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• Lukas Graham Calls Three Grammy Nominations 'Phenomenal'

  07-12-2016 23:57
  
  A year ago, Lukas Graham had a life-changing recording session. In just three and a half hours, lead singer Lukas Forchhammer penned the platinum-...
  
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• Childish Gambino Releases Pharos Experience Footage With 'Me and Your Mama' Virtual Reality Video

  07-12-2016 23:40
  
  Nobody has had a better year than Donald Glover, also known as Childish Gambino. From his FX show Atlanta landing a second season to his...
  
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• Pregnant Pink laughs off marriage split gossip

  07-12-2016 23:30 via music-news.com
  
  The pop star insists there's no truth to reports she's poised to dump her man.
  
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• Michael Buble's son set for cancer surgery - report

  07-12-2016 23:30 via music-news.com
  
  The toddler is currently receiving chemotherapy treatment.
  
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• ‘Happy Sad Confused,’ With Young Romantic Aaron Taylor-Johnson

  07-12-2016 23:25
  
  A lot of assumptions have been made about Aaron Taylor-Johnson. He became tabloid fodder at the age of 19 simply because of his engagement to noted filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood. This wasn’t in the career playbook for an actor on the rise thanks to diverse works like Nowhere Boy and Kick-Ass. During his podcast debut on...Read more »
  
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• Producer Ludwig Goransson Explains How Funkadelic Helped Shape Childish Gambino's 'Awaken, My Love!'

  07-12-2016 23:14
  
  There is a moment, two minutes into the slow burn of "Me and Your Mama," the opening track of Childish Gambino's new album Awaken, My...
  
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• Behind the Creativity of Amine's Bright & Colorful Style: Exclusive

  07-12-2016 23:07
  
  Adam Daniel, better known as Aminé, is a Portland-based rapper who is climbing the Billboard Hot 100 with his bright and infectious track ...
  
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• Sarah Hyland Talks Hosting 'Lip Sync Battle Shorties' Spinoff: Watch an Exclusive Preview

  07-12-2016 23:01
  
  Sarah Hyland's been having this effect on musical people lately: She meets them, they ask her to collaborate.
  It's the reason the Modern...
  
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• Inside Action Bronson & Mario Batali's Pizza Party

  07-12-2016 22:59
  
  On the occassion of his 33rd birthday, Action Bronson decided he wanted a pizza party. In years past, he’d celebrated at arcades and an...
  
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• Complex Media Shutters Print Magazine After 14 Years

  07-12-2016 22:52
  
  After 14 years in operation, Complex Magazine will no longer publish a print edition, multiple sources tell Billboard.
  In an internal...
  
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• Russell Crowe Won't Be Charged Over Azealia Banks Scuffle

  07-12-2016 22:45
  
  Los Angeles prosecutors say they will not charge Russell Crowe with battery over a scuffle with rapper Azealia Banks in a Beverly Hills hotel room...
  
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• Everything The Guys From One Direction Did In 2016

  07-12-2016 22:45
  
  Here’s what the four members of One Direction did in 2016, the first year of their hiatus
  
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• Grammy Nominee Breakouts in Latin Categories: iLe, Gaby Moreno & More

  07-12-2016 22:42
  
  It was refreshing to see names like Gaby Moreno, iLe, Sanoleja and Joss Favela among the 2017 Grammy nominees in the Latin categories. And while...
  
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• Bon Iver, Shins, Ryan Adams to Perform on 'A Prairie Home Companion'

  07-12-2016 22:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  Bon Iver, the Shins, Ryan Adams and Regina Spektor will perform on long-running live variety show A Prairie Home Companion in 2017.The program will host concert broadcasts with the Shins and Spektor in Seattle (January 7th), Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and comedian Beth Stelling in Chicago (January 14th) and Ryan Adams in Pasadena, California (January 21st), Spin reports. 
  Singer-songwriter/mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile (Nickel Creek, Punch Brothers) took over Prairie hosting duties on October
  
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• ‘Speed Dial,’ Episode 27: HaterNation

  07-12-2016 22:35
  
  Also discussed: Trevor Noah and Tomi Lahren, Childish Gambino’s new album, ‘Awaken, My Love!’ and a very special voicemail.
  
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• Green Day Adds Latest Alternative Songs Top 10 With 'Still Breathing'

  07-12-2016 22:29
  
  Green Day continues its ascent up the list of acts with the most top 10s on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, as "Still Breathing"...
  
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• The Edge Of 27

  07-12-2016 22:28
  
  Diary of a Professional Teen is a weekly column of #deep thoughts by twentysomething teenager and youth expert Taylor Trudon. Every Thursday, she’ll talk about her feelings in relation to what it’s like to be a Young Person in 2016. There’s this part at the end of The Edge of Seventeen, the new coming-of-age film...Read more »
  
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• Billboard's Top 10 Most Popular Holiday Songs

  07-12-2016 22:24
  
  Certain songs become ubiquitous every December, especially if you're tuning into one of around 160 stations in the U.S. that play holiday music...
  
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• La La Land: A City Of Tap-Dancing Angels

  07-12-2016 22:21
  
  Emma Stone’s brilliant, but this big-screen musical is way too eager to please
  
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• Apple Music's Latest Subscriber Numbers Will Make Jay Z Sweat

  07-12-2016 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Apple Music is succeeding where others streaming competitors are not. As the music service hit the 18-month mark, it announced that it had reached 20 million subscribers. It would be easy to play this off as a symptom of Apple’s established presence in our pockets, both via the iPhone and the iTunes store.
  
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• Billie Joe Armstrong & Patti Smith Address Victims of Oakland Fire; Investigators Zero In on Possible Cause

  07-12-2016 22:13
  
  The devastating fire that killed 36 at the Ghost Ship warehouse space in Oakland, California, on Friday took place in the kind of urban squat that...
  
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• Childish Gambino’s New Virtual Reality Video Will Make You Dizzy With Power

  07-12-2016 22:01
  
  Childish Gambino drops the virtual reality video for his new single "Me and Your Mama" from the album "Awaken, My Love!"
  
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• KR Wants to Fix Every Woman's Broken Heart in 'Read Your Mind' Video: Premiere

  07-12-2016 22:00
  
  Epic Records' latest signee KR is ready to save women from their failing relationships. Sampling Avant's 2004 hit "Read Your Mind...
  
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• Major Lazer Mashed Up The Chainsmokers, Justin Bieber & More for YouTube's 2016 Rewind: Watch

  07-12-2016 21:55
  
  Dabs, Pokemon Go, sitting Drakes, Damn Daniel, Mannequin Challenges, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. All that and more are mashed...
  
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• Ariana Grande Says That Hairspray Live! Is The Musical We ‘Cosmically’ Need

  07-12-2016 21:50
  
  Ariana Grande thinks that 'Hairspray Live!' and its song 'Come so Far (Got so Far to Go)' put forth a message of love and acceptance that we could all use right now.
  
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• Lance Bass Shares His Holiday Gift Guide & Memories of Making *NSYNC's Christmas Album

  07-12-2016 21:45
  
  Lance Bass knows a thing or two about concerts. The *NSYNC member turned entertainment host and philanthropist is now expanding his...
  
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• Russell Crowe will not face charges over Azealia Banks altercation

  07-12-2016 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  Rapper RZA defended the actor following Azealia Banks'' party spat claims.
  
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• Rihanna: 'I'm not feuding with Beyonce over Grammys'

  07-12-2016 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  The singer insists she didn't read a caption from a photo on Instagram, which dissed Beyonce.
  
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• Spotify Challenges Ruling Over 'Unconscionable' Way It Forces Users Into Arbitration

  07-12-2016 21:24
  
  Streaming giant Spotify has filed a notice of appeal to the 9th Circuit concerning a federal judge's recent decision not to force two of its...
  
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• Watch Ab-Soul's Beautifully Trippy 'D.R.U.G.S.' Video

  07-12-2016 21:21
  
  Ab-Soul's music video for "D.R.U.G.S." may give you a contact high. 
  The black-and-white, PANAMÆRA-directed visual finds the...
  
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• Kacey Musgraves’s Blue Christmas

  07-12-2016 21:21
  
  'A Very Kacey Christmas' is at its best when she's singing about holiday loneliness
  
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• Watch Teyana Taylor in New Teaser of VH1's 'The Breaks'

  07-12-2016 21:13
  
  After the success of original movie The Breaks, the story will return to VH1 as a television series centered on NYC’s early '90s hip-hop...
  
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• This Is Us Isn’t Comfort TV, It’s Just Boring TV

  07-12-2016 21:00
  
  [Spoilers for the first 10 episodes, including December 6’s midseason finale, of This Is Us.] For all the grisly iniquities that might befall a Victorian-era Londoner, so goes a theory, the Sherlock Holmes stories were ultimately a comfort to readers. Genre expectations — in this case, that of a solved mystery — furnished the illusion...Read more »
  
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• Pittsburgh Steeler Le'Veon Bell (A.K.A. Juice) Unleashes New Rap Cut 'Get Wit It': Premiere

  07-12-2016 20:57
  
  Like his game on the field, Pittsburgh Steeler Le'Veon Bell isn't taking his rap career lightly. Dropping bars under the name Juice, the star...
  
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• Tina Fey Ponders Her Future in Hollywood: 'What Is My Role Once Nobody Wants to Grab Me by the Pussy Anymore?'

  07-12-2016 20:55
  
  Tina Fey, speaking at The Hollywood Reporter's 2016 Women in Entertainment breakfast Wednesday morning, admitted that she and many of her peers...
  
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• Greyson Chance Shares The Highs And Lows Of Being A Musician In New Docuseries

  07-12-2016 20:50
  
  Watch the trailer for Greyson Chance’s new docuseries, ‘The Drop,’ and read what the 19-year-old singer told MTV News about it
  
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• How 'Somebody's Watching Me' Singer Rockwell Created a Paranoid Pop Classic

  07-12-2016 20:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  Berry Gordy was in his Los Angeles mansion in 1982 when his son, 18-year-old Kennedy William Gordy, brought the Motown Records founder a pop-funk demo he had created on a tiny 4-track recorder in his one-bedroom Hollywood apartment. Gordy, of course, had hundreds of Number One songs to his name – either as producer, songwriter or label head – so he knew a hit when he heard one. But after listening to his son's demo, his reaction was less than exuberant. "He said something like, 'Yeah
  
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• Justice Tease Half-CD, Half-Vinyl Hybrid Release of 'Woman' LP: Watch

  07-12-2016 20:37
  
  Have you ever wanted a vinyl record that could also be played as a CD? What about a CD that could also deliver that rich, vinyl popping tone?
  I, for...
  
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• Erotic New Fifty Shades Darker Trailer Shows Us Everything But The D

  07-12-2016 20:37
  
  The erotic new trailer for ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ will fulfill your fantasies
  
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• Burning Man Announces 2017 Theme

  07-12-2016 20:23
  
  Burners who flock to Black Rock Desert every summer are quick to tell you what a spiritual experience Burning Man truly is.
  It's not merely...
  
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• Ronnie Magro Is Kissing A Lucky Lady — And It Isn’t Sammi Giancola

  07-12-2016 20:22
  
  Ronnie Magro is kissing a special someone -- and it isn't Sammi 'Sweetheart' Giancola.
  
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• Ned’s Declassified’s Coconut Head Has A Zany New TV Show

  07-12-2016 20:14
  
  Check out Coconut Head from 'Ned's Declassified's School Survival Guide''s new show, 'This Just In'
  
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• Melissa Etheridge, Antibalas, Kenny Loggins, Todd Rundgren & Others to Celebrate 'The Music of Aretha Franklin'

  07-12-2016 20:10
  
  An All-Star cast of musicians will gather on the Carnegie Hall stage on March 6 to celebrate "The Music of Aretha Franklin." Among the...
  
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• Melissa Etheridge, Ann Wilson Lead Aretha Franklin Tribute Show

  07-12-2016 20:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  Melissa Etheridge, Heart's Ann Wilson, Todd Rundgren and Kenny Loggins will lead "The Music of Aretha Franklin" tribute concert, scheduled for March 6th at New York CIty's Carnegie Hall. Acclaimed Afrobeat act Antibalas will serve as house band for the 14th annual installment of Michael Dorf's "Music of" series, which benefits music education organizations for underprivileged youth.Living Colour, Glen Hansard, Rhiannon Giddens, Taj Mahal, Sarah Dash, Allen Stone and Bettye LaVette will also
  
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• Clipse’s ‘Hell Hath No Fury’ And The Politics Of Righteous Anger

  07-12-2016 20:01
  
  Ten years later, Clipse's masterpiece rings true to our times
  
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• Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary: How WWII Changed Music & Claimed the Life of a Swing Superstar

  07-12-2016 19:58
  
  Seventy-five years ago today, Japanese forces executed a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, pulling the United States...
  
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• 2016 Most Popular Music Videos on YouTube: Fifth Harmony's 'Work From Home,' Sia's 'Cheap Thrills' & More

  07-12-2016 19:57
  
  As 2016 comes to a close, YouTube released their top music videos for 2016, based on views, shares, comments and likes. 
  Leading the...
  
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• Pre-Order Kid Cudi's New Album 'Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'

  07-12-2016 19:55
  
  Kid Cudi has upped the ante for next Friday’s (Dec. 16) release of his sixth full-length album Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’, with a...
  
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• Biggest 2017 Grammy Awards snub: Rihanna or David Bowie?

  07-12-2016 19:49
  Nominations for the 2017 Grammy Awards were announced Tuesday, Dec. 6. Like any major award show, there were some major omissions in the biggest category -- Album of the Year. Rihanna fans are not happy her best-selling, critically acclaimed album "Anti" was snubbed.
  
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• Africa Specific: The Dictator’s Nephew

  07-12-2016 19:49
  
  Alagie Jammeh is celebrating a democratic victory in a country he may never see again
  
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