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• Watch Parisians Sing 'Ave Maria' as Notre Dame Fire Burns

  15-04-2019 23:51
  
  As the famed Notre Dame cathedral burned on Monday (April 15), a large crowd of Parisians assembled near the famous landmark to sing “Ave Maria...
  
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• Bebe Rexha not ashamed about bipolar diagnosis

  15-04-2019 23:46 via music-news.com
  
  Bebe Rexha has been diagnosed as bipolar.
  
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• Justin Timberlake congratulates 'NSYNC bandmates on Ariana Grande performance

  15-04-2019 23:45 via music-news.com
  
  The frontman had to skip the special show after wrapping his own tour in Connecticut.
  
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• BTS' 'Map of the Soul: Persona' Heading for No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

  15-04-2019 23:42
  
  BTS is bound for No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with their latest release, Map of the Soul: Persona. Industry forecasters suggest the set,...
  
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• BLACKPINK's 'Kill This Love' Makes K-Pop History on Hot 100 & Billboard 200 Charts

  15-04-2019 23:29
  
  BLACKPINK makes history on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated April 20), as the group's new single "Kill This Love...
  
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• Jhene Aiko Sends Love to Ex Big Sean: 'Imma Always Have Ur Back'

  15-04-2019 23:15
  
  Rumors began to circulate that Jhené Aiko and Big Sean had split in late 2018 after the R&B singer had gotten her tattoo of Sean covered up...
  
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• Music's Big Players: One-Fifth of Streamers Drive Majority of Profits & Should Be a New Industry Focus (Op-Ed)

  15-04-2019 23:03
  
  Casinos spend lavishly to attract "whales," high-stakes gamblers whom they lure in with limousine rides, complimentary hotel suites and...
  
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• Greyson Chance Talks Friendship With Lady Gaga & Why 'Portraits' Is a 'Giant Middle Finger': Watch

  15-04-2019 23:00
  
  During weekend one of Coachella, Billboard’s Chelsea Briggs caught up with Greyson Chance to discuss why he decided to return to music after...
  
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• IZ*ONE Hits New Peak on World Albums Chart With 'HEART*IZ'

  15-04-2019 22:46
  
  With their second K-pop release, IZ*ONE hit new chart highs as they continue to be a standout success on the world-genre charts following...
  
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• Ella Mai Says Watching Alicia Keys Cover 'Boo'd Up' Was a Moment She Will Never Forget: Watch

  15-04-2019 22:27
  
  Ella Mai swung by for a chat with Billboard’s Chelsea Briggs during weekend one of Coachella, as the pair discussed her seven Billboard Music...
  
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• The 10 Best Things We Saw at Coachella 2019

  15-04-2019 22:03
  
  This year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival in Indio, Calif. was a joyride that reflected the music industry’s ever...
  
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• Journey Announce Las Vegas Residency at Caesars Palace

  15-04-2019 21:59
  
  Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Journey are hitting the Las Vegas Strip to embark on a nine-show residency this fall.
  The band ...
  
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• Courtney Act Makes 'Dancing With the Stars' History With Out-of-Drag Performance: Watch

  15-04-2019 21:59
  
  Courtney Act has been pushing boundaries ever since she first appeared on season 6 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, from winning Celebrity Big Brother UK...
  
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• New York's City Winery Announces Relocation to Pier 57 in Hudson River Park

  15-04-2019 21:54
  
  Urban winery and live music venue City Winery has signed a 25-year lease with RXR Realty and developers Young Woo to relocate to a 32,000-square-feet...
  
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• Aretha Franklin Awarded Special Pulitzer Prize

  15-04-2019 21:50
  
  Aretha Franklin is being honored with a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, the organization announced Monday (April 15). Along with Franklin...
  
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• Pennsylvania Rapper Mayhem Mal's First Amendment Case Declined by U.S. Supreme Court

  15-04-2019 21:39
  
  The Supreme Court is declining to take the case of a Pennsylvania rapper who was convicted of threatening police officers in one of his songs.
  The...
  
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• Bebe Rexha Opens Up About Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis: 'I'm Not Ashamed Anymore'

  15-04-2019 21:16
  
  Bebe Rexha is sharing details of her mental health with fans. Rexha took to social media on Monday (April 15) to reveal that she has been...
  
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• Best Buy Names First Female CEO as Hubert Joly Announces Departure

  15-04-2019 21:07
  
  The executive credited with reviving a struggling Best Buy is stepping aside.
  Hubert Joly, 59, is handing leadership of the reinvigorated electronics...
  
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• Carly Simon Writing Memoir About Friend Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

  15-04-2019 20:54
  
  Carly Simon is writing an “intimate, vulnerable” memoir about a very famous friend, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
  Farrar, Straus and Giroux...
  
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• CHVRCHES Talk Working With Marshmello & Earning Their First Hot 100 Hit With 'Here With Me': Watch

  15-04-2019 20:52
  
  CHVRCHES caught up with Billboard’s Chelsea Briggs during weekend one of Coachella, where they discussed how it felt to earn their first...
  
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• RuPaul Argues With Annie Leibovitz, Talks Childhood & Open Marriage in New 'Vogue' Interview

  15-04-2019 20:38
  
  After years of performing in drag, promoting his music and television shows and becoming an icon, it’s clear that RuPaul Charles knows exactly...
  
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• 'Guava Island' Is a Brief & Breezy Island Fable: Review

  15-04-2019 20:24
  
  Most musicians make faux-autobiographical musicals (think Purple Rain or 8 Mile) when they're ready to move from stardom to...
  
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• Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road,' Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 With Record-Shattering Streams

  15-04-2019 20:22
  
  Lil Nas X logs a second week atop the Billboard Hot 100 as "Old Town Road," now featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, who joined for a remix released...
  
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• Los Angeles Cements Nipsey Hussle's Legacy Through Elaborate Murals, Including a Full Basketball Court

  15-04-2019 20:21
  
  Nipsey Hussle's influence in Los Angeles is continuing beyond his tragic death. The City of Angels is still mourning the Crenshaw native, who was...
  
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• Ben Dickey Goes on an Adventure in 'Sing That One to Me' Video: Premiere

  15-04-2019 20:06
  
  Ben Dickey wanted the video for "Sing That One to Me," premiering below from his new album A Glimmer on the Outskirts, to be a good...
  
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• Justin Timberlake Applauds *NSYNC's Coachella Reunion With Ariana Grande: 'You Guys Killed It'

  15-04-2019 20:04
  
  Justin Timberlake took to social media Monday (April 15) to show that he has nothing but love for four-fifths of *NSYNC reuniting during Ariana...
  
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• Ryan Seacrest on 17 Years of Hosting 'American Idol' and His Favorite Moment In Its History

  15-04-2019 19:53
  
  Ryan Seacrest is one of the busiest people in the entertainment industry. His workload includes hosting American Idol as well as the daily Live with...
  
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• Five Burning Questions: Billboard Staffers Discuss Khalid's Chart-Topping, 200k Week For 'Free Spirit'

  15-04-2019 19:45
  
  It's back-to-back huge weeks at No. 1 for the two ascendant pop stars behind the 2018 Hot 100 hit "Lovely": After Billie Eilish's...
  
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• Janelle Monae Chats With Lizzo About Coming Out, Sexual Fluidity & More

  15-04-2019 19:35
  
  It has been almost one year since Janelle Monáe came out to the world. In a cover story for Rolling Stone, Monáe revealed herself as a “queer...
  
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• ScHoolboy Q Announces 'Crash Talk' Album Release Date

  15-04-2019 19:27
  
  After releasing a pair of hard-hitting singles, ScHoolboy Q is ready to unleash his highly anticipated fourth studio album. On Monday (April 15), the...
  
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• Here's Everything Taylor Swift Has Posted Since Starting Her Countdown Clock

  15-04-2019 19:19
  
  As the first night of Coachella kicked off on Friday (April 12), Taylor Swift quietly posted a clock on her Instagram story. The mysterious countdown...
  
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• YouTube Taps Fox Veteran for Unscripted Role

  15-04-2019 19:10
  
  YouTube has found its new unscripted lead. 
  The video streaming platform has tapped Fox veteran Alex Piper as head of unscripted for North and...
  
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• Lil Nas X leads the race for this week’s Number 1

  15-04-2019 19:00 via music-news.com
  
  Lil Nas X has taken the lead in the race for Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with Old Town Road.
  
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• James Taylor Preps Las Vegas Residency

  15-04-2019 18:58
  
  James Taylor is getting ready to kick-off his first Las Vegas residency on Wednesday (April 17). The 71-year-old folk rock icon will set up shop...
  
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• BTS set for their first Number 1 with Map of the Soul: Persona

  15-04-2019 18:58 via music-news.com
  
  BTS are set to make Official Chart history this week as the K-pop boy band’s new EP, Map of the Soul: Persona, leads this
  
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• Wiz Khalifa Is Ready to Roll With New 4/20 Project

  15-04-2019 18:55
  
  No rapper celebrates 4/20 like Wiz Khalifa. On Kush and Orange Juice's ninth anniversary Sunday (April 14), Khalifa took to Twitter to announce...
  
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• Beyonce's Homecoming: Five Things We Want to See From Her Upcoming Netflix Special

  15-04-2019 18:37
  
  Last week (April 8), Netflix released Beyoncé’s trailer for her Coachella documentary, titled Homecoming, slated for release on Wednesday (...
  
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• Beck Teams With Pharrell For Folk Funk Banger 'Saw Lightning': Listen

  15-04-2019 18:35
  
  Talk about two great tastes that go great together. Beck dropped a new single on Monday morning (April 15), "Saw Lighting," an...
  
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• Canadian Radio Veteran Bobby Gale Dies in Road Accident

  15-04-2019 18:27
  
  Canadian music industry veteran Bobby Gale, radio host, promoter, and devoted Roxy Music fan, died in the wee hours Saturday (April 13) after...
  
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• Hal Ketchum Diagnosed With Alzheimer's Disease

  15-04-2019 18:06
  
  Hal Ketchum has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The ‘90s country star has been battling the disease for a while now, according to a...
  
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• MAC Presents' Marcie Allen On Winning Billboard's Humanitarian Honor For Hurricane Sandy Aid

  15-04-2019 18:00
  
  In October 2012, a chance Facebook encounter connected Marcie Allen with Issy Sanchez, a longtime music business executive and resident of Rockaway...
  
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• Hipgnosis Songs Raises $185 Million to Acquire More Hits

  15-04-2019 17:57
  
  Music IP investment company Hipgnosis Songs Fund has been racking up acquisitions as of late, including the rights to hits performed by...
  
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• Billie Eilish and Justin Bieber Finally Met, Danced to Ariana Grande and *NSYNC at Coachella

  15-04-2019 17:53
  
  Billie Eilish is a documented, devoted Belieber, and this weekend she got the chance to not only meet Justin Bieber, but to jam out with him to *...
  
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• Pres. Trump Tweets That He 'Finally' Agrees With Cher on Something

  15-04-2019 17:51
  
  Cher has been an outspoken, very vocal critic of Pres.Trump since day one, but on Sunday (April 14) the two appeared to finally agree on something....
  
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• Pharrell Shines in Gesaffelstein's '80s Sci-Fi Dream 'Blast Off': Watch

  15-04-2019 17:42
  
  Moments after Gesaffelstein stunned Coachella crowds covered from hair to toe in shiny black metal, the dark industrial Frenchman dropped a new...
  
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• Mike Posner Kicks Off His Cross-Country Walk Today... And He's 'Terrified'

  15-04-2019 17:33
  
  As he prepares to set out on his walk across America, Mike Posner admits he's "terrified" -- but also extremely excited.
  "The...
  
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• 'American Idol' Recap: The Top 14 Go Live

  15-04-2019 17:24
  
  We’re cooking with rocket fuel now, and the body count is building. Just one week ago, there were 20 contestants duking it out on American Idol...
  
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• LL Cool J, Mary J. Blige, Jhene Aiko and More Team Up With American Cancer Society For 'Beat Cancer Like a Boss' PSA

  15-04-2019 17:16
  
  Today (April 15), LL Cool J and his wife Simone I. Smith teamed up with the American Cancer Society for their new marketing campaign titled "...
  
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• Drake Joins Prince, One Direction & Take That as Artists to Play 21 Shows at London's O2 Arena

  15-04-2019 17:15
  
  Drake didn't hold back, with an assortment of surprises and special guests that included Future and J. Cole, to help him make his most recent...
  
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• Latin Remix of the Week: Sech's 'Que Mas Pues' Featuring Justin Quiles, Maluma, Nicky Jam, Farruko, & More

  15-04-2019 17:11
  
  With his smooth captivating vocals and sensual urban melodies, rising artist Sech has all eyes set on him.
  The Panama-born singer, who’s one of...
  
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