Quick pop quiz: Prior to this week, what was Taylor Swift’s last new No. 1 hits series, because we’d just covered “Cruel Summer,” and “Over” seemed like a rounding error—a fluky side effect of Swift’s newest album-release gambit, not a hit anyone beyond rabid Swifties would remember by 2024. But Swift’s streams per song number was also exceptionally high: “Fortnight” …
LONDON — Chicken Kiev, AI-generated press releases and the annoyance of fan selfies while performing — there was a lot on the minds of the Pet Shop Boys as the iconic British duo prepared to release a new album. Their 15th studio album, “Nonetheless,” comes Friday — 40 years after Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe rose to fame with the …
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