LOS ANGELES, April 19 — Taylor Swift surprised fans with her new record The Tortured Poets Department today, revealing it was a double album featuring songs about heartbreak and a period described as “the saddest story” of the singer’s life. Swift’s 11th studio album, featuring 16 tracks, was officially released at midnight ET (0400 GMT/midnight … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 — American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish will be releasing her third studio album on May 17 without any prior single releases. Advertisement Eilish’s new album titled Hit Me Hard And Soft was announced through her Instagram after she revealed the album’s cover art yesterday (April 9) The album’s key art featured the … Read more
NEW YORK, April 8 — Beyonce’s blockbuster country album Cowboy Carter has debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart — the eighth number one album of her storied career. She also became the first Black woman to top Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with the 27-track second act in her Renaissance trilogy. Cowboy Carter, which dropped … Read more
NEW YORK, March 30 — Fans and critics alike are lavishing praise on Cowboy Carter, Beyonce’s rhinestone-studded, history-rich honky tonk of an album that’s rising in the charts after yesterday’s hotly anticipated release. A rowdy, wide-ranging homage to her southern heritage, the 27-track second act to her Renaissance trilogy is a genre-bending triumph that vaunts … Read more
NEW YORK, March 29 — Beyonce’s new country album features a long-rumoured cover of Dolly Parton’s beloved Jolene, as well as a number of country legend features including Willie Nelson. Cowboy Carter — the honkified second act of Queen Bey’s “Renaissance” trilogy — was already out in parts of the world where the calendar had … Read more
NASHVILLE, March 28 — “Twenty-three in Music City / With dreams and high-heeled boots / Singin’ for a crowd of blue eyes / Will they want me too?” croons Julie Williams at the Blue Room venue in Nashville. The 26-year-old, who is biracial, is one of many Black female artists carving out space in country … Read more
LOS ANGELES, March 28 — The wait is almost over. On March 29, Beyoncé will release her eighth studio album, titled Act II Cowboy Carter. On this record, the American singer tries out new registers and proves, for those who might still doubt it, that she is one of the most versatile voices in American … Read more
PETALING JAYA, March 22 — During Dr. Dre’s appearance on a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the rapper-producer disclosed that Eminem’s 12th studio album is presently in progress and scheduled for release this year. “Let me tell you something, let me explain something to you right now. Eminem is working on his own album … Read more
PETALING JAYA, March 5 — American singer-actor Justin Timberlake is set to release more NSYNC music. Spotify recently released the playlist for Timberlake’s latest album Everything I Thought It Was, comprising 18 tracks, including one featuring NSYNC. Paradise will signify the boy band’s second new track since their reunion for the single Better Place, their … Read more
LONDON, Feb 28 — Seventeen’s FML was yesterday named last year’s biggest-selling album globally, with the K-pop band topping the chart run by industry body the IFPI for the first time. Five of the chart’s top 10 albums were by South Korean acts, representing the best ever Global Charts performance for K-pop, the IFPI said. … Read more
