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Shazam turns 20: Find out the first, most and top-by-genre Shazamed songs of all time

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

It’s hard to believe there was a time when we couldn’t just pull out our phones and use them to find out what song was playing. All that changed 20 years ago, when Shazam launched. Since then, it’s helped users identify some 70 billion songs. To mark that moment, Shazam has released a list of its big milestones.

The most Shazamed artist of all time is Drake, who’s had his songs Shazamed 350 million times. His most-Shazamed song is “One Dance.” The most Shazamed song of all time is “Dance Monkey,” by Tones and I, which has been Shazamed over 41 million times.

Here are some other notable firsts and milestones:

It’s hard to believe there was a time when we couldn’t just pull out our phones and use them to find out what song was playing. All that changed 20 years ago when Shazam launched. Since then, it’s helped users identify some 70 billion songs. To mark that moment, Shazam has released a list of its big milestones.

The most Shazamed artist of all time is Drake, who’s had his songs Shazamed 350 million times. His most Shazamed song is “One Dance.” The most Shazamed song of all time is “Dance Monkey,” by Tones and I, which has been Shazamed over 41 million times.

Here are some other notable firsts and milestones:

First Shazamed song: “Jeepster” by T. Rex (April 19, 2002, using the pre-launch public beta version)
First track to reach 1 million Shazams: “TiK ToK” by Ke$ha (February 2010)
First track to reach 10 million Shazams: “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye feat. Kimbra (December 2012)
First track to reach 20 million Shazams: “Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)” by Lilly Wood & The Prick and Robin Schulz (October 2015)
First artist to hit 1 million Shazams: Lil Wayne (February 2009)
First artist to hit 10 million Shazams: Lil Wayne (June 2011)
First artist to hit 100 million Shazams: David Guetta (May 2015)
Fastest track to reach 1 million Shazams: “Butter” by BTS (nine days)
Fastest track to reach 10 million Shazams: “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran (87 days)
Fastest track to reach 20 million Shazams: “Dance Monkey” by Tones And I (219 days)

The most Shazamed songs by genre:

Top Hip-Hop/Rap: “Can’t Hold Us” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton
Top Dance: “Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)” by Lilly Wood & The Prick and Robin Schulz
Top R&B/Soul: “All of Me” by John Legend
Top Latin: “Mi Gente” by J Balvin and Willy William
Top Pop: “Let Her Go” by Passenger
Top Alternative: “Dance Monkey” by Tones And I
Top Singer/Songwriter: “Take Me to Church” by Hozier

The most-Shazamed songs by genre:

Late Clash frontman Joe Strummer was born 70 years ago this Sunday

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

This Sunday, August 21, would’ve been the 70th birthday of the late Joe Strummer, frontman of the hugely influential British punk band The Clash.

Strummer, who was born John Mellor, joined the group that became The Clash in 1976 after playing in a pub rock band The 101’ers.

Known for his gruff vocals and intense performance style, Strummer co-wrote nearly all The Clash’s original songs, usually with the group’s lead guitarist and second singer Mick Jones. The band was initially best known for their fast, hard-charging songs that featured left-leaning political and social themes, although the group also embraced reggae.

The Clash later experimented with hip hop, funk, and other musical genres.

The band enjoyed immediate commercial success in the U.K., but it wasn’t until their third album, the 1979 double-LP London Calling, that the group began garnering major attention in the U.S.

The album peaked at #27 on the Billboard 200 and featured the memorable title track, as well as the Jones-sung “Train in Vain,” which reached #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The Clash’s fifth album, 1982’s Combat Rock, was their commercial high point, peaking at #7 on the Billboard 200 and featuring the #8 Hot 100 hit “Rock the Casbah.”

After The Clash broke up in 1986, Strummer released various of solo projects. He also contributed songs to a number of movie soundtracks, and composed the score to the 1987 film Walker. Joe also acted in several films, including 1989’s Mystery Train.

Strummer’s recorded his last few albums with The Mescaleros, a group that combined various musical influences.

Strummer died in December 2002 of a heart attack cause by an undiagnosed heart defect. He was 50.

Joe was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with The Clash in 2003.

Mark Hoppus performs during live, in-person show for first time post-cancer

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Mark Hoppus is returning to performing live following his battle with cancer.

The Blink-182 bassist/vocalist joined the up-and-coming rock outfit Beauty School Dropout for a performance of their song “Almost Famous.” Hoppus also guests on the studio version of the track, which is out now.

You can watch footage of the onstage collaboration posted to BSD’s Instagram Story.

Hoppus shared that he’d been diagnosed with cancer in June 2021. After a few months of chemotherapy treatment, he was declared “cancer free” in September 2021.

Hoppus technically played his first post-cancer performance during his Blink bandmate Travis Barker‘s Halloween streaming concert last October. However, the Beauty School Dropout show marked his first live and in-person performance since his diagnosis.

Beauty School Dropout, by the way, is signed to Hoppus’ new Verswire project, a “venture capital music startup” that also features Fall Out Boy‘s Pete Wentz as strategic adviser. In addition to collaborating with them on “Almost Famous,” Hoppus also appears in the video for the BSD song “Assassin,” as does Wentz.

Drake named Shazam’s most-searched artist of all time

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Drake‘s music is in high demand, as he’s been named the most-searched artist on Shazam. According to Variety, songs from the rapper’s discography have been Shazamed over 350 million times, with his most popular track being 2016’s “One Dance.” The single hit 17 million Shazams.

Drake’s feat was mentioned as Shazam released a list of its most searched artists and songs to celebrate its 20th birthday. The platform — which identifies songs based on a short sample played through a device’s microphone — also highlighted other notable artists and tracks that made Shazam history in the last two decades.

“Can’t Hold Us” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton, for example, is the most searched song in the hip-hop/rap category. The top R&B/Soul song is “All of Me” by John Legend.

Lil Wayne and Eminem have also cemented their names in Shazam history. The former was the first artist to hit both 1 million and 10 million Shazams, while Em’s “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” was the first song to reach 1,000 Shazams.

Panic! at the Disco celebrates ‘Viva Las Vengeance’ release with “Sad Clown” video

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Panic! at the Disco‘s new album, Viva Las Vengeance, has arrived, and Brendon Urie is celebrating with a new video for the track “Sad Clown.”

The clip stars Urie as a character named The Duke, who finds himself in an 18th century-styled dance party. It also features the return of the character Maggie, played by Leah Adler, who previously showed up in the videos for the Viva Las Vengeance cuts “Middle of a Breakup” and “Don’t Let The Light Go Out.”

You can watch the “Sad Clown” video streaming now on YouTube.

Panic! will launch a U.S. tour in support of Viva Las Vengeance September 8 in Austin, Texas. You can also catch Urie and company perform on the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, airing next Sunday, August 28.

Madonna complains that today’s dance music is too “confusing” and “chaotic”

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Madonna released Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, a massive compilation of all 50 of her #1 hits on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart, today. But the Queen of Pop says she finds today’s dance hits “confusing.”

In the new issue of Paper magazine, Madonna is asked to compare today’s dance music to her pioneering work in the genre in the ’80s. “I think what’s changed the most is just the songs. Songs have changed. The concept of songwriting,” she replies.

“I’m just, ‘Give me a song. I need a beginning, a middle and an end.’ You know what I mean? I get confused by people’s music,” she adds. “And also, there are just too many artists on songs. I feel chaotic when I listen to them.”

Madonna also points out that with her songs — from “Like a Virgin” and “Material Girl” to “Express Yourself” and “Papa Don’t Preach” — she was “very much invested in empowering women too and that was a very big part of the storytelling.”

“While women were making great dance records, I feel like in the early days, while the songs and melodies are really strong and the singers are really good, they weren’t really invested in making women think, ‘Wow, I don’t have to live in a man’s world … I can have my own voice and my own vision,'” she continues. “So that was an important element.”

And while Madonna admits she hates “repeating herself,” she tells Paper she wouldn’t mind reteaming with Nile Rodgers, who produced her breakthrough album, Like a Virgin.

“It would be fun,” she says. “I would love to work with Nile again.” She adds she’d like for them to team up to create “a pop hit with a twist … a new sound.”

Fashion icons Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn on judging ‘Making the Cut”s new season, plus Kim K’s Marilyn moment

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Amazon’s fashion competition show Making the Cut returns Friday for its third season, and hosts/judges Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum caught up with ABC Audio about what to expect this time around.

They also spilled some tea about Kim Kardashian’s Marilyn Monroe moment at the Met Gala.

The third season was shot with COVID-19 protocols somewhat relaxed compared to those surrounding the second season, but still in effect, Heidi noted. “We still couldn’t travel or, you know, Tim and I couldn’t do all of our fun things together because … we just wanted to get through all of our taping days without anyone testing positive.”

However, Gunn says the protocols “absolutely” inspired the creative process for the third season.

“I love constraints because they … force you to be even more creative. I used to say to my students all the time, ‘There’s nothing that is less inspiring than a blank canvas.'”

Heidi says of the third Making the Cut, “What keeps it new is these amazing people that we find from all over the world, and they bring their flavor from their country … They always keep it new and fresh every season.”

Given the pair are fashion experts — and judges — ABC Audio wanted to get their take on Kim’s wearing, and some say damaging, a vintage Marilyn Monroe dress at the Met Gala.

“We only have four minutes,” Gunn said sarcastically.

Heidi offered, “I can’t believe she bleached her hair, this blond … ouch. I was like, ‘She really did that. She didn’t just wear a wig.’ I mean, apart from the Marilyn Monroe outfit, I was like … the poor hair is suffering so much.”

Gunn was less empathetic. “It was a failed publicity stunt,” he said plainly.

Red Hot Chili Peppers to receive 2022 Global Icon Award VMA, release new single “Tippa My Tongue”

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Red Hot Chili Peppers will receive the Global Icon Award at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.

The honor, which was given to Foo Fighters in 2021, “celebrates an artist or band whose unparalleled career and continued impact and influence has maintained a unique level of global success in music and beyond, leaving an indelible mark on the music landscape.”

In addition to being named Global Icons, RHCP will perform at the VMA ceremony, joining a lineup that already includes Måneskin and Panic! at the Disco. The last time the “Californication” outfit performed on the VMAs was all the way back in 2000, when they won the Video Vanguard Award.

The Chili Peppers are also VMA nominees this year. They’re up for the Best Rock prize with their video for “Black Summer.”

The 2022 MTV VMAs take place next Sunday, August 28.

In other Peps news, the band has released a new song called “Tippa My Tongue.” The track is the first single off RHCP’s upcoming album Return of the Dream Canteen, due out October 14.

You can listen to “Tippa My Tongue” now via digital outlets and watch its accompanying video streaming now on YouTube.

Return of the Dream Canteen is the second Red Hot Chili Peppers album of 2022, following April’s Unlimited Love.

RHCP’s current U.S. tour continues Friday in Chicago. The headlining outing is scheduled into mid-September.

Here’s the Return of the Dream Canteen track list:

“Tippa My Tongue”
“Peace and Love”
“Reach Out”
“Eddie”
“Fake as Fu@k”
“Bella”
“Roulette”
“My Cigarette”
“Afterlife”
“Shoot Me a Smile”
“Handful”
“The Drummer”
“Bag of Grins”
“La La La La La La La La”
“Copperbelly”
“Carry Me Home”
“In the Snow”

Demi Lovato turns 30 Saturday, looks forward to “whole new chapter” — including parenthood

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Demi Lovato hits the big 3-0 on Saturday, which is a huge accomplishment: after all, on their new album they literally sing, “I can’t believe I’m not dead.” But after years of struggling with addiction, substance abuse, mental health issues, relationship troubles and more, Demi’s finally in a good place. As they told Apple Music 1‘s Zane Lowe, for them, turning 30 is all about opportunity.

“Turning 30 has been such an eye-opener to me, because it feels like a door that’s opening to a whole new chapter of my life,” Demi told Zane. “And I, through that door, can see things like purpose and what makes me happy.”

So what are those things that will make them happy? Demi explains, “Through that door I see things like taking time off for myself, to work on my spirituality, to travel to places that I want to go to that I’ve never been to.”

And then, the singer says, they’re ready for the biggest step of all.

“Once I do that, [I want to] take time off to start a family, to raise children and [do] things that bring me joy outside of this industry,” they continue. “Because this industry is all that I’ve known since I was a child.”

“It’ll be scary, but … it can be done and it’s rewarding,” they say of balancing music and motherhood. “I’ve seen so many people do it.”

First, though, Demi has a huge tour planned in support of their new album, HOLY F**K. They gave fans a taste of what to expect Friday morning with a performance on ABC’s Good Morning America Summer Concert Series.

Travis Barker reveals he has COVID-19 two months after hospitalization

August 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Travis Barker can’t seem to catch a break.

Taking to Instagram Thursday, August 18, the drummer revealed that he’s tested positive for COVID-19.

“Covid sucks I’d rather be playing drums,” he wrote next to a photo of him playing with drumsticks.

The news comes just two months after Barker, 46, suffered from a “severe life-threatening” case of pancreatitis. Days after the musician was spotted in a stretcher with wife, Kourtney Kardashian, by his side, he took to Twitter then to explain what happened.

“I went in for an endoscopy Monday feeling great. But After dinner, I developed excruciating pain and have been hospitalized ever since,” Barker said in a July 2 tweet.

“During the endoscopy, I had a very small polyp removed right in a very sensitive area, usually handled by specialists, which unfortunately damaged a critical pancreatic drainage tube,” he continued. “This resulted in severe life-threatening pancreatitis.”

“I am so very very grateful that with intensive treatment I am currently much better,” Barker wrote.

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