Billboard released its top 40 list of highest earners in 2015 and there are plenty of rappers included. The highest earning rapper last year was none other than J. Cole. J. Cole barely edged out The Weeknd with his $8.8 million earned last year. Of that almost $9 million, he made $5.5 million from touring. […]
The Strumbellas have had quite a good bit of success with their recent hit, “Spirits,” and can officially call it a number one Mediabase chart hit. It overtook Twenty One Pilots’ song, “Ride,” this week for the top spot by just under 100 spins. The Lumineers round out the top three with their hit, “Ophelia.” […]
Adele has been one of the biggest names in music since she broke through and proved it with the numbers that were announced when it came to her 2015 revenue. Adele is on tour in North America for a better part of the summer, but all the shows appear to be sold out. If you […]
The Mediabase chart for this week is out and we’re happy to see Shinedown back inside the top 10. Their hit, “Asking For It,” was inevitably going to be a big hit and it’s one of the two new songs to the top 10 this week. The other new song is “From the Pinnacle to […]
Recently, Billboard released their list of top 40 artists and no we didn’t forget about it! We’re here to discuss who finished where and how they got there. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that at number one we see Taylor Swift and her $73.5 million in 2015 revenue. She made over $61 million touring […]
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is planning a three-day open air concert in October of this year, featuring Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Neil Young and Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters. In the spirit of ‘Woodstock,’ the scheduled performers seem to have an activist tone or history to their years of rock, while […]
In the 60s, the British Invasion began one February night on the nationally televised ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ with the four long haired boys known as the Beatles. Not far behind were great bands like Eric Burdon and the Animals. Let’s spend more time sharing fund facts about Eric and the boys… The Animals actually broke […]
The Beatles were the good boys with long hair (long by the early 60s standards), the Rolling Stones the bad boys, and finally, Eric Burdon and the Animals were known as the dirty boys. Formed in England in the early 60s, the Animals were a hard band to categorize. They were certainly psychedelic, but also […]
Madonna has gone through many phases during her lifetime and she’s been quite successful during all of them. During the late 90s, Madonna turned into a new age pop star conforming to the hits around her with one of her biggest hits, “Ray of Light.” “Ray of Light” was released 18 years ago last Friday, […]
The O’Jays, a 70s soul group from Canton, Ohio, was one of the most successful bands from the 70s, earning fame and fortune with great songs like “Love Train,” “I Love Music,” “For the Love Of Money,” “Used to Be My Girl” and more. Did you know that they first recorded under the name of […]