UrbanMusicBuzz Soon Celebrates 12 Years with Chris Tian

 While UrbanMusicBuzz has been teetering a little, but not out of the woods by retiring, we are soon getting ready to celebrate a 12 year anniversary! Hurray, Hurray!

Due to the unfortunate circumstance that host Chris Tian has been mourning the loss of his father, Tian does not want to quit hosting UrbanMusicBuzz radio show. Tian wants to keep supporting amazing musical artists and really enjoys listening and sharing their stories to the listeners on the show. 

Chris, not only a host here at UMB, but he’s also an exquisite r&b artist with lots of soul and is getting ready to drop new songs very soon. The over five octave vocalist is currently writing and producing soulful house / EDM dance music. His latest single will soon be announced!

Please keep checking back on Tian’s latest accomplishments with us anytime! 

Please check out Chris Tian on social media at links below:

Twitter - @RnbChrisTian

Instagram - @RnbChrisTian

UMB Celebrates, We are officially 11 Years Old

 

UrbanMusicBuzz is proud to announce our eleventh year anniversary! We are grateful for the amazing & talented people who we've interviewed along our exciting journey and many more fun things yet to come!

UMB Team

ANDY MINEO’S “COMING IN HOT'' FEATURING LECRAE MAKES ITS TRILLER CHART DEBUT THREE YEARS AFTER ITS RELEASE

 Viral Hit Song Peaks At # 2 On Triller’s Global Chart & #3 On Triller’s Global Chart

Atlanta, GA (April 30, 2021) -- It has been three years since Andy Mineo released“Coming In Hot” featuring Lecrae on Reach Records’ summer playlist 2018, and after its recent viral takeover on social media trending at #2 on Instagram Reels, the song went global and landed itself at #2 on Billboard’s Triller US Chart and #3 on Triller’s Global Chart.

The Top Triller U.S. and Top Triller Global charts highlight the biggest songs on Triller based on a formula blending the amount of views of videos containing respective songs, the level of engagement with those videos and the raw total of videos uploaded featuring each song, according to Triller.  The song had a recent spike across all DSPs that seems to be credited to large amounts of user generated content across social platforms. Since January, the record has seen a 400% increase in day-over-day streams. Well on its way to be RIAA certified Gold, “Coming In Hot” has sold over 450,000 units to date, without any radio or major label support, has been used on TikTok more than 51,000 times and featured on Instagram Reels over 200,000 times including reels by Kim Karadashian, Jordyn Woods, Kristen Bell, Common and more. Additionally, since it was released in 2018, it was used to launch Will Smith's inaugural TikTok channel, was selected by Steph Curry as theme song to his life and Lebron James and the Steelers has featured the song across social media. Fox Sports and ESPN MLB also highlighted the viral hit for various promotions, and it was also featured during the NFC Offence Video and 创造营2020 (CHUANG2020) (Chinese Girl Band Competition)."  This is one of many hits for Andy Mineo and Lecrae, both artists signed to indie Atlanta-based label Reach Records. Mineo, has been blazing his own path since releasing his debut mixtape in 2011 with the critically lauded Formerly Known. Since then he garnered a #1 Independent record with his sophomore album Uncomfortable, that also landed at # 3 and #10 on Billboard’s Hip Hop and Top 200 album charts. With two full-length albums and three mixtapes under his belt, he also headlined the Uncomfortable Tour, a 52-city tour which sold out legendary venues across America and Europe. He has appeared on countless radio shows and TV shows, including Sirius XM’s Sway In The Morning and MTV. His colossal hit “You Can’t Stop Me” not only won an ESPN Whammy Award for MLB’s Top Walk Up Song, but also went RIAA ® certified gold, selling over 500,000 copies worldwide. Andy Mineo carries his music beyond through scripting, producing and directing many of his own music videos. He also created a 3-season web series on YouTube called “Saturday Morning Car-Tunez” which garnered over 1M views and gave fans a glimpse into his creative process and personal life. Beyond the critical adulation, he is a born communicator with comedic timing who has become a social media juggernaut with an audience of over 1.2M and growing.  A Multi Grammy Award-winning platinum selling artist, Lecrae has evolved into a New York Times best-selling author, entrepreneur, speaker, thought leader, philanthropist, and Co-Owner/President of Reach Records. A catalyst for restoration in faith, music, and popular culture, he is part of the new wave of thought leaders who are engaging the culture and taking faith out of the pulpits into the wider world! To date, Lecrae has sold more than 3 million copies and been nominated for 7 Grammy Awards including a win for Best Gospel Album, 15 Dove Awards, one Billboard Music Award and received both a Soul Train Music Awards and a BET Hip-Hop Nomination. From his 2017 album, All Things Work Together, his single “I’ll Find You” ft. Tori Kelly, is now certified platinum by the RIAA (sold over 1 million copies), “Blessings” ft Ty Dolla $ign and “Coming In Hot,” Andy Mineo ft Lecrae is on its way to going Gold (sold over 450k). In addition to his new book, I Am Restored: How I Lost My Religion but Found My Faith, Lecrae released a new album Restoration and The Road To Restoration 3-part video narrative, a prelude to his forthcoming documentary.  For more information on Andy Mineo, Lecrae and “Coming In Hot” go to www.reachrecords.com. ### Media Contact: Christina Garvin Sundari PR Christina@sundaripr.com 805.229.1612

POST MALONE Causes Frenzy At Card Shop DROPS THOUSANDS ON 'MAGIC' CARDS!!!

Post Malone’s brought the magic touch to one collectible shop ... 'cause his mere presence alone brought fans out in droves to watch him spend bank on Magic: The Gathering.

We're told the "Circles" rapper hit up the super popular Frank & Son Collectible Show shop Thursday in Industry, CA -- just outside L.A. -- and he was on the hunt for some very pricey 'Magic' cards.

For the too-cool-for-school kids ... MTG is a collectible and digital collectible card game that hit the market back in the early 1990s. The game astoundingly has around 35 million players as of 2018, and more than 20 BILLION cards have reportedly been produced to meet the incredible demand!

As you can see ... Posty's a HUGE fan, and once fans got word he was in town looking to plunk down some serious cash, they swarmed the collectible shop as if he were the Pied Piper.

We're told PM signed autographs for fans before dropping thousands of dollars on a slate of cards. He's so passionate about the game, he was rocking an MTG button-up when he appeared on "Late Night with Seth Meyers."

Fans went bananas trying to figure out how to get their hands on the $135 shirt. They also started speculating it was probably PM who dropped $511k for the highly-coveted alpha Black Lotus card when it sold earlier this year.

No word if Posty's behind that transaction, but lets not forget -- he's no stranger to dropping serious cash for the things he loves most.

Link:

https://www.tmz.com/2019/11/11/post-malone-dallas-cowboys-diamond-chain/

Source: TMZ

The Weeknd, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj Slam Grammys After 2021 Nominations Announced

 Not holding back! The Weeknd called out the Grammys hours after the 2021 nominations were announced on Tuesday, November 24.

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“The Grammys remain corrupt,” the “Blinding Lights” singer, 30, tweeted on Tuesday. “You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency…”

The Weeknd was shut out completely by the Recording Academy despite his album, After Hours, and its many singles being a staple on the airwaves. During 2020, he had two singles land in the top 10 on the Billboard charts and six songs make it on the Billboard Global 200 list.

The “Save Your Tears” artist, who earned eight 2020 American Music Awards nominations last month and won three trophies on Sunday, November 22, was not alone in his gripes against how the Grammys picks nominees. Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj threw shade at the awards show on social media for their own reasons on Tuesday.

The “Yummy” singer, 26, who was nominated for four Grammy Awards, including Best Pop Vocal Album voiced his issues with his album, Changes, being classified as a pop album and not a R&B record.

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“Please don’t mistake this as me being ungrateful, these are just my thoughts take em or leave em. Thank you to the people who fought for me to even have any noms,” Bieber prefaced his Instagram message regarding his gripe with the academy.

The Canadian crooner penned a let to the Grammys noting he is “flattered to be acknowledged and appreciated for my artistry” before breaking down why his album should not be classified as a pop record.

“I am very meticulous and intentional about my music. With that being said I set out to make an R&B album. Changes was and is an R&B album,” he wrote. “It is not being acknowledged as an R&B album which is very strange to me. I grew up admiring R&B music and wished to make a project that would embody that sound. For this not to be put into that category feels weird considering from the chords to the melodies to the vocal style all the way down to the hip hop drums that were chosen it is undeniably, unmistakably an R&B album!”

He concluded by saying he “absolutely love[s] Pop music, [but] it just wasn’t what I set out to make this time around. My gratitude for feeling respected for my work remains and I am honored to be nominated either way.”

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Minaj, for her part, brought up a past Grammys issue after Bon Iver earned a nod for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for his collaboration with Taylor Swift on “Exile.”

“Never forget the Grammys didn’t give me my best new artist award when I had 7 songs simultaneously charting on billboard & bigger first week than any female rapper in the last decade- went on to inspire a generation,” the “Tusa” rapper, 37, tweeted. “They gave it to the white man Bon Iver. #PinkFriday.”

Minaj was up against Bon Iver, which is a folk group founded by Justin Vernon, in 2012 for Best New Artist, which she lost. Bon Iver also took home the trophy for Alternative Music Album that year. The “Anaconda” rapper, however, has yet to win a Grammy.

Source : Us Magazine

St. Pete Artist Chris Tian Remembers Best Friend Hillard Sweet Pea Atkinson

Legendary vocalist Hillard Sweet Pea Atkinson recently passed from a massive heart attack leaving 4X Grammy contender Chris Tian lost without words on the passing of his friend.

Tian who had produced and wrote songs for Sweet Pea traveled to Los Angeles annually to network on the red carpets for Grammy events in February and would always hang out with Sweet Pea and catchup on everyday life.

" I can't believe this is happening to me that my best friend Sweet Pea just passed and I'm always going to miss him. I'm going to miss laughing with him and hearing him sing along to the radio in his car every time we drive around the Los Angeles neighborhood, " quotes Tian.

Chris Tian is also thankful to his family to always accommodate Sweet Pea when he visited Chris in Portsmouth, New Hampshire where they collaborated on music.

When Chris moved to St. Pete, Florida, he also invited Sweet Pea to stay in his 2nd bedroom to collaborate on more tracks which Tian was greatly looking forward to.

Tian also says, "Thanks for the music and the laughs. I miss you like my much older brother and friend.


Rest In Peace




UMB Team

Isley-Jasper-Isley & Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Exclusive Interview on UrbanMusicBuzz

Please TUNE IN to a fun exclusive interview with Chris Jasper talking about his new remix of Sam Cooke's, "Nothing Can Change This Love."

Chris tells host Chris Tian on UrbanMusicBuzz that he grew up listening to Sam Cooke and is now excited about the release of this cover song remix!

We don't want to give away so much here in writing, but please listen to the interview on what Jasper has to say...

Wednesday, April 29th @ 8PM (EST) on UrbanMusicBuzz.com




UrbanMusicBuzz Team