Billie Eilish’s “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT” to debut at no. 2 on the Billboard 200.
American singer and songwriter, Billie Eilish’s third studio album, “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT” has received major attention from fans and critics since its release on May 17th. The album, after having one of the biggest first day streams on Spotify in 2024, is now aiming for number 2 debut on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart with 300k first week units, following Taylor Swift’s “The Sad Poets Department”. This will be Billie’s first album to not debut at number one on the top 200 charts.
Billie Eilish's 'HIT ME HARD AND SOFT' aiming for #2 debut on the Billboard 200 with 300K units (via @HITSDD). pic.twitter.com/Eefx1pUXXU
— chart data (@chartdata) May 21, 2024
Lauryn Hill’s album ranks at no. 1 on Apple Music’s all time albums.
Apple Music has listed out its top 100 albums of all times on the platform including classic albums across all genres. The streaming platform, on Wednesday, announced Lauryn Hill’s 1998 classic, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” as the greatest album of all times, ranking it over Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and other classics like Beyoncé’s “Lemonade”, Nirvana’s “Nevermind” and Kendrick Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d city”. In honour of this feat, Apple Music surprised Lauryn Hill with an exclusive dinner. Hill, during the dinner, said, “This is my award but it’s a rich, deep narrative, and involves so many people, and so much sacrifice, and so much time, and so much collective love.” While some fans have praised the cultural impact of the album, others believe Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” should have been ranked higher.
Apple Music has released their top 10 albums of all time 💽 pic.twitter.com/i5amqiIcAA
— The Wave (@_thewavetv) May 22, 2024
Ryan Condal hints at multiple battles in House of Dragon season 2.
HBO’s Game of Thrones spinoff, House of Dragon has been one of the critically acclaimed tv shows with widespread fan reception over the last couple of years. Ahead of the release of its second season, Ryan Condal, who plays Daemon Targaryen, has teased fans to brace up for peak action, hinting at more surprises for the new season. The actor disclosed that two massive battles had been filmed for the season, tripling fans’ expectations for the new season.
Ryan Condal says they filmed two massive battles for #HouseOfTheDragon S2 ⚔️
(via @denofgeek) pic.twitter.com/pwAJZibytV
— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) May 22, 2024
Metro Boomin confirms he is working with The Weeknd for a new album.
After the success of collaborative albums with Future, Metro Boomin does not look to be slowing down any sooner. The record producer has just confirmed that he is working with The Weeknd for his new album. He disclosed this in an interview with Spotify, saying “Me and Abel are working on a lot of stuff… we cooking up for his new album.” The Weeknd has not released a new project since “Dawn FM” in 2022. The duo worked together on Metro’s new album, “We Still Don’t Trust You” and many music lovers have take to social media to express their hope of experiencing more chemistry between the duo.
Metro Boomin CONFIRMS he’s working on The Weeknd’s new album 🚨
“Me & [Abel] are working on a lot of stuff… we cooking up for his new album” pic.twitter.com/oP0RO01gYN
— NFR Podcast (@nfr_podcast) May 22, 2024
Seyi Vibez explains how he was duped while chasing his dreams.
Afrobeats singer, Seyi Vibez has been one of the biggest gainers in the Nigerian music industry. With multiple number one hit singles and projects, he has become a force among new Afrobeats artists. Discussing his rise to fame, the singer revealed that he was once duped by an impersonator while trying to progress his music career. He revealed that at age 13, he tried to sign with Wizkid’s record label, Starboy Entertainment. So he googled a mobile number and was asked to pay ₦10,000 to get a chance with the record label but was eventually blocked after making the payment. Regardless, he has gone on to now achieve great success and is now putting other new artists on with his new record label.
“When I was 13 years old, I wanted to sign to Starboy Entertainment so I went to google and got a number, the person asked me to pay 10,000 naira, I paid money and the person blocked me”
– Seyi Vibez pic.twitter.com/cTiMOWemx5
— BASITO (@itzbasito) May 23, 2024
