Juice WRLD‘s posthumous release Legends Never Die landed the biggest debut week of 2020 on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart,earning 517,800 album-equivalent units. Legends Never Die saw 360 million on-demand audio streams and 238,300 sales, becoming the first album to move over 500,000 units in its first week …
Read More »Why We Need 'Hamilton' Now More Than Ever
There are works of art that feel borne of, and largely meant for, a particular moment in history. They can play well later if they’re good enough, but they’ll still feel like an artifact from the time in which they were conceived. Once upon a time, Hamilton might have seemed …
Read More »'Hamilton' Performance Ends in Chaos as Medical Emergency Mistaken for Active Shooter
Three people were injured as a San Francisco staging of Hamilton ended in chaos Friday after a medical emergency in the audience was mistaken for an active shooter inside the venue. The Orpheum Theatre was evacuated and the evening’s Hamilton performance was cut short after the series of incidents, which …
Read More »Barack Obama Hits Billboard Chart With Lin-Manuel Miranda For 'Hamilton' Remix
Barack Obama made the Billboard charts this week thanks to Hamilton creatorLin-Manuel Miranda. The former president appears on“One Last Time (44 Remix),” a gospel-inspired remix of the Hamilton hit, which landed at Number 22 on Billboard’s Hot R&B Songs chart. The track, which also features Broadway star Christopher Jackson and …
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