Pat Benatar and Melissa Etheridge are two fine examples of strong women who can not only rock, but have the chops to compete in a male dominated industry. Pat is a four-time Grammy Award winner, while Melissa has been nominated 15 times for the coveted Grammy, winning twice. Together they will tour the countryside. Pat […]
Weeks ago, we discussed the released of Weezer’s “White Album,” but we never thought it would have this kind of success so soon. The album has debuted at number one on the Top Rock Alternative Albums chart brought to us by Billboard. It sold 45,000 units during its first week! This is the fourth album […]
The year was 2004 and Usher had just released his album, Confessions. This album had hits like “Confessions,” “Yeah!,” “Burn,” and “Caught Up,” which makes it no surprise that this album and its singles would have such great success at the 2004 Billboard Music Awards. That year, Usher would win 14 awards including the Top […]
We’ve been talking about the Billboard Music Awards all week, so why stop now? Let’s talk how these winners are determined and some previous winners… The BBMAs are unique in that they are decided by numbers and not votes. The winner is decided by whoever has the most airplay, downloads, and sales in the United […]
We’re within two months of Rocklahoma and just a week or so back we saw the festival add more bands to the event. The festival, happening Memorial Day weekend, May 27-29 will be a huge event to head to. This festival will have plenty to do with bands like Rob Zombie, Disturbed, Five Finger Death […]
American Idol winner and music sensation Kelly Clarkson made news Wednesday with the release of her new single – a bouncing baby boy by the name of Remington Alexander Blackstock. Kelly and her husband Brandon have a little girl by the name of River Rose. Kelly told a radio interviewer a while ago that this […]
There’s no better marketing for a song than TV and when that song is the theme from the popular television show, it’s a magical ‘one – two’ punch. Let’s look at part two of “TV Hits We Love.” “Hawaii Five-0” by the Ventures was an instrumental song in the mi-60s that coincided with the popular […]
The Billboard Music Award nominations went out earlier this week and there were many big names that received numerous nominations. Wednesday we talked about all of the many awards that The Weeknd is up for, but there are other R&B artists who will be recognized on May 22 when the award show happens. Let’s take […]
One of the best bands from the 80s was Van Halen; they had so many hits it was hard to listen to the radio back then and NOT hear one of their songs. Vah Halen began with lead singer David Lee Roth, then reaching new heights with Sammy Hagar. There are two camps of Van […]
With the Billboard Music Award nominations coming out this week there’s plenty to talk about, but we don’t want to forget about the other things going on. Adele, Mariah Carey, and Kesha have been doing their thing while this goes on. Adele has announced that she’ll be releasing a third single off the album, “25,” […]