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• Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker 'wanted to pay friends to kill him' following depression

  21-10-2015 21:11
  
  Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker offered to pay his friends £1m to end his life, as he struggled to cope with depression. In a candid interview with Good Morning America, the musician revealed that he was left suicidal following a plane crash that left him with serious burns. Barker and Adam Goldstein, also known as DJ AM, were the only survivors.
  
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• 95% of YouTube Views Come from Just 5% of Videos

  21-10-2015 20:53
  
   
  According to just-released stats from Tubular:
  There are roughly 1.1 billion videos on YouTube.
  There are roughly 7.8 trillion all-time views.
  Of the 1.1 billion videos, just 5.3 percent (roughly 58.6 million) of videos on YouTube have 10,000 views or more.
  These videos have generated a cumulative 7.4 trillion views, or about 95% of all views.
   
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• U.S. judge tosses 'Big Pimpin' copyright lawsuit against Jay Z: report

  21-10-2015 20:41
  
  A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a copyright infringement lawsuit that accused rapper Jay Z and hip hop producer Timbaland of using an Egyptian musician's melody without permission in their hit song "Big Pimpin'," The Hollywood Reporter said. U.S. District Court Judge Christina A. Snyder tossed the case after ruling that the rights to late musician Baligh Hamdy's 1957 song "Khosara, Khosara" were appropriately acquired by Jay Z's record label, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Snyder's
  
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• YouTube to launch $10-a-month ad-free video, music plan Red

  21-10-2015 19:46
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — YouTube is launching a subscription plan in the U.S. called Red that combines ad-free videos, new original series and movies from top YouTubers like PewDiePie, and on-demand unlimited streaming music for $10 a month.
  
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• Spotify Could be Liable for ‘Tens of Millions’ In Unpaid Songwriter Royalties…

  21-10-2015 19:26
  
   
  This could be the beginning of a very serious showdown between Spotify, independent labels, publishers, and songwriters, with potentially tens of millions — or more — at stake.  “Victory might be the beginning of something here, [Spotify] might actually owe tens of millions on mechanicals,” one music industry told DMN over the phone last night.
  “Guaranteed, Spotify’s lawyers are looking at this very, very carefully.”
  Earlier this week, Spoti
  
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• Record producer's music A-Z: Madagascan royalty to dead racehorses

  21-10-2015 19:16
  
  G is for "Greenville", a Lucinda Williams country putdown redolent of 20th-century Russian Acmeist poetry. Veteran music producer and author Joe Boyd is nothing if not eclectic in "Joe Boyd's A-Z", a podcast series running on iTunes, acast and his own website. Along the way there have also been books - "White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s" and a yet-to-be published delve into world music - and film work, including on scores for "Deliverance", "Clockwork Orange" and "McCabe and Mrs Miller".
  
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• Seriously Embarrassing Celebrity Accidents

  21-10-2015 18:23
  
  Turns out some of your favourite celebs have found themselves in some rather awkward scrapes.
  
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• Chloe Ferry Ends A Boozy Night Out In True Geordie Shore Style...With Her Boobs Out

  21-10-2015 18:20
  
  WHEY AYE PET.
  
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• Hailee Steinfeld Plays Our #StrongBrowGame, Using One Direction As Models

  21-10-2015 18:04
  
  We never thought Harry Styles could make a unibrow look so good.
  
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• Blink 182’s Travis Barker Gives His Darkest Interview Yet...

  21-10-2015 17:46
  
  The drummer talks about the 2008 plane crash and more...
  
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• Coco drops fresh visuals for ‘Big Bou Yah’

  21-10-2015 17:28
  
  GRIME
  
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• Guess Which Harry Potter Film Daniel Radcliffe Cringes At The Most?

  21-10-2015 17:13
  
  Don’t be so hard on yourself, DanRad.
  
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• Kourtney Kardashian Delivers Scott Disick 'Fresh Ultimatum' Over Their Relationship

  21-10-2015 16:49
  
  Fingers crossed they can work things out!
  
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• Chloe Ferry Confesses To 'Banjo-Snapping' Bedroom Blunder

  21-10-2015 16:21
  
  Sexy time led to injury time after the lass had a little mishap...
  
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• Pretty Little Liars’ Keegan Allen Strips Off For Seriously Hot Photo With James Franco

  21-10-2015 16:09
  
  WHAT IS HAPPENING?
  
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• No Wonder Brock Lesnar Is Such A Hardcore Country Fan, Check Out This Awesome #HIAC Preview

  21-10-2015 15:51
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• NXT Star Tyler Breeze Makes WWE Main Roster Debut... With A New Partner!

  21-10-2015 15:00
  
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• Gomez, Underwood to perform at American Music Awards

  21-10-2015 14:53
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Selena Gomez, Carrie Underwood and 5 Seconds of Summer will be performing at the American Music Awards.
  
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• John Cena Appears On EPSN: 'NXT Is The Foundation Of WWE's Future'

  21-10-2015 14:22
  
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• Liam Payne Makes Swift Recovery As One Direction Announce The Show Will Go On

  21-10-2015 13:46
  
  This morning has been a tension filled nightmare.
  
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• A 35 Step Guide To Taking The Perfect Selfie As Told By Kim Kardashian

  21-10-2015 13:37
  
  As the queen of social media turns 35, we take a look at just how she manages to get that perfect selfie every time.
  
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• Adele Confirms New Album Is Called '25', And This Time It's All About Making Up Not Breaking Up

  21-10-2015 13:15
  
  THIS IS SO EXCITING.
  
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• Beyonce wows in revealing frock as Usher and Nicki Minaj perform at Tidal gig

  21-10-2015 13:11
  
  The Drunk In Love singer’s plunging neckline was the talk of the night at a live show, organised by streaming service Tidal.
  
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• 17 Times Kim Kardashian Celebrated Her Birthday In The Most Kim Kardashian Way

  21-10-2015 13:10
  
  In honour of her 35th birthday, of course.
  
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• Tidal X concert: Beyonce steals the show performing with husband Jay Z and Nicki Minaj

  21-10-2015 12:35
  
  Hosted by hip hop mogul Jay Z, the event saw the likes of Beyonce, Nicki Minaj and Usher grace the stage to celebrate the streaming service reaching the milestone of one million subscribers. Headlining the all-star concert was 7/11 hitmaker Beyonce who replaced Justin Timberlake to duet with her husband Jay Z on Holy Grail. The married couple were certainly Drunk In Love on stage with Beyonce telling the audience that the song was their "favourite" to perform together.
  
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• 13 Shots That Were Actually A Digital Paul Walker In Fast & Furious 7 - And How They Were Made

  21-10-2015 12:32
  
  You won't believe how many were VFX.
  
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• Fans think One Direction's new music video is Perfect - and here's 11 reasons why

  21-10-2015 12:10
  
  One Direction just dropped their music video for Perfect, and fans are very impressed.
  
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• Kylie Jenner Opens Up About The Time She Shat Her Pants. Yup, Really.

  21-10-2015 11:58
  
  She's just like the rest of us (well, those of us who have pooped themselves)!
  
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• Is Beyoncé Really Two Years Older Than She Says She Is?

  21-10-2015 11:58
  
  Mathew Knowles has sparked MORE age conspiracy theories…
  
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• The Mash Up Of One Direction's 'Perfect and Taylor Swift's 'Style' Has Now Been Taken To A Whole Other Level

  21-10-2015 11:43
  
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• Watch Beyonce Strike The Fear Of God Into Stylist Who Tries To Help Her With Her Red Carpet Dress

  21-10-2015 11:36
  
  AMAZING.
  
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• It's #BackToTheFuture Day So Here Are 9 Awesome BTTF Tattoos

  21-10-2015 11:25
  
  GREAT SCOTT THESE ARE AMAZING.
  
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• Gary Clark Jr. talks evolving beyond blues, show anxiousness

  21-10-2015 10:59
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Even though Gary Clark Jr. often performs in front of thousands of people, the Grammy-winning musician still doesn't know how to react when he hears concertgoers chant his name.
  
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• Khloe Kardashian Releases Statement Over Lamar Odom, Thanks Fans For Support

  21-10-2015 10:55
  
  The reality star has broken her silence.
  
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• One Direction's 'Perfect' Music Video Is Making Us Feel Things

  21-10-2015 10:09
  
  ALL THE THINGS.
  
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• Amidst Serious Accusations, Spotify Removes Victory Records’ Catalog

  21-10-2015 08:37
  
   
  The following is a statement issued by Victory Records to Digital Music News this morning regarding their complete removal by Spotify last (Monday) night.  We’ll have more as this situation develops.Victory Records’ catalog of music was pulled from Spotify last night as a result of Spotify not properly paying publishing revenues due to Victory Records’ artists in blatant violation of US Copyright laws.  Spotify also pulled down a very large number of albu
  
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• Jay-Z, Beyonce, others perform at Tidal concert in NYC

  21-10-2015 08:15
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z and Beyonce were joined by a slew of artists including Nicki Minaj and Usher at Barclays Center in Brooklyn Tuesday night for a charity concert put on by the streaming service Tidal that covered rap, R&B, reggae and even a little country.
  
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• Singapore megachurch leaders hit a sour note in pop music fraud case

  21-10-2015 07:53
  
  The co-founder of a Singapore church and five other leaders were convicted of multi-million dollar fraud on Wednesday for diverting money to support his wife's pop singing career, a rare fall from grace in the tightly regulated city-state. The mix of money, faith and scandal in the case has fascinated the public in affluent Singapore, where such cases are rare under a system with little tolerance for corruption. Senior pastor Kong Hee heads City Harvest Church, one of a growing number of Singapo
  
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• Perrie Edwards will not take Zayn Malik back: Little Mix singer happily dating other men

  21-10-2015 05:34
  
  Perrie Edwards does no want to reconcile with her ex-fiancé Zayn Malik. The former One Direction star had called off his engagement with the Little Mix singer.
  
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• One Direction helping Eric Cowell take his baby steps in music

  21-10-2015 01:02
  
  Simon Cowell has revealed his 20-month-old son has "good taste" in music - because he is a One Direction fan.
  
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• I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) (Ft. Young Thug and Popcaan) [Explicit]

  21-10-2015 00:51 via mtv.co.uk
  
  I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)
  
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• Hurt Me

  21-10-2015 00:51 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Hurt Me
  
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• B a noBody

  21-10-2015 00:51 via mtv.co.uk
  
  B a noBody
  
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• James Blunt Says Spotify Pays Him £00.0004499368 Per Stream

  21-10-2015 00:17
  
  The post James Blunt Says Spotify Pays Him £00.0004499368 Per Stream appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Jason Derulo Needs Your Fan Questions!

  21-10-2015 00:06
  
  Get filming because you could be on TV asking the 'Want To Want Me' chart-topper anything you like...
  
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