Taylor’s Got The Biggest Selling Album Of 2017 In Just 4 Days…A Sad State For Albums Indeed
It’s mid-November and until this week, the year’s biggest-selling album – not counting streaming and individual track sales converted to equivalent album units – was Ed Sheeran’s eight-month-old Divide (➗),…
“Fats” Domino (1928-2017) – Should’ve Been Rock ‘N’ Roll’s “King”!
When the February 1957 cover of Ebony Magazine proclaimed the immensely popular singer/pianist and genre pioneer Fats Domino the “King of Rock and Roll,” the publication may have been onto…
RIP Keith Wilder (1951-2017); Heatwave’s Last Original Voice Silenced (Plus Their 10 Best Songs, Ranked)
The late Johnnie Wilder, Jr. (d: May 2006) had the vision that led to the creation of the multi-ethnic 1970s band Heatwave, as well as the soft baritone and high…
Regarding The NFL: Ban It, Janet!
There’s a bit of a double standard going on this week… and no, I’m not referring to the fact that pop singer Justin Timberlake was offered (and accepted without hesitation)…
Can We Stop Being Pimped? The Ugly Story Involving Hip-Hop Artists in 2017
Earlier this year, hip-hop (which, sadly, for stat tracking purposes now includes R&B as a sub-genre, versus the other way around) was declared the most consumed genre in music, beating…