Spotify Launches New Music Charts

Spotify has announced the launch of its weekly top 50 lists for albums and songs - including a US Weekly Album Chart, a Global Weekly Album Chart, plus a US Weekly Song Chart and a Global Weekly Song Chart. "Spotify's new-and first ever-album charts will showcase the power of albums on the platform, highlighting the craft of creating a full album, the immense effort that is often involved, and the way that albums connect fans all around the world," read the press statement.
The Weekly Top 50 will celebrate the biggest albums and tracks in the world each week, Friday through Thursday, consisting of a U.S. Weekly Album Chart, Global Weekly Album Chart, U.S. Weekly Song Chart, and Global Weekly Song Chart published every Monday.
The U.S. Top 10 Debuts and Global Top 10 Debuts lists capture the biggest new releases on Spotify Friday through Sunday. These lists incorporate data from the first 72 hours a song or album is live.
The new charts will be published every Monday via @SpotifyCharts Twitter account.

Black Adam, Dune, The Batman & More Movies Pushed Back

On Monday, Warner Bros announced that it will be pushing back release dates of The Batman, The Matrix and Dune movies. Robert Pattinson's The Batman will now hit theatres March 4, 2022, from its original October 1, 2021 date. The announcement comes after the film halted production for the second time on September 3rd following Pattinson testing positive for coronavirus - it resumed a fortnight later.
Denis Villeneuve-directed flick, Dune, has also been delayed and will now open on October 1,2021 - from its original December 18,2020 theatrical premiere date. The Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya led sci-fi remake's delay has been attributed to the lack of competition from other major films by rival studios, as they also shifted their release dates last month.
DC-wise, Ezra Miller's The Flash is leaving its June 3, 2022 slot to November 4, 2022 as Shazam! Fury of the Gods finds a new date eight months away from November 4, 2022 to June 2, 2023. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Black Adam has also vacated its December 22, 2021 release date and is now TBD.
The push backs also follow recent developments that movie theaters, Cineworld and Regal Cinemas, were shutting down in the US and UK due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Commemorating Late Bernie Mac's Birthday

On Monday (Oct. 5), the world celebrated what would have been Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, better known as Bernie Mac's 63rd birthday. The comedian, famed for his role in the Bernie Mac Show, succumbed to pneumonia complications in 2008, at age 50.

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