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Tun’d In – Calypso Kings
This month, we take a look at the hottest names in Calypso over the years. Check out our favourite calypsonian hits below and then catch up on our calypso spotlight with Harry Belafonte! Top Ten Calypso Songs of All Time Banana Boat Song (“Day-O”) – Harry Belafonte Rum and Coca Cola – Lord Invader Jean […]
This Month In Music – March 2018
March 1 1941: The first FM radio station opens in Nashville March 2 1967: The Beatles’ song “Michelle” is named Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards 2005: The iTunes Music Store marks its 300 millionth song sold March 4 1966: John Lennon tells a London newspaper that The Beatles are “more popular than […]
This Month In Music – February
February 1 1952: Rick James is born February 2 1993: Willie Nelson and the IRS settle their longstanding tax feud. The U.S. government kept $3.6 million in assets it had already seized and Nelson would have to pay $5.4 million of the $13.1 million balance February 3 1959: Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and Buddy […]
Bridging The Gap – We Will Rise – Drastic & Shérose
2017 saw one of the craziest Atlantic hurricane seasons of all time. For Grammy-Nominated Singer-Songwriter Drastic, who experienced a direct hit of hurricane Irma in Tortola on September 6 and Poet/Songwriter Shérose who experienced a direct hit of hurricane Maria one week later, the experiences felt like a movie. With both countries devastated by widespread […]
Coming Soon – Black Panther
We. Cannot. Wait. Black Panther: The Album will drop on February 9 and the movie on February 16 (Feb 22 in Antigua). Rapper Kendrick Lamar is producing and curating the soundtrack with Top Dawg Entertainment founder Anthony Tiffith. Lamar is also featured on the album alongside artists such as SZA, The Weeknd, Travis Scott, Vince […]
Billboard Top Ten – February Week 1
Drake dominates the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as “God’s Plan” becomes his first song to debut at No. 1. Drake makes history on Billboard’s On-Demand Streaming Songs chart, as “God’s Plan” opens with 68 million on-demand U.S. audio streams, according to Nielsen Music, shattering the single-week record previously set by Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble.” Drake stirs […]
Billboard’s Top 10 Best-Selling Christmas Albums of All Time
Billboard has compiled a list of the top 10 selling Christmas albums, using both RIAA certification information and actual point-of-sale data from Nielsen Music. For albums released before SoundScan started collecting data in 1991, we used their RIAA certification to determine sales. From Elvis to Josh Groban, here are the top ten albums that have […]