Rihanna has released her highly-anticipated album ANTI, which is now available for download on iTunes, Apple Music and Google Play. Just a little before that, she also sent the new single "Work" online, on which she collaborates with Drak, with whom they have joined forces in the past. Roy Nachum signed the cover.
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The British musician Phil Collins, who was one of the best-selling musicians in the world in the 1980s, announced his return at the end of last year from the musical retirement he entered in 2011. He started his second musical spring by reworking his own past solo albums, but in addition to the reworked the covers of the tracks also caught our eye. At first glance, they are identical to the originals, and indeed they are, with the important difference that Phil Collins from 2015 or 2016 and not a younger version. The albums are part of the music retrospective Take A Look At Me Now.
Are you curious about how the baby from the cover of Nirvana's cult Nevermind album looks 25 years later? Spencer Elden, who in 1991 as a four-month-old baby posed in a swimming pool (due to the fear that the baby's nudity would offend someone, the Geffen label covered the delicate part with a sticker), in honor of Nirvana and the venerable anniversary of its second album, posed again underwater and recreated the famous scene, except without the US bill on the hook. The Nevermind album cover was named the third most legendary of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.
Although 2016 is nowhere near over, our thoughts are already on 2017 and what it has to offer. We can already tell you that it will be lively in the music field, because after five years the skillful cats LCD Soundsystem are returning. Canadian indie rockers Arcade Fire and the most influential young musician of 2014, Lorde, are also preparing the album. So what are the most anticipated music albums of 2017?
The Rolling Stones released a new album after eleven years. Blue & Lonesome, which is said to be their best album in 35 years, includes a dozen bluesy covers and features the legendary Eric Clapton as a guest. For the song Ride 'Em On Down', they have already recorded a video, in which the American actress Kristen Stewart plays the main role, driving a Mustang around post-apocalyptic Los Angeles.
This time, the famous duo 2Cellos tackled the title song of the popular series Game of Thrones and released an epic video for it, which they shot in Dubrovnik, where the aforementioned HBO series was also filmed. The track heralds the imminent release of the Score album, which will be released in March 2017 and is dedicated to film music.
Rihanna has become the best-selling solo artist of all time! She managed to do this in just 12 years of her music career. She began her journey with the song Pon De Replay in 2005. 213.2 million albums sold later, she has taken the crown of the most successful solo artist in music history. She dethroned the king of rock'n'roll, Elvis Presley. Now Rihanna has a new target on the fly - the legendary band The Beatles, who are the only ones to have sold more albums than the Barbadian beauty. But even this record is at risk...
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the remaining surviving members of the legendary group The Beatles, reunited after a long time and recorded a new song together.
2017 did not skimp on good music. So far, we have received quite a few excellent music albums. But summer is perhaps the most exciting time in the music industry, as musicians are jostling for places on the charts.
In December, we like to look over our shoulder and find out what was the best thing about the past year. Of course, first we look through our archive, take inventory, pat ourselves on the back if we were satisfied, and thus raise a glass in greeting to the coming year. But the review and list of the best, the most successful, the most deserving takes place in just about every field. Of course also in music. These are the best music albums of 2017.
A month ago we read about the best albums of the past year, now it's time to predict the new one. We have already heard some chirps, some rumors will obviously be confirmed, but it seems that 2018 will also be a very varied year musically.
What are the best music albums of 2019 according to our editors?