitulate. Gill's smooth, almost lamenting vocals, counter the song's weighted rhythm.
'Forty years into this, it's still as much fun as it's ever been to play music," Gill said of his new music. 'At the end of the day, what I get excited about is doing something I haven't done before. When I record a song, I feel successful if I've accomplished something new."
Check out the track listing and stream the song here.
Meek Mill is one of several artists contributing music to the album, and today he released the music video for his track "Lord Knows," featuring Tory Lanez.
In keeping with the movie's theme, Meek Mill hangs out in a boxing club, overseeing young boxers who are training to enter the ring. That video is cut with scenes from the movie, which stars Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone.
"Lord Knows" is originally off Meek Mill's summer release Dreams Worth More Than Money. Watch the video here.
Carmack who recently released his first single "Being Alone" will debut his first EP Pieces of You on Dec. 11. Unlike the songs fans hear week to week on Nashville, this project reflects Carmack's personal inspirations from blues, jazz and funk to folk and country music.
"All of those elements exist in all of these songs, but some are more highlighted than others," he tells Rolling Stone Country. "There's some hard-hitting blues electric guitar and I've got some mellow acoustic guitar. I play guitar on every track and I sing on every track."
Carmack isn't the only Nashville cast member pursuing a music career, but that doesn't mean they're competitors.
"I think because we're all in the same boat, we're very supportive of one another," he says. "If somebody's playing in town -- if somebody's playing the Opry -- we go and support each other. Sometimes there's so much going on you don't hear about it. I'll hear that Chip [Esten, who plays Deacon Claybourne] played the Opry and I'll be like, 'Why didn't you tell me? I would have come.'"
Listen to "Being Alone" here.
'We're working on it right now," said Aldean. 'Been in the studio a little bit. Hopefully a new single [will be out] some time in the spring and album in the summer."
Jason didn't divulge many details about the new music he's working on, but he did give a sense of the general direction he's headed for his seventh studio effort.
'We didn't really have any big, rock tempo records for this record. Honestly, that's one thing we were lacking," he says. 'It was more vibe-y than the big tempo stuff we always had. The new album has a lot of the big tempos, a lot more rock-oriented stuff on this next one."
Aldean will hit the road in the new year with Thomas Rhett and A Thousand Horses, full dates here.
People magazine reports that the Georgia native talked about her rise to stardom, gave advice to those eager to join the music industry and spoke at the current state of country music.
"The cool thing about country music is that it always changes," said Yearwood, before noting that the industry will move away from its current country-pop sound and "will probably go back to a little more grassroots, a little more singer-songwriter vibe." Read more here.
Post Malone strums his guitar and sings with a subtle passion. While he's putting his feelings on display, he's still hip-hop to the core. Watching the video, you can see flashes of his gold grill during the performance.
Covering the Kanye tune is a full circle moment because Malone first got noticed posting videos of himself playing Minecraft while singing Bob Dylan covers. He is also featured on Kanye West's new song "Fade."
Check Post Malone's "Heartless" cover here.
Missy changed all of that and broke down doors so rappers like Nicki Minaj could follow in the newly opened path. In a recent interview, Elliott talks about influencing artists like Nicki Minaj and some seem to think the statement is a tad shady or simply taken out of context.
Missy Elliott spoke to Billboard about her career comeback and the Young Money rap star was brought up. When asked what she thought of Minaj being a direct descendant of her rap style, Missy said, "Oh, she is? Unfortunately, breaking news, there is only one Missy." Elliott cleaned it up a bit adding, "There's room for so many [woman MCs]. It's important." Read more here.
My single "Veritas" all started from the actual last line of the song. I came up with that first. "Veritas on the trigger finger, Boondocks Saint"
I'm a huge fan of that movie, and I loved how he had that tattooed on his trigger finger. "Veritas" means truth in Italian and after i wrote that line i started just reflecting on my career, the ups, the downs, and wanted to address that on the album head on. I didn't know or plan on it being on the first single, but i knew i wanted it on the album. It is pretty ironic that the last line on the song is what i wrote first though. I think that's kinda cool.
I then got the idea to start the song off like how Jay-Z started "Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)." He says: "First the Fat Boys break, now everyday i wake up, somebody got a problem with Hov"
I thought that would be cool to playoff that and say: "First Vonnegutt gonna break up, everyday I wake up, somebody got a question about Big."
That sort of set the tone lyrically for how I wanted the song to be. I wanted to address my band breaking up, me not being signed to Big Boi (of Outkast) anymore and address all these issues that my fans ask about. I wanted that to be the first thing you hear on my album. Just put it all out there and get it out of the way.
Judge sent me the beat and i wrote to it for a week or so then laid down the initial vocals with Simon illa in his apartment. I knew i wanted that to be the first song off my album but had no idea for a chorus. I actually tried to do like 2 different chorus myself and they didn't turn out well. Then we got the idea to put Jonny Craig on the hook, or ask him rather, because he played a huge role in getting my solo career to where it is now. He re-inspired me after my band broke up to be a solo emcee, and believed in me enough to work on music with me and take me on the road. So it made a lot of sense to me to have him be featured on this song, which is essentially about starting this new chapter in my career. I was stoked he liked the song enough to do it.
So what initially was suppose to just be the "Intro" track to my album took shape into a complete song and turned into the actual first single released off the album. I'm glad it worked out that way.
Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album right here!
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