K-pop artists sell over 57million physical albums in 2021

Mick Jagger has praised Machine Gun Kelly and Yungblud for making sure there is still "life in rock 'n' roll". In conversation with The Independent, The Rolling Stones frontman discussed the rock landscape in the modern era, expressing what he sees as a recent lack of young bands taking the genre forward and pointing to MGK and Yungblud as two artists finally bucking the trend.

Kate Hudson has realized one of her dreams and has taken to Instagram to share the incredible news with her 15 million followers. Sharing two pictures of her looking casual in a pair of baggy dip-dyed trousers and a white tank top, and singing into a microphone, the actress announced a surprising career change.

6ix9ine continues to take drastic measures in his pursuit of clout. Now, he's taunting Lil Durk about King Von's death with the use of a look-alike and a prop. On Tuesday (April 26), 6ix9ine shared a video on his Instagram page where he is standing on a street corner with a group of men, one of whom looks exactly like Lil Durk. The look-alike goes by the nickname Perkio. In the clip, Tekashi pulls a jacket out of a bag and one of the rapper's associates puts it around the shoulders of faux Durk, who looks scared.

Click here to read the full article. If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Footwear News may receive an affiliate commission. Cara Delevingne played multiple roles at the Billboard Music Awards last night. Supermodel, red carpet stylist, and most of all, Megan Thee Stallion superfan. While on the red carpet, Delevingne stood behind the superstar rapper advising her on how to pose to show off her custom gown until she eventually jumped into the shot to do it for her. The 29-year-old model lifted up Stallion’s brown and black train that draped behind her. For...

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days star Johnny Chao is showing off a new look on social media. The reality TV star rocked a fresh-faced look on the show. However, Chao debuted some new facial hair in his most recent post on Instagram. More specifically, he grew a beard and mustache.

Spring is always a big time for engagements and weddings, and two beloved internet personalities are the latest to update their relationship status. On April 18, Rachel "Seltzer" Quirico revealed she and longtime boyfriend Trevor "TorcH" Housten were tying the knot after 17 years together. Both of them are beloved figures in the esports world, with Seltzer notably starring in the Syfy reality show WCG Ultimate Gamer. She's also hosted numerous esports tournaments and events for TV/streaming outlets; she also made a recent appearance on G4 TV's Boosted.

Cardi B has told her fans that she has been experiencing “technical difficulties” with her new music. The Bronx rapper is currently working on the follow-up to her 2018 debut album ‘Invasion of Privacy’, though its release has been hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Cardi told...

Rina Sawayama has announced plans to release a new album and teased the record with a short trailer – you can view it below. Entitled ‘Hold The Girl’ the follow up to her debut, 2020’s ‘SAWAYAMA’, is set to drop on September 2. It...

The launch of Apex Legends Mobile will include an entirely new legend called Fade, who will be exclusive to mobile platforms. As Apex Legends Mobile approaches its May 17 launch date, developer Respawn Entertainment has unveiled what new features fans can expect. The biggest of these is a new legend...

Orlando Weeks has shared dates of a UK headline tour – check out the full itinerary and ticket details below. The dates will support his second solo album, ‘Hop Up’ which was released in January, and follows the former Macabees frontman’s 2020 debut, ‘A Quickening‘. Weeks also toured the record earlier this year, which included a “spellbinding” performance at London’s Barbican Centre in March, which NME called “captivating” in a five-star review.

Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae has opened up about his life since the Netflix series’ viral success and what the show might mean for the future of Korean media. In a recent interview with Deadline, Lee spoke about how, despite the massive international popularity of Squid Game – including critical success at the Critics Choice Awards and the SAG Awards – life has largely stayed the same for him.

The Warner Bros. upcoming Super Smash Bros.-inspired arena-fighter MultiVersus has had a new trailer, with an Open Beta starting soon. Developed by Player First games, the fighting game had a new trailer today (May 16) that showed off the colourful cast of characters and revealed the Open Beta date, which will begin in July.

Aitch has announced details of his debut album ‘Close To Home’ and confirmed that he will release his latest single ‘1989’ tomorrow (May 20). The Manchester rapper previously told NME that his first LP will “100,000 per cent be a proper Manchester album”, and spoke of his desire to get Liam Gallagher to guest on the record.

Indie developer Stephen Ddungu has claimed that Disney likely copied his indie game for use in a fighting scene in the recent Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness. Ddungu is currently developing a JRPG called Sword of Symphony, a game which he says draws inspiration from Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy and NieR: Automata. In the game, musical notes play a prominent role in the mechanics, hence the name. In combat, the player can conjure up musical notes and fling them towards enemies as an attack.

In 2019, filmmakers Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah, better known as Coodie and Chike, walked into the midtown Manhattan offices of Time Studios and dumped two duffel bags and some shoeboxes full of mini DV tapes on the conference table. The mountain of footage was the product of more than 20 years in which Simmons had been filming his friend Kanye West, starting in 1998 in Chicago, where West was then an up-and-coming hip-hop producer and Simmons a stand-up comic who hosted a cable access show called Channel Zero. That day in 2019, Simmons and Ozah hoped to find...

Budjerah is still in some sense of bewilderment. Days before his set at The Great Escape in Brighton, he revealed to the world that he was the latest act to feature on a remix of ‘2step’ by Ed Sheeran, joining a globe-trotting cast of artists like rapper Lil Baby and Ukrainian band Antytila. He’s still “pinching myself”, he said on Twitter.

It isn’t – but it should be – called The Bullseye Conundrum. As a successful act with an overnight phenomenon of a record on your hands, do you stick with what you’ve got? A huge, guaranteed audience for at least two or three more albums of the same sort of stuff – that’s yours to take home. Or do you gamble it all and go for the caravan of cultural immortality?

Pearl Jam have cancelled the remainder of their US tour after bassist Jeff Ament tested positive for COVID-19. The band were due to play in Sacramento tonight (May 18) and Las Vegas on Friday (20), but both concerts have now been axed. It comes after drummer Matt Cameron was diagnosed...