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It’s Friday, April 26th, and Doja Cat is getting a lot of backlash about her performance at Coachella, with many stating it wasn’t “safe for kids.” Normani released her new single featuring Gunna, “1:59,” Anitta dropped her new album ‘Funk Generation’ and more. The singer goes on to respond by telling them she doesn’t make music for children, and to leave the kids at home. The Latin AMA’s happened yesterday and we have all the updates from behind the scenes with some of latin music’s biggest names to red carpet interviews. Songwriter and artist, Keityn, sits down with us to share how he’s created some of the biggest latin hits with Shakira, Karol G, Maluma and more. With the release of her new album, ‘Funk Creation,’ we take a look back at all of her hits on The Top 100 and more!
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It’s Thursday, April 25th, and we can’t seem to get enough of Taylor Swift. The singer jetted off to a vacation with Travis Kelce, Bradley Cooper and Gigi Hadid. After the release of her new albums, ‘The Tortured Poets Department,’ Matty Healy finally responds about the songs about him in Taylor’s new album and Taylor breaks yet another record. On our cover, we have groundbreaking DJ-producer Peggy Gou and she tells us about her rise to fame. We give you an overview of all the exciting music festivals to come this summer. The TikTok Chart is in, who takes the lead? Will it be Hozier or will Alek Olsen still reign supreme? We take a look at the success of Blondie in our Chart Rewind this week and more!
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It’s Wednesday, April 24th, and we have legal issues and confessions to share with you. Unfortunately for over 170 million users, TikTok is officially banned in the US unless the owners of the app can find a new owner in the next 9 months. Is Megan Thee Stallion going back to court? The singer finds herself facing a lawsuit from her cameraman claiming to be subjected to a hostile work environment. Halle Bailey opens up about the downside of motherhood, Billie Eilish shares more behind her sexuality and the influences behind her upcoming album, ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’ and Selena Gomez heads out to date night with Benny Blanco. Dwayne Johnson confesses how at one point he wanted to be a country star, Jess Glynne dives into her creative process for her hit “Hold My Hand” and more!
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It’s Tuesday, April 23rd, and the beef and wins in hip hop just doesn’t stop. Chris Brown & Quavo have released diss tracks at each other, but it looks like Chris is unimpressed with Quavo’s comeback. If that wasn’t enough, Saweetie chimed in to diss ex- boyfriend, Quavo, too. Childish Gambino previewed some new music last night and has Ye & Kid Cudi as features on the new music. Pitbull is hitting the road again and this time he’s taking T-Pain with him on his Party After Dark Tour. Chart celebrations are making their rounds with your favorites in music including Hozier, Metro Boomin and Sabrina Carpenter. WILLOW shares 5 Things You Didn’t Know about her new single, "b i g f e e l i n g s." The Black Keys talk to us about their new album ‘Ohio Players,’ collabing with Juicy J & More!
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It’s Monday, April 22nd, and we’re starting off the week with fiery disses and records breaking. Drake released an AI track further digging at Kendrick Lamar. The track, ‘Taylor Made Freestyle,’ uses AI to emulate the voices of icons Tupac Shakur & Snoop Dog. Taylor Swift once again breaks records with the release of her double album ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ The Spice Girls reunited over the weekend for Victoria Beckham’s, Posh Spice, 50th birthday bash where they rejoined for a brief dance routine to one of their own songs. Rihanna finally gives her fans a clue as to when she’ll be releasing a new album. Who tops this week’s Hot 100? Keep watching to find out. J Balvin shares behind the scenes of his out of this world Coachella set. We shine a light on the Nova music festival exhibit in New York City.
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It’s Friday, April 19th, and there’s been a ton of new singles dropped by some of your favorite artists! Taylor Swift announced “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone, as her lead single prior to the release of her new double album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ Nicki Minaj released her new single, “FTCU Remix” and after previewing “Teka'' at Coachella, DJ Snake & Peso Pluma collab on a new single today. Let’s start off with Taylor dropping not one, but two albums today running a total of 31 songs spanning over 2 hours. ATEEZ talks about performing at Coachella. Dwayne Johnson stars in a new music video alongside country artist Chris Janson for his new song “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get.” Afrobeat artists Bnxn & Ruger sit down with us to talk about their online "beef," New Album 'RnB' and more!
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