Black Sabbath Song Has A Billion Streams

Black Sabbath Song Has A Billion Streams

Black Sabbath has joined Spotify’s “Billions Club” with “Paranoid.” It’s the band’s first song to break the one-billion threshold. “Paranoid” is the title track from the band’s second studio album. The song was written by all four band members: Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. Billions Club is a playlist first launched in ’20 which includes…

Disturbed Go To #1 With Ann Wilson

Disturbed Go To #1 With Ann Wilson

Disturbed has garnered its 19th #1 on the Active Rock radio chart with the power ballad “Don’t Tell Me,” featuring a guest appearance by Heart‘s Ann Wilson. The song is Disturbed’s fourth #1 from the “Divisive” album. “Hey You,” Bad Man” and “Unstoppable” were the first three. It’s the second time Disturbed has earned four #1s from a single album, having previously accomplished…

O’Conner’s Estate Wants Trump To Stop

O’Conner’s Estate Wants Trump To Stop

Sinead O’Connor‘s estate has demanded the removal of the late singer’s music from Donald Trump‘s political campaign rallies. During recent stops in Maryland and North Carolina, her defining single “Nothing Compares 2 U” was played. The song was written by Prince. “It is no exaggeration to say that Sinéad would have been disgusted, hurt and…

Dave Grohl To Play “Love Rocks NYC”

Dave Grohl To Play “Love Rocks NYC”

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl will perform during the eighth annual “Love Rocks NYC” benefit concert at the historic Beacon Theatre in New York City on March 7th. Proceeds will go to God’s Love We Deliver, an organization founded during the AIDS pandemic in ’85, that provides medically tailored meals and nutrition services to New Yorkers living…

Bring Me The Horizon BRIT Award Winner

Bring Me The Horizon BRIT Award Winner

Bring Me The Horizon took home the Alternative/Rock Act honor, beating out Blur and the Rolling Stones, among others, at Saturday’s BRIT Awards in London. “It’s bloody insane this,” said frontman Oli Sykes (pictured) during an expletive-filled speech. The single “Kool-Aid,” dropped earlier this year as the band worked on “Post Human: NexGen,” the second…

Today In Rock: March 3rd, 2024 – Black Sabbath Song Generates One Billion Streams
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Today In Rock: March 3rd, 2024 – Black Sabbath Song Generates One Billion Streams

On this day… Black Sabbath joined Spotify’s “Billions Club” with “Paranoid.” It was the title track from the band’s second studio album. It was the first single from the album and was widely regarded as one of the greatest Heavy Metal songs of all time. The song “Paranoid” was written as an afterthought,” remembered bassist Geezer Butler….

Today In Rock: March 2nd, 2024: Pearl Jam Score First #1
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Today In Rock: March 2nd, 2024: Pearl Jam Score First #1

On this day… Pearl Jam was #1 on Billboard’s Rock & Alternative Airplay chart for the first time with “Dark Matter.” The song’s lyrics were written by vocalist Eddie Vedder with music composed by Pearl Jam and producer Andrew Watt. “Dark Matter,” which earned 5.6 million airplay audience impressions in its second week on the survey, was…