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Here are the top new albums by veteran artists released on January 15, 2021: Coming on January 22: 

Sylvain Sylvain (1951 - 2021) January 14 Duranice Pace of the gospel group the Anointed Pace Sisters (b. 1958) Larry Willoughby , Country singer, VP of A&R at Capitol Records - COVID-19 (b. 1950) January 13 Tim Bogert of Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Cactus - Cancer (b. 1944) Sylvain Sylvain of the New York Dolls - Cancer (b. 1951) Duke Bootee (born Edward Fletcher), Rapper, writer of "The Message" - Congestive heart failure (b. 1951) January 12 Shingoose (born Curtis Jonnie) - COVID-19 (b. 1946) January 11 Howard Johnson - Jazz tuba player who played with The Band, Taj Mahal (b. 1941) Don Miller of the Vogues (b. 1940) January 10 Marsha Zazula - Co-founder of Megaforce Records (b. 1952) Mark Keds of the Senseless Things (b. 1971) January 8 Ed Bruce  (b. 1939) Michael Fonfara of Lou Reed's Band - Cancer (b. 1946) January 7 Jamie O'Hara  (O'Keefes) - Cancer (b. 1950) January 3 Gerry Marsden of Gerry & the Pacemakers - Heart infection

Top Selling Single by a Veteran Artist The following are the top albums by veteran artists (recording for twenty years or more) on this week's Billboard charts.  Actual chart position is in parenthesis: Music to Be Murdered By  -  Eminem  (#15) Greatest Hits  -  Queen  (#27) Rumours  -  Fleetwood Mac  (#36) Diamonds  - Elton John (#48) Chronicles: The 20 Greatest Hits  - Creedence Clearwater Revival  (#57) Journey's Greatest Hits  - Journey  (#60) Curtain Call: The Hits  - Eminem  (#61) Thriller  - Michael Jackson (#66) Legend  - Bob Marley & the Wailers  (#71) Back in Black  - AC/DC  (#72) The top 10 charting singles by veteran artists: Happy Anywhere  -  Blake Shelton  and  Gwen Stefani  (#32) What's Poppin'  - Jack Harlow Featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez &  Lil Wayne  (#34) Beers and Sunshine  - Darius Rucker  (#64) Happy Does  - Kenny Chesney  (#69) Girl Like Me  - Black Eyed Peas x Shakira (#87) One Too Many  - Keith Urban  Duet With P!nk  (#89)

Gary Numan's "Intruder" Gary Numan has released the title track from his upcoming album Intruder  (out May 21).  Numan has said his new album will examine  “climate change from the planet’s point of view" with the title track representing an " earth angry and hostile, and more than willing to fight back.” Intruder  will be Numan's 19th studio album. 

2021 is the Album's 30th Aniiversary The Black Crowes Present: Shake Your Money Maker, the multi-platinum debut by the seminal rock n' roll band The Black Crowes, is being re-released in multi-formats sets on February 26, 2021, through UMe/American Recordings. Band founders, brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, with original producer George Drakoulias, oversaw the creation of the re-release. Most exciting are the 4LP and 3CD Super Deluxe versions, which includes the original album, remastered; 3 never-before-heard studio recordings; 2 unreleased demos from the band's early incarnation as Mr. Crowe's Garden; B-sides; a spectacular, high-energy 14-song unreleased concert recorded in their hometown of Atlanta, GA in December 1990; reproductions of an early Mr. Crowe's Garden show flyer, setlist and tour laminate; a 4" Crowes patch; and a 20-page book with liner notes by David Fricke. One of the

Lost Recordings by Pre-AC/DC Bon Scott Adelaide music promoter and historian Victor Marshall has been heralded as the 'Indiana Jones' of Australian Music after uncovering the 'holy grail' of lost recordings, Hamish Henry's vault of now historical Australian recordings, including lost Fraternity tracks featuring AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott. Marshall has worked alongside the surviving members of Fraternity and their manager Hamish Henry to put together the band's remastered complete recordings. Fraternity's original albums (Livestock and Flaming Galah) and singles have been remastered from Hamish Henry's original tapes along with an entire album of new unheard songs featuring the then future lead singer of AC/DC, Bon Scott. The new album is called 'Second Chance', named after its title track. The box set will be released by Cherry Red Records world wide on January 22nd 2021. Space Lab 9 will also be releasing each album in a special edition limited

Here are the top new albums by veteran artists released on January 8, 2021: