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• 51% of UMG’s Digital Revenue Now Comes from Streaming

  11-11-2015 23:32
  
  Music streaming services like Spotify, Pandora and YouTube accounted for 51 percent of digital revenue in UMG’s third quarter.
  Universal Music Group, the world’s largest recording label, has hit a major milestone and tipping point.  According to UMG’s parent company, Vivendi, Streaming royalties accounted for 51 percent of their digital recorded music revenue in Q3 2015.  Financial results issued on Tuesday (November 10th) showed streaming revenue amounted
  
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• WTF (Where They From) (Ft. Pharrell Williams) [Explicit]

  11-11-2015 21:49 via mtv.co.uk
  
  WTF (Where They From) [feat. Pharrell Williams]
  
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• Eric Church's 'Beyoncé moment' reveals one of country's contemporary greats

  11-11-2015 21:33
  
  Church’s surprise album Mr Misunderstood is one of this year’s most complete records despite being overshadowed by Chris Stapleton at the CMA awardsOn any other night, it would have been the biggest story in Nashville. Country superstar Eric Church had pulled a Beyoncé, releasing a surprise full-length album and debuting a new single at the CMA awards. But on that particular night, last Wednesday, the relatively unknown songwriter Chris Stapleton, a hirsute country-soul croone
  
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• Updated: Victory Records Is Suddenly Back On Spotify

  11-11-2015 21:03
  
  Updated, Wed. 4 pm PT: Victory Records founder Tony Brummel has now offered a statement to Digital Music News (see below).
  Last month, Victory Records declared war on Spotify over potentially unpaid royalties, only to find their entire catalog removed from the platform. Last week, Victory Records founder Tony Brummel pointed to potentially disastrous financial consequences for his label as a result of the teardown, including possible layoffs.
  Yesterday, Cracker frontman and outspoken artis
  
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• Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes; Ollantay; Bomarzo Suite, etc review – a timely portrait

  11-11-2015 20:19
  
  Segarra/Deutsches Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz/Steffens(Capriccio)Nowadays the music of Astor Piazzolla is far better known than that of his one-time teacher Alberto Ginastera. But it was Ginastera who, from the 1940s onwards, gave a national identity to the music of Argentina, one that went beyond the world of tango, in much the same way that Heitor Villa-Lobos had put Brazilian music on the international map a generation earlier. The three are arguably the most significant South American
  
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• Spotify Responds: “We Have Not Been Hacked… Our User Records Are Secure”

  11-11-2015 19:33
  
  We’re awaiting comments from Spotify, though Newsweek is now reporting that the streaming music giant suffered a hack last week that compromised a number of accounts.  As of this (Wednesday) morning, the Newsweek report suggests Spotify suffered something limited in scope, and potentially over, with the publication identifying “over one thousand email addresses and passwords” in question.
  Newsweek also identified nine individuals affecte
  
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• Music Review: New Chris Young album likable, not memorable

  11-11-2015 19:03
  
  Chris Young, "I'm Comin' Over" (RCA Nashville)
  
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• The Cure – 10 of the best

  11-11-2015 18:51
  
  Whether gothic doom-monger, eternally lovesick hobbledehoy or pop craftsman, Robert Smith’s restlessness has been his band’s strength Miserable sorts looking to knock the Cure often crow over how erratic they can be. I can see their point: there certainly aren’t many other bands I can think of that bob so wildly from masterpiece to medicority. They’ve released some of my favourite ever albums – records I wish could be hidden in time capsules so that future citizens
  
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• One Direction's Niall Horan appears as love interest in JK Rowling's new book Career Of Evil

  11-11-2015 18:47
  
  Niall Horan has appeared in a new book and, surprisingly, it is not One Direction fan-fic. The End Of The Day singer appears in author JK Rowling's new book Career Of Evil, which will be the third in her Cormoran Strike series. Published under Rowling's male alias of Robert Galbraith, the novel centres on a private investigator looking into the murder of a young girl, Kelsey, who had an obsessive crush on Horan, 22.
  
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• Jazz great Wynton Marsalis honored for humanitarian work

  11-11-2015 18:28
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jazz great Wynton Marsalis has been honored with an award named for a pioneering opera singer.
  
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• Ashes to Ashes: Danny Boyle's David Bowie biopic crashes as singer denies him song rights

  11-11-2015 18:21
  
  In an interview with the Radio Times, the Slumdog Millionaire director admitted that it was only the falling-through of the Bowie project that led him to take on Steve Jobs, and that he was forced to abandon the film that he was intent on turning into a musical of sorts, because the legendary Let's Dance singer refused him the rights to use his music. The 59-year-old filmmaker had already been working with The Railway Man screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce to come up with a script for years when
  
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• Geordie Shore’s Holly Wishes She Hated Kyle – But Admits She Still Loves Him

  11-11-2015 18:19
  
  Catch the fallout from Holly Hagan and Kyle Christie's split...
  
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• Undertaker Makes Young Fan's Lifetime During Rare WWE UK Tour Appearance

  11-11-2015 18:15
  
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• Coldplay, Gwen Stefani to perform at American Music Awards

  11-11-2015 18:02
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Coldplay and Gwen Stefani have been added to the list of performers for the 2015 American Music Awards.
  
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• #Paige: 'I'd Have To Lick @UFC's @RondaRousey's Face To Beat Her in #WWE!'

  11-11-2015 17:54
  
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• Music Review: Jeff Lynne shines on 'Alone In the Universe'

  11-11-2015 17:30
  
  Jeff Lynne' ELO, "Alone In the Universe" (Columbia)
  
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• Watch WWE's King Barrett Taken Down By The Undertaker In Manchester!

  11-11-2015 17:28
  
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• The playlist – Middle Eastern and north African: Tinariwen, Saad Lamjarred and more

  11-11-2015 17:13
  
  An exclusive desert-blues recording from Tinariwen, ambient electronica from Iran and a half-hour mix of Greek psychedelia and 70s Israeli club tracks Continue reading...
  
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• Tamerlano review – a hit and miss evening

  11-11-2015 17:12
  
  Barbican, London
  There was some glorious singing, but Il Pomo d’Oro’s performance of Handel’s opera didn’t move as it shouldHandel’s Tamerlano has become a calling card for Il Pomo d’Oro, the fine Italian period ensemble founded in 2012. Their recording of this most difficult of the composer’s operas, released last year, was a great achievement, which, along with a series of striking Wigmore Hall concerts, put them very much on the map as far as UK audie
  
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• WWE SmackDown And NXT Commentator Rich Brennan Recreates Iconic Smiths Album Art In Manchester

  11-11-2015 17:09
  
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• We Don’t Care Who The Mystery HIV Positive Celeb Is

  11-11-2015 16:09
  
  Seriously. And neither should you.
  
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• The Wainwright Sisters review – Martha and Lucy weave a powerful magic

  11-11-2015 15:51
  
  St Stephen’s church, London
  The siblings’ contrasting voices give an uncanny, eerie edge to a night of lullabies, folk songs and covers sung to them as childrenNot many gigs begin with an out-of-tune chord that totally unravels a song, or finish with a five-year-old brandishing a foam bass guitar. Both things happen here. “We couldn’t play this song in New York – we can’t play it in London!” laughs Lucy Wainwright Roche to her stepsister, Martha Wainwrig
  
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• Chick Corea and the Vigil review – a captivating celebration of sponteneity

  11-11-2015 15:51
  
  Ronnie Scott’s, London
  One of jazz’s most inventive piano improvisers jacks up the excitement with a dynamic rhythm section and plenty of gleeful percussive banterChick Corea named the Vigil, his most recent band, to mark the responsibility of older pioneers such as himself to protect the jazz past. But Corea is playful, so he treats this duty as a celebration of spontaneity, not a lecture, and a reinvention of earlier music in improv-driven real time. Two years ago, the Vigil made a
  
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• Twisted fire-starters: staging the incendiary opera Biedermann and the Arsonists

  11-11-2015 15:47
  
  Šimon Voseček’s opera, based on the absurdist satire by Max Frisch, revels in mayhem. The director of the first UK production, Max Hoehn, explains how he orchestrated the chaosI am four weeks into rehearsals for the UK premiere of Šimon Voseček’s 2013 opera, based on Max Frisch’s absurdist 1953 play Biedermann and the Arsonists, and the visceral impact of the music continues to entertain and disorientate in equal measure. Enter its soundworld and you&rsq
  
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• Want To Know How Much The Cast Of Avengers: Age Of Ultron Got Paid?

  11-11-2015 15:46
  
  We have all the info.
  
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• 13 Charli XCX GIFs To Use Whenever You Need To Channel The Sass

  11-11-2015 15:01
  
  You're welcome.
  
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• J.K. Rowling's New Book Hints She's A Directioner, Oh And She's Got A Soft Spot For Niall

  11-11-2015 14:43
  
  Well THIS is exciting.
  
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• Notepads At The Ready. Jacob Whitesides Tells You 4 Ways To Win His Heart

  11-11-2015 14:38
  
  As a treat to celebrate Jacob's 18th birthday, the bachelor reveals his top dating secrets...
  
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• Every Sign That You're The Niall Horan Of Your Friendship Group

  11-11-2015 14:37
  
  Are you Niall by any CHONCE?
  
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• Kendall Jenner & Gigi Hadid Own The Runway At The 2015 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

  11-11-2015 14:07
  
  Err WOW!
  
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• 5SOS Talk Hot Dogs, Real Dogs & Wrestling In Our Exclusive 'Hey Everybody' Commentary Vid!

  11-11-2015 12:57
  
  Luke, Ashton, Calum and Michael talk us through their latest music vid...
  
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• Nick Jonas & 5SOS Want To Take Each Other To Prom, So Let's Make That Happen

  11-11-2015 12:56
  
  IMAGINE THE TUXEDOS.
  
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• Perrie Edwards' Embarrassing Teenage Story Involves A Seriously Unfortunate Rip

  11-11-2015 12:38
  
  Also thanks to Michael Clifford for making us all hot under the collar.
  
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• Troye Sivan & Olly Alexander Have The Perfect Advice For Their Teenage Selves

  11-11-2015 12:06
  
  Basically, CALM DOWN.
  
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• The Hunger Games Cast Talk Deleted/Sex/Death Scenes

  11-11-2015 12:00
  
  Hold us. It's all coming to an end. In a very NSFW way...
  
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• Benedict Cumberbatch Speaking Backwards Is Better Than Most People Speaking Forwards

  11-11-2015 11:51
  The Hobbit star learning how to chat Black Speech backwards is pretty amazing…
  
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• Scott Disick Boards Private Plane After Reportedly Checking Out Of Rehab

  11-11-2015 11:27
  
  The reality star posted a pic of him boarding the private jet…
  
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• Chrissy Teigen Shows Off Her Growing Baby Bump In Adorable New Selfie

  11-11-2015 11:18
  
  Pregnancy sure looks good on her.
  
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• A New Orleans musical legend, Allen Toussaint, is remembered

  11-11-2015 11:05
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint easily adopted multiple musical roles during a legendary career that took him from the Crescent City to the world stage, writing or producing hits such as "Southern Nights," and "Ruler of My Heart," or performing at his beloved piano, often stylishly dressed in colorful suits.
  
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• Khloe Kardashian Reveals Lamar Odom Is 'Breathing Without Machines' And Learning To Walk Again

  11-11-2015 10:55
  
  It's been almost a month since Lamar's overdose.
  
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• 11 Tweets That Prove Charli XCX Is *All* Of Us On Twitter

  11-11-2015 10:52
  
  We're excited about Bieber too, babes.
  
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• Erykah Badu dedicates ‘Phone Down’ to Drake

  11-11-2015 10:27
  
  R'n'B
  
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• Lady Lykez takes on WSTRN’s 'In2' for BBC 1xtra MC Month

  11-11-2015 10:18
  
  Hip-Hop
  
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• Alanis Morissette updates lyrics of Ironic on The Late Late Show – video

  11-11-2015 10:15
  
  Alanis Morissette performs a duet of an updated version of her 1995 hit Ironic with James Corden on CBS’s The Late Late Show on Monday. Dressed in blue sweaters and red beanies similar to the clothes Morissette wore in the original video, the duo rework the song’s lyrics incorporating modern day ailments, including referrals to Snapchat, Tinder, iPhones and Facebook‘It’s like swiping left on your soulmate’: Alanis Morissette updates Ironic Continue reading...
  
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• Mic Righteous drops Visuals for ‘Ronnie Pickering’

  11-11-2015 09:58
  
  UK Rap
  
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• Bonkaz covers 'Murder She Wrote' & 'Exchange' for 1xtra’s MC Month

  11-11-2015 09:53
  
  GRIME
  
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• Rhythm on the rails: Music train draws fans from all over

  11-11-2015 06:38
  
  BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. (AP) — Stacey Nakasone had a choice to make. Fly from her home in Los Angeles to Japan to learn more about taiko drums, or take a 50-mile train ride in Vermont.
  
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• Magnifi Consolidates Concert Listings, Artist Previews, and Ticketing Into One App

  11-11-2015 02:24
  
   
  San Francisco-based Magnifi has just released an app designed to address major shortcomings in the concert-buying experience, one that can solidly be described as ‘fragmented’.  Building from the basics of proximity-based concert listings, the venue-focused app offers previews of performing artists to better inform concert purchases, and hopefully stimulate in-the-moment decisions.
  Magnifi has also built ticketing functionality directly into the app, an ap
  
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• 17 Most Laughable Myths Of The Music Industry

  11-11-2015 01:15
  
  1) Getting A Record Deal Means You Will Be Successful
  Did you know that 98% of all acts that sign to major labels fail? Meaning 98 out of 100 artists who actually get the deal don’t recoup enough money to pay for their advance and get dropped before their second (or even first) album is released. Getting a record deal is much riskier than going at your career on your own. Success doesn’t need to mean getting on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, selling out arenas and getting houn
  
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• SBTV are now curators on Apple Music

  11-11-2015 01:02
  
  Those Apple Music playlists are about to get a little bit better.
  
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