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Drake, Beyonce & Rihanna Rule R&B/Hip-Hop Chart At Halfway Point Of 2016

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Jul 22, 2016

Drake, Beyonce & Rihanna Rule R&B/Hip-Hop Chart At Halfway Point Of 2016

Drake, Beyonce and Rihanna ruled R&B and hip-hop music in the first half of 2016, according to Nielsen Music. The trio sees their respective albums Views, Lemonade and Anti finish as the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 most popular albums of the January-June time period.

Views rules with 2,609,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking period of Jan. 1 through June 30, 2016. (Equivalent album units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums [TEA] and streaming equivalent albums [SEA].)

Drake’s Views is also the year’s top selling album, with 1,313,000 copies sold. Beyonce’s Lemonade isn’t too far behind, with 1,202,000 copies. Total R&B/hip-hop album sales in the first half of 2016 were up 2.5 percent compared to the same time frame a year ago (19,232,000 versus 18,766,000).

2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Based on Overall Equivalent Album Units)
1. Drake, Views (2,609,000 units)
2. Beyonce, Lemonade (1,687,000 units)
3. Rihanna, Anti (1,272,000 units)
4. Prince, The Very Best of Prince (905,000 units)
5. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness (708,000 units)
6. Kevin Gates, Islah (690,000 units)
7. Bryson Tiller, Trapsoul (656,000 units)
8. G-Eazy, When It’s Dark Out (605,000 units)
9. Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain (Soundtrack) (595,000 units)
10. Future, Evol (487,000 units)

2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
1. Drake, Views (1,313,000)
2. Beyonce, Lemonade (1,202,000)
3. Prince, The Very Best of Prince (575,000)
4. Rihanna, Anti (480,000)
5. Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain (Soundtrack) (413,000)
6. Kevin Gates, Islah (307,000)
7. Kendrick Lamar, Untitled Unmastered (245,000)
8. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness (240,000)
9. Bryson Tiller, Trapsoul (186,000)
10. Future, Evol (163,000)

2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Digital R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
1. Rihanna featuring Drake, “Work” (1,610,000)
2. Drake featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” (1,442,000)
3. Desiigner, “Panda” (1,211,000)
4. G-Eazy x Bebe Rexha, “My, Myself & I” (1,085,000)
5. Kevin Gates, “2 Phones” (589,000)
6. Beyonce, “Sorry” (577,000)
7. Beyonce, “Formation” (566,000)
8. Prince and the Revolution, “Purple Rain” (563,000)
9. Rihanna, “Needed Me” (550,000)
10. Drake & Future, “Jumpman” (516,000)

2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand R&B/Hip-Hop Song Streams (Audio and Video Combined)
1. Rihanna featuring Drake, “Work” (511,454,000)
2. Desiigner, “Panda” (467,379,000)
3. Drake featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” (308,826,000)
4. G-Eazy x BeBe Rexha, “Me, Myself & I” (287,242,000)
5. Rihanna, “Needed Me” (240,847,000)
6. Bryson Tiller, “Don’t” (240,801,000)
7. Kevin Gates, “2 Phones” (222,027,000)
8. Future featuring The Weeknd, “Low Life” (221,754,000)
9. Bryson Tiller, “Exchange” (207,638,000)
10. Jeremih, “Oui” (195,318,000)

2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand R&B/Hip-Hop Audio Streams
1. Drake featuring WizKid & Kyla, “One Dance” (286,396,000)
2. Rihanna featuring Drake, “Work” (249,625,000)
3. Desiigner, “Panda” (197,997,000)
4. G-Eazy x Bebe Rexha, “Me, Myself & I” (180,962,000)
5. Rihanna, “Needed Me” (146,364,000)
6. Bryson Tiller, “Don’t” (136,617,000)
7. Drake & Future, “Jumpman” (136,347,000)
8. Drake featuring The Throne, “Pop Style” (130,231,000)
9. Future featuring The Weeknd, “Low Life” (125,543,000)
10. Bryson Tiller, “Exchange” (117,665,000)

2016’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand R&B/Hip-Hop Video Streams
1. Desiigner, “Panda” (269,382,000)
2. Rihanna featuring Drake, “Work” (261,829,000)
3. Silento, “Watch Me” (152,687,000)
4. Kevin Gates, “2 Phones” (115,024,000)
5. G-Eazy x Bebe Rexha, “Me, Myself & I” (106,281,000)
6. Bryson Tiller, “Don’t” (104,184,000)
7. Yo Gotti, “Down In the DM” (99,330,000)
8. Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth, “See You Again” (99,262,000)
9. Jeremih, “Oui” (96,298,000)
10. Future featuring The Weeknd, “Low Life” (96,211,000)

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Jon Stewart Takes Over Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Desk

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Jul 22, 2016

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Jon Stewart Takes Over Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Desk

Some stories, like the ouster of Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, are too big for one late night host to tackle alone. Jon Stewart took over Stephen Colbert’s Late Show desk.

Carpool Karaoke with Michelle Obama

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Jul 22, 2016

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In this special presidential edition of his popular “Carpool Karaoke” series, Late Late Show host James Corden and First Lady Michelle Obama sing hits from Stevie Wonder, Beyoncé, and Missy Elliot as they drive around the grounds of the White House.

Wheel of Musical Impressions with Céline Dion

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Jul 22, 2016

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Wheel of Musical Impressions with Céline Dion

Jimmy Fallon challenges Céline Dion to a game of random musical impressions, such as Sia singing “Hush, Little Baby.”

‘The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl” To Be Released On September 9

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Jul 21, 2016

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‘The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl” To Be Released On September 9

Apple Corps Ltd. and Universal Music Group are pleased to announce global release plans for The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl, a new album that captures the joyous exuberance of the band’s three sold-out concerts at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl in 1964 and 1965. A companion to The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years, Academy Award-winner Ron Howard’s authorized and highly anticipated documentary feature film about the band’s early career, The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl will be released worldwide on CD and for digital download and streaming on September 9, followed by a 180-gram gatefold vinyl LP on November 18. The album includes a 24-page booklet with an essay by noted music journalist David Fricke, and its cover art features a sunny photo taken on August 22, 1964 by The Beatles’ then-U.S. tour manager, Bob Bonis, as John, Paul, George and Ringo boarded a chartered flight from Seattle Tacoma Airport to Vancouver, BC for their first concert in Canada.

Documenting The Beatles’ Hollywood Bowl concerts on tape was no easy feat, as producer Sir George Martin explained in his album notes for 1977’s The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl: “The chaos, I might almost say panic, that reigned at these concerts was unbelievable unless you were there. Only three track recording was possible; The Beatles had no ‘fold back’ speakers, so they could not hear what they were singing, and the eternal shriek from 17,000 healthy, young lungs made even a jet plane inaudible.”

While The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl references the long out of print 1977 album, it is an entirely new release, directly sourced from the original three track tapes of the concerts. To preserve the excitement of the shows while unveiling the performances in today’s best available clarity and quality, GRAMMY Award winning producer Giles Martin and GRAMMY Award winning engineer Sam Okell have expertly remixed and mastered the recordings at Abbey Road Studios, including the thirteen tracks from the original album produced by Giles’ father, plus four additional, previously unreleased recordings from the momentous concerts.

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“A few years ago Capitol Studios called saying they’d discovered some Hollywood Bowl three track tapes in their archive,” says Giles Martin. “We transferred them and noticed an improvement over the tapes we’ve kept in the London archive. Alongside this I’d been working for some time with a team headed by technical engineer James Clarke on demix technology, the ability to remove and separate sounds from a single track. With Sam Okell, I started work on remixing the Hollywood Bowl tapes. Technology has moved on since my father worked on the material all those years ago. Now there’s improved clarity, and so the immediacy and visceral excitement can be heard like never before. My father’s words still ring true, but what we hear now is the raw energy of four lads playing together to a crowd that loved them. This is the closest you can get to being at the Hollywood Bowl at the height of Beatlemania. We hope you enjoy the show…”

Featuring rare and exclusive footage, Ron Howard’s The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years is based on the first part of The Beatles’ career (1962-1966) – the period in which they toured and captured the world’s acclaim. The film is produced with the full cooperation of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison. The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years touches on the band’s Hollywood Bowl concerts and includes footage of the “Boys” performance featured on The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl.

White Horse Pictures’ GRAMMY Award-winning Nigel Sinclair, Scott Pascucci, and Academy Award and Emmy Award-winner Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment are producing with Howard. Apple Corps Ltd.’s Jeff Jones and Jonathan Clyde are serving as executive producers, along with Imagine’s Michael Rosenberg and White Horse’s Guy East and Nicholas Ferrall.

Following a world premiere event in London on September 15, the film will roll out theatrically worldwide with release dates set in the U.K., France and Germany (September 15); the U.S., Australia and New Zealand (September 16); and Japan (September 22). In the U.S., Hulu is the presenting partner for Abramorama’s theatrical release of the film, which will be available to stream exclusively to Hulu subscribers beginning September 17. Studiocanal and PolyGram Entertainment are also anchor partners on the film, having acquired U.K., France, Germany and Australia and New Zealand rights. .

The Beatles: Live At The Hollywood Bowl
1. Twist and Shout [30 August, 1965]
2. She’s A Woman [30 August, 1965]
3. Dizzy Miss Lizzy [30 August, 1965 / 29 August, 1965 – one edit]
4. Ticket To Ride [29 August, 1965]
5. Can’t Buy Me Love [30 August, 1965]
6. Things We Said Today [23 August, 1964]
7. Roll Over Beethoven [23 August, 1964]
8. Boys [23 August, 1964]
9. A Hard Day’s Night [30 August, 1965]
10. Help! [29 August, 1965]
11. All My Loving [23 August, 1964]
12. She Loves You [23 August, 1964]
13. Long Tall Sally [23 August, 1964]
14. You Can’t Do That [23 August, 1964 – previously unreleased]
15. I Want To Hold Your Hand [23 August, 1964 – previously unreleased]
16. Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby [30 August, 1965 – previously unreleased]
17. Baby’s In Black [30 August, 1965 – previously unreleased]

What’s Jack White up to now? It’s out of this world.

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Jul 21, 2016

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What’s Jack White up to now? It’s out of this world.

Jack White’s Third Man Records is teasing a July 30 announcement about “making vinyl history.” A video shows a gold record in space — the record being one issued by the label in 2009, featuring the remixed voices of Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking. White has talked about his desire to send a record player up on a balloon so as to have “the first vinyl record played in outer space.” Is this finally going to happen? Will Balloon Boy have anything to do with it? Is Jack going to play in space? Stay tuned.

The smallest Discman ever made…was smaller than a CD

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Jul 20, 2016

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The smallest Discman ever made…was smaller than a CD

A look back at one of the most collectable portable CD players – the Sony D-88 from 1988, the smallest Discman ever made. It was a portable CD player that was too narrow to fit a CD inside. Wait…What?

Watch Rare Live Footage From David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs Tour In 1974

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Jul 20, 2016

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Watch Rare Live Footage From David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs Tour In 1974

Thanks to Nacho Video, the YouTuber who created a tremendous upload of the rarely-seen David Bowie “Diamond Dogs” tour from 1974.

He writes, “I have been asked many times to create some videos for Bowie’s ‘74 tour. There is very little material available, but I have gathered all the footage that’s out there, I think. Among the Super 8 stuff there are some possibilities, tho’ a lot of labor will be required. In the meantime, I’ve taken the obvious easy road of first working on the footage from the wonderful 1974 Alan Yentob BBC documentary, Cracked Actor. The in concert materiel it contains is really well filmed, as one would expect from the BBC. Unfortunately, it contains no complete song. Therefore some imagination and technology is required. Here, I am more or less retreading what others have tried before, but not at this quality.”

The Temptations “Papa Was A Rolling Stone” Instrumental Track Will Blow Your Mind

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Jul 20, 2016

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The Temptations “Papa Was A Rolling Stone” Instrumental Track Will Blow Your Mind

Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone written by Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong as a single for Motown act The Undisputed Truth in 1971, is still one of the greatest of all time. Later that year, Whitfield, who also produced the song, took the track and remade it as a 12-minute record for The Temptations. This version of “Papa” was released as a single in early 1972, and peaked at number 63 on the pop charts and number 24 on the R&B charts.

Beginning with an extended instrumental introduction (3:53 in length), each of the song’s three verses is separated by extended musical passages, in which Whitfield brings various instrumental textures in and out of the mix. A solo plucked bass guitar part, backed by hi-hat cymbals drumming, establishes the musical theme, a simple three-note figure; the bass is gradually joined by other instruments, including a blues guitar, wah-wah guitar, Wurlitzer Electric Piano notes, handclaps, horns, and strings; all are tied together by the ever-present bass guitar line and repeating hi-hat rhythm. A very unusual thing about this song is that it uses only one chord throughout the entire song — B-flat minor.

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