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• John Lennon’s killer Mark Chapman denied parole for 11th time

  26-08-2020 23:48 via nme.com
  
  John Lennon‘s killer Mark Chapman has been denied parole for the eleventh time.
  The 65-year old was interviewed by a parole board in New York last Wednesday (August 19), and has since had his appeal denied. Further details of the verdict have not been disclosed.
  Chapman is currently serving a 20-years-to-life sentence at Wende Correctional Facility in Erie County, New York, having pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
  He fatally shot Lennon at the entrance to his New York City apartment
  
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• Juice WRLD Continues to ‘Stay High,’ Reincarnated as a Purple Butterfly in Posthumous Lyric Video

  26-08-2020 23:46
  
  Juice WRLD is gone but not forgotten, and that message is clear in his touching posthumous lyric video for “Stay High.”
  The animated clip finds Juice WRLD manifested as a purple butterfly, navigating a challenging chess board of stormy weather, lean and money stacks. The butterfly eventually leaves Earth, and finds a colorful paradise through an angel’s halo.
  “Too low in my life / So I gotta stay high, yeah, I gotta stay high,” he muses in the hook.
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• Gloria Estefan Returns to Billboard Albums Charts With ‘Brazil305′

  26-08-2020 23:22
  
  Gloria Estefan returns to Billboard albums charts with Brazil305, her 14th studio album, which debuts at No. 8 on the Tropical Albums chart (dated Aug. 29), marking her fifth top 10 on the list.
  It’s Estefan first entry on the Tropical Albums chart since Oct. 2007 when 90 Millas bowed at No. 1 and ruled the list for seven consecutive weeks. That album marked her fourth consecutive No. 1 on the tally.
  Brazil305 arrives with a little over 1,000 equivalent album units earned in the week endin
  
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• LL Cool J on Jam Master Jay Murder Indictment: ‘I’m Glad They’re One Step Closer to a Conviction’

  26-08-2020 23:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  "[Jay's] family has my love," rapper says after two men were indicted for DJ's murder
  
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• Rihanna Jokes About ‘Umbrella’ Hit While A$AP Rocky Reflects on First Red Carpet Look in Two-Part Interview

  26-08-2020 22:56
  
  A$AP Rocky didn’t just star in Rihanna’s Fenty Skin campaign: He got to interview the skincare savant about what she expects from the beauty industry as well as her taste in fashion.
  The A$AP Mob member asked her 15 questions for a Vogue video interview, but the tables eventually turned when the Bajan singer asked him 18 questions for GQ.
  While Rocky asked the “Phresh Out the Runway” star whether she preferred a jacket or umbrella, she seemed conflicte
  
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• Nas reveals he “got too high” to complete planned collaboration with Notorious B.I.G.

  26-08-2020 22:51 via nme.com
  
  Nas has revealed that he “got too high” to complete his planned collaboration with the late Notorious B.I.G..
  READ MORE: The Notorious B.I.G.’s ‘Ready To Die’ at 25: 9 surprising things about the era-defining album
  The New York rapper, who released his new album ‘King’s Disease’ last week, had been due to team up with Biggie on one or two tracks in the early 1990s, leading to multiple rumours of why the music never materialised.
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• Cristina Rae Gives a Goosebump-Inducing ‘Hallelujah’ Performance on ‘America’s Got Talent’

  26-08-2020 22:48
  
  America’s Got Talent’s Golden Buzzer recipient Cristina Rae took the socially-distanced stage on Tuesday night (Aug. 25), and did not disappoint.
  The single mom and aspiring singer delivered an impassioned, heartfelt performance of “Hallelujah” as her young son Jeremiah watched from home on the screen behind the judges. The rendition was complete with serene water effects behind Cristina as she sang.
  Her powerful ending note caused the judges to give the Nashville-based s
  
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• Blinding Lights And Chromatica Dreams: Get To Know Your VMA Artist Of The Year Nominees

  26-08-2020 22:47
  
  From DaBaby to Justin Bieber to Lady Gaga to Megan Thee Stallion to Post Malone to The Weeknd, get to know your 2020 VMA Artist of the Year nominees.
  
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• Alex Babinski ‘Will No Longer Be Associated’ With PVRIS Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations

  26-08-2020 21:53
  
  PVRIS announced on social media Wednesday (Aug. 26) that the band parted ways with guitarist Alex Babinksi after sexual misconduct allegations about him surfaced.
  “We have been made aware of the allegations involving Alex Babinski. We absolutely and emphatically will not tolerate sexual harassment, coercion and all other forms of sexual misconduct – online and offline. It is our responsibility to ensure and provide a safe space within the PVRIS community and to believe and support vi
  
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• Kanye West fails to get on presidential ballot in Wyoming

  26-08-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Kanye West missed a deadline to submit signatures.
  
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• John Lennon’s Killer Mark David Chapman Denied Parole for 11th Time

  26-08-2020 21:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  Chapman was sentenced to 20 years to life in Wende Correctional Facility in 1981
  
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• Bella Thorne Is the First Person to Earn $1 Million on Her First Day on OnlyFans

  26-08-2020 21:14
  
  Bella Thorne hit the OnlyFans jackpot only after 24 hours of joining the platform. She set the record by becoming the first member to earn $1 million in just one day, Billboard can confirm.
  And as of Tuesday (Aug. 25), she’s earned a total of $2 million in less than one week.
  Thorne joins Cardi B, Swae Lee and more artists who can be found on the paid subscription social media platform, which has grown popular for its exclusive X-rated content that’s unsuitable for Instagram or Twitt
  
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• Listen to the first track from Girl In Red’s debut album, ‘Rue’

  26-08-2020 21:08 via nme.com
  Girl In Red has shared the first taste of her forthcoming debut album with new single ‘Rue’ – you can listen to it below.
  The NME Big Read: Girl In Red – “World domination, that’s what I want”
  The Norwegian singer-songwriter, whose real name is Marie Ulven, marked “the start of a new phase” in April with ‘Midnight Love’. She later shed some light on her first full-length record, explaining that it would be “definitely m
  
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• Yomil Reflects on Life After El Dany & The Duo’s New Album ‘Los Champions’: Watch

  26-08-2020 21:01
  
  Yomil, of Cuban duo Yomil y El Dany, has been living the toughest and most challenging days of his life after the passing of his colleague El Dany on July 18 in Havana, Cuba. “It was the worst day of my life and I’m never going to recuperate,” he tells Billboard during an Instagram Live.
  With a positive attitude and much-needed strength, Yomil presents the duo’s new album Los Champions, out August 26, recorded before the singer’s death and released on what would&rsq
  
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• Watch Machine Gun Kelly’s epic new video for Blackbear-featured ‘My Ex’s Best Friend’

  26-08-2020 21:00 via nme.com
  
  Machine Gun Kelly has shared an action-packed new video for single ‘My Ex’s Best Friend’, featuring blackbear.
  Read more: From Machine Gun Kelly to Lil Uzi Vert, rap-rock is back. And this time, it doesn’t suck
  Set to land on MGK’s upcoming fifth studio album ‘Tickets To My Downfall’, the track hears the pair discuss a messy entanglement over a guitar-laden backdrop.
  The song opens with MGK singing: “You know my ex, so that makes it all feel c
  
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• Thinking of Selling Your Catalog? How to Plan the Smart Way: Video

  26-08-2020 20:51
  
  Combine a surge in music streaming, a pause in live revenue and a slew of potential buyers seeking steady returns — it’s no wonder many songwriters are currently asking themselves, “Should I sell my catalog?”
  To help answer that question and many others, investment management and research firm Bernstein hosted a live-streamed panel discussion this month to provide advice for songwriter catalog sellers about what to expect in the sale process, including anticipated le
  
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• Squid launch record label Ink with guitarist Anton Pearson’s new EP

  26-08-2020 20:49 via nme.com
  Squid have launched their own record label called Ink, with its first release being a new EP from the band’s guitarist Anton Pearson.
  READ MORE: Get tangled up in Squid – the weirdo-punk band making the avant-garde accessible
  The Brighton five-piece announced the news on Twitter earlier today (August 26), explaining that the label will serve as “a hub for our solo music and collabs that exist outside of the linear Squid time-line!!”
  Accompanying the announcement was
  
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• Juice WRLD fans uncover late rapper’s old Instagram account

  26-08-2020 20:47 via nme.com
  
  Fans of Juice WRLD have uncovered an old Instagram account that used to belong to the late rapper.
  Read more: The Big Read – Juice Wrld: “The rap game is so motherfucking soft now”
  Using the username @d_g_a_f, Juice WRLD called himself “Jpot” in his bio and last posted to the account on November 18, 2012.
  A treasure trove of throwback gems, the Chicago rapper’s old profile features 24 posts that are made up of a mix of grainy selfies, pictures of his dog,
  
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• Treasure Scores New Peak on Social 50 Chart

  26-08-2020 20:41
  
  K-pop boyband Treasure reaches a new peak on Billboard’s Social 50 chart, leaping to No. 3 on the list dated Aug. 29.
  The Social 50 is powered by data tracked by music analytics company Next Big Sound and ranks the most popular artists on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Wikipedia. The chart’s methodology blends weekly additions of friends/fans/followers with artist page views and engagement. Its latest tracking period ended Aug. 20, and BTS is No. 1.
  Formed in 2019, Treasure first rea
  
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• John Lennon’s 80th birthday to be marked with new remix album, ‘Gimme Some Truth’

  26-08-2020 20:10 via nme.com
  
  John Lennon‘s 80th birthday is set to be marked with the release of a new remix album called ‘Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes’.
  Read More: John Lennon – his 10 greatest solo tracks
  Executive produced by the late Beatle‘s widow Yoko Ono and produced by his son Sean Ono Lennon, the special collection will arrive via Capitol/UMe on October 9, the same day Lennon would have turned 80 years old.
  The album will be comprised of 36 classic songs which were “compl
  
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• Song You Need to Know: The Waterboys’ Delightfully Zany Ode to Dennis Hopper

  26-08-2020 20:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  As the first comment on the music video reads, 'Who knew you could rhyme so many words with Hopper?'
  
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• Drake Extends Streaming Songs Record With ‘Laugh Now Cry Later’

  26-08-2020 20:01
  
  Drake extends his record for the most No. 1s in the history of Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart with “Laugh Now Cry Later” featuring Lil Durk, which debuts atop the survey dated Aug. 29.
  In the tracking week ending Aug. 20, “Laugh Now Cry Later” earned 69.8 million U.S. streams, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
  The song is Drake’s ninth No. 1 on Streaming Songs, which began in 2013. He now has more than double his next-closest competition; Justin Bieber,
  
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• Disclosure team up with Kehlani and The Internet’s Syd for new song ‘Birthday’

  26-08-2020 19:55 via nme.com
  
  Disclosure have shared a new song that hears them team up with Kehlani and The Internet singer Syd – listen to ‘Birthday’ below.
  Read more: Kehlani – ‘It Was Good Until It Wasn’t’ review: a newly brooding sound takes the shine from her sparkling R&B
  The new single comes ahead of the release of the electronic music duo’s third album, ‘Energy’, which is due to arrive this coming Friday (August 28).
  ‘Birthday’, which digs d
  
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• Tulsa’s Hip-Hop Artists Are Speaking. Will the World Listen?

  26-08-2020 19:42 via rollingstone.com
  
  Local musicians aim to illuminate their hometown's history of racist violence while also looking toward the future
  
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• Momma’s Alt-Rock Carnival Ride

  26-08-2020 19:33 via rollingstone.com
  
  California bandmates explain how their love of Veruca Salt and spooky sideshows led to their great new album, 'Two of Me'
  
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• The Killers’ Brandon Flowers: “Slavery has been over for a long time, but systematic racism has been in place ever since”

  26-08-2020 19:28 via nme.com
  
  The Killers‘ Brandon Flowers has spoken about America’s “need to make changes” to stamp out “systematic racism”.The NME Big Read cover story – The Killers: “Music made it possible for me to dream”Speaking in this week’s NME Big Read cover story, the frontman opened up about allowing politics to enter through the band’s music – after launching the anti-Trump single ‘Land of The Free‘ last year, before recentl
  
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• Covid-19 Cases Connected to Sturgis Rally Rise After Event that Featured Smash Mouth, Lit, More

  26-08-2020 19:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  Between 70 to 100 cases nationwide traced back to South Dakota event
  
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• Here’s the State of the Hot 100’s Top 10 at Mid-Year 2020, Per Hit Songs Deconstructed

  26-08-2020 19:12
  
  After a strong showing in the first quarter of 2020 on the Billboard Hot 100, pop ceded the spotlight to hip-hop in the second quarter of the year.
  The turnover between the genres marks a notable insight in the latest research from Hit Songs Deconstructed, which provides compositional analytics for top 10 Hot 100 hits, via its 2020 mid-year State of the Hot 100 Top 10 report.
  Here are three takeaways.
  Hip-hop tops pop: To recap, in Q1 2020, 57% of all Hot 100 top 10s were primarily pop song
  
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• Lonely The Brave announce third album ‘The Hope List’ and share new song ‘Open Door’

  26-08-2020 19:09 via nme.com
  Lonely The Brave have announced their third album ‘The Hope List’ and have shared a new track called ‘Open Door’.
  READ MORE: Lonely The Brave on their massive comeback single ‘Bound” – “Everyone needs music right now”
  The Cambridge five-piece will release the LP on January 22, 2021 via Easy Life Records, following up on 2016’s ‘Things Will Matter’.
  Having already shared the songs ‘Bound’ and ‘Distant L
  
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• The 1975 and Wolf Alice’s record label Dirty Hit launches in Australia

  26-08-2020 19:04 via nme.com
  
  Dirty Hit, the record label for bands like The 1975 and Wolf Alice, has announced that it’s launching a headquarters in Australia.
  Read more: Beaux: pop prodigy signed to Dirty Hit off the back of a chance DM
  Setting up shop in Sydney, the new office will be led by Rachel Jones-Williams, who joins the independent label from Sony Music Entertainment. She will oversee label activities for the region as General Manager, Asia Pacific.
  Speaking about the challenges of launching the la
  
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• Disclosure, Kehlani, Syd Share Sultry New Track ‘Birthday’

  26-08-2020 18:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  Single will appear on Disclosure's new album Energy
  
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• ‘Dark End of the Street’ Songwriter Dan Penn Cranks Up the Horns in ‘Edge of Love’

  26-08-2020 18:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  Muscle Shoals icon proves he can still tap into that signature groove on 'Living on Mercy,' his first album in 26 years
  
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• Kanye West Is Still on the Presidential Ballot in These States

  26-08-2020 18:50
  
  More than a month into his long shot, third-party campaign for president, Kanye West has struggled mightily to add his name to the ballot in a majority of states. After a July 4 announcement that he would be running under the Birthday Party banner in an attempt to unseat his former MAGA comrade President Donald Trump from the White House, the rapper’s #2020VISION effort has run into a series of roadblocks.
  If the current tally stands, West has no chance to make a dent in the national vote
  
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• Disclosure, Kehlani and Syd Drop a ‘Birthday’ Gift

  26-08-2020 18:43
  
  With just two days before Disclosure drops their third LP, Energy, the duo is gifting the world another single, “Birthday.”
  The track is a collaboration with Kehlani and Syd; the UK duo dropped into Los Angeles (pre-quarantine) to work with them. “Being in L.A. was a new one for us,” says Disclosure’s Guy Howard recently told Billboard. “We’re very London.”
  The song is a smooth and mellow R&B influenced jam, on which scintillating percussion se
  
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• Disclosure, Kehlani and Sid Drop a ‘Birthday’ Gift

  26-08-2020 18:43
  
  With just two days before Disclosure drops their third LP, Energy, the duo is gifting the world another single, “Birthday.”
  The track is a collaboration with Kehlani and Sid; the UK duo dropped into Los Angeles (pre-quarantine) to work with them. “Being in L.A. was a new one for us,” says Disclosure’s Guy Howard recently told Billboard. “We’re very London.”
  The song is a smooth and mellow R&B influenced jam, on which scintillating percussion se
  
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• Meditation’s New Gurus: Why Acts Like Harry Styles, John Legend Are Signing With Wellness Apps

  26-08-2020 18:30
  
  For an hour, sweeping violins crest and fall, forming a seamless instrumental loop. The track is understated and warm, designed to evoke feelings of relaxation and peace. Breath in, breath out. Breath in, breath out.
  This is no balmy new-age recording; it’s an extended, strings-only remix of Sabrina Carpenter’s appropriately-titled pop ballad “Exhale.” The revamped tune, released in May 2019, was recorded exclusively for Calm, the popular wellness and meditation app that
  
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• ‘Hanging Tree Guitars’: See Artist Freeman Vines’ Haunting Creations

  26-08-2020 18:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Freeman Vines, a North Carolina–based artist, guitar maker, and one-time blues musician, thought he’d seen it […]
  
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• PVRIS announce Alex Babinski is “no longer associated” with band following sexual harassment allegations

  26-08-2020 18:13 via nme.com
  
  PVRIS have parted ways with band member Alex Babinski following recent allegations of sexual harassment against the musician.
  The US outfit, which is fronted by Lynn Gunn, are set to release their third album ‘Use Me’ this coming Friday (August 28).
  Today (August 26), the group shared a statement on Twitter confirming that they had “been made aware of allegations involving Alex Babinski”, and that he will therefore “no longer be associated with PVRIS” with imm
  
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• PVRIS’ Alex Babinski “no longer associated” with band following sexual harassment allegations

  26-08-2020 18:13 via nme.com
  
  PVRIS have parted ways with band member Alex Babinski following recent allegations of sexual harassment against the musician.
  The US outfit, which is fronted by Lynn Gunn, are set to release their third album ‘Use Me’ this coming Friday (August 28).
  Today (August 26), the group shared a statement on Twitter confirming that they had “been made aware of allegations involving Alex Babinski”, and that he will therefore “no longer be associated with PVRIS” with imm
  
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• Margo Price Remixes ‘I’d Die for You,’ Plots Nashville Livestream Concerts

  26-08-2020 18:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  New version of track off That's How Rumors Get Started features Price singing against a piano and string arrangement
  
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• Radio’s Crushing Quarter Is About to Trickle Down to Publishers and Songwriters

  26-08-2020 18:08
  
  April through June was an unforgettable quarter for the U.S. radio business. As the economy slowed and unemployment skyrocketed, stations’ advertising revenues were often half of 2019 levels.
  By May 7, when iHeartMedia released its earnings for the first quarter of 2020, the second quarter was already a historic period in radio — and not in a good way. After acknowledging that advertisers had reduced or eliminated their spending, the radio giant’s CEO, Bob Pittman, laid out a p
  
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• Yasiin Bey, Rapsody Headline as Black August Hip Hop Benefit Concert Goes Virtual: Exclusive

  26-08-2020 18:00
  
  Artists-activists Yasiin Bey and Rapsody are set as headliners for the 22nd annual Black August Hip Hop Benefit Concert. The free virtual concert championing social justice reform will air on www.blackaugusthiphop.com via YouTube on Aug. 30 beginning at 4 p.m. ET.
  Additional Black August performers joining Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) and Rapsody will be Big Krit, M1 of dead prez, Audio Push, Oswin Benjamin, Sampa The Great and poet Jessica Care Moore. The concert is being presented by the Ma
  
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• Katy Perry to Receive Gracies Impact Award From the Alliance For Women in Media Foundation

  26-08-2020 18:00
  
  Katy Perry will receive the Gracies Impact Award from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) at the 45th annual Gracie Awards program, which will air live (albeit virtually) on AWMF’s Facebook page on Sept. 10.
  The Gracies Impact Award is presented to an artist who has made a positive impact on society through her music. Rachel Platten received the award in 2017, when she was coming off her rousing hit “Fight Song.” Perry has recorded her share of inspirational anthe
  
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• Joey Moi Tops Hot 100 Producers Chart Thanks to Morgan Wallen’s ‘7 Summers’

  26-08-2020 17:58
  
  Joey Moi leads Billboard’s Hot 100 Producers chart (dated Aug. 29) for the first time, thanks to four production credits on the latest Billboard Hot 100.
  Sparking Moi’s coronation, Morgan Wallen’s “7 Summers,” which Moi solely produced, launches at No. 6 on the Hot 100 with 23.5 million U.S. streams and 28,000 downloads sold in its opening week, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
  Here’s a look at all of Moi’s production credits on this week’s Hot
  
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• Jack Peñate has shared a new three-track EP, ‘Noetics’

  26-08-2020 17:58 via nme.com
  
  Jack Peñate has shared a surprise new three-track EP – listen to ‘Noetics’ below.
  The EP follows Peñate’s return last year with his ‘After You’ album, which ended a near-decade break from music for the singer.
  Read more: Jack Peñate on new album ‘After You’ and his lengthy absence: “10 years was too long”
  Peñate shared a new statement on the EP, which was recorded late last year at the legendary Electric Lady
  
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• Billie Eilish Recreated the NPR Offices in a Genius Way For Tiny Desk (At Home) Concert: Watch

  26-08-2020 17:57
  
  Billie Eilish made her debut at NPR’s famous Tiny Desk on Wednesday (Aug. 26), and she somehow managed to do it from a very detailed recreation of the studio’s empty offices!
  Accompanied by Finneas, the pop star kicked off her mini-set with her latest single “My Future,” which she played on the keyboard. “But I, I’m in love/ With my future/ And you don’t know her/ And I, I’m in love/ But not with anybody here/ I’ll see you in a couple years,&
  
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• Morgan Wallen Hits No. 1 on Country Songwriters Chart For First Time

  26-08-2020 17:51
  
  Morgan Wallen rules Billboard’s Country Songwriters chart (dated Aug. 29) for the first time, thanks to four songwriting credits on the latest Hot Country Songs chart.
  Wallen’s new single “7 Summers,” which he co-wrote with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne, rockets onto Hot Country Songs at No. 1, with 23.5 million U.S. streams and 28,000 downloads sold in its opening week, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The song concurrently bounds in at No. 6 on the all-genre Billb
  
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• Juvenile’s 400 Degrees of Fine Furniture

  26-08-2020 17:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  The New Orleans rap legend found a love for building furniture while trapped inside during the Covid-19 pandemic
  
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• Anuel AA, Karol G, Bad Bunny & More: Who Should Win Best Latin at 2020 VMAs? Vote!

  26-08-2020 17:47
  
  On July 30, MTV announced the nominations for the 2020 Video Music Awards, with Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga leading the pack with nine noms each.
  This year’s nominations also recognize a wave of Latin artists such as Anuel AA, Daddy Yankee, Bad Bunny, Ozuna, Karol G, J Balvin, Maluma, CNCO, Natti Natasha, and Rosalia, in different categories like best Latin, best choreography, and best quarantine performance, to name a few.
  The VMAs, which will air on Sunday, Aug. 30 at 8:00 p.m. ET, live
  
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• Morgan Wallen’s ‘7 Summers’ Debut Is a Sign Not Just of His Own Stardom, But of Country’s Streaming Rise

  26-08-2020 17:23
  
  If you checked the highest stretches of the Apple Music song charts on Friday, Aug. 14, you’d find something that you might never have seen there before: a country song.
  “7 Summers,” the latest single from Tennessee singer-songwriter Morgan Wallen, had climbed its way into the chart’s top three, stuck behind just the new release from chart-conquering superstar Drake (the Lil Durk-assisted “Laugh Now Cry Later”), and the cultural phenomenon that is Cardi B and
  
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