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• Future Unveils Tracklist for 'Superfly' Soundtrack, Feat. Miguel & Lil Wayne

  01-06-2018 23:53
  
  The upcoming Superfly remake tapped Future to executive produce and curate the flick's soundtrack. The Atlanta-bred rapper shared the track...
  
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• Gwen Stefani joins Pink onstage in Los Angeles

  01-06-2018 23:30 via music-news.com
  
  The two singers previously teamed up for the same cover in 2012.
  
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• Review: Father John Misty's 'God's Favorite Customer' Is a Lennon-esque Pleasure

  01-06-2018 23:21 via rollingstone.com
  In its piano-ballad gait, baroque-pop raptures and confessional sting, Josh Tillman's fourth album as the darkly antic Father John Misty often sounds like it was made more than 40 years earlier under yet another name: John Lennon. It's as if Tillman wrote and arranged these songs under the sumptuous, despairing spell of Lennon's early-Seventies solo records, with time off for the late-Sixties Zombies and the Beach Boys' Sunflower. In "Just Dumb Enough to Try," Tillman dresses his remorse an
  
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• Rolling Loud Co-Founders Matt Zingler & Tariq Cherif Talk Globalization, Spotting Trends Before They Happen

  01-06-2018 23:10
  
  Rolling Loud co-founder Matt Zingler offers a simple explanation for his festival’s meteoric success: “We know what you want to see...
  
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• Banda el Recodo's Milestone Duets Album Pulled From All Digital Platforms, Including Apple, Pandora & Spotify

  01-06-2018 23:08
  
  Banda el Recodo's 80th anniversary duets album, featuring "Despacito" singer Luis Fonsi, Spanish star David Bisbal and Mexico'...
  
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• The Midnight Hour Reimagine Luther Vandross' 'So Amazing' for Their Own Rendition: Premiere

  01-06-2018 22:37
  
  After working together sporadically in the past, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge officially joined forces to form The Midnight Hour last month...
  
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• David Morales, Spearmint and the Best Piano Sample of 1998

  01-06-2018 22:36
  
  This week, Billboard is celebrating the music of 20 years ago with a week of content about the most interesting artists, albums,...
  
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• St. Vincent Plays MoMa's Party In the Garden, Talks Museum's Restorative Power

  01-06-2018 22:31
  
  Following the Museum of Modern Art’s annual fundraiser dinner and a DJ set from the fantastic Sofi Tukker, St. Vincent jump-started the...
  
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• Camila Cabello's 'Havana' Is Spotify's Most-Streamed Song Ever by a Solo Female Artist

  01-06-2018 22:22
  
  Camila Cabello hit another milestone: The Cuban-American singer now holds the record for Spotify's most-streamed song ever by a solo female...
  
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• Ciara & Russell Wilson Invest in Initiative to Bring MLB Team to Portland

  01-06-2018 22:13
  
  The Portland Diamond Project has a goal to bring a Major League Baseball team to Oregon's capital -- and Ciara and Russell Wilson have been...
  
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• P!nk Sings 'Just a Girl' With Gwen Stefani & 6 More Highlights From LA Concert

  01-06-2018 22:02
  
  P!nk took Cirque Du Soleil to new heights with her Beautiful Trauma tour stop at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Thursday night, replete with...
  
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• Daniel Ash Talks Inspiration Behind New, But Retro, Band Poptone: 'It's Like Riding a Bicycle'

  01-06-2018 22:01
  
  The grinding heavy rock of Motorhead might seem a strange source of inspiration for singer/guitarist Daniel Ash to return to the dub-inflected post...
  
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• Watch Big Boi Soundtrack First Date in 'All Night' Video

  01-06-2018 22:00 via rollingstone.com
  Big Boi provides an aura of confidence to a young man's first date in the rapper's new video for "All Night," the latest single off Big Boi's 2017 album Boomiverse.The video follows a bubbly teenager as he prepares for a date, meets the girl's parents and takes her to the restaurant and, later, a motel.The OutKast rapper makes several cameos over the course of the video: As a pharmacist who gives the protagonist an "All Night" pill, as the dreadlocked sommelier at the restaurant and as the motel
  
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• Hacker Claims They Warned Ticketfly About Website Vulnerability, Sought Payment Before Taking Down

  01-06-2018 21:54
  
  New reporting claims that IsHaKdZ, the hacker who has infiltrated and taken down Ticketfly, warned the company via email about the vulnerability...
  
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• Five Finger Death Punch Overcome the Odds for 'Justice'

  01-06-2018 21:43
  
  How did one of the most successful metal bands of the last 20 years know it might be partying a little too much? For Five Finger Death Punch, it was...
  
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• Kanye West Releases 'Wyoming' Merchandise Collection for 'Ye' Listening Party

  01-06-2018 21:42
  
  Shortly after Kanye West delivered his ye album early Friday (June 1), Yeezy released a merchandise collection online coinciding with the unique...
  
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• Watch J-Pop Duo Yuzu's Nostalgic New 'Koen Dori' Video Shot in Shibuya, Tokyo

  01-06-2018 21:38
  
  The J-pop duo <a href="/music/Yuzu">Yuzu</a> released the music video to accompany their latest digital single, "Koen...
  
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• Kanye West took album photo himself hours before release

  01-06-2018 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  The star had previously considered using an image of his late mum's disgraced plastic surgeon for the album artwork.
  
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• Ariana Grande kicks off Gay Pride Month by thanking LGBTQ fans for their support

  01-06-2018 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  The pop star perfected her look in New York gay bars.
  
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• Three New Must-Hear Releases From Venezuelan Artists: New Caracas, Luis Silva, Neutro Shorty

  01-06-2018 21:23
  
  New Caracas: "Más Allá del Sol" ("Beyond the Sun") featuring Alea
  New York-based alternative Latin band New Caracas released the...
  
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• Billboard on Broadway Podcast: How 'Frozen' Moved From Movie to Musical

  01-06-2018 21:23
  
  The highest-grossing animated film of all time is now a Broadway show -- but Disney's Frozen is no straight-ahead screen-to-stage transfer....
  
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• On 'Daytona' and 'Ye,' Kanye West Proves the Strengths (and Limitations) of a Short Album

  01-06-2018 21:21 via rollingstone.com
  At first, Pusha-T wasn’t on board with the idea. Kanye West pitched him on a series of albums from their artists on G.O.O.D. Music: An album every week, for five weeks, each with only seven tracks. Pusha's would be the first to be released, and the seven track limit would mean cutting songs that were ready to go for King Push, his long-awaited follow-up to 2015’s King Push — Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude. But the idea was simple: “I think, in seven songs, you can get e
  
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• Executive Turntable: Moves at Warner Music Group, New York Public Radio & More

  01-06-2018 21:06
  
  Emmy Lovell has been promoted to evp of WEA Europe, part of Warner Music Group’s global artist and label services arm. Lovell will oversee...
  
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• Japanese Rapper AK-69 Prepping Greatest-Hits Collection of Collaborations

  01-06-2018 20:58
  
  Japanese singer-songwriter and rapper <a href="/music/AK-69">AK-69</a> is set to release a greatest hits collection of...
  
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• This One's for the Girls: How Shania Twain, Faith Hill & Dixie Chicks Led a Late '90s Female Revolution That Broke Country Into the Mainstream

  01-06-2018 20:57
  
  This week, Billboard is celebrating the music of 20 years ago with a week of content about the most interesting artists, albums, songs and...
  
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• BTS Release Rock Remix of 'Fake Love': Watch the Extended Music Video

  01-06-2018 20:54
  
  June is kicking off in an exciting way: BTS just released an extended version of last month’s “Fake Love” music video and...
  
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• Tuma Basa Officially Joins YouTube as Director of Urban Music

  01-06-2018 20:44
  
  Former Spotify global programming head of hip-hop Tuma Basa has officially joined YouTube as director of urban music, the company confirmed on Friday...
  
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• Guns N' Roses Will Bring Tour to Asia in November: See Dates

  01-06-2018 20:29
  
  One of rock music's greatest icons, <a href="/music/Guns-N-Roses">Guns N' Roses</a> will bring their Not In This...
  
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• 10 New Albums to Stream Now: Father John Misty, Kanye West, Natalie Prass and More Editors' Picks

  01-06-2018 20:26 via rollingstone.com
  EDITORS' PICK: Father John Misty, God's Favorite Customer
  Josh Tillman's fourth album under the FJM banner sounds "as if Tillman wrote and arranged these songs under the sumptuous, despairing spell of Lennon's early-Seventies solo records, with time off for the late-Sixties Zombies and the Beach Boys' Sunflower," writes David Fricke. 
  Hear: Amazon Music Unlimited | Apple Music | Bandcamp | Spotify | TidalKanye West, Ye
  The latest opus from the MC-producer-cultural lightning rod, which West
  
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• Migos Miss Flight to Primavera Sound, Skepta Fills In

  01-06-2018 20:21
  
  They can walk it like they talk it, but Migos evidently didn't walk it quickly enough to the airport. The Atlanta rap trio was slated to deliver...
  
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• Drake & Lil Baby Rule On-Demand Streaming Songs Chart With 'Yes Indeed'

  01-06-2018 20:18
  
  Drake is back atop Billboard’s On-Demand Streaming Songs chart -- and this time, he’s brought Lil Baby with him.
  “Yes Indeed...
  
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• TWICE's Cover of 'I Want You Back' Features in New Japanese Rom-Com: Watch

  01-06-2018 20:12
  
  The multinational girl group <a href="/music/TWICE">TWICE</a> covered Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" for the...
  
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• Watch Pusha-T's Cinematic 'If You Know You Know' Performance on 'Kimmel'

  01-06-2018 20:10 via rollingstone.com
  While Kanye West was hosting a Wyoming listening party to premiere Ye, Pusha-T was promoting his West-produced new album Daytona on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The GOOD Music president performed the new track "If You Know You Know."The live rendition could have doubled as a music video of sorts. It featured meticulously synchronized lighting, sharp edits and complex camera angles not usually associated with late-night television performances. Only the cheers from the studio audience reminded the vie
  
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• In Deal for NYC Grammys, MSG Warned Recording Academy That 'No Events Could Be At Barclays'

  01-06-2018 20:04
  
  In April 2017, Joel Fisher, a vice president at Madison Square Garden in New York, sent an email to a Recording Academy executive with whom he...
  
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• Luke James is Hopelessly Addicted to Love on Soulful 'These Arms': Exclusive

  01-06-2018 19:50
  
  Luke James remains the rare artist who can fade from the public eye for a minute and still avoid falling into Hollywood obscurity....
  
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• From Pete Rodriguez to Tito Nieves to Cardi B, The Definitive History of 'I Like It Like That'

  01-06-2018 19:35
  
  You could say Cardi B’s “I Like It” is the ultimate Latin crossover track: an English-language song performed by a Dominican-...
  
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• Jauz & Lazer Lazer Lazer Party Like It's 2012 to 'Keep the Rave Alive': Listen

  01-06-2018 19:33
  
  "We dance all night, we sleep all day, we only eat so we can stay."
  That might not be actually advisable for adult human life, but it...
  
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• The Who's Roger Daltrey on His First Solo Album in 26 Years 'As Long as I Have You'

  01-06-2018 19:21
  
  Credit Pete Townshend with getting Roger Daltrey to release his ninth solo album -- and first in 26 years -- As Long as I Have You.
  The Who...
  
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• Top Dawg Explains How He Warned Spotify's CEO That Kendrick Lamar, Others Would Pull Music Over Conduct Policy

  01-06-2018 19:18
  
  When Spotify officially announced its new hate content and hateful conduct policy on the morning of May 10, it effectively caught everybody by...
  
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• Check Out the Full Credits to Kanye West's 'Ye' Album

  01-06-2018 19:18
  
  Kanye West unleashed his The Life of Pablo follow-up in the early hours of Friday Morning (June 1) with his eighth studio album Ye. Yeezy live-...
  
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• Spotify's 'Hateful Conduct' Policy Is Officially Dead

  01-06-2018 19:13 via rollingstone.com
  However well-intentioned it may have been, Spotify's controversial policy to reduce "hate content and hateful conduct" on the streaming platform was short-lived. The company announced Friday that while its policy against hate content remains in place, it will not "play judge and jury" when it comes to artist conduct.The brief timeline of events goes like this: Early in May, Spotify announced it would scrub music that was violent or hateful from its platform, and also said it would no longer prom
  
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• The 7 Best Remixes & Covers of Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa's 'One Kiss'

  01-06-2018 19:12
  
  All it takes is "One Kiss" to make the whole world fall in love -- according to Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa, at least. The musical...
  
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• Love Shacks, Rock Lobsters and Nude Parties: The B-52's in Their Own Words

  01-06-2018 19:11 via rollingstone.com
  "We didn't have a goal of what we wanted to sound like when we started out," says Keith Strickland, the multi-instrumentalist behind some of the B-52's' biggest hits. "We just knew we wanted it to be fun."
  Since springing out of Athens, Georgia, in the mid-Seventies, the group has always been the quintessential party band. Songs like "Rock Lobster," "Dance This Mess Around" and "Love Shack" are indeed fun, thanks to singer Fred Schneider's hilarious recitatives, fellow vocalists Kate Pierso
  
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• The Greatest Showman outshines Snow Patrol to hold firm at Number 1

  01-06-2018 19:00 via music-news.com
  
  After leading the way all week, Snow Patrol have been pipped at the post in the race for this week’s Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart.
  
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• One Kiss is now Calvin Harris’ longest-reigning Number 1 single

  01-06-2018 19:00 via music-news.com
  
  One Kiss keeps its place at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart this week, setting a new personal best for Calvin Harris.
  
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• Snow Patrol's 'Wildness' Denied U.K. No. 1 Album By 'Greatest Showman'

  01-06-2018 18:56
  
  The first studio album in seven years by Snow Patrol is beaten out for the U.K. No. 1 spot by the all-conquering The Greatest Showman...
  
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• Five Finger Death Punch Lands Fifth No. 1 on Hard Rock Albums Chart

  01-06-2018 18:47
  
  Five Finger Death Punch lands its fifth total and consecutive No. 1 on Billboard's Hard Rock Albums chart (all earned since 2013), as And Justice...
  
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• Lily Allen Plots First North American Tour in Four Years

  01-06-2018 18:37 via rollingstone.com
  Lily Allen will embark on her first North American tour in four years this fall. The British singer will hit the road in support of her upcoming album No Shame.
  The 21-date North American leg – which includes a stop at the Austin City Limits Festival in October – kicks off October 5th in Santa Ana, California and loops around the U.S. and Canada before concluding November 8th at Seattle's Showbox. No Shame, due out June 8th, marks Allen's first album since 2014's Sheezus. The album a
  
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• iZNiiK Goes International With His His Future R&B Sound On 'EP 3': Listen

  01-06-2018 18:26
  
  There's no shortage of mysterious dance music makers. Whether you're wearing a desert helmet or a face mask, or warp your facial...
  
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• Spotify Removes 'Hate Conduct' Provision From New Content Policy After Backlash

  01-06-2018 18:18
  
  Three weeks after Spotify announced a new policy regarding hate content and hateful conduct on its service, the company is walking back one of its...
  
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