The Weeknd’s new era is set to make a splash on the Official U.K. Singles Chart. The Canadian R&B star’s “Take My Breath” opens at No. 9 on the First Look chart, which ranks the most popular songs in the early stage of the U.K. chart week. Produced by Max Martin, “Take My Breath” is […]

Hipgnosis Songs continues its acquisition spree by snapping up the music catalog of Christine McVie, principal writer and vocalist with Fleetwood Mac. The U.K.-listed investment company today (Aug. 9) announces it has bought the copyright in 115 McVie songs, which spans 11 No. 1s, two Grammy Award winners and includes the hits “Don’t Stop,” “Everywhere,

Billie Eilish is crowned on the U.K. albums chart with Happier Than Ever (Interscope), for her second leader. The teenage California sensation snags 39,000 chart sales as Happier Than Ever blasts to No. 1, with physical sales (vinyl, CD, cassette) accounting for 61% of its opening total, the OCC reports. It’s the U.K.’s best-seller on vinyl

The 2021 Tokyo Olympics came to an end on Sunday, and the Jonas Brothers got to join in on the closing ceremony celebration. The group’s anthemic “Remember This” was paired with a feel-good montage of moments from the Olympics. “A moment I’ll never forget,” Kevin Jonas said after their Olympics-inspired edition of the song aired.

Billie Eilish earns her second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as her latest release, Happier Than Ever, debuts atop the list with 238,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 5, according to MRC Data. Happier launches with the fifth-largest week of 2021 by equivalent album units

Rihanna nearly had a role opposite a puppet in Annette, the movie musical starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard that hit theaters Friday. Director Leos Carax told USA Today that there was a small role written for the singer in the script by Ron Mael and Russell Mael. “It was a small part written specifically

The formal apology DaBaby issued to the LGBTQ+ community earlier this week on Instagram — in which he addressed the homophobic remarks he made at Rolling Loud Miami — is no longer there. As of Sunday (Aug. 8), those following DaBaby on social media noticed that his post that had been originally dated Aug. 2

Robert Ringwald, the pianist who played and promoted jazz in California for more than half a century, has died, according to his daughter, the actor and musician Molly Ringwald. He was 80. Ringwald, known to friends and fans as Bob, died Aug. 3, Molly Ringwald wrote in an obituary Saturday for the Sacramento Bee. No

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has been called off for a second time. On Sunday (Aug. 8), organizers of the annual Louisiana festival — which was scheduled to take place over two weekends from Oct. 8-10 and Oct. 15-17 — announced the event’s cancellation, citing safety and health concerns related to COVID-19. “As

The Weeknd’s latest song “Take My Breath” has topped this week’s new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Aug. 6) on Billboard, choosing the R&B superstar’s synth-heavy track as their favorite new music release of the past week. Oozing in disco production, “Take My Breath” brought in 57% of the vote,