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• Documents: Jay Z's company wanted to manage Prince's music

  06-12-2016 22:55
  
  Roc Nation, the entertainment company founded by rap mogul Jay Z, tried but failed to get chosen to manage Prince's musical assets in the weeks after the rock superstar's death, according to court documents ...
  
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• Beyonce leads Grammy nominations as pop, R&B dominates top fields

  06-12-2016 21:07
  
  By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Beyonce got a leading nine Grammy nominations on Tuesday, followed by Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West with eight nods each, as pop, R&B and hip hop took center stage in the contest for the music industry's highest honors. Beyonce's haul included album, song and record of the year, the top three Grammy accolades, for her hit song "Formation" and visual album "Lemonade," a collection of songs about race, feminism and empowerment. The R&B singer, 35,
  
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• Moana IRL: You Can Discover Moana’s Real Life Island & It's Travel Goals

  06-12-2016 19:26
  
  Who knew the real life place was so similar to Disney’s Pacific island adventure?
  
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• Bella Hadid Goes Bleach Blonde For A Racy Paper Magazine Cover Shoot

  06-12-2016 19:24
  
  Nipple piercing ahoy.
  
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• Tables turned as vinyl sales overtake digital sales for first time in UK

  06-12-2016 19:12
  
  Records sales hit £2.5m last week compared with £2.1m for digital, with surge partly attributable to Christmas gift buyingIt was once a pastime dominated by audiophile dads and nostalgic hipsters. But last week, for the first time in history, the amount of money spent on vinyl records in the UK overtook that spent on digital downloads.Vinyl sales hit £2.4m last week compared with the £2.1m made from digital music purchases, further proof that record shopping has gone main
  
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• Beyonce domina nominaciones a los Grammy

  06-12-2016 19:04
  
  NUEVA YORK (AP) — Los Grammy se bebieron toda la limonada de Beyonce. La estrella pop encabeza las lista de nominados a los Grammy 2017 con nueve candidaturas que incluyen álbum del año, por "Lemonade", así como canción y grabación del año por "Formation".
  
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• Stupid For You

  06-12-2016 18:51 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Stupid For You
  
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• Fashion Blogger Susie Bubble's Boyfriend Steve Salter Is Missing

  06-12-2016 18:43
  
  The fashion blogger last saw Steve on Monday morning.
  
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• Buster Cannon [Explicit]

  06-12-2016 18:33 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Buster Cannon
  
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• Grammys: Beyonce breaks record with nine nods

  06-12-2016 18:21
  Beyonce's Lemonade dominates the 2017 Grammy Awards with nine nominations - including album, song and record of the year.
  
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• Vicky Pattison Woke Up With The Hangover From Hell Following I’m A Celeb Wrap Party

  06-12-2016 18:16
  
  Oh pet!
  
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• Jendella Benson: Dad's The Word

  06-12-2016 18:08
  
  Don't miss brand new Teen Mom UK, Wednesdays at 8pm - only on MTV!
  
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• Grammy Awards 2017: Beyoncé leads the pack with 9 nominations

  06-12-2016 17:54
  
  Award season is just around the corner and with it is music's biggest night: the Grammy Awards. Leading the pack with nine nominations for the 2017 show is none other than Beyoncé. Not far behind the Lemonade artist are Drake,Rihanna and Kanye West, who scored eight nods apiece.
  
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• Grammy nominations 2017: Beyoncé and R&B artists shine while rock suffers

  06-12-2016 17:36
  
  Beyoncé’s nine dominating nods, along with impressive showings for Rihanna, Kanye West, Drake and Chance the Rapper, reflect a stellar year for black artistsTuesday’s announcement of the nominations for the 59th annual Grammy awards, which will be handed out on 12 February, had some expected outcomes – Beyoncé dominated, with Lemonade and its affiliated properties receiving nine nominations, while Adele’s 25 scored her five nominations. As with any attempt t
  
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• Danielle de Niese webchat – post your questions now

  06-12-2016 17:18
  
  The classical soprano is joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat from 12pm GMT on Thursday 8 December – post them in the comments below 4.17pm GMTAfter a whirlwind early start in LA, winning an Emmy for TV presenting while still in her teens, the soprano Danielle de Niese has brought vigour and freshness to the global opera scene. At the age of 19, she was already singing alongside Bryn Terfel and Cecilia Bartoli at New York’s Met Opera. Productions at Glyndebourne led
  
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• Kylie Jenner's Christmas Tree Is So Big It Deserves Its Own Cartier Love Bracelet

  06-12-2016 17:08
  
  Where do you even put a tree that big?
  
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• Independent thinking: can music shops survive on today's high street?

  06-12-2016 16:57
  
  Small retailers everywhere are struggling to compete with online competition. But one classical music store in north London is surviving - and even thrivingThree years ago Ian Rosenblatt went into his local music shop in Muswell Hill, north London. He came out having bought a couple of CDs and, to his own surprise, the shop. Rosenblatt, a city lawyer and classical music lover, had been chatting with the owner and learned he was planning to close it down. In the 60s this shop sold the Davies both
  
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• Seriously, What's The Difference Between The Song & Record Of The Year Grammy Awards?

  06-12-2016 16:56
  
  No, really.
  
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• Daniels/Etheridge review – jazz classics from Moscow to Amsterdam, with Calais foremost

  06-12-2016 16:39
  
  Vortex, London
  Kate Daniels and John Etheridge were joined by Alec Dankworth and Richard Jones for this classy charity concert for refugees Kate Daniels, the unflashily illuminating British jazz and folk singer, shared her highly personal songbook with guitarist John Etheridge at a charity gig for Music Lighting a Beacon, which works with refugees.The gravity of the Calais mission was made plain in some telling speeches, but Daniels, Etheridge, bassist Alec Dankworth and violinist Richard Jones
  
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• Adele's album 25 and single Hello in line for Grammy Awards

  06-12-2016 16:34
  
  She is going head-to-head with Beyonce.
  
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• Grammy awards 2017: Beyoncé leads nominations with Lemonade

  06-12-2016 15:33
  
  Concept album scored the singer nine nods, followed closely by Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West who all have eight nominations each and Adele with fiveBeyoncé has scored nine Grammy nominations for her album Lemonade.The singer, who has previously won 20 Grammys, has nods in major categories including record of the year, song of the year and album of the year. She’s closely followed by Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West, who all have eight nominations each. Continue reading...
  
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• This Is How Rich The Victoria's Secret Models Actually Are

  06-12-2016 15:27
  
  Turns out Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid and Bella Hadid don't actually have the most cash dollar...
  
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• Beyoncé Dominates The 2017 Grammy Awards Nominations With Drake, Kanye & RiRi Close Behind

  06-12-2016 15:22
  
  Oh hey Chance The Rapper with SEVEN noms...
  
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• Celebrity Workouts IRL: The High Intensity Circuit Training

  06-12-2016 15:20
  
  We tried to get ourselves a Khloe Kardashian bod.
  
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• Beyonce leads Grammys with nine nominations; eight nods for Rihanna, Drake, Kanye

  06-12-2016 15:00
  By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Beyonce became the most-nominated female artist in Grammy award history on Tuesday as she received a leading nine nods this year, followed closely by Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West with eight nominations each. The R&B singer, 35, has been nominated 62 times in Grammy history and has won 20 Grammy awards over her career spanning two decades. Rapper Kanye West, who has eight nominations this year for his "The Life of Pablo" album, has notched 68 Grammy
  
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• Grammy noms: 9 for Beyonce, 8 each for Drake, Rihanna, Kanye

  06-12-2016 14:35
  
  The Grammy Awards are sipping all of Beyonce's lemonade. The pop star is the leader of the 2017 Grammys with nine nominations, including bids for album of the year with "Lemonade," and song and ...
  
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• Grammy noms: 9 for Beyoncé, 8 each for Drake, Rihanna, Kanye

  06-12-2016 14:35
  
  The Grammy Awards are sipping all of Beyoncé's lemonade. The pop star leads the 2017 Grammys with nine nominations, including bids for album of the year with "Lemonade," and song and record of ...
  
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• Paloma Faith welcomes her first child after 'difficult' birth

  06-12-2016 14:33
  
  Paloma Faith is a first-time mummy! The 35-year-old singer has welcomed her child with boyfriend Leyman Lahcine. Paloma announced the happy news to fans in a handwritten note posted on her Instagram page, revealing that despite a "difficult" delivery her newborn had arrived safe and sound.
  
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• Fire

  06-12-2016 14:22 via mtv.co.uk
  
  Fire
  
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• Paloma Faith praises NHS hospital staff following the birth of her first baby

  06-12-2016 14:02
  
  The singer has become a mum for the first time and praised the NHS for their amazing work.
  
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• Marnie Simpson Has Set The Record Straight On Whether She’ll QUIT Geordie Shore For Lewis Bloor

  06-12-2016 13:38
  
  Will she stay or will she go?
  
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• Jeremy McConnell Reckons He 'Let' Scotty T Have Megan McKenna On CBB

  06-12-2016 13:20
  
  Uh oh!
  
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• Neil Young: an artist through the years – in pictures

  06-12-2016 13:00
  
  For the first time, the Morrison Hotel Gallery is hosting an exhibition in all three of their locations – Long May You Run, a retrospective of Neil Young, charts his rise from Buffalo Springfield to refusing to settle down in his 70s Continue reading...
  
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• Geordie Shore's Gaz Beadle Opens Up About Not Pulling In Ayia Napa To Try And Work Things Out With Charlotte Crosby - EXCLUSIVE

  06-12-2016 13:00
  
  Find out what really happened in Napa when Geordie Shore continues, Tuesdays at 10pm - only on MTV!
  
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• 11 Questions We Have From This Week's Made In Chelsea

  06-12-2016 12:55
  
  Jess and Toff have some explaining to do...
  
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• Beyonce Didn't Invite Kim Kardashian & Kanye West To Jay Z's Birthday Extravaganza

  06-12-2016 12:41
  
  Oh the dramz.
  
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• I'm A Celebrity 2016 Full Voting Results Have Been Revealed And Really Aren't What We Expected

  06-12-2016 12:14
  
  That top three though.
  
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• Scarlett Moffatt Has Spoken Out About Being ‘The New Vicky Pattison’

  06-12-2016 12:07
  
  And she's made her feelings very clear.
  
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• Lady Gaga reveals she has PTSD after being raped as a teenager

  06-12-2016 11:42
  Lady Gaga has revealed she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after being raped as a teenager. "I told the kids today I suffer from PTSD," the singer told the Today Show, after visiting the Ali Forney Centre, a homeless shelter for young LGBT people in New York.
  
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• Hailey Baldwin Wants Everyone To Know That She Doesn't Understand The Taylor Swift Squad 'At All'

  06-12-2016 11:33
  
  Awks.
  
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• Ansel Elgort Stars In Dua Lipa's New 'Be The One' Vid & It's Out Of This World

  06-12-2016 11:12
  
  ...and it's hotter than hell...
  
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• Scarlett Moffatt Admits She Wants To Get A Boob Job Post Jungle And Here’s Why

  06-12-2016 11:04
  
  It's not what you think!
  
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• Liam Payne And Cheryl Have Taken Their Relationship To A Whole New Level

  06-12-2016 10:13
  
  InstaLove!
  
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• The Mirror of Claudio Monteverdi CD review – vibrant, shapely, sensitive singing

  06-12-2016 10:06
  
  Huelgas Ensemble/Van Nevel(Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)What’s the term for when parody surpasses the material it parodies? Musicologists have described Monteverdi’s Missa in Illo Tempero as a “parody mass” because it’s built around archaic material and techniques. But when he wrote it at the dawn of the 1600s, Monteverdi was already looking back from some distance at the previous century – already inventing a kind of neo-Renaissance gloss that simultaneous confirm
  
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• Anohni urges Barack Obama to free Chelsea Manning: 'She poses no threat'

  06-12-2016 09:44
  
  Musician posts YouTube message urging Obama to release Manning, who is serving a prison sentence for leaking state secrets, before President-elect Trump takes officeAnohni has released her video for the track Obama, along with a statement about the incarceration of Chelsea Manning that is addressed to the US president. In the text accompanying the video on YouTube, the British musician urges Obama to end the sentence of Manning, a former US soldier who is serving 35 years in prison for leaking s
  
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• Best albums of 2016: No 9 Konnichiwa by Skepta

  06-12-2016 09:05
  
  It won the Mercury prize and sold grime to a new generation – most of all, the rapper’s debut album made British music cool againMore of the best albums of 2016More on the best culture of 2016At the start of the year it was unclear whether we would ever hear the debut album from Skepta 2.0. The rapper – whose image had descended over the last decade from grime original to cringeworthy chart-chaser – had reinvented himself with two anthemic tracks in That’s Not Me an
  
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• Metallica: how we made Master of Puppets

  06-12-2016 09:00
  
  Lars Ulrich: ‘There’s a fast song, a mid-tempo song, a ballad. It’s like food groups: you need your carbs, your protein’When we recorded Ride the Lightning in 1984, our producer was Flemming Rasmussen, a Dane. He was definitely our kind of guy: quick on the draw, really smart. The exchange rate between the dollar and the krone was so much in our favour that we decided to record the next album in Denmark. Plus, if you’re going to transplant a bunch of 20-year-old Ame
  
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• 'You are brave, you are courageous': Lady Gaga visits homeless LGBT teenagers – video

  06-12-2016 08:29
  
  Lady Gaga visits a shelter for homeless LGBT teenagers in New York to encourage acts of kindness. She tells those in the shelter about her own struggle with PTSD. ‘It’s really important to remind kids that are suffering from a traumatic experience or from abandonment … that they are not alone and that they are loved’Today’s full reportContinue reading...
  
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• Drake's Spotify reign stopped by The Weeknd

  06-12-2016 08:07
  The Weeknd has ended Drake's long reign as king of Spotify, topping the rapper's record of monthly listeners in November. The Starboy singer had close to 37.5 million plays last month compared to Drake's 36 million. Data released by Spotify shows Drake hadn't been topped in a monthly streaming list since May.
  
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• Lady Gaga reveals she has PTSD: 'I suffer from a mental illness'

  06-12-2016 06:34
  
  The singer opened up on a surprise visit to a centre for homeless LGBT youth in New York, saying kindness from friends and family had ‘saved her life’Lady Gaga has revealed she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Visiting the Ali Forney Center for homeless LGBT youth in New York in November, she spoke out about her mental illness for the first time. Her comments were aired in an interview on Monday night. Continue reading...
  
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