Johnny Depp lost his high-stakes libel case Monday against The Sun tabloid newspaper for labeling him a “wife beater,” as a British judge said he believed the actor had abused ex-wife Amber Heard to such an extent that she frequently feared for her life. In a decision widely cheered by campaigners against domestic abuse, Justice Andrew Nicol said […]
The drops generated 34% of all indie store CD and vinyl album sales since August. Record Store Day 2020’s three-part drop series came to a close on Oct. 24 — and continued to generate big album sales for indie stores and the music industry. The drops (staged on Aug. 29, Sept. 26 and Oct. 24) […]
On Billboard’s latest Album Sales chart (dated Nov. 7), Pearl Jam captures its 14th top 10, as the group’s MTV Unplugged jumps from No. 37 to No. 7. The surge up the list is due to the album’s Oct. 22 reissue on vinyl, and its first ever release on CD and as a digital download album. The set sold 12,000 copies in […]
Bruce Springsteen is bossing the U.K. chart race with Letter To You (Columbia). The American legend opens up a big lead on the Official Chart Update, and is well on track for his 12th U.K. No. 1, the OCC reports. Letter To You is the Hall of Famer’s 20th studio album and it marks Springsteen’s first reunion with the E Street Band […]
Eagles fly in at No. 5 on the Album Sales chart (dated Oct. 31) with the band’s best sales week in over a decade, as their new Live From The Forum MMXVIII debuts with 24,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 22, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The arrival marks the largest sales week for any […]
Céline Dion is using the power of love in an upcoming movie. The icon is set to star alongside Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Outlander‘s Sam Heughan in a new film called Text For You, an English remake of a German film, according to People. In the movie, Chopra Jonas plays a widow who lost her fiancé and in her sorrow, started […]
Not that it ever was far from rock fans’ consciousness, but Stevie Nicks’ voice is suddenly a ubiquitous part of popular culture again, thanks to a viral video of a skateboarding man singing along to Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” that has become the feel-good hit of a feel-bad fall season. Naturally, the snippet of it has made a […]
