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• Why the Music Modernization Act Is Important for the Music Industry (Guest Column)

  16-04-2018 23:52
  
  While it's often referred to as singular, the music industry has a history of being fragmented. The divisions begin with the matter of two...
  
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• Miranda Lambert ready for country music's girl power revolution

  16-04-2018 23:45 via music-news.com
  
  The singer was thrilled to see her friend Carrie Underwood back onstage at the ACM Awards on Sunday.
  
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• Kendrick Lamar makes history as first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize

  16-04-2018 23:45 via music-news.com
  
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• Lamar Odom Responds to Kanye West's Heartfelt Tweet: 'Glad I Could Be There 4 U Bro'

  16-04-2018 23:44
  
  Kanye West returned to Twitter over the weekend, and amid his tweets about shoe and tattoo designs came a heartfelt message to his former brother-in-...
  
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• LeAnn Rimes & Brandi Glanville Bury the Hatchet With a Single Selfie

  16-04-2018 23:15
  
  After years of feuding, LeAnn Rimes and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glanville seemed to make peace over the weekend by posing for a...
  
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• Watch Cole Swindell Tease New Album of 'Damn Good Songs'

  16-04-2018 23:04
  
  At the 53rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday, Cole Swindell stopped to chat with Billboard’s Laela Zadeh about his love of...
  
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• Pulitzer Prize Administrator Explains How Kendrick Lamar Won

  16-04-2018 23:02
  
  On Monday (April 16), the Pulitzer Prize Board awarded Kendrick Lamar the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his 2017 masterpiece DAMN. Not only is this a...
  
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• Cardi B Bests Beyonce for the Most Simultaneous Hot 100 Hits Among Women

  16-04-2018 23:02
  
  As Cardi B's debut full-length Invasion of Privacy blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated April 21), the rapper makes history on the...
  
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• Kendrick Lamar to Headline Hot 97's 25th Summer Jam

  16-04-2018 23:00
  
  New York-based hip-hop radio hub Hot 97 announced its 2018 Summer Jam lineup on Monday (April 16). Kendrick Lamar will headline the Stadium Stage for...
  
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• J. Cole Tells Fans to 'Come Through' to Mysterious NYC Event Tonight

  16-04-2018 22:58
  
  J. Cole seems to be teasing something new -- and East Coast fans are abuzz with speculation and excitement.
  The rapper tweeted this cryptic message...
  
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• Nashville Producer Fights for Backyard Studio as Home-Studio Owners Nationwide Hope Neighbors Don't Squeal

  16-04-2018 22:37
  
  Home recording studios have boomed over the past couple decades with software's increasing sophistication, but in most major cities they continue...
  
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• Drake's 'Scorpion' Announcement Has Twitter Talking Zodiac Signs & Ryan Gosling's 'Drive' Jacket

  16-04-2018 22:37
  
  Drake took to Instagram on Monday (April 16) to announce a new project called Scorpion, due in June, and, naturally, Twitter freaked out.
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• Behind the Lavish Custom Gifts Barclays Center Gives to Artists Like JAY-Z and Barbra Streisand

  16-04-2018 22:18
  
  When Barbra Streisand booked her inaugural gig at Barclays Center in 2012, the arena’s staff needed the right gift to welcome her back to her...
  
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• This Week in Latin Notas: Daddy Yankee, J Balvin & Anitta at MiamiBash, Plus More

  16-04-2018 22:12
  
  This week in Latin Notas, Daddy Yankee, J Balvin, Anitta, Pitbull and more performed at the American Airlines Arena for MiamiBash 2018. Also, over...
  
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• Major Lazer's Jillionaire Reviews Dancehall Legend David Rodigan's Biography

  16-04-2018 22:03
  
  Major Lazer’s Jillionaire has long cited dancehall legend/BBC radio DJ David Rodigan as a personal hero and gatekeeper to the...
  
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• Clio Awards Announce 2018 Music Marketing, Use of Music Juries

  16-04-2018 22:03
  
  With the Clio Awards being held Oct. 3 at the Ziegfield Ballroom, the early deadline for potential nominees to submit their works is this Friday,...
  
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• Drake Confirms 'Scorpion' Album Details via Jacket Photo

  16-04-2018 21:58 via rollingstone.com
  Drake teased a new album via Instagram on Monday, posting a photo of him in a jacket reading "Scorpion" and "June Twenty-Eighteen." Rolling Stone has confirmed that Scorpion refers to the rapper’s upcoming album title. The "God's Plan" rapper revealed little else about the forthcoming project. In addition to the jacket photo, Drake also posted a photo of a golden medallion with a scorpion symbol on it. The caption to both pictures read simply, "June 2018."Drake's album teaser comes on a mo
  
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• Drake Confirms 'Scorpion' Album Details via Jacket

  16-04-2018 21:58 via rollingstone.com
  Drake teased a new album via Instagram on Monday, posting a photo of him in a jacket reading "Scorpion" and "June Twenty-Eighteen." Rolling Stone has confirmed that Scorpion refers to the rapper’s upcoming album title. The "God's Plan" rapper revealed little else about the forthcoming project. In addition to the jacket photo, Drake also posted a photo of a golden medallion with a scorpion symbol on it. The caption to both pictures read simply, "June 2018."Drake's album teaser comes on a mo
  
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• 'The Four': Judges Diddy, DJ Khaled, Meghan Trainor Return, Minus Charlie Walk

  16-04-2018 21:52 via rollingstone.com
  Sean Combs, DJ Khaled and Meghan Trainor will return for the second season of The Four without music executive Charlie Walk, who faced a series of sexual misconduct allegations, Variety reports. Five women accused the former Republic Records – who parted ways with the company in March – of unwanted advances, touching and lewd comments in a Rolling Stone exposé earlier this year.Walk, a former employee of both Columbia and Epic Records, became president of R
  
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• Los Angeles Azules Conquer Coachella, Prepare for Chella Show With Cuco & More

  16-04-2018 21:50
  
  Los Ángeles Azules made their Coachella debut over the weekend and it got the crowds up and moving whether they were die-hard fans of the Mexican...
  
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• Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer Prize for Music

  16-04-2018 21:49 via rollingstone.com
  Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his album, DAMN., becoming the first non-classical or jazz artist to receive the honor. The Pulitzer board announced the selection on Monday, calling the 2017 LP "a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African American life."DAMN. is Lamar's fourth studio album, the latest in a series of acclaimed and sonically ecle
  
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• Adele dances along to #Beychella at home

  16-04-2018 21:49
  Image courtesy of Adele and Beyonce at the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2013; Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS The singer, and total Beyonce fangirl, posted a series of Boomerang videos of herself to Instagram watching Bey's performance on a TV screen and dancing along. In the first video, Adele, wearing a comfy sweatshirt and sweatpants, hopped from side to side while holding a trumpet.
  
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• Luke Combs Talks New Deluxe Album, Touring in Europe: Watch

  16-04-2018 21:36
  
  Luke Combs swung by the red carpet at the 53rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday, chatting with Billboard’s Kevan Kenney about a...
  
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• T.I. urges fans to boycott Starbucks

  16-04-2018 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  The rapper previously joined a protest about the treatment of African-Americans at a Houston's restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia.
  
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• Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer Prize for 'DAMN'

  16-04-2018 21:29
  
  Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for music, making history as the first non-classical or jazz artist to win the prestigious prize.
  The...
  
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• Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson Reveal Their Baby Girl's Name

  16-04-2018 21:26
  
  Khloé Kardashian has brought her bundle of joy home to a house filled with pink balloons and blushing flowers, and she's unveiled...
  
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• R. Kelly Accused by Woman of 'Grooming' Her for Cult, STD Infection

  16-04-2018 21:19 via rollingstone.com
  A Dallas woman who alleges she was "being groomed for R. Kelly's sex cult" has filed a police report against the singer over "a sexual assault incident resulting in serious bodily injury."The woman, who is withholding her identity, claims she was 19 when she first began her alleged 11-month sexual relationship with Kelly in March 2017. In her police affidavit, she said that the singer "knowingly and intentionally infected her with a sexually transmitted disease without her knowledge.""Our client
  
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• Snail Mail On Skipping College and Why She's 'Super Against Being Isolated By Gender'

  16-04-2018 21:14
  
  Lindsey Jordan, who only graduated high school in 2017, has “no interest in applying to college.” Instead, the 18-year-old rock prodigy,...
  
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• The 10 Best Things We Saw at Coachella 2018

  16-04-2018 21:10
  
  It was a wild weekend at this year's installment of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival in Indio, California, full of historic...
  
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• Drake, Taylor Swift, The Beatles & All the Acts Who Have Replaced Themselves at No. 1 on the Hot 100

  16-04-2018 21:10
  
  Sometimes an act is so dominant that the only act that can dethrone it from atop the Billboard Hot 100 is… itself.
  Drake is the latest such...
  
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• Cassandra Gracey Named President of Sony Music UK's New 4th Floor Creative Group

  16-04-2018 21:10
  
  Sony Music UK has launched a new division called 4th Floor Creative Group, covering all things brands, syncs, insight, creative and digital for the...
  
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• Apple Music's Head of Artist Curation Carl Cherry Eying Move to Spotify

  16-04-2018 21:01
  
  Carl Chery, Apple Music's head of artist curation with a specific focus on hip-hop and R&B, is in talks to join Spotify, sources tell...
  
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• Drake's New Album 'Scorpion' Is Coming In June

  16-04-2018 21:00
  
  Drake fans will have more to listen to than "Nice For What" on repeat soon enough: A new album is coming, and it's coming soon.
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• Beyonce's Mom Says She 'Stands Corrected' After Questioning Bey's Coachella Vision

  16-04-2018 21:00
  
  Beyoncé's mom, Tina Knowles Lawson, knew her daughter would perform a headlining set for the ages at Coachella, but she was unsure as to how the...
  
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• Alicia Keys & Ultra Music Festival Performances Dominate Top Facebook Live Videos Chart

  16-04-2018 20:47
  
  A March 8 live stream celebrating International Women’s Day snags Alicia Keys the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Top Facebook Live Videos...
  
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• DA Wants Meek Mill Conviction Tossed, But Rapper Remains Jailed After Judge Refuses Bail

  16-04-2018 20:43
  
  Rapper Meek Mill’s drug and gun convictions should be thrown out and he should be granted a new trial, prosecutors said in court Monday (Apr....
  
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• LANCO Discuss Upcoming 'Dream Tour' With Friends Dierks Bentley & Brothers Osborne: Watch

  16-04-2018 20:22
  
  LANCO stopped to speak with Billboard’s Laela Zadeh on the red carpet at the 53rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday, discussing...
  
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• Bobby Shmurda Eligible for Parole in 2020: Report

  16-04-2018 20:20
  
  Bobby Shmurda is currently serving a six- to seven-year sentence stemming from various murder conspiracy charges in late 2014. Now, the Brooklyn...
  
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• The Damned on track for first UK Top 10 album in 41 years

  16-04-2018 20:00 via music-news.com
  
  British punk rock icons The Damned are on course to enter the UK album chart in the top 10 for the first time in their 41 year career.
  
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• Review: Tinashe's 'Joyride' Is the Sound of an Innovator Trying to Fit In

  16-04-2018 19:47 via rollingstone.com
  For all of Tinashe Kachingwe's club-to-bedroom bangers – and on her sophomore album, Joyride, there are many – the young R&B singer's vocal control comes across in unexpected ways. Take "Salt," a heavy song about being ditched in a hotel lobby that's full of subtle brilliance. Tinashe sings the words "Darling" and "I've been slowly dying" a touch after the beat, dragging her voice to full stops again and again like she's waltzing in shackles. Throughout, Tinashe demonstrates that
  
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• Jason Aldean Talks Meeting Las Vegas Shooting Victims & Performs 'You Make It Easy' on 'Ellen'

  16-04-2018 19:36
  
  Jason Aldean paid a visit to The Ellen DeGeneres Show Monday (Apr. 16). The country superstar -- who was mid-performance when gunshots...
  
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• 'American Idol' Recap: Ada Vox Once Again Sends Katy Perry's Wig Flying

  16-04-2018 19:29
  
  Last week on American Idol, we saw 12 of the remaining 24 contestants chopped down to seven. If you tuned in to that, then you know the drill...
  
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• Vince Staples Calls R. Kelly a 'Child Molester' in Coachella Interview

  16-04-2018 19:28
  
  Vince Staples was one of many performers at Coachella this weekend, and after his set, he had a typically off-the-rails conversation ...
  
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• Soundtrack Your Brand, the Spotify for Background Music, Launches Wide as It Secures Direct Licensing Deals

  16-04-2018 19:27
  
  Soundtrack Your Brand, the Stockholm-based, Spotify-backed streaming platform devoted to background music in the b2b space, has announced a rush of...
  
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• Fyre Festival: Docuseries on Disastrous Event in the Works at Hulu

  16-04-2018 19:24 via rollingstone.com
  The story of the disastrous Fyre Festival will be told in an upcoming docuseries that Hulu will stream in 2019.The Cinemart – the production company behind Jay-Z's Time: The Kalief Browder Story and Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story – will develop the project alongside Billboard and Mic.The still-untitled docuseries will feature interviews with "inside sources that range from local Bahamians, stranded festivalgoers, vendors and investors," the Hollywood Reporter writes, and inc
  
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• Metal group arrested on terrorism charges a due to band namea 4:13 pm - Apr 16, 2018

  16-04-2018 19:22
  Greek metal outfit Rotting Christ were reportedly arrested in Georgia last week on terrorism charges allegedly relating to their band name. According to a statement from the group, as reported by The Quietus , the black metallers were stopped by police as they attempted to leave the airport in the Eastern European state's capital of Tbilisi last Thursday .
  
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• Beyonce gives $100,000 to 4 historically black colleges

  16-04-2018 19:22
  Beyonce poses in the press room with the awards for best music video for "Formation" and best urban contemporary album for "Lemonade" at the 59th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Beyonce poses in the press room with the awards for best music video for "Formation" and best urban contemporary album for "Lemonade" at the 59th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
  
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• A Perfect Circle Salute David Bowie, Carrie Fisher on New Song

  16-04-2018 19:10 via rollingstone.com
  A Perfect Circle salute recently deceased pop culture icons on their cinematic new song, "So Long, and Thanks for All The Fish." Singer Maynard James Keenan references the deaths of Gene Wilder, David Bowie, Muhammad Ali and Carrie Fisher on the single from their upcoming LP, Eat the Elephant. "Now Willy Wonka, Major Tom/ Ali and Leia have moved on," Keenan sings over churning guitars and drums. "Signal the final curtain call/ In all this atomic pageantry." The song evolves from a simple Ne
  
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• Manic Street Preachers heading for first Number 1 in 20 years

  16-04-2018 19:00 via music-news.com
  
  The Manic Street Preachers could be making a glorious return to the top of the charts this week as their new album, Resistance Is Futile, leads this week's Official Albums Chart Update.
  
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• Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa have a strong midweek lead over Drake

  16-04-2018 18:59 via music-news.com
  
  We could be about to have four new Number 1 singles in as many weeks as Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa have a strong lead on today’s Official Chart Update.
  
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