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Taylor Swift’s new “Midnights” album is off to a record-breaking start. It sold more than 800,000 copies on its first day of release Friday across all formats. First day sales alone gave it the largest sales week for any album since 2017, and made it the the top-selling album of 2022. It also broke Spotify’s all time record for most-streamed album in one day.
Beyoncé released her album “Renaissance” in July and now fans get to experience it live! Queen Bey just subtly confirmed her tour at the Wearable Art Gala, in Santa Monica, on Saturday. “The Renaissance World Tour” is going to kick off in the summer of 2023.
Blake Shelton sold his master recordings earlier this month to Influence Media Partners. The deal was dubbed a “groundbreaking deal.” According to the press release, the deal between Blake and Influence Media covered all of his releases from 2001 to 2019. The amount of the deal was not disclosed, but Influence Media recently announced a $750 million fund platform to invest in high-value compositions.
Motley Crue and Def Leppard are taking their recent summer stadium across the globe, announcing a 2023 world tour. The bands’ recent trek brought in a whopping $173.5 million.
Alicia Keys is ready to bring us some holiday classics. She will release her first Christmas album titled “Santa Baby”. She said on her IG Story, “I got my first-ever holiday album dropping, Santa Baby, on November 4th. I can’t wait for you to vibe with this, this is going to give you that energy!”
Ellen DeGeneres is back with a new short docu-style comedy series. “About Time For Yourself… with Ellen” will be shared weekly on the retired talk show host’s YouTube channel, and the first episode went out on Saturday. The 8-episode series finds the comedian learning new skills at home, like crocheting, bird watching, making cards, and more.
Kendrick Lamar’s “Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City” turned 10 last week, and it has remained on the Billboard 200 albums chart since its release, a total of 520 weeks. The album peaked at #2 on Nov. 10, 2012.
Bono takes “full responsibility” for U2’s iTunes controversy, when the band’s 2014 “Songs of Innocence” album was automatically uploaded to users and, at first, there was no way to delete it. In his upcoming memoir “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story”, Bono says he soon realized “we’d bumped into a serious discussion about the access of big tech to our lives.”
Kelsea Ballerini, Carly Pearce and Kelly Clarkson will team up for a CMA Awards performance of their new collaboration ‘You’re Drunk, Go Home’. Kelsea is up for Single of the Year and Carly has 5 nominations for the 2022 CMA Awards, set for Nov. 9 on ABC.
The Rock’s “Black Adam” flew to the top at the box office with a promising $67 million to mark the biggest domestic opening of Dwayne Johnson’s career outside of the primary “Fast & Furious” franchise. Coming in No. 2 was “Ticket to Paradise”, starring Julia Roberts and George Clooney, earning $16.3 million.
Charlamagne tha God says Kanye West got mad at him because he wouldn’t trash Pete Davidson. And he told Charlamagne, quote, “My wife is out here [effing] a white boy with a 10-inch penis! And you won’t help me!”
Madonna made a post about paving the way for other female celebrities to be more sexually open, and Cardi B got offended. But they talked it out, and Cardi says, quote, “Madonna is not no regular artist; she’s actually somebody that I really look up to.”
Matthew Perry says that of all his “Friends” co-stars, Jennifer Aniston was, quote, “the one that reached out the most.” He also claims he spent about $9 million getting sober.
Tim Burton thinks his Disney days are done after making “Dumbo”. He said the company has less room for things that are different. He also isn’t interested in Marvel because it’s a multiverse.
Saturday’s edition of the “When We Were Young” festival had to be canceled just one hour before showtime, due to high winds. The bill includes My Chemical Romance, Avril Lavigne, Paramore, AFI, The Used, Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, Alkaline Trio, and tons more. Check this out, though: All-American Rejects, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and Hawthorne Heights were among several bands that played FREE SHOWS at other venues around town.
According to Radar.com, Gwen Stefani is the reason Blake Shelton decided to leave “The Voice”. An insider said Gwen wants to spend more time with him . . . to “ensure a happy future together.”
Over the weekend, Doja Cat celebrated her 27th birthday with a masquerade party in Los Angeles, with a lot of her famous friends. Among those on the guest list were Justin Bieber in all black and a simple black mask, his wife Hailey by his side. Shawn Mendes was seen entering without a mask. Kendall Jenner sported a black two-piece lingerie set with sheer tights and heels.
The Chainsmokers have slowed things down and rerecorded their latest album. The reimagined version features a completely new sequencing from the original and all tracks come with new animated visualizers. In addition to their new release, members Alex Pall and Drew Taggart have launched a 24/7 livestream on their YouTube for fans to tune into at any time.
Paris Hilton thoroughly enjoyed being “serenaded” by a deepfake Tom Cruise in a video she posted to Instagram on Saturday. In the video, Fake Cruise sings Elton John and Britney Spears’ recent version of “Hold Me Closer” to her. “Nothing like being serenaded with my favorite #Britney Spears and @Elton John song,” Paris captioned the post.
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