Month: July 2024

Sabrina Carpenter has scored her first No. 1 hit with the song ‘Please Please Please’. In addition to claiming the top spot, Carpenter’s other smash hit single “Espresso” remained in the Top 5 of the Hot 100 this week, placing at No. 4. Last week, Carpenter became the first artist since The Beatles to have two songs debut within the top three spots on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

Due to popular demand, Carpenter has also added more shows to her upcoming North American headlining ‘Short n’ Sweet Tour.; The new dates include the Toyota Center in Houston, the Barclays Center in New York, and two nights at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. The 33-date tour kicks off on September 23rd in Columbus, OH, and will hit cities across the US and Canada including New York, Los Angeles, Nashville, Toronto, Austin, and more. Amaarae, Griff and Declan McKenna will be supporting Sabrina on this tour.

Carpenter also recently announced an immersive desert oasis VR concert experience – Sabrina Carpenter: A VR Concert, featuring ‘spectacular stage design, vibrant costumes, expressive choreography, and hit songs’. The 45-minute concert was filmed in Los Angeles at Carpenter’s Coachella performance, offering audiences a look at her set in VR featuring the hit songs including “Espresso,” “Nonsense,” “Feather” and more.

Sabrina Carpenter: A VR Concert will premiere in VR on Friday, July 19th at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT exclusively in Meta Horizon Worlds’ Music Valley. Attendees can RSVP (HERE) for the Sabrina Carpenter event, while replays will be available for another couple of weeks in Meta Horizon Worlds.

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K-pop boy band Stray Kids will return with their new EP, ATE, on July 19.

The group’s agency, JYP Entertainment, said that the album ‘carries the eight-piece group’s ambitious aspiration to “devour” the music market this summer’.  The band also posted a trailer video for its upcoming release on social media, which depicts the eight members scrounging around to regain their luck after a series of unfortunate incidents following the inadvertent opening of a fortune cookie.

The respective 18-second teasers spotlight Bang Chan and Hyunjin, Lee Know and Felix, I.N and Changbin as well as Han and Seungmin. However, additional details such as the album’s lead single, track list and more will be announced at a later stage.

The group recently dropped the video for “MOUNTAINS”, the first track to be released off ATE. You can check out the video – here.

Stray Kids has claimed four No. 1s on the Billboard 200 chart. The group’s collaborative single with Charlie Puth, “Lose My Breath,” entered the Hot 100 charts in May.

Check out the trailer for ATE – here.

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Megan Thee Stallion has dropped her new album, ‘MEGAN’, writing on Instagram: “MEGAN THEE ALBUM IS OUT NOW EVERYWHERE ”   

‘MEGAN’ features a host of special guests, including Victoria Monet, Kyle Richh, GloRilla and UGK; and features the previously released snake-themed singles, ‘Cobra’, ‘Hiss’ and ‘Boa’.  Megan’s last LP, Traumazine, was released in August 2022.

The 29-year-old is also currently on the road with her “Hot Girl” summer concert tour, which began May 14 and will end July 27.

To stream Megan, head HERE.

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Coldplay will release their highly-anticipated tenth album, Moon Music, on October 4th:  “Moon Music. The new album, landing October 4. Limited signed editions available. Pre-order at store.coldplay.com (link in bio)”

Moon Music, which was produced by Max Martin, is available to pre-order everywhere now, with a limited number of hand-signed editions available from the official Coldplay Store. Moon Music is Coldplay’s first album since 2021’s Music Of The Spheres, which spawned the US No. 1 single with “BTS, My Universe,” and was nominated for ‘Album of the Year’ at the Grammy Awards.

The album will be the world’s first album released as a 140-gram EcoRecord LP, with each copy made from nine recycled PET-plastic bottles recovered from post-consumer waste. This will prevent the manufacture of more than 25 metric tonnes of virgin plastic, and provide an 85% reduction in manufacturing process CO2 emissions/kg compared to traditional 140-gram vinyl. Additionally, the band has collaborated with long-time partners The Ocean Cleanup to create an additional format: the Notebook Edition EcoRecord LP. The rPET for this edition comprises 70% river plastic, intercepted by The Ocean Cleanup from the Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala, and prevented from reaching the Gulf of Honduras and the Atlantic Ocean.

The CD editions will be the world’s first released on EcoCD, created from 90% recycled polycarbonate, sourced from post-consumer waste streams. This will provide at least a 78% CO2/kg emission reduction and avoids the manufacturing of more than five metric tonnes of virgin plastic. To reduce waste, the first edition run of Moon Music (both EcoRecord LP and EcoCD) will be strictly limited and produced at a higher specification than any future editions. All First Edition EcoRecord LP products will be individually numbered.

The album’s first single, “FeelsLikeImFallingInLove,” was just released, after the band performed it for first time during their sold-out stadium show at Budapest’s Puskás Aréna.

Check out the video for “FeelsLikeImFallingInLove” – here.
To pre-order Moon Music, head HERE.

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Dasha, best known for her viral hit song “Austin,” has announced her debut headlining tour dubbed “Dashville, USA”.

The tour, which will serve as support of her debut country album, “What Happens Now?”, kicks off on August 12 in Stockholm and will include international dates in London and Amsterdam. The North American leg will kick-off on October 8 in New York City with stops in nearby cities like Boston and Toronto before concluding on November 15 in Atlanta.

Dasha is also set to release her new song “Didn’t I” on July 12th via Warner Records, which she initially debuted live on stage to a crowd of over 70,000 people at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, TN during CMA Fest.

For tickets to the ‘Dashville, USA’ tour, head to Ticketmaster.com.

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Eminem just released the second single off his upcoming album ‘The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)’ titled “Tobey.” The song features fellow Detroit rappers Big Sean and Babytron, and a music video directed by Cole Bennett, will drop on Friday (July 5).

Eminem posted on his socials: “TOBEY @_babytron @BigSean new music 7/2 video 7/5 by @_ColeBennett_”  In the trailer for the song, which shows Eminem in Jason mask along with a chainsaw, BabyTron says: “Tobey Maguire got bit by a spider, but see, me, it was a goat,” while Big Sean shared on his social media: “Death of Slim Shady”. You can take a listen to ‘Tobey’ – here.

Eminem also announced the release date for his 12th studio album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), sharing in an Instagram post that the album will drop on Friday (July 12). Em wrote in the caption, “OH SH*T!!! THE DEATH OF SLIM SHADY (COUP DE GRÂCE) 7/12!!!”

Tobey is the second single of ‘The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)’, following the hit track “Houdini” which dropped last month. “Houdini” debuted at number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and was streamed 48.8 Million times and moved 49,000 units. Houdini is Eminem’s highest charting song since his 2014 Rihanna collab “The Monster”, which debuted at #1.

Stream Tobey – here.
Pre-order/pre-save ‘The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)’ – here.

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