No modern artist is more popular globally than Michael at his peak. To give you an idea of just how popular Michael was… Thriller was moving more than 1M units PER WEEK in the US alone, and spent 37 weeks at No 1!
Music didn’t get worse. Our listening did. So many rush through new releases just to have an opinion online. People rarely sit with an album anymore. You can’t connect with music you’re half-listening to while scrolling.
Jimmy Iovine says top artists like Drake and Kendrick Lamar are the few who truly profit from streaming. He argues the streaming model is broken and predicts streaming services will become obsolete in the coming years.
Remembering John Singleton on his birthday today.
In 1991, he became the youngest Academy Award nominee for Best Director for his debut film Boyz N the Hood.
Leonardo DiCaprio wonders if "people still have the appetite" for movie theaters and worries cinemas may become very niche, "like jazz bars":
“We’re looking at a huge transition. First, documentaries disappeared from cinemas. Now, dramas only get finite time and people wait to see it on streamers. I don’t know.”
https://t.co/4cJEbshJwH
Benicio del Toro says “I don't think we're there yet” when it comes to the representation of Latino stories:
"I haven’t seen a Latino movement like we saw with African American filmmakers or Italian American stories. We need more stories about the many Latino communities across the U.S. I hope that comes."
https://t.co/pP0PZb1DC9
Kendrick Lamar & SZA's 'Grand National Tour' is now the HIGHEST-GROSSING hip hop tour in HISTORY 🔥🏟️
▫️$332.1M Revenue
▫️1.5M+ Tickets Sold
▫️46K Average Attendance
▫️$9.8M Average per Show
▫️Highest grossing joint-tour in history