Quiz Category: Music Trivia. 10 Great Questions for 2021

Kanye West’s 10th studio album is titled Donda, after West’s late mother, Dr. Donda C. West, a professor of English at Clark Atlanta University and the Chair of the English Department at Chicago State University, until retiring to serve as his manager. She died in 2007, at the age of 58.

Donda News Fact

Universal Music Group unexpectedly released Donda, Kanye West’s 10th studio album, on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. West said they released the album without his approval, adding on an Instagram post, “THEY BLOCKED JAIL 2 FROM BEING ON THE ALBUM.” Listen to Jail Pt. 2 on YouTube.

Kanye West has been living inside an Atlanta stadium while working on his new 2021 album.

Kanye West News Fact

A representative for the Atlanta Mercedes-Benz stadium told AP Monday, July 26, 2021, that West planned to remain inside the stadium while working on completing “Donda,” his 10th studio album, which was then due Aug 6, 2021. It eventually started streaming on Aug. 29.

The title of Drake’s sixth full-length album is “Certified Lover Boy.” Drake confirmed the album’s Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, release date in an Instagram post.

On Sept. 20, 2021, BTS unveiled a new music video for its single, “Permission to Dance,” filmed at U.N. Headquarters in New York. In the video, the singers are dancing from the General Assembly hall to the garden overlooking the New York East River. Watch the video.

What are BTS doing in the United Nations?

K-pop band BTS addressed the U.N. stage for a sustainability event on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, to help promote U.N. goals for 2030, including ending extreme poverty, preserving the planet, and achieving gender equality. South Korean President Moon Jae-in introduced the pop stars as special presidential envoys and an “exceptionally outstanding group of young men who are connecting with the youth across the world.” The U.N. General Assembly with world leaders started Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021.

John Lyndon is best known as the Sex Pistol’s frontman, Johnny Rotten.

Sex Pistols News Fact

A UK high judge ruled Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, that Director Danny Boyle’s (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire) Disney-backed “Pistol” series can feature music by the Sex Pistols. The series is based on a memoir by Sex Pistols’ guitarist Steve Jones. The decision comes after former frontman John Lydon refused to release the songs’ rights, expressing concerns the series would show him negatively. The judge ruled that the other two band members were entitled to invoke “majority voting rules,” which the band agreement outlined. The six-part drama is due to air in 2022.

On Monday, July 26, 2021, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger turned 78 and shared a photo of himself spending some time outdoors thanking his fans for their birthday wishes.

The Everly Brothers were Don and Phil Everly.

Everly Brothers News Fact

While Phil died of pulmonary disease at the age of 74, on January 3, 2014, Don Everly, the last surviving member of the Everly Brothers, passed away at his home in Nashville on Saturday, Aug 21, 2021. He was 84.

The Doors’ lead singer, American Jim Morrison, is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France, where he died unexpectedly at 27.

Jim Morrison News Fact

July 3rd, 2021, marked the 50th anniversary of the legendary rocker, as many of his fans paid their yearly tribute to the late singer at his Paris burial site.

Britney Spears delivered a court testimony on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, in which she said the conservatorship that has governed her life for 13 years has control over her reproductive and mental health. She also testified that doctors changed her medication after telling her management she wanted to discontinue her Las Vegas residency.  “I was told right now in the conservatorship I am not able to get married or have a baby,” the 39-year-old superstar told the court.

While written and originally recorded by Otis Redding in 1965, “Respect” became a signature hit for the late Soul-Queen Aretha Franklin, who covered a rearranged version of the song in 1967.

Respect News Facts

“Respect,” a definitive Aretha Franklin-sanctioned biopic starring Jennifer Hudson, opens Friday, Aug 13, 2021. The film traces Franklin’s life from age 10 through 29 when she was already a global icon. Watch the trailer.