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Friday, June 2, 2023

Metro Boomin Reveals 'Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse' Soundtrack Features

Metro Boomin recently revealed more Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse soundtrack features after having announced the first three features a week earlier.

The lineup announced by Metro include A$AP Rocky, Lil Uzi Vert and 21 Savage. He has also enlisted A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Offset, Nav, Wizkid, Coi Leray, J.I.D., Swae Lee and several others.

Metro had already named Future, Don Toliver and James Blake in the lineup.

Metro unveiled the lineup by posting illustrations of each artist in Spider-Man costumes.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is helmed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson and written by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and David Callaham.

Metro Boomin's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse soundtrack arrives on June 2.

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'Barbie' Soundtrack To Feature Lizzo, Dua Lipa, HAIM & More

The upcoming Barbie movie soundtrack will feature a star-studded lineup, including tracks from Lizzo, HAIM, Charli XCX, Tame Impala and more.

Barbie The Album, the musical companion of the movie, will drop via Atlantic Records on July 21, the same day the movie releases.

Barbie is directed by Greta Gerwig, who wrote the screenplay with Noah Baumbach. Based on the Barbie fashion dolls by Mattel and inspired by the 1994 non-fiction book "Reviving Ophelia" by Mary Pipher, the film is the first live-action Barbie film after several computer-animated direct-to-video and streaming television films.

The film stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken, respectively, alongside a large ensemble supporting cast.

The soundtrack's first single "Dance The Night" from three-time Grammy Award-winning global superstar Dua Lipa has been dropped as a preview. She also makes a special appearance in the film.

"Dance The Night" was produced by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt and the Picard Brothers.

(Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures)

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Harry Styles' 'As It Was' Earns Record 61st Week On Billboard's Pop Airplay Chart

Harry Styles' "As It Was" has made history by staying on Billboard's Pop Airplay chart for an unprecedented 61st week.

The song, the lead single from Styles' third album, Harry's House, debuted on the April 9, 2022-dated tally and spent seven weeks at No. 1 last May-July.

"As It Was" ranks No. 15 on the latest list dated June 3, breaking out of a tie with The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" to achieve the record of the longest stay on the Pop Airplay chart.

List of songs that have seen long runs in Pop Airplay's 30-year-plus history:

Most Weeks on Pop Airplay, Title, Artist(s), Peak Pos./Date:

61, "As It Was," Harry Styles, No. 1 (seven weeks), beginning May 21, 2022 60, "Blinding Lights," The Weeknd, No. 1 (six), April 18, 2020 54, "Heat Waves," Glass Animals, No. 1 (two), Jan. 29, 2022 48, "Stay," The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, No. 1 (13), Sept. 4, 2021 47, "Before You Go," Lewis Capaldi, No. 1 (one), Sept. 26, 2020 45, "Thats What I Want," Lil Nas X, No. 1 (four), Feb. 19, 2022 45, "Adore You," Harry Styles, No. 1 (one), April 11, 2020 45, "Circles," Post Malone, No. 1 (10), Nov. 16, 2019 45, "Eastside," benny blanco, Halsey & Khalid, No. 1 (one), March 2, 2019 45, "Love Lies," Khalid & Normani, No. 1 (two), Sept. 22, 2018 45, "New Rules," Dua Lipa, No. 1 (four), Feb. 3, 2018

"As It Was" has drawn 4.1 billion in all-format radio audience and 842.5 million official on-demand streams and sold 220,000 downloads in the United States (through May 18), according to Luminate.

(Photo: Lillie Eiger)

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Lil Durk, Morgan Wallen Reunite On 'Stand By Me'

Morgan Wallen has reunited with rapper Lil Durk on his new song "Stand By Me," which is featured on Durk's new album, Almost Healed.

"Stand By Me," produced by Dr. Luke, opens with Morgan presenting his signature vocals before Durk joins in the first verse.

"If tomorrow I lost it all/ And everything that I have was gone/ When there's nobody else to call/ Would you stand by me? Would you stand by me?" Morgan sings over steady synth-pop beats.

Almost Healed arrived on Friday (May 26).

Wallen and Lil Durk previously collaborated on "Broadway Girls" in 2021.

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