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• Drake's entire album on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart

  26-02-2015 23:56 via music-news.com
  
  Billboard reports that Drake rules 42 percent of the 50-position Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (dated March 7), as the hip-hop star has 21
  
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• Epic Celebrity Falls: Music Edition

  26-02-2015 23:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Madonna took a hard tumble at the BRIT Awards (we feel for ya girl) and we couldn’t help but take a look back at some of the best spills, tumbles and trips in music.
  
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• Big Sean: Working with Ariana is easy

  26-02-2015 23:00 via music-news.com
  
  Big Sean and girlfriend Ariana Grande have collaborated once again on new track Research, which Sean calls “basically real life”.
  
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• Ariel Camacho dead: Mexican singer in fatal car crash after concert

  26-02-2015 22:55
  
  Ariel Camacho, a young, up-and-coming Mexican singer, was killed in a car crash after leaving a concert in Mexico, his record company confirmed Thursday. Camacho, already popular in his home state of Sinaloa and parts of the U.S. as a singer of the "grupera" genre, died early Wednesday in Sinaloa, Los Angeles-based DEL Records said in a statement.
  
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• Breaking: Target “Has Absolutely No Plans to Stop Selling Music”

  26-02-2015 22:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The IFPI just announced a Friday global album release day. Music Week recently reported that Target would consider dropping music instead of paying to make...
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• 'Mad Men': Matthew Weiner Talks Midseason Finale, Music and Dream Sequences (Q&A)

  26-02-2015 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The creator and showrunner tells THR about the surprising sendoff before the AMC drama's final episodes: "I'm a person who frequently sees things that aren't there. I don't know if they're as elaborate as that, but I don't question the reality of the emotion."
  
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• IFPI Announces a Friday Global Release Day, Disappointing the Indie Community

  26-02-2015 22:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The independent community vocally expressed support for a worldwide album release day on Mondays, instead of the IFPI’s proposed Friday release day. AIMS, A2IM, Amoeba, Beggars...
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• Spotify Is Integrating Apps Directly into Their Desktop Service

  26-02-2015 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Spotify may have killed the App Finder, but they’re finding ways to integrate apps directly into their service. Musixmatch lyrics will be directly integrated into...
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• British music sales boosted by outstanding BRITs performances

  26-02-2015 19:48 via music-news.com
  
  Royal Blood, Paloma Faith, and the ‘Holy Trinity’ of British male artists – Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and George Ezra have all seen
  
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• Björk Refuses to Release on Spotify: “It’s About Respect”

  26-02-2015 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Björk has decided not to release her latest album, Vulnicura, on Spotify.  Here’s what she told Fast Company in an article published this morning. Fast...
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• Music Industry Sets Friday as New Global Release Day

  26-02-2015 19:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  Friday will be the new Tuesday beginning this summer, when the worldwide music industry begins putting out new releases on most music buyers' paydays. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the British-based organization that acts as a music-biz United Nations, announced on Thursday that the new plan would go...
  
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• Grammys give Beck huge sales boost in Canada, along with Annie Lennox

  26-02-2015 18:50
  
  Despite Kanye West's protestations, the 57th Annual Grammy Awards sent Canadians scrambling to check out Beck's "Morning Phase." For the week after the versatile Californian's contemplative record took album of the year at the awards gala, "Morning Phase" experienced a 409 per cent sales increase in Canada, according to data provided by Nielsen Entertainment.
  
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• The Vamps start own label with first signing

  26-02-2015 18:01 via music-news.com
  
  The Vamps are pleased to announce they are launching their own record label, a joint venture with EMI/Universal.
  
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• Former Pearl Jam Drummer Dave Abbruzzese Wanted on Drug Charges

  26-02-2015 17:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  Former Pearl Jam drummer Dave Abbruzzese, who was behind the kit for band's 1993 album Vs. and 1994 LP Vitalogy, has two warrants out for his arrest in Denton, Texas: Possession of a controlled substance and failure to appear on a manufacture or delivery of substance charge. The news was first reported by...
  
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• Superstar DJ Sanchez gives Irish fans another chance in Cork

  26-02-2015 17:00 via music-news.com
  
  "If I have another chance tonight I'd fly out to Ibiza and watch Roger Sanchez play some of his biggest mixes inside the impressive
  
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• Music streaming: free is the key

  26-02-2015 16:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Competing music streaming services are beginning to discover that the best way to get consumers to sign up and to start paying a monthly subscription is to offer a free tier, too. On Wednesday, Google announced that Google Play Music subscribers can now upload and store 50,000 tracks to the cloud free of charge that they can then stream via a smartphone, tablet or even desktop whenever they've got an internet connection. The offer's interesting partly because it recognizes that older c
  
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• Xtina: My baby is happy to be alive

  26-02-2015 16:15 via music-news.com
  
  Christina Aguilera has explained why she chose to call her daughter Summer Rain.
  
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• Leonardo ''was Rihanna''s teen crush''

  26-02-2015 16:15 via music-news.com
  
  Rihanna has reportedly always thought Leonardo DiCaprio is a hunk.
  
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• 'Glory' Leads Oscar Music Sales Surge

  26-02-2015 15:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  John Legend and Common's Oscar-winning song "Glory" from the film Selma garnered 28,000 downloads to notch its best sales week to date. The spike anchored a massive 184 percent sales gain for all music featured on the 87th Academy Awards for the week ending the day of the awards (February 22nd), according to...
  
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• Ancient Ideas, New Music

  26-02-2015 14:45
  
  There's nothing boring about ARCO-PDX , the Northwest classical music veterans who bring classical music into the 21st century by performing in venues where you can order a beer and not worry about clapping or chatting at the "wrong" moment.
  
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• Gnarwolves Camden Lock live video

  26-02-2015 14:41 via music-news.com
  
  Always unpredictable, noisy and anarchic 3 piece, Gnarwolves brought mayhem to Camden Lock on Saturday.
  
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• Music industry moves to Friday global album release

  26-02-2015 14:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The music industry has announced an agreement to release albums globally on Fridays, ending divergences among regions that have fueled piracy in an age of instant music. The decision, after nine months of consultation, is expected to go into effect by summer in the Northern Hemisphere, said Frances Moore, chief executive officer of the music industry's global body IFPI. "What is absolutely clear is that there is nearly unanimous agreement that a global release date is a good thing,&quo
  
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• Rita Ora: I don''t do mornings

  26-02-2015 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Rita Ora doesn''t mind how busy her schedule is, as she likes the results of hard work.
  
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• Brit Awards crown Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift

  26-02-2015 10:26
  
  Hit singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was named best British male solo artist and United States superstar Taylor Swift won the international female solo artist award at Wednesday night's Brit Awards. Country music sweetheart turned pop sensation Swift kicked off the night at the O2 Arena in London with a pitch-perfect rendition of her latest single "Blank Space", dressed in a short black suit.
  
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• Iggy: Beau told me to be more Kanye

  26-02-2015 09:30 via music-news.com
  
  Iggy Azalea's boyfriend Nick Young wanted her to be "the No. 1 player hater" when she was bullied online.
  
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• Why You Should Never, Ever Promote Your Music On iTunes

  26-02-2015 08:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  We all know recorded music sales are dying. It’s a Titanic size plank that sales have been marching down for years, but eventually they’ll fall...
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• Madonna takes a tumble at the Brit Awards

  26-02-2015 06:16
  
  The 56-year-old queen of pop was closing Wednesday's ceremony in London with a performance of her song "Living For Love." Madonna entered with a troupe of male dancers and appeared to fumble with a long, flowing cloak she was wearing.
  
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• Perry’s ‘heart heavy’ at Auschwitz

  26-02-2015 05:30 via music-news.com
  
  Katy Perry visited former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland on Wednesday.
  
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• Madonna: I’m fine!

  26-02-2015 03:30 via music-news.com
  
  Madonna has reassured fans she’s “fine” following a nasty fall during her Brit Awards performance on Wednesday night.
  
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• Lambert: Brit vocalists are incredible!

  26-02-2015 03:30 via music-news.com
  
  Adam Lambert revealed he’d like to work with Brit Awards winners Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran while gracing the event’s red carpet Wednesday night.
  
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• Imagine Dragons oust Drake from Billboard 200 throne

  26-02-2015 02:07
  
  Alt-rockers Imagine Dragons knocked rapper Drake from the top spot of the weekly US Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, after a strategically placed commercial with retail store Target during the Grammy Awards drove up exposure. "Smoke + Mirrors," the sophomore album from the Las Vegas band, sold 172,000 copies and 172,000 songs, and was streamed 7.6 million times, bringing its total unit tally to 195,000, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.
  
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• BRIT Awards 2015: 5 Essential Moments From a Night of Flamethrowers and Falls

  26-02-2015 01:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  It was a night of a few thrills and one show-stealing spill at the BRIT Awards in London. Ed Sheeran (British Male Solo Artist, Mastercard British Album of the Year) and Sam Smith (BRITs Global Success Award, British Breakthrough Act) confirmed their rising-star status, picking up two trophies each at...
  
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• Smith and Sheeran’s double Brits wins

  26-02-2015 01:30 via music-news.com
  
  Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran were double winners at the Brit Awards on Wednesday night.
  
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• Ed Sheeran wins best British record at top UK music awards

  26-02-2015 01:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Liisa Tuhkanen LONDON (Reuters) - The top British music awards went to young men on Wednesday as Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith bagged the most important trophies in a star-studded Brit Awards show in London. English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was the biggest winner of the night, walking away with two of the four Brit Awards he was nominated for. "I didn't expect it... It's been a very good year for British music", he said. Soul singer Sam Smith, who was nominated for five Bri
  
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• Tiny models look just like Oscar A-listers

  26-02-2015 01:02
  
  A few hours before the flashbulbs go off, a team of professional stylists are scrambling to make sure Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Lopez and Scarlett Johansson look just right. Not the real Oprah, J. Lo and ScarJo.
  
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• Queen Latifah's Bessie Smith biopic coming

  26-02-2015 01:00 via music-news.com
  
  Bessie, the story of blues great Bessie Smith as portrayed by Queen Latifah, will premier on HBO on May 16.
  
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• Big Machine’s Scott Borchetta to Pursue Film, TV, and Theater Opportunities

  26-02-2015 00:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Earlier this month, Hits Daily Double claimed that Scott Borchetta was in the process of selling Big Machine to Apple. The idea sounds far fetched...
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• Thalassa Space Grows Up with Craft Beer, Live Music

  26-02-2015 00:00 via sf.eater.com
  
  The former pool hall will become a full bar, restaurant and live music venue by the end of the year. Berkeley's nightlife scene continues to evolve (and possibly mature), with the reconfiguration of the former Thalassa space as a music venue and craft beer garden. As a result, the 12,000 square-foot space, will transform from a pool hall into a full bar and full-service restaurant, with a large stage for live music and an outdoor beer garden with separate entrances for the restaurant and mu
  
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