Nominated for a leading 16 awards, The Weeknd's wins – including top artist and top hot 100 artist – brings his career total to 19, placing him in the top five winners of all time behind Drake, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, and Garth Brooks.
The Weeknd followed up his sweep with a wild performance of "Save Your Tears," as he swapped backup dancers for automobiles.
BTS' 'Butter' Voted This Week's Favorite New Music | Billboard
Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (May 21) on Billboard , choosing BTS' latest single as their favorite new music release of the past week.
"'Butter,' you know, it's summer," RM told Billboard in an interview ahead of Sunday night's 2021 Billboard Music Awards, where the group would be performing the song for first time, remotely. "It's very, kind of like seasoning. It's also a more upbeat, fresh dance-pop track, like more like a summer anthem. Just all the positive vibes and upbeat energy."
Olivia Rodrigo's highly anticipated debut album, Sour -- featuring 11 tracks, including her breakout single "Drivers License," "Deja Vu" and "Good 4 U" -- came in second on the poll, with more than 20% of the vote.
The Weeknd named top artist at 2021 Billboard Music Awards | Fox News
A list of winners in the top categories at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, held Sunday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
High school music department hosts outdoor concert for community | wnep.com
The Wyoming Valley West High School Music Department held its first-ever Rain or Shine Spring Program.
Members of the high school band and high school orchestra took turns performing throughout the day.
Food vendors, basket raffles, 50/50 chances, and more at the event helped raise money for the schools' music department in Luzerne County.
Concept: Meet iPod Max with Apple Music Lossless and AirPods Max focus - 9to5Mac
The original iPod is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2021. As for now, the only iPod being sold by Apple is the seventh-generation touch model. With the company introducing Apple Music Lossless, an iPod with this focus could be a great way to celebrate this anniversary.
it’s important to note that there aren’t any reliable rumors or even iOS code suggesting Apple is, in fact, preparing a revamped iPod, especially a new approach to the iPod Classic design. This is why I teamed up with my colleague Parker Ortolani to create this idea of an iPod Max to pair with AirPods Max.
When Apple introduced Apple Music Lossless it wasn’t expected that any AirPods product would be able to stream in this quality for a very simple reason: all AirPods use Bluetooth and this technology can only stream 320kbps MP3 at maximum.
Apple, for example, uses 256 kbps AAC. As the company didn’t introduce a new codec, like Sony’s LDAC which streams over 990 kbps, the only hope for Apple users was if the AirPods Max would be able to reach a Lossless quality while wired.
As the company stated in a support document , it’s not possible to stream Lossless quality with the AirPods Max even when it’s wired, because it uses a Lightning port:
About AirPods Max, Apple confirms it doesn't stream lossless and Hi-Res Lossless over Bluetooth but with the Lightning to 3.5 mm audio cable, this headphone will deliver an "exceptional audio quality, however, given the analog to digital conversion in the cable, the playback will not be completely lossless."
With AirPods Max 2, Apple would only need to add a 3.5mm headphone jack. With it, it would be possible to stream Lossless quality at 24-bit at 48 kHz. Done.
Parker went a bit further and said Apple could introduce an upgraded AirPlay experience so even with the second-generation AirPods Max connected over Bluetooth, AirPlay 3 could bring a closer experience to Lossless with a new over the air codec or even with a Wi-Fi connection between the headphone and the iPod Max, for example.
iPod Max could be what audiophiles really look forward to with an Apple product. With the iPod Classic design inspiration, this product would run an iOS variant and would focus on audio services with Apple Music, Podcasts, Audiobooks, and Apple News. The Files app, for example, would be a way to bring proprietary HQ songs or audio files without adding them to the Music app. Here are its features:
Music insider to 'expose' country music 'hypocrites' in book
A former Atlantic Records exec who penned a tell-all about rampant sexism in the music biz has set her sights on Nashville — the epicenter of the booming country music industry.
Dorothy Carvello — who started out as music mogul Ahmet Ertegun's secretary in the '80s and became the first female A&R exec at Atlantic — published her debut book, " Anything for a Hit: An A&R Woman's Story of Surviving the Music Industry " in 2018. The explosive memoir dished on abusive execs , and included insider anecdotes on Michael Jackson, Madonna, Steven Tyler, Bon Jovi, INXS and more.
Her follow-up is a novel — but she told Page Six, "All the characters in the Nashville book will be recognizable. People will be guessing."
She also says of the genre's awards: "There are secret committees and backroom deals . . . and it's very tough to break in."
Armed with extensive experience working in the music industry, she said, "I am going to expose the hypocrites in the music business and start outing these people. It's a closed community. They've been running the show for years, and there are no women running record companies. Everyone goes along with the racism and misogyny. They do whatever they want to do."
Vanity Fair recently wrote that country has had "practices that kept progressives and most women from becoming major stars for years."
Carvello — who's putting the finishing touches on the tome, “Music City” — told us, "The female artists and executives are cast aside by the men . . . It's a money train. The book is a microcosm of the abusive music business and how it grinds out artists."
Some country artists have been speaking out recently about the behind-the-scenes practices of the industry. Rissi Palmer — the first African-American woman to hit the country charts in 20 years, with her debut single in 2007 — alleged in a an NPR interview this year: “I remember, like, when I first came out, I was a supporter of Barack Obama, and I performed at the Democratic convention. And I remember my record label not wanting me to post pictures of it… of me there. And I was, like, ‘I’m posting my pictures. I don’t care.'”
Duran Duran playing the 2021 Billboard Music Awards shows the critics were wrong
Time has shown that their blend of pop, rock, dance and funk has an enduring appeal that crosses generations, with their last album, 2015's "Paper Gods," going Top 10 in America and Top 5 in the U.K. Their newest effort, "Future Past," arrives Oct. 22, with its first song "Invisible" out this past Wednesday. Four decades after the release of their self-titled debut album, the band is still procuring mass media exposure, headlining major festivals and appearing on an awards show alongside modern pop icons like BTS, The Weeknd and P!nk. That's no small feat.
The group was certainly a trendsetter back in the day with songs like " Rio " and " The Wild Boys ." While some might accuse them of trendiness — notably by working with Justin Timberlake and Timbaland on their underappreciated 2007 album "Red Carpet Massacre" — part of their secret sauce is no doubt the ability to follow their own sense of style while choosing top-notch collaborators like singer Janelle Monáe, bassist Nile Rodgers and, now, producing legend Giorgio Moroder. Even during the '90s when sales were often a bit choppier ( 1993's popular "Wedding Album" aside ), they never catered to grunge or alternative trends like other '80s groups did; they retained their stylish image on their own terms.
Even with their continued success, there have been other bumps in the road. By the mid-1980s, the pressures of fame and expectations fractured Duran Duran into two platinum-selling side-projects: The Power Station (with guitarist Andy Taylor and bassist John Taylor) and Arcadia (with singer Simon Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and drummer Roger Taylor). Andy Taylor and Roger Taylor departed thereafter, and the band soldiered on successfully for awhile with guitarist Warren Cuccurullo. John Taylor left in 1997.
If the new single "Invisible" is any indication, "Future Past" will continue that tradition in October.
Bryan Reesman is a New York-based reporter, the author of the book "Bon Jovi: The Story" and host of the podcast "Side Jams."
Billboard Music Awards: Drake, Pink, The Weeknd win big – The Denver Post
NEW YORK — It was a family affair at the Billboard Music Awards: Pink twirled in the air in a powerful performance with her daughter, and Drake was named artist of the decade, accepting the honor alongside his 3-year-old son.
Drake, who extended his record as the most decorated winner in the history of the awards show to 29 wins Sunday, was surrounded by family and friends who presented him with the Artist of the Decade Award. He walked onstage outside the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles with his son Adonis holding his hand.
"I wanna dedicate this award to my friends, to my longtime collaborators … to my beautiful family, and to you," he said, looking to Adonis and picking him up to kiss him.
Drake placed his first song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2009, and since has logged the most songs ever on the chart, with 232 entrees. He's also logged a record 45 Top 10 hits on the Hot 100 and a record 22 No. 1s on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart.
Pink received the Icon Award and was joined onstage by her 9-year-old daughter — showing off their powerful gymnastic skills as they spun in the air in a jaw-dropping performance. Known for her signature aerial and acrobatic moves, Pink was matched by Willow Sage Hart as "Cover Me In Sunshine" played in the background, Pink's song featuring vocals from her daughter.
"Willow, you nailed it," Pink said after the performance. "I love what I do and I love the people that I get to do it with, and we're pretty good at what we do, but it wouldn't matter if no one came to see us and play with us. So all you guys out there … thank you for coming out!"
The Weeknd was on hand to accept the most wins of the night — 10. He walked into the show with 16 nominations, winning honors like top artist, top male artist, top Hot 100 song for "Blinding Lights" and top R&B album for "After Hours."
"I wanna take this opportunity to thank you, my parents," he said. "I am the man I am today because of you. And thank you to my fans, of course. I do not take this for granted."
The late rapper Pop Smoke was also a big winner: He posthumously earned five honors, including top new artist and top rap artist, while his debut — "Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon" — won top rap album and top Billboard 200 album, which his mother accepted onstage.
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Erica Welch is the special sections editor for The News-Review, mother of two and a native of Roseburg. She is an alumni of RHS, UCC and Western Oregon University. Contact her at ewelch@nrtoday.com or 541-957-4218.
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