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• Sir Tom Jones: I never said I was considering a DNA test to see if I have black ancestry

  11-12-2015 23:29
  
  The Welsh singer put the record straight about a number of topics during an interview with US broadcaster Larry King.
  
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• Blind (Ft. Emmi)

  11-12-2015 22:10 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Blind (feat. Emmi)
  
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• Adele’s ’25’ Crosses 8 Million Albums Sold…

  11-12-2015 19:22
  
  Adele’s super-selling 25 is now careening towards 10 million units sold worldwide, with the singer now comfortably crossing 8 million-mark.  Just this (Friday) morning, Nielsen Soundscan revealed that 25 had sold 5 million units in the US alone, while UK sales rapidly close on 1.5 million.
  Those are the heaviest-selling territories, though Canada and Germany are now crossing the 500,000- and 400,000-marks, respectively, for a combined total 7.5 million across the four countries alone
  
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• New band of the week: Gosh Pith (No 83)

  11-12-2015 19:13
  
  A duo from Detroit make languid and strangely settling alt-R&B – in a haunted house, no less
  Hometown: Detroit.The lineup: Josh Smith (vocals, guitar, electronics, production), Josh Freed (beats, electronics, production).Continue reading...
  
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• The playlist: reggae, dancehall and soca – Lady Bee and Noise Cans, X-Man and more

  11-12-2015 18:43
  
  From Vybz Kartel to Benjai, the holiday tunes are in full Caribbean swing, and Trinidadian Bunji Garlin releases more soca with crossover appeal in today’s playlistNoise Cans is a unique sound system created by enigmatic Bermudian frontman Collas. A celebration of both sounds and visuals, it sports colourful masks and elaborate costumes, drawing on the African, indigenous, Caribbean and British influences that come together to form the uniquely Bermudian folk carnival tradition of Gombey.
  
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• Should Frank Ocean's lack of new album be a cause for concern or celebration?

  11-12-2015 18:36
  
  As artists such as Adele prove that patience is a virtue, maybe the wait for the songwriter’s sequel to Channel Orange is a positive sign of a more progressive music industry Remember that strange hive-mind dream we all shared in the summer of 2012, in which a bandana-clad man with a lush, languid voice, sang about idle nights in America’s sunshine state? As Frank Ocean fans have joked on Twitter recently, the singer is beginning to feel like a figment of our collective imaginations
  
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• R&B Veteran R. Kelly and Pop Princess Tinashe Team Up For “Let’s Be Real Now”

  11-12-2015 18:36
  
  R&B Veteran R. Kelly and Pop Princess Tinashe Team Up For “Let’s Be Real Now”
  
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• Pandora CFO: “Steve Jobs Eviscerated the Music Industry…”

  11-12-2015 18:07
  
  Pandora chief financial officer Mike Herring, speaking at the Wedbush 2015 ‘California Dreamin’ Technology’ Consumer Management Access Conference in Santa Monica, CA, December 10th.There’s nothing worse for a venue than being half-full.  The artist is unhappy, they have a half-full room. You don’t sell as many beers. You don’t sell as many tickets obviously – like everyone loses.”
  “You increase that 20% and it’s a dramatic differe
  
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• Quiz: Which Viral Meme Of 2015 Best Sums Up Your Year?

  11-12-2015 17:54
  
  Was your year a bit Pizza Rat or were you Poot for the summer?
  
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• 19 Celebrities Who Took On The Honour Of Joining Taylor Swift’s Epic Squad

  11-12-2015 17:20
  
  Because who wouldn’t want to be a part of this gang?
  
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• Winning!! Section Boyz Announce UK Headline Tour

  11-12-2015 17:06
  
  Winning!! Section Boyz Announce UK Headline Tour
  
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• 26 Words Of Wisdom Taylor Swift Has Dished Out To Her Swifties

  11-12-2015 16:50
  
  Taylor’s always on hand to give you a boost when you need it.
  
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• BB Talk [Explicit]

  11-12-2015 16:42 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Miley Cyrus - BB Talk
  
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• Recasting Pretty Little Liars… With Boys

  11-12-2015 15:39
  
  Oh, we would TOTALLY watch this.
  
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• Son Little: Am I a political singer? How could I not be?

  11-12-2015 15:28
  
  When he saw photos of police driving tanks through Ferguson, Missouri, Son Little was rudely awakened from a dream. The soul singer and Mavis Staples producer talks about being black in America and making politics personalI don’t consider myself a protest singer or a “political” artist. My music is the way I express feelings about my interactions with the world. So when political events enter my consciousness, sometimes I am naturally compelled to write about them.Like most son
  
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• Dads Reading Their Daughters' Sexts Is The Most Awkward Thing That's Ever Happened

  11-12-2015 15:13
  
  Prepare to die of cringe.
  
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• Taylor Swift an 'obnoxious Nazi Barbie', writes Camille Paglia

  11-12-2015 14:13
  
  Feminist writer says singer – with her ‘girl squad’ – perpetuates elitism and reminds her of ‘fascist blondes’ of her youthCamille Paglia has written a scathing critique of Taylor Swift, referring to the singer as an “obnoxious Nazi Barbie” whose “twinkly persona is such a scary flashback to the fascist blondes who ruled the social scene during my youth”.Paglia, known for seminal feminist works such as Sexual Personae, criticised the si
  
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• Lena Willikens’s favourite tracks

  11-12-2015 14:00
  
  Once Cologne’s best-kept secret, the free-thinking DJ tips some tunes Continue reading...
  
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• ANOHNI’s 4 Degrees: the best of this week's new music

  11-12-2015 14:00
  
  ANOHNI | Psy | Travis | Wretch 32 Ft Anne-Marie & PRGRSHN | Kygo Ft Maty NoyesPICK OF THE WEEKContinue reading...
  
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• I Fagiolini review – virtuoso singers offer a slap-up bill of seasonal flavour

  11-12-2015 13:58
  
  Wigmore Hall, London
  Group on mostly excellent form for Jean Françaix’s Ode à la Gastronomie, and works by Les Six and Roderick WilliamsLightly directed by Robert Hollingworth, the vocal ensemble I Fagiolini’s Wigmore programme had a relaxed, seasonal feel, not least because the largest work on the programme – Jean Françaix’s Ode à la Gastronomie – was a paean to the delights of epicureanism and simultaneously a timely warning of its dang
  
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• Matt Berry and the Maypoles review – painfully derivative prog slog

  11-12-2015 13:53
  
  Forum, London
  The crowd aren’t sure whether they’re meant to be laughing along, but any humour gleaned from the comedian’s po-faced vanity project is unintentionalIf you’ve ever battled through one of their often atrocious novels, you’ll know it’s tough for comedians to be taken seriously. For Matt Berry – star of Toast of London and the man who angrily rebuked accusations of sexism at The IT Crowd’s Reynholm Industries with “now hold on a mi
  
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• Hudson Mohawke review – ferocious, apocalyptic electro

  11-12-2015 13:43
  
  Roundhouse, London
  With synths that screech like air brakes and crushing, abrasive beats, a night of Mohawke’s musical maximalism is both exhilarating and wearyingHudson Mohawke has quite the double life going on. A go-to studio alchemist for US hip-hop and R&B royalty including Kanye West, Drake and Lil Wayne, the 29-year-old Scottish producer – AKA Ross Birchard – is also a purveyor of ear-bleeding electro for longstanding yet cutting-edge UK label Warp. Mohawke is known
  
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• Are Holly Hagan And Kyle Christie Back Together For Christmas?

  11-12-2015 13:39
  
  We're excited.
  
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• The 13 Stages Of Doing Your Christmas Shopping As Told By Geordie Shore

  11-12-2015 13:31
  
  We've all been there...
  
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• Little Mix Are The Only Festive Makeup Inspiration You Need AT The BBC Music Awards

  11-12-2015 13:25
  
  Nailed it.
  
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• The X Factor Final Song Choices Have Been Revealed & We Can't Contain Our Excitement

  11-12-2015 13:17
  
  It's going to be SO good…
  
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• Samm Henshaw Teams Up With Bonkaz For “Autonomy"

  11-12-2015 13:07
  
  Samm Henshaw Teams Up With Bonkaz For “Autonomy"
  
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• Listen to the Infamous Stringdusters' Won't Be Long, featuring Sarah Jarosz

  11-12-2015 13:00
  
  We’ve got the European premiere of a track from the newgrass-bluegrass band’s forthcoming album, Ladies & GentlemenThe Infamous Stringdusters have never been ones to stick to convention. Since their debut in 2007, the bluegrass band have pivoted towards newgrass, and set off on a six-day river float journey on the tail-end of a tour raising awareness about river conservation in the US. Not quite the usual gear-in-a-van setup along the motorway, to be sure.Following on from this y
  
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• Nicki Minaj Says She Isn't Engaged But Her Massive Engagement Ring Says Otherwise And It's Hurting Our Heads

  11-12-2015 12:22
  
  WHY, NICKI, WHY.
  
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• Gaz Beadle Backtracks On Harsh Vicky Pattison Comments & Champions Her As Next Top TV Presenter

  11-12-2015 12:18
  
  He called her 'bipolar' on I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here NOW!
  
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• Ferne McCann And George Shelley Had Their First Date But It Was Crashed By Some Rather Familiar Faces

  11-12-2015 12:11
  
  The ultimate date night, if you ask us.
  
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• Zayn Malik Has A Blonde Quiff And This Is Not A Drill

  11-12-2015 12:10
  
  It's all very Justin Bieber meets Niall Horan.
  
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• Charlotte Crosby And Gaz Beadle Have Been Papped Eating Each Other’s Faces Off And It’s Beyond Romantic

  11-12-2015 11:54
  
  A guide to keeping things 'casual'.
  
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• High Street Dupes For Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner's Luxury Christmas Gift Guides

  11-12-2015 11:35
  
  Because we aren't all made of money and Balenciaga bags
  
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• Justin Bieber's Intense New Neck Tattoo Proves He's Turning Into A Human Doodle

  11-12-2015 11:32
  
  It’s quite… angelic.
  
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• Adele's 25 hits 5m sales mark in the US

  11-12-2015 11:01
  
  The singer’s new album becomes the first album to sell more than 5m copies in the US since her record 21 in 2011Another day, another record-breaking sales accomplishment for Adele. The pop star’s third album, 25, has crossed the 5m sales mark in the US, making it the first album to sell more than 5m copies in a calendar year since her last album in 2011.The figures come courtesy of Nielsen Music, which tracks music sales in the US, and were reported by Billboard on Thursday. Accordin
  
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• Best albums of 2015: No 6 – No Cities to Love by Sleater-Kinney

  11-12-2015 11:00
  
  Agitation and anxiety never sounded so good as on the fired-up return of Lena Dunham’s favourite bandSee our countdown of the best albums so farMore on the best culture of 2015“Sleater-Kinney are iconic,” said Lena Dunham to Rolling Stone last year, ensuring that the Portland-based trio and riot grrrl torchbearers could come hurtling back into orbit after a decade-long hiatus without missing a beat. Their reappearance in January wasn’t a reunion, they said, with all those
  
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• Nicki Minaj: US prison system 'is like slavery'

  11-12-2015 10:52
  
  The rapper made forthright comments about mass incarceration, the death of Texas woman Sandra Bland in police custody and her unapologetic sexuality in a Billboard interviewNicki Minaj has spoken about the war on drugs in the US, likening mass incarceration to slavery in a recent interview with Billboard magazine.“What it has become is not a war on drugs,” she said. “It has become slavery. Or something crazier. When I see how many people are in jail, I feel like, ‘Wait a
  
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• More blusher, less beatboxing: inside the Ladies' British Barbershop Convention

  11-12-2015 10:00
  
  The White Rosettes are 14-time national champions at Britain’s women’s annual barbershop convention. Can they make it 15 – and what’s all the fuss about?I’m sitting very still on a plastic chair while Hannah applies my fake lashes. The air is heady with hairspray. Jane and Michelle, the makeup team, are touring the room.“Blusher.”Continue reading...
  
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• Merry Swiftmas! Singer To Trademark Word

  11-12-2015 09:44
  
  "Swiftmas" is the latest word Taylor Swift is attempting to trademark, along with the date "1989" which is also the name of her album. Swiftmas is the word the singer's fans use to describe the random acts of kindness she makes such as giving money to charity or inviting people to her shows. At the beginning of the year Swift trademarked phrases such as "This sick beat" and "Cause we never go out of style" to make sure they do not appear on merchandise.
  
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• Why Darren Hayman's Florence is the one album you should hear this week – video

  11-12-2015 08:00
  
  Darren Hayman was once the frontman of Hefner. His solo career has been fascinating and eclectic, says Alexis Petridis. He’s prolific, too – Florence is his third album this year. Unlike his other work, which has been conceptual, this album isn’t. It brings together the threads that tie together Hayman’s previous work and confirms him as a skilful lyricist and a great English artistContinue reading...
  
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• TIDAL Will Soon Offer the Highest-Quality Streams In the World

  11-12-2015 06:38
  
  Tidal was laughed off the stage earlier this year, dismissed as a bunch of out-of-touch, complaining artists.  One million paying subscribers later, Tidal is trying another crazy stunt: ultra high-quality streaming on a level never experienced before.Already, Tidal offers CD-quality streaming for an elevated, $20 a month, but consider that a mere HD floor.
  Now, that package is about to get substantially better, with proprietary MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) complementin
  
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• Drugs Didn’t Kill Scott Weiland. Touring Did…

  11-12-2015 05:52
  
  Scott Weiland, in an interview on Howard Stern, 2011:
  Howard Stern: “Ya know, isn’t it crazy? Everyone looks at your life and thinks, ‘wow, this guy must have it all’.  I mean seriously — the same with like Kurt Cobain — I mean I look at you and I go, ‘oh my God, if I could be the lead singer in a band, a band that actually wrote really great music, like STP.”
  Robin: “And performs it like you do.”
  Stern: “And it’s effor
  
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• Mr. Fire In The Booth

  11-12-2015 01:00 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Mr. Fire in the Booth
  
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