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• Review: A mixtape of music parody, 'Popstar' cranks it to 11

  01-06-2016 23:47
  
  A quick survey of the pop music landscape: Kanye West, in the midst of rolling out an album that frequently changed titles and engaging in a Twitter feud with a rapper named Wiz, claimed he was $53 million in debt but could still "buy furs and houses for my family." A scandal known as "DoughnutGate" ensnarled Ariana Grande; her apology began "I am EXTREMELY proud to be an American." Fans of Justin Bieber continue to go by the name "Beliebers."
  
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• Prince smashes Billboard sales records as his music sells in huge volumes following untimely death

  01-06-2016 20:34
  
  Prince had 19 albums in Billboard’s top 200 chart in the US, beating a record of 14 previously set by The Beatles.
  
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• The Go-Go's Jane Wiedlin on the birth of LA punk: 'I wrote lyrics at work on crystal meth'

  01-06-2016 19:40
  
  They stole food, drank all night, and formed bands that couldn’t play. The guitarist relives the clothes, clubs and drug-fuelled chaos she was lucky to surviveIn late 1976, a few months into college, I was reading the fashion newspaper Women’s Wear Daily when I came upon an article on punk rock fashion. At this time I was still pretty immersed in the whole glitter-rock thing (which, like punk rock, was equal parts look, music and attitude). Music was everything to me, though I never
  
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• Gigi Hadid Reveals Kendall Jenner's Surprising Secret To Dealing With Trolls

  01-06-2016 18:32
  
  The models have each others backs when it comes to the haters.
  
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• Van Morrison – 10 of the best

  01-06-2016 18:00
  
  From radio-friendly R&B via religious fervor to spiritual reawakening, these tracks map the Northern Irish songwriter’s soul-searching career
  During Van Morrison’s spell in Them, the brutally, brilliantly reductive Belfast band he fronted between 1964 and 1966, there had been glimmers of an artistic sensibility at odds with the turbo-boosted dockside R&B of songs like Gloria and Baby Please Don’t Go. On My Lonely Sad Eyes, Hey Girl and an aching cover of John Lee Hooker
  
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• On tour with Pup: crowdsurfing, cysts and dead chameleons

  01-06-2016 17:43
  
  Their lead singer almost lost his voice, his pet chameleon met a nasty end and the band sing about killing each other. We got in the van with the K9 rockersStefan Babcock, lead singer of Toronto band Pup, is happily recounting the precise moment when he thought his punk rock ambitions were well and truly finished.“We’d ended recording on the [band’s second] record and we had two days off before starting a seven-week tour,” he explains. “And on the first day, my voca
  
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• BTW That Calvin Harris & OneRepublic Song Is Fake...But Calvin's New Vid Is Coming Soon

  01-06-2016 17:38
  
  Ryan Tedder's up for a collab though. YASS!
  
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• Meghan Trainor Had ‘No Idea’ Who Brooklyn Beckham Was During Their Trip To Disneyland With Chloe Moretz

  01-06-2016 17:28
  
  BLASPHEMY.
  
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• 15 Times Parents Trolled Their Kids And Won

  01-06-2016 16:39
  
  If you have a mum or dad, you will identify to ALL these times parents trolled kids via text and social media. Full story at MTV.co.uk
  
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• The more I hear stupid things said about disabilities, the more lyrics I come up with

  01-06-2016 16:19
  
  Learning disabilities give me a different way of seeing the world, and the music industry is getting better for artists like me. But there’s progress to be madeI’ve always loved music and singing. Brought up in an Irish-Nigerian household, there was always a diverse range of music being played, from Duran Duran to the Dubliners to the Fureys, reggae and Afrobeats. Born and bred in Notting Hill, with the carnival right outside my door, my childhood was spent surrounded by music.I was
  
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• "She's Fearless": Nick Jonas Chats Demi Lovato & Reveals All About His Most Personal Album Yet

  01-06-2016 16:15
  
  Did someone say tour pranks?
  
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• Pitch Perfect 3 Could Be CHRISTMAS-Themed

  01-06-2016 16:01
  
  Get ready to have a merry Pitch-mas!
  
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• Minecraft's New Update Will Change Your Whole Game Experience

  01-06-2016 15:40
  
  Thanks, Mojang!
  
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• Get ‘Preoccupied’ With Annabel

  01-06-2016 14:21
  
  Enter Annabel, the London songstress who gets brutally honest on her fresh new release ‘Preoccupied’.
  
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• Alfa Mist and Lester Duval Team Up For '2nd Exit' EP

  01-06-2016 14:17
  
  Prepare yourselves for a serious dose of chilled soulful, hip-hop sounds.
  
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• Fire! Kaytranada Remixes Rihanna’s “Kiss It Better”

  01-06-2016 13:57
  
  With Rihanna fever currently in full swing (as it has been for the past decade), tracks from her most recent album “ANTI” are entering the charts left, right and centre.
  
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• These Jack Wills Ads Have Been Banned For Being 'Too Sexual'

  01-06-2016 13:53
  
  The ASA have demanded that they aren't used again.
  
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• Pretty Little Liars’ Tammin Sursok Reveals Jenna Is Out For ‘Payback’ In Season 7 As New Trailer Drops

  01-06-2016 13:53
  
  Consider us scared.
  
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• Oyabun Returns With New Single “Mona Lisa”

  01-06-2016 13:53
  After receiving an abundance of acclaim for his previous release “Pick Up Lines”, Miami based artist OYABUN returns with his brand new offering “Mona Lisa”.
  
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• Get Kylie Jenner's Black Caged Bikini For £24 On The High Street

  01-06-2016 13:28
  
  Get Kylie Jenner's memorial day look with the black caged bikini she wore to a pool party with Kendall Jenner, Hailey Baldwin, Jaden Smith and more celeb friends. Read the full story at MTV.co.uk
  
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• De La Soul And Snoop Dogg Join Forces For 'Pain'

  01-06-2016 13:27
  
  Ah, you can never quite go wrong with a bit of De La Soul can you? Teaming up with Snoop Dogg, ‘Pain’ is exactly what you would expect. It’s funky, it’s nostalgic and it’s dope (duh).
  
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• 17 Reasons Why Lausanne Should Be Your Next Holiday Destination

  01-06-2016 13:21
  
  Discover why Switzerland is one of the happiest places in the world...
  
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• KEY! Enlists Skepta For 'See No Evil'

  01-06-2016 13:20
  
  The Grime pioneer has now teamed up with underground Atlanta rapper KEY! For their new track ‘See No Evil’.
  
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• Are Drake And Hailey Baldwin Actually Dating? The Truth Has Finally Been Revealed

  01-06-2016 12:54
  
  The couple have been flirting up a storm recently.
  
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• This Is How Tom Holland Landed Himself The Spider-Man Role

  01-06-2016 12:37
  
  He was born for it, basically.
  
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• TOWIE’s Jake Hall Was Stabbed With A Broken Bottle And Almost Lost A Kidney In Horrific Marbella Club Brawl

  01-06-2016 11:57
  
  More details have emerged about the stabbing of the TOWIE star.
  
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• Will Niall be the first member of One Direction to release solo music?

  01-06-2016 11:41
  
  Niall is reportedly set to sign a solo contract.
  
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• Niall Horan Is Having A 'Brilliant' Hiatus From One Direction, Just FYI

  01-06-2016 11:39
  
  The singer reckons it's not all that bad.
  
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• Lauren Conrad Is Returning To The Hills For A 10 Year Anniversary Special

  01-06-2016 11:39
  
  The Hills star will be helping to celebrate the show's 10th birthday with a one-off MTV reunion show.
  
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• Australian streaming music player Guvera plans $58 million IPO

  01-06-2016 11:36
  By Byron Kaye MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian music streamer Guvera Ltd, which competes with Apple Inc, Spotify Ltd and Pandora Media Inc, said it plans to raise up to A$80 million ($58.05 million) in a listing to bankroll an ambitious expansion in developing markets. In a listing prospectus lodged on Wednesday, the company with operations from India to Russia said it aims to sell 80 million shares for A$1 each to fund growth in emerging markets.
  
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• Watch Troye Sivan Pick His Favourite Member Of One Direction In Our Quickfire Quiz

  01-06-2016 10:35
  
  We ask Troye these all important questions...
  
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• The True Identity Of Ugly Naked Guy From Friends Has Finally Been Revealed

  01-06-2016 10:31
  
  Welcome to the stage...UGLY NAKED GUY.
  
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• Kim Kardashian Drops New Kimojis Featuring North West's Sassy Side Eye And Kylie Jenner's Ugly Cry Face

  01-06-2016 10:08
  
  Get your first look at the new Kim Kardashian Kimojis including Kanye West looking mad and sad, North West's sassy cartoon side eye and Kylie Jenner Ugly Cry Face. Read more at MTV.co.uk
  
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• Germany investigates sexual attacks on women at music festival

  01-06-2016 10:02
  German prosecutors are investigating claims by 26 women that they were sexually harassed at a music festival in the western city of Darmstadt at the weekend and police have arrested three men with Pakistani backgrounds, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. The incident has set off alarm bells in Germany after mass sexual attacks on women at New Year's Eve in Cologne, which fuelled a backlash against Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door migrant policy. Hundreds of women said they were groped, at
  
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• Brooklyn Beckham Tweets And Deletes A Smoking Hot Shirtless Selfie

  01-06-2016 09:29
  
  Brooklyn Beckham posts and deletes a super hot shirtless snap to Instagram - but not before it's reposted by about a million fan accounts. Read more and see the pic at MTV.co.uk.
  
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