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• First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From Lost Frequencies, Mat Zo & More

  24-07-2020 23:39
  
  New Music Friday is intense. Hundreds of songs drop from artists around the world, and you’re supposed to somehow find the best ones. It’s fun work, but it’s time-consuming — so we at Billboard Dance want to give you a hand. Each week, we sift through the streams and dig in the digital crates to present the absolute must-hears from the wide breadth of jams.
  This week saw several high-profile releases, with Ms. Kylie Minogue gracing our ear-space with “Say Somet
  
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• Here Are the Biggest Albums That Came as Surprises During COVID-19

  24-07-2020 23:34
  
  People will remember 2020 for the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, but music lovers will always cherish the albums that seemed to have dropped from the sky and into streaming services but helped get them through.
  Billboard rounded up the biggest albums from the brightest stars that no one saw coming but everyone started listening to.Childish Gambino, 3.15.20
  A man by two names, Childish Gambino (real name Donald Glover) always keeps fans on their toes and keeps them waiting for his arti
  
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• First Out: New Music From Neon Trees, Dorian Electra, LP & More

  24-07-2020 23:27
  
  As the summer months continue to race by, fans are still on the lookout for new music from queer talent. Billboard Pride is here to help with First Out, our weekly roundup of some of the best new weekly music releases from LGBTQ artists.
  From Neon Trees’ first new album in six years, to Dorian Electra’s mesmerizing new single, check out some of our favorite new releases this week.Neon Trees, I Can Feel You Forgetting Me
  In the six years since Neon Trees relea
  
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• The National’s Aaron Dessner on Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’: “We both felt that this was some of the best work we have done”

  24-07-2020 23:21 via nme.com
  
  Aaron Dessner of The National has given an interview detailing his work with Taylor Swift on her surprise new album ‘folklore’.
  Read More: Taylor Swift’s new album ‘Folklore’: all the hidden meanings and Easter eggsProducer and multi-instrumentalist Dessner worked on 11 of the album’s 16 tracks, which he said were recorded entirely secretly and remotely during lockdown.
  Speaking to Pitchfork, Dessner said that he first met Swift on the set of Saturday Nig
  
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• Demi Lovato Reflects on ‘Miracle Day’ 2 Years After Overdose, Celebrates Feeling ‘Free of My Demons’

  24-07-2020 23:14
  
  July 24 marks an important day for Demi Lovato.
  The star took to Instagram on Friday (July 24) to reflect on two years since she was hospitalized for an overdose. “Today is my miracle day,” she wrote. “I’m so blessed to have one. It represents how the Dr’s at Cedar’s Sinai saved my life. How my life has become something beyond my wildest dreams.”
  “Only 2 years after that terrible day, I’m engaged to the love of my life, and I can genuinely sa
  
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• AC/DC’s ‘Back In Black’ at 40: All the Songs Ranked From Worst to Best

  24-07-2020 23:12
  
  The list of bands who survived a singer’s early death is a short one. So when AC/DC’s flamboyant frontman Bon Scott died Feb. 19, 1980 at the age of 33, no one was betting on the Australian hard rockers’ survival – much less for them to release their most successful, career-defining opus within the next five months.
  Released 40 years ago on July 25, 1980, Back In Black found guitarist Angus Young, rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young, bassist Cliff Williams and drummer Phil Rud
  
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• Music at Home: Songs of Catharsis

  24-07-2020 23:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  Hear timeless emotional exorcisms from Rage Against the Machine, Albert Ayler, Björk, and more
  
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• Selena Gomez Is Loving Her BFF Taylor Swift’s New Album

  24-07-2020 22:41
  
  Less than 24 hours after Taylor Swift announced her eighth studio album, folklore arrived in all its woodsy glory on Friday (July 24).
  Among the Swifties listening to the 16-track album today is, naturally, Swift’s pal Selena Gomez. The “Rare” star took to her Instagram Story to share a screenshot of the second song on the album, “cardigan.”
  “She’s done it again @taylorswift,” she wrote with a pink bow emoji.“In isolation my imagination
  
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• First Stream Latin: New Music From Pedro Capo, Ozuna, Romeo Santos & More

  24-07-2020 22:23
  
  First Stream Latin is a compilation of the best new Latin songs, albums, and videos recommended by the Billboard Latin editors. Check out this week’s picks below.Pedro Capó, “La Sábana y los pies” (Sony Music Entertainment)
  In the midst of these uncertain times, Pedro Capó blessed fans with a new quarantine-inspired bop called “La sábana y los pies” (the sheets and the feet). Fusing reggaeton with Andean folk music, Capo sings about casua
  
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• 20 Memorable Songs From & Inspired by Video Games

  24-07-2020 22:09
  
  Over the past several decades, it has become commonplace for some of the world’s biggest musicians to become invested in the world of video games — whether that’s performing on a virtual stage in Fortnite for millions of users like Travis Scott or simply being an avid gamer like Justin Bieber.
  Below, take a look at 20 examples of how some of the world’s top musicians like Drake, Katy Perry, Paul McCartney and more made their impact in the gaming industry in recent years,
  
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• La Doña in San Francisco, in a Pandemic: ‘It Feels Like Everything Is On Hold Again’

  24-07-2020 22:04
  
  Emerging Mexican-American femmetón singer-songwriter La Doña’s new album, Algo Nuevo, dropped March 12 via Human Re Sources just as the coronavirus pandemic intensified in the U.S. Concerts, festivals and other large gatherings across the country were canceled, including her planned South by Southwest debut, interrupting her early career momentum.
  As part of Billboard’s efforts to best cover the coronavirus pandemic and its impacts on the m
  
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• The Godforsaken Mess of Taylor Swift’s ‘Illicit Affairs’

  24-07-2020 22:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Swift expertly packs a tale of infidelity into just a few short verses on a highlight from Folklore
  
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• How Aaron Dessner and Taylor Swift Stripped Down Her Sound on ‘Folklore’

  24-07-2020 22:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The National musician discusses charting new musical ground with the pop star as she embraces the stories and mythos of the American folk tradition
  
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• Billie Eilish teases new song ‘My Future’ coming next week

  24-07-2020 21:55 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish has announced a new track, ‘My Future’, set to be released next week.
  Read more: Billie Eilish’s second album: release date, collaborations and everything we know so far
  Posting on social media, the ‘Bad Guy’ singer said the song would be out next Thursday (July 30), though it’s unclear yet whether the song will be taken from her highly-anticipated second album.Billie Eilish – “my future”
  Out next Thursday
  — billie eilish
  
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• The Chicks wish they'd held firm on George W. Bush criticism

  24-07-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  The singers wish they had taken a stronger stance on their position rather than apologise.
  
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• Miranda Lambert: 'Coronavirus pandemic is a good test for new marriages'

  24-07-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Miranda Lambert dislikes singing into a screen for virtual performances.
  
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• What’s Your Favorite Song on Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’? Vote!

  24-07-2020 21:41
  
  Less than a year after Lover came out in August 2019, Taylor Swift returns to the woods and plants herself back in her singer-songwriter roots. But which song sounds like a natural hit among the Swifties?
  Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon is the sole featured artist on “exile,” his low growling voice recorded in Fall Creek, Wis. bemoaning a betrayed love. Swift stands in as the lover, her honeyed yet crisp vocals recorded in Los Angeles, Calif. gives the track a bitt
  
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• Taylor Swift Has Been Working Toward ‘Folklore’ All Along

  24-07-2020 21:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  Her new album's indie-folk touches fit into a career full of effortless reinvention
  
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• RESTART-19: German Study Will Target Answers for Safely Resuming Live Concerts

  24-07-2020 21:40
  
  As promoters around the world struggle with the shutdown of concerts due to the pandemic, one German university is planning to study how the coronavirus spreads indoors by staging a show with singer-songwriter Tim Bendzko and 4,000 actual fans.
  Amid the pandemic, professors at University Medical Center Halle (Saale) will use fog machines, contact-tracing devices and fluorescent hand disinfectant to simulate the spread of a virus like COVID-19 at a live show on August 22 at the Quarterback Immobi
  
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• Simon Cowell on One Direction’s Secret History

  24-07-2020 21:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  In a never-before-published 2012 interview, Simon Cowell looked back at the birth of One Direction
  
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• Lisa Marie Presley’s ‘Storm & Grace’ Reaches LyricFind U.S. Chart After Son’s Death

  24-07-2020 21:34
  
  Lisa Marie Presley returns to the Billboard charts with “Storm & Grace,” which debuts on the LyricFind U.S. chart dated July 25 following the death of her son, Benjamin Keough, on July 12.
  The LyricFind Global and LyricFind U.S. charts rank the fastest momentum-gaining tracks in lyric-search queries and usages globally and in the U.S., respectively, provided by LyricFind. The Global chart includes queries from all countries, including the U.S. The company is the world’s lea
  
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• Atari Releases an Avicii-Themed Mobile Video Game: See Which Tracks Are Included

  24-07-2020 21:26
  
  No one will ever play music quite like Avicii, but a new video game is giving fans the opportunity to try.
  Out via Atari, Beat Legend: Avicii is a mobile game featuring 15 of the late producer’s biggest hits including “Hey Brother,” “Levels,” “Wake Me Up,” “SOS,” “The Nights,” “Without You,” “Waiting for love,” “Sunset Jesus,” “Lonely Together,” “Heaven,” “Fade
  
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• Inhaler share sweeping cover of Mazzy Star’s ‘Fade Into You’

  24-07-2020 21:04 via nme.com
  
  Inhaler have shared their cover of Mazzy Star‘s dream pop classic ‘Fade Into You’ – listen below.
  Read more: Inhaler are the Dubliners who want rock to rage again – and shake off those U2 comparisons
  The band’s singer Elijah Hewson originally covered ‘Fade Into You’ for Radio X’s Phone Covers series back in April.
  Taken from Mazzy Star’s 1993 cult classic album ‘So Tonight That I Might See’, ‘Fade Into You’ reach
  
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• Join the Global Dance Party With R3hab’s Uplifting Remix of For King & Country’s ‘Together’

  24-07-2020 21:03
  
  Featuring gospel legend Kirk Franklin and pop singer Tori Kelly, For King & Country’s recent track “Together” was all about unity in the face of adversity. (The duo, along with Franklin and Kelly, recently performed the track on last month’s massive “Global Goal: Unite for Our Future” livestream.)
  And today the Australian brothers (Luke and Joel Smallbone) elevate the message of togetherness with a dance remix from R3hab — and an inspirational a
  
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• Kanye West refusing to see Kim Kardashian West

  24-07-2020 21:02 via music-news.com
  
  Kanye West is reportedly refusing to see his wife, Kim Kardashian West, despite her suggestions she fly to join him in Wyoming.
  
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• Angel Olsen teases new track and video ‘Whole New Mess’ coming next week

  24-07-2020 20:55 via nme.com
  
  Angel Olsen has teased a new track and video titled ‘Whole New Mess’, which will be released next week.
  Read More: Angel Olsen – ‘All Mirrors’ review: lush self-love anthems for the aftermath of heartbreak
  The singer uploaded a fifteen second snippet of music and visuals and a link to a premiere of the video which will take place at 5pm BST on Tuesday July 28.Tuesday July 28 https://t.co/CurWxE3ipg pic.twitter.com/dhaCrp5WRW
  — Angel Olsen (@AngelOlsen) July 24
  
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• Lisa Marie Presley won't return home following son's suicide

  24-07-2020 20:54 via music-news.com
  
  Lisa Marie Presley is renting a new home because she doesn't want to return to the abode where her son, Benjamin Keough, took his own life.
  
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• Billie Eilish Announces New Song ‘My Future’

  24-07-2020 20:51
  
  Billie Eilish just made 2020 feel better.
  The 18-year-old star took to social media on Friday (July 24) to announce that a new song, “my future,” will be arriving on July 30.
  Billie Eilish – “my future”
  Out next Thursday
  — billie eilish (@billieeilish) July 24, 2020
  The song will follow her recent theme to the 2020 007 film, No Time to Die and her emotional 2019 track, “everything i wanted.”
  Though Eilish has not revealed plans for a soph
  
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• 20 Questions With Howling: The Electronic Duo on Kindness, Patience, Balance, Gratitude & Radiohead

  24-07-2020 20:47
  
  Less an overt dance album and more a lush electronic album you can live with, Howling has today (July 24), released their sophomore LP, Colure. Layered, ambient, driving, sensual, introspective, emotive and ideal moment for a moment when music is largely being experienced in the personal confines of one’s own abode, the album (out via Ninja Tune) is a dual effort from Howling’s Ry X and Frank Wiedemann.
  Based in Berlin (Wiedemann) and in the mountains just outside of Los Angeles
  
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• Genesis reschedule reunion tour for 2021 and add two new dates

  24-07-2020 20:14 via nme.com
  
  Genesis have confirmed that their much-anticipated reunion tour, set to take place across the UK and Ireland this November and December, has been postponed.
  Due to continued restrictions on large gatherings in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the prog veterans have announced new dates for the ‘The Last Domino?’ tour in April 2021. You can see them in full below.
  Core members Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks reunited in March, announcing their first live shows in
  
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• Jerry Garcia to Be Honored in Nine-Day Livestream Event

  24-07-2020 20:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  Daze Between will feature live performances from Amos Lee, Hiss Golden Messenger, Graham Nash and more
  
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• Los Dos Carnales Score No. 2 Debut on Regional Mexican Albums Chart With ‘Al Estilo Rancherón’

  24-07-2020 20:05
  
  Los Dos Carnales’ Al Estilo Rancherón debuts at No. 2 on the Regional Mexican Albums chart (dated July 25). It’s the the San Pedro, Coahuila-based group’s first appearance on any albums chart.
  The 14-track — the band’s second full-length studio album — arrives with 4,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending July 16, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
  The set is currently enjoying a hit single with “El Envidioso,” which hits a n
  
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• Ciara and Russell Wilson Welcome Baby Boy: See the Adorable Announcement

  24-07-2020 20:00
  
  Congratulations to Ciara and Russell Wilson, who welcomed their second child together on Thursday (July 23)!
  Ciara took to social media on Friday (July 24) to share the happy news. “Happy Birthday WIN!!! Mommy & Daddy Love You!” she wrote, revealing the baby’s name, birth date and weight.
  Win Harrison Wilson joins the singer’s two other children, her five-year-old son Future Zahir Wilburn, whom she had with her ex Future, and her three-year-old daughte
  
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• First Country: New Music From Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani, Hardy and More

  24-07-2020 19:57
  
  First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos and albums that dropped this week.
  Check out our picks for the week of July 24 below.Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, “Happy Anywhere”The two lovebirds follow up No. 1 ballad “Nobody But You” with a sweet, banjo-led ditty that features Shelton singing about always being on the run until he met his sweetheart. Now, he declares, “I could be happy anywhere with you.” Stefani provides harmony on t
  
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• Watch Maroon 5’s Adam Levine serenade a joint in ‘Nobody’s Love’ video

  24-07-2020 19:53 via nme.com
  
  Maroon 5 have shared a socially-distanced music video for ‘Nobody’s Love’, featuring a statement supporting the legalisation of marijuana.
  The video, directed by David Dobkin and filmed in Los Angeles on an iPhone, shows singer Adam Levine sat outside singing to the camera while occasionally looking down. “You can make a grown man cry/If you ever said goodbye,” he sings, as the camera reveals Levine, sporting a shaved head and beard, rolling and then smoking a joint
  
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• Ted Nugent Returns to No. 1 on Top Facebook Live Videos Chart

  24-07-2020 19:51
  
  After first leading Billboard’s Top Facebook Live Videos chart last November, Ted Nugent returns to the top of the tally for June 2020.
  The chart, the latest of which recaps June 2020 activity, is a monthly look at the widest-reaching and most-reacted-to videos posted by musicians on Facebook Live, as tracked by media analytics company Shareablee. Rankings are determined by a formula that blends reactions, comments, shares and first-seven-days views.
  Nugent’s latest No. 1 clip, which
  
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• Noah Cyrus Debuts Moving Cover of Mac Miller’s ‘Dunno’ For a Good Cause

  24-07-2020 19:49
  
  Noah Cyrus is taking on Mac Miller’s “Dunno” for the best of reasons. The singer released her moving take on the late rapper’s Swimming track on Friday (July 24) in an effort to raise awareness for the Grammy-nominated MC’s Mac Miller Fund, which provides opportunities for youth in underserved communities through the arts.
  “Mac was such a beautiful and respected artist, and his loss was felt around the world,” Cyrus said in a statement. “His legacy
  
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• From Taylor Swift’s Surprise LP to Logic’s Finale & More, What’s Your Favorite New Music Release? Vote!

  24-07-2020 19:46
  
  This week, music fans were surprised on multiple occasions, as Taylor Swift announced she would release a new album, while Logic revealed he would drop his last album before retiring from the rap game.
  The Lover artist made sure no one stayed calm this week because her eighth album Folklore takes her back to the woods, as indicated by the chilling greyscale album artwork, and digs deep into her singer-songwriter roots that aren’t quite country but sway mo
  
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• Watch Mike Campbell Play ‘Swampy’ Version of ‘Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around’

  24-07-2020 19:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist also breaks down how he co-wrote the 1981 hit
  
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• Brett Eldredge and New Manager John Peets Discuss the Artist’s Career Reset

  24-07-2020 19:36
  
  After the release of Brett Eldredge’s self-titled 2017 album, the country singer — who already had five No. 1s on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart — should have been enjoying a career peak: Brett Eldredge became his highest-charting Billboard 200 album to date, hitting No. 2. But Eldredge had become wracked with anxiety, feeling frustrated that he wasn’t reaching his professional or personal potential. He decided to disengage from social media, sayin
  
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• Binta Brown on the Black Music Action Coalition’s Plans to Fix ‘Fundamental Problems’

  24-07-2020 19:34
  
  In early June, music lawyer and manager Binta Brown received a text message from her friend and Full Stop Management founder Jeffrey Azoff. Outrage over the police killings of George Floyd and other unarmed Black Americans was erupting across the nation, and Azoff wanted to know if Brown was interested in joining a group of executives he was on a call with — music lawyer Doug Davis, Columbia Records’ Shawn Holiday and Full Stop’s Damien Smith — as they figured out wh
  
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• The Strokes Mark Opening Day With New ‘Ode to the Mets’ Video

  24-07-2020 19:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  Eight animators reimagine New York City for The New Abnormal visual
  
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• Every Song Ranked on Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’: Critic’s Picks

  24-07-2020 19:11
  
  After releasing Lover in August 2019 — an 18-song album, her longest track list to date — Taylor Swift returned with the 16-song Folklore less than a year later, offering a daring new vision of her artistry without a bad song in the batch. Along with the orchestral arrangements (Swift worked primarily with Jack Antonoff and The National’s Aaron Dessner on the new album) and bold, exploratory songwriting, Folklore should be marveled at because of its consistency, as an hour-plus
  
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• Tatsuya Nomura of Japan Music Producers Group Talks Launch of Music Cross Aid: Interview

  24-07-2020 19:08
  
  The live entertainment industry in Japan had been growing at an uninterrupted pace since the year 2000, supporting the Japanese music scene as CD sales continue to plummet. But this year, the coronavirus pandemic put that growth to a halt, with most concerts being cancelled or postponed since the end of February. Many people working in the music industry found themselves out of jobs, and numerous smaller concert venues have been forced to shut down permanently.
  Although a new governmental guidel
  
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• Tatsuya Nomura of Japan Music Producers Group Says Music Cross Aid ‘Serves a Common Good’: Interview

  24-07-2020 19:08
  
  The live entertainment industry in Japan had been growing at an uninterrupted pace since the year 2000, supporting the Japanese music scene as CD sales continue to plummet. But this year, the coronavirus pandemic put that growth to a halt, with most concerts being cancelled or postponed since the end of February. Many people working in the music industry found themselves out of jobs, and numerous smaller concert venues have been forced to shut down permanently.
  Although a new governmental guidel
  
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• Nio & Casper Drop Debut Album ‘Now Or Never’: Listen to 5 Essential Tracks

  24-07-2020 19:08
  
  After landing on radars with their 2017 hit “Te Bote (Remix),” which secured a spot on the Billboard Hot 100, Nio Garcia and Casper Magico have teamed up for their debut studio album Now Or Never.
  Released via Flow La Movie INC and powered by GLAD Empire, the album is home to 18 tracks, including solo singles by Nio and Casper, as well as club bangers such as “Mirame (Remix),” “Te Bote (Remix),” and “La Jeepeta (Remix),” which is currently a viral
  
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• RS Latin Music Picks: Week of July 20th

  24-07-2020 19:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  Fresh new sounds from Iberoamerica, featuring Afro B with Ozuna, Silvana Estrada, LASTMONDAY and more
  
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• Ellie Goulding scores her third Number 1 album

  24-07-2020 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Ellie Goulding shines at the top of this week’s Official Albums Chart as her new album Brightest Blue debuts at Number 1.
  
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• Joel Corry & MNEK’s 'Head & Heart' claims singles top spot

  24-07-2020 18:54 via music-news.com
  
  Summer dance anthem Head & Heart by Joel Corry ft. MNEK rises to Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, earning both acts their first chart-topper.
  
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• Eddie Vedder recalls “gem of advice” offered by Bruce Springsteen

  24-07-2020 18:53 via nme.com
  
  Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder has revealed the advice that Bruce Springsteen gave him when he was nervous about performing solo for the first time.
  Speaking on the Daddy Issues podcast, hosted by actor Oliver Hudson and sportscaster Joe Buck, Vedder said The Boss had a few words of wisdom for him.
  Read more: Pearl Jam – ‘Gigaton’ review: one of the biggest rock bands in the world return to semi-brilliance
  “I said ‘I’m starting these solo gigs tomorr
  
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