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• Demi Lovato Has A Dude On A Dog Leash In Sirah’s New Video

  14-11-2017 23:50
  
  Demi Lovato makes a stunning cameo in rapper Sirah's new video for "Dead Beat."
  
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• Lil Wayne's Manager Cortez Bryant Teases 'Dedication 6' Could Arrive This Month

  14-11-2017 23:49
  
  Lil Wayne's Tha Carter V is still unreleased and doesn't look like it'll see the light of day anytime soon, but Wayne has...
  
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• Danielle Brooks Put Her Acting Skills To Work In Master Tweet Theatre

  14-11-2017 23:45
  
  Watch Danielle Brooks play Master Tweet Theatre on 'TRL' on November 14, 2017.
  
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• Contents of Prince's vault had to be moved due to 'water damage'

  14-11-2017 23:45 via music-news.com
  
  The singer's three half-siblings are refusing to accept the financial bosses' explanation.
  
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• Julien Turner On Merging Music & Education With “XY Cell Llif3”

  14-11-2017 23:42
  
  Earlier this month, a video of Morehouse College student Julien Turner covering Lil Uzi Vert’s “XO Tour Llif3” as a rap about biology went viral. Since the “XY Cell Llif3” video was originally posted, it’s been viewed 861,397 on YouTube and shared by the likes of John Legend and Common. Obviously, we had to bring this...Read more »
  
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• Kendrick Lamar, The Killers & The Chainsmokers Headlining Hangout Festival 2018

  14-11-2017 23:40
  
  Hangout Music Festival announced the lineup for next year's festival, and it features some festival favorites alongside some new faces who rarely...
  
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• Tyler, the Creator Ignites Sold-Out NYC Terminal 5 Show With Help From A$AP Rocky

  14-11-2017 23:29
  
  Tyler, the Creator didn’t thank his sold-out crowd at New York City’s Terminal 5 on Monday night (Nov. 13) for the sake of formality...
  
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• How Maroon 5's Social Video Success Came by Moving From Musical.ly to White-Label Solution Vivoom

  14-11-2017 23:06
  
  The history of music-focused messaging and social media startups is rocky at best. After amassing millions of users and venture capital dollars over...
  
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• Playboi Carti, Cardi B, SZA, H.E.R., Khalid & More Featured on Forbes' 30 Under 30 List

  14-11-2017 22:32
  
  While 2017 was chock-full of releases from hip-hop's upper echelon, it was also the year hip-hop and R&B upstarts dominated the charts. On...
  
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• Kendrick Lamar Covers Forbes, Speaks on His Biggest Mistake & Being Labeled a 'Conscious Rapper'

  14-11-2017 22:25
  
  After stomping out the competition with his smoldering DAMN. album earlier this year, Kendrick Lamar is making sure to end his 2017 with a...
  
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• BTS Looks to Dominate US With Busy Schedule During Stateside Visit for AMAs

  14-11-2017 22:09
  
  With BTS' arrival at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday (Nov. 14), the Korean Invasion is officially here. 
  The K-pop act...
  
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• How Basin Street Records Has Been Giving New Orleans Jazz Music a Home For 20 Years

  14-11-2017 22:05
  
  “I’m about to go fry some rabbits,” trumpeter Kermit Ruffins explains. He’s on the phone from New Orleans, where he was born...
  
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• Music News The Gaslamp Killer sues for $5 million over rape allegations

  14-11-2017 21:59
  In October, the electronic musician - real name William Benjamin Bensussen - was accused of sexual assault by a Twitter user, who described an alleged incident that she says took place at a party at a Los Angeles hotel in July 2013. The individual claimed that Bensussen "drugged and raped" her and her best friend at the party.
  
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• Kathie Lee Gifford on Her 'Healing' Return to Music & Penning 'He Saw Jesus' for Late Husband Frank Gifford

  14-11-2017 21:59
  
  Though Kathie Lee Gifford is best known for co-hosting the Today show with Hoda Kotb, the former singer been tapping back into her roots lately with...
  
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• Performing helped Jason Aldean recover from Las Vegas shooting horror

  14-11-2017 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Charles Kelley told Aldean he loved him in first text after surviving the harrowing shooting spree.
  
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• Taylor Swift's 'Reputation' Sold 1.05M Copies in First Four Days in US, Now 2017's Top Selling Album

  14-11-2017 21:44
  
  Taylor Swift’s Reputation album sold 1.05 million copies in the U.S. over its first four days of release, according to initial sales reports to...
  
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• Zedd Talks Live Shows & Plans to Unplug in New Interview

  14-11-2017 21:36
  
  Forbes just released its annual 30 Under 30 list, honoring big money movers in music, sports, business and entertainment who still count...
  
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• Zedd Makes Forbes' 30 Under 30 List, Talks Live Shows & Plans to Unplug

  14-11-2017 21:36
  
  Forbes just released its annual 30 Under 30 list, honoring big money movers in music, sports, business and entertainment who still count...
  
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• Coming Around Again Podcast: A Taylor Swift Career Retrospective

  14-11-2017 21:32
  
  Welcome back to the Coming Around Again podcast, part of the Pop Shop family, where host Andrew Unterberger and a variety of guests discuss notable...
  
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• Hear G-Eazy Bemoan Gemini Problems on New Gritty Song

  14-11-2017 21:31 via rollingstone.com
  On "The Beautiful & Damned," 28-year-old Oakland rapper G-Eazy lays out the contradictory impulses of his nature. "To understand a Gemini/ Angel, devil, it's both him and I," he raps. The mid-tempo track's solemn tone reflects the rapper's mental unrest. He ruminates on the "scrutiny" of fame and how the double-edged perks of life in the fast lane ("all the sex, and the drugs, and the boozin'") catch up to him eventually.  Vocalist Zoe Nash counterbalances the gritty medi
  
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• The Chainsmokers' Drew Taggart Co-Wrote Logic, Khalid & Alessia Cara's '1-800-273-8255': Exclusive

  14-11-2017 21:20
  
  Logic, Khalid and Alessia Cara's "1-800-273-8255" may be one of the most important pop songs in modern history. People talk about using...
  
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• Surprise! Jordin Sparks Got Secretly Married And Is Expecting Her First Child

  14-11-2017 21:19
  
  Jordin Sparks has revealed that she secretly married Dana Isaiah over the summer, and now they're expecting their first child together.
  
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• Watch the Johnny Depp-Starring Video for Marilyn Manson's 'KILL4ME'

  14-11-2017 21:16
  
  Marilyn Manson has released a new video for his Heaven Upside Down single “KILL4ME,” which stars Johnny Depp and models Jocelyn...
  
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• Will We Ever Get G.O.O.D. Music’s ‘Cruel Winter’? CyHi The Prynce Has An Update

  14-11-2017 21:12
  
  CyHi The Prynce gives an update on 'Cruel Winter.'
  
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• Big Business is Benefitting From Selena Gomez & Lady Gaga's Empathizing Instagram Fans: But Is That So Bad?

  14-11-2017 21:07
  
  In May of 2016, Kesha made one of her most upfront statements about her personal struggles via an Instagram shot of herself beachside, arms...
  
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• Coldplay's Chris Martin to Guest on 'Modern Family'

  14-11-2017 20:54
  
  Modern Family, primetime's reigning queen of comedy stunt casting, is building an episode around celebrity appearances. First up? Chris Martin....
  
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• Punk Legends Glen Matlock & Walter Lure Preview 40th Anniversary 'L.A.M.F.' Shows for Johnny Thunders' Classic

  14-11-2017 20:44
  
  A history of punk’s early years might understandably set the scene with the self-titled 1973 debut by New York Dolls and connect the...
  
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• Maluma to Release New Album 'F.A.M.E.' In 2018, Announces U.S. Tour Dates

  14-11-2017 20:43
  
  Maluma is ready to hit the road once again. The Colombian superstar announced a set of new live dates on Tuesday afternoon (Nov.14) for his U.S. tour...
  
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• Review: Evanescence Flourishes With the Classical Makeover of 'Synthesis'

  14-11-2017 20:18 via rollingstone.com
  For their first studio album since 2011, and first since their split from Wind-Up Records, Evanescence revamps the radio smashes of previous years into electro-orchestral adaptations – including a redo of their 2003 breakout hit, "Bring Me to Life." It's an act of artistic justice for frontwoman Amy Lee, who once yielded her initial visions for rap-rock marketability when industry gatekeepers dissed her as "a chick and a piano." Her hearty mezzo-soprano stands front and center this time, s
  
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• Champion Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad Talks Being Made Into the First Hijab-Wearing Barbie: Exclusive

  14-11-2017 20:15
  
  On Monday, Mattel announced the release of a new Barbie doll modeled on champion American fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad. Muhammad became the first American...
  
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• Jack Antonoff Praises Taylor Swift's 'Beautiful' Performance of 'New Year's Day' on 'Fallon'

  14-11-2017 20:06
  
  Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff, who co-wrote "New Year's Day" with Taylor Swift, praised Swift's emotional performance of the...
  
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• Liam Payne and Charlie Puth Had a 'Falsetto-Off' During the Making of 'Bedroom Floor'

  14-11-2017 20:01
  
  Liam Payne is primed to be the next One Directioner to release his debut album. His newest single, "Bedroom Floor," began its origins in a...
  
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• Carly Pearce Is First Woman to Top Country Airplay Chart With Debut Hit Since Kelsea Ballerini

  14-11-2017 19:53
  
  For just the third time in almost 12 years, a woman's debut single tops Billboard's Country Airplay chart.
  In its 35th frame, Carly Pearce...
  
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• Sam Smith Hits No. 1 on Billboard Artist 100, Thanks to 'The Thrill of It All' Debut

  14-11-2017 19:51
  
  Sam Smith leaps from No. 10 to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated Nov. 25) to become the top musical act in the U.S. for the first...
  
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• Rewinding the Charts: In 1998, Lauryn Hill's 'Doo Wop' Debuted at the Top

  14-11-2017 19:41
  
  In 1998, Lauryn Hill, then 23, debuted at No. 1 on the Nov. 14 Billboard Hot 100 with "Doo Wop (That Thing)," the lead single from the...
  
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• Ed Sheeran Denies Rumors of Taylor Swift's 'Dress' Being About Him: 'I've Never Had a Buzzcut Haircut'

  14-11-2017 19:38
  
  It’s not a Taylor Swift album without fans speculating about who each song is about, despite Swift warning everyone not to do it for Reputation...
  
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• Gaslamp Killer Sues Rape Accusers for Defamation

  14-11-2017 19:30 via rollingstone.com
  Los Angeles experimental hip-hop producer The Gaslamp Killer has filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit against the two women who accused the musician of rape in a Twitter post last month.The producer (real name: William Bensussen) filed the case Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Chelsea Tadros and RaeAn Medina, the two women who accused Bensussen of rape, and Tadros' boyfriend Jack Wagner. The causes of action include defamation, false light and intentional infliction of emotional dis
  
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• Depeche Mode Manager Jonathan Kessler: 'Friction Is What Keeps Them Creative'

  14-11-2017 19:28
  
  In 1986, a 22-year-old Jonathan Kessler -- fresh from graduating from the business school at the University of Pennsylvania -- began working for...
  
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• Lovelyz Get Into the Christmastime Mood With New Single 'Twinkling'

  14-11-2017 19:18
  
  With lilting chimes, sparkling bells, and whirring synths, K-pop girl group Lovelyz has returned with their latest single “Twinkling,” to...
  
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• Live Nation Launches Latin Division, Headed By Hans Schafer

  14-11-2017 19:09
  
  Live Nation Entertainment has announced Live Nation Latin, a newly formed department of the company the will be headed by Hans Schafer, who...
  
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• Best American Music Awards Performances No. 4: Billy Gilman Shows Off His 'One Voice' at the 2001 AMAs

  14-11-2017 18:59
  
  In honor of the 2017 American Music Awards, Billboard is counting down the best performances from the awards show’s history. Here is No. 4....
  
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• Harry Styles Returns to 'X Factor' Stage in First Solo Performance

  14-11-2017 18:57
  
  Harry Styles returned to the X Factor UK stage on Saturday night for the first time in five years -- and for the first time, performed on the show...
  
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• 'Rains' Reigns: Luke Combs Earns First No. 1 on Hot Country Songs Chart

  14-11-2017 18:47
  
  Luke Combs' "When It Rains It Pours" ascends 2-1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart (dated Nov. 25), marking his first leader...
  
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• Takeover Tuesday: Joywave Embraces Eclecticism on Pre-Show Playlist

  14-11-2017 18:43
  
  Welcome back to Takeover Tuesday, where each week Billboard taps chart-topping artists and tastemakers to compile their very own playlist exclusive...
  
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• Blake Shelton Scores Sixth No. 1 on Top Country Albums Chart With 'Texoma Shore'

  14-11-2017 18:35
  
  Blake Shelton earns his sixth No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, all of which have debuted at the summit, as Texoma Shore arrives...
  
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• Teyana Taylor & Iman Shumpert Ink VH1 Reality Series 'Teyana & Iman'

  14-11-2017 18:31
  
  Teyana Taylor took the internet by storm after prancing around in Kanye West's "Fade" video at the 2016 MTV VMAs and again this year...
  
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• A$AP Ferg on Reworking Three 6 Mafia's 'Slob On My Knob' for 'Plain Jane': 'That Song Meant So Much To Me'

  14-11-2017 18:11
  
  A$AP Ferg collects his third Hot 100 hit with Still Striving mixtape track "Plain Jane," which peaks at No. 54 for the chart...
  
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