Thania Garcia

Thania Garcia

Music Industry Moves: MusiCares Plots Second Annual Volunteer Day; Decca Records U.S. Ups Joseph Oerke to Executive VP

Music’s leading charity MusiCares has announced its second annual volunteer day, “The Day That Music Cares,” will take place on April 26. The initiative encourages music professionals and fans worldwide to a day of volunteering, “demonstrating the power and heart of the music community,” per a press release. Songwriters and sound engineers, touring crews and […]

Beyoncé Holds Top Spot on Albums Chart as J. Cole’s ‘Might Delete Later’ Enters at No. 2

Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” is the No. 1 album in the United States for a second consecutive week, preventing new releases from J. Cole and Tomorrow X Together from hitting the peak. “Cowboy Carter” logged 125,500 sales this week, according to the tracking service Luminate, and 133 million streams, propelling the country album to become Beyoncé’s […]

Rapper Rod Wave Arrested on Weapons Charges

Rod Wave was arrested for possession of ammunition or a weapon in Manatee County, Florida on Wednesday, the St. Petersburg Police Department has confirmed. According to police, Rod — the rapper and singer born Rodarius Marcell Green — was arrested due to suspicions he had been involved in a gang-related shooting in Florida that left […]

Billie Eilish Responds to Backlash After Condemning ‘Wasteful’ Vinyl Packaging: ‘Wasn’t Singling Anyone Out’

Billie Eilish has long been combatting the music industry’s overconsumption habits by highlighting its sustainability wins and fails. In a recent interview centered around her environmental activism for Billboard, Eilish called out the “wasteful” ways the “biggest artists in the world” sell an overwhelming amount of vinyl variants, usually to secure their No. 1 entry […]

Beyoncé’s Best Lyrics on ‘Cowboy Carter’ — From ‘John Wayne’-ing That Ass to Warning ‘Jolene’ to Find Her Own Man

Beyoncé’s new album “Cowboy Carter” arrives after what the Texas-born singer says was a five-year journey she embarked on after feeling rejected by the country music world. On her eighth solo LP — a “Beyoncé album” not a country album, she insists — the artist freely pushes the boundaries of country music and utilizes the […]

Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Features Miley Cyrus and Post Malone, With Guests Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson

New details about Beyoncé’s incoming “Cowboy Carter,” out tonight (March 29), have emerged following yesterday’s tracklist reveal. The follow-up to Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” features Post Malone on the song “Levii’s Jeans,” while Miley Cyrus lends her vocals for “II Most Wanted.” In addition, Dolly Parton appears in an interlude, as does Willie Nelson and Linda Martell, […]