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• Music in Advertising: Here’s How Industry Pros Select Songs for Placement

  12-11-2020 23:54
  
  During a recent Songtradr ‘Happy Hour’ livestream event, two longtime music industry professionals discussed the process they employ when selecting songs for adverts – and explained how creators can best capitalize upon the growing role of music in advertising. The remote panel’s first guest, Joe Belliotti, served as Coca-Cola’s global head of music for eight […]
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• Watch Chris Stapleton Celebrate a ‘Very COVID Christmas’ With These Socially Distanced Carols

  12-11-2020 23:51
  
  Chris Stapleton is delivering more Christmas presents than expected this year: His fourth album Starting Over comes out on Friday and he teased (emphasis on the teasing) an upcoming seasonal LP on Jimmy Kimmel Live! too.
  Stapleton gathered no one around the Christmas tree except for a masked Santa Claus for a two-minute skit on Wednesday’s night’s Kimmel, where he sang “all the holiday hits you love with a bleak 2020 twist” from Chris Stapleton&rs
  
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• Watch Public Enemy’s new animated video for ‘Public Enemy Number Won’

  12-11-2020 23:44 via nme.com
  
  Public Enemy have shared a new animated video for ‘Public Enemy Number Won’ – you can watch it below.Read More: Public Enemy – ‘What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?’ review: the icons’ finest effort in decadesThe latest single from their album, ‘What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?’, the video features Beastie Boys‘ Mike D, AD-Rock and Run DMC, the animated video also features several archival concert posters and footage.
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• YouTube Will Not Share a ‘Rewind’ Video This Year

  12-11-2020 23:30
  
  Every year for the past decade, YouTube puts together its biggest moments and trends into a popular year-end “Rewind” video. However, because 2020 is what it is, the video sharing platform will not be looking back on the past year.
  In an announcement shared to Twitter on Thursday (Nov. 12), YouTube wrote that “Rewind was always meant to be a celebration of you.”
  “But 2020 has been different,” the statement continues. “And it doesn’t feel right to c
  
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• Lil Wayne Recruits Gudda Gudda & HoddyBaby for ‘NFL’ Music Video

  12-11-2020 23:07
  
  With Gudda Gudda and HoodyBaby shaking up the locker rooms, Lil Wayne goes from lounging on the couch watching live sports to storming the field with blinding lights backing him in his new “NFL” music video, out Thursday (Nov. 12). He released the pregame anthem to kick off Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime last month.
  Lil Wayne also curated a special 28-song playlist for Amazon Music titled “Handpicked with Lil Wayne: Songs for Game Day,” featuring h
  
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• New Order’s Bernard Sumner reveals he’s recovering from Coronavirus: “I was one of the lucky ones”

  12-11-2020 23:06 via nme.com
  
  New Order’s Bernard Sumner has revealed that he recently contracted coronavirus.Read More: New Order’s new song, ‘Be A Rebel’, helps to give dance music a purpose in 2020The co-founder of Joy Division revealed he contracted COVID-19 in the last few weeks and that he’s still in recovery from the illness.
  Speaking on The Current’s Morning Show, Sumner said “I’m just recovering from coronavirus actually. Got it three weeks ago…&r
  
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• Hailee Steinfeld, Kelsea Ballerini, Maggie Rogers & More to Appear on ‘Sesame Street’

  12-11-2020 23:00
  
  Sesame Street is sweeping the clouds away with its star-studded 51st season.
  The iconic children’s show premieres on Thursday (Nov. 12) for the first time on HBO Max with a number of celebrity guests including Hailee Steinfeld, Maggie Rogers, Issa Rae, Stephen and Ayesha Curry, Billy Porter, and Kelsea Ballerini, who will take part in Street Stories and other segments throughout the season.
  Steinfeld is set to appear on the Nov. 26 episode, in which she will join E
  
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• Instagram’s First Redesign In 10 Years Puts TikTok Clone ‘Reels’ Front and Center

  12-11-2020 22:59
  
  The first Instagram redesign in ten years puts its TikTok clone ‘Reels’ front and center for users. Reeps and Shop tabs are coming to the Instagram home screen in the redesign. The Reels tab features the hottest short-form videos on the platform, functioning much like TikTok’s ‘Discover’ tab. The Shop tab features a list of […]
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• Megan Thee Stallion Shares Much-Needed ‘Good News’ With Debut Album Announcement

  12-11-2020 22:46
  
  Calling all Hotties! Megan Thee Stallion’s debut album is finally on its way, and it’s arriving really, really soon.
  The “Savage” rapper took to social media on Thursday (Nov. 12) to announce that her first studio album, Good News, is set to drop on November 20. “THROUGH SUCH A ROUGH YEAR I FELT LIKE WE COULD ALL USE A LIL GOOD NEWS,” she wrote alongside a cover featuring the red-haired star amid a pile of headlines.
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• Twitch Tells Users to Stop Playing Recorded Music on Their Streams

  12-11-2020 22:38
  
  In a more than 2,100-word-long message, Twitch has instructed its users to cease playing recorded music on their streams and to delete archival footage that contains protected audio. Twitch higher-ups recently published the expansive message, which arrives about six weeks after the rollout of the Amazon-owned company’s “Soundtrack by Twitch” catalog. The latter collection of […]
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• Megan Thee Stallion shares details of upcoming new album ‘Good News’

  12-11-2020 22:28 via nme.com
  
  Megan Thee Stallion has shared details on her upcoming new album, ‘Good News.’Read More: Megan Thee Stallion: “I’m really working on my dynasty right now”Posting on Instagram this evening (November 12), Stallion announced that her new album would be arriving next week on November 20.
  Stallion wrote: “Hotties, I first want to say thank you for riding with me, growing with me, and staying down with me since my first mixtape Rich Ratchet!
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• Who Should Perform the National Anthem at 2021 Super Bowl? Vote!

  12-11-2020 22:12
  
  The Weeknd will officially headline the Pepsi Halftime Show at the 2021 Super Bowl LV, but there are still a few more performers who need to be secured for the Big Game.
  Swae Lee has already thrown his name in the hat to perform the national anthem, when TMZ Sports interviewed him about Demi Lovato singing it at this year’s Super Bowl LIV. “I know she gon’ kill it, but look: To the NFL and all the highest up people, please, I would like to sing the next one,&rdqu
  
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• Roblox Licenses Death Sound Effect After Copyright Kerfuffle – Players Can Buy It Now

  12-11-2020 22:10
  
  As Roblox makes moves into virtual concerts, a licensing issue removed the game’s death sound. The famous ‘oof’ sound that accompanies a death in Roblox is temporarily removed. It will make a comeback as a microtransaction (correctly licensed) for players to buy for 100 Robux, or about $1 USD. The developer who originally created the […]
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• Halsey opens up about voluntary work with young people in emotive new interview

  12-11-2020 22:09 via nme.com
  
  Halsey has opened up about her voluntary work in L.A. during a new interview – you can watch it below.Read More: The Big Read – Halsey: “I can be feminine and delicate but also really fucking dangerous”Appearing on the Daily Show last night (November 11), the pop star, whose latest full-length project ‘Manic’ arrived back in January, discussed her new poetry book I Would Leave Me If I Could before opening up about her continued work as an a
  
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• Cardi B, Billie Eilish & More Create Powerful Signs to Protest Police Violence Against Black Women

  12-11-2020 21:53
  
  Cardi B, Billie Eilish, Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Lenny Kravitz and more celebrities have come together to stand up against police violence towards Black women. They join more than 100 other stars and artists, who have created powerful protest signs fighting for change.
  The pieces for the “Show Me the Signs” benefit are all up for auction here through November 30, with 100% of the proceeds going directly to the African American Policy Forum’s #SayHerName Mother
  
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• Billie Eilish opens up about “feeling like a parody of myself” and discusses quarantine-made album

  12-11-2020 21:51 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish has spoken about her identity and the quarantined context in which her new album was made.Read more: Billie Eilish’s new song ‘Therefore I Am’ is an existential banger (and might boast her best chorus yet)The star’s follow-up to her 2019 debut ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’, which currently doesn’t have a release date nor a publicised title, was created during in coronavirus lockdown. Eilish told Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 that
  
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• Audio Deepfakes Are Getting So Good, They Might Not Be Legal

  12-11-2020 21:50
  
  Convincing audio deepfakes have arrived in 2020 – but they’re falling into legal grey territory. Projects like OpenAI are feeding algorithms Frank Sinatra tracks to create new tunes featuring the singer’s velvet voice. OpenAI has created audio deepfakes of several popular artists, including Katy Perry, Elvis, Simon and Garfunkel, 2Pac, and others. Their model has […]
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• G-Eazy's rep slams speculation Halsey wrote Lighthouse poem about him

  12-11-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Halsey writes about an ex in her new poetry collection.
  
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• Cardi B apologises for cultural appropriation after Hindu-themed photoshoot

  12-11-2020 21:40 via music-news.com
  
  Cardi B has apologised after being accused of cultural appropriation with a Hindu-themed photoshoot.
  
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• 20 Questions With Rauw Alejandro: On Braids, Michael Jackson, His Mom & Debut Album ‘Afrodisiaco’

  12-11-2020 21:35
  
  Rauw Alejandro’s high, crooning tenor and now-signature braids started popping up in reggaetón videos two years ago, alongside stars like Ozuna. By 2019, he broke through with “Fantasías,” alongside Farruko, which peaked at No. 25 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart. This year, “Tattoo” with Camilo peaked at No. 7, and also made its way to the Global Ex U.S. chart, where it’s stayed for nine weeks.
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• TroyBoi Shares a Stunning New Single Inspired By His African Ancestry: Exclusive

  12-11-2020 21:27
  
  TroyBoi’s newest track started with a text. For the U.K.-born, Miami-based producer, that simple message opened up an entire continent.
  Debuting exclusively on Billboard, “Mother Africa” is a stunning amalgamation of the complex percussion that’s made TroyBoi a favorite of the more sophisticated end of the bass scene, and traditional African singing that speaks to his own Nigerian heritage. He says it’s the most powerful song he’s ever made.
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• Bring Me the Horizon Claim Record 7 of Top 10 on Hot Hard Rock Songs Chart

  12-11-2020 21:18
  
  Bring Me the Horizon becomes the first act with as many as seven titles in the top 10 simultaneously on Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart dated Nov. 14.
  Concurrently, the group’s new LP Post Human: Survival Horror starts at No. 3 on Hard Rock Albums with 14,000 equivalent album units earned, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
  Leading the way on Hot Hard Rock Songs, the set’s “Parasite Eve” shoots 8-1 for its second week atop the list. Previously, it ruled the
  
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• Django Django share title track from upcoming new album, ‘Glowing in the Dark’

  12-11-2020 21:17 via nme.com
  
  Django Django have shared the title song from their upcoming new album, ‘Glowing in the Dark’ – listen below.Read More: Django Django ‘Marble Skies’ review The album is set for release in February via record label Because, and sees the group collaborate with a range of artists including Charlotte Gainsbourg and Braulio Amadio.
  A press release describes the album as having “a running theme of escape: from despair, from constraints, from small town life, an
  
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• Yes, Billie Eilish Listens to Her Own Music in the Car

  12-11-2020 21:16
  
  Fresh off the release of her thumping new single, “Therefore I Am,” Billie Eilish chatted with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe about the next chapter in her musical journey.
  The 18-year-old superstar cranks out hits with ease, so it’s no surprise that she’s her own musical fan. “It’s such a weird thing that I think a lot of people … Like people have weird s— about artists listening to their own music,” she explained. “Since I first start
  
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• Missing live music? Attend a Flaming Lips gig cocooned in your own plastic bubble

  12-11-2020 21:13 via nme.com
  
  The Flaming Lips have shared details of “the world’s first actual Space Bubble live concert”, enabling fans to see the band play live during the coronavirus pandemic.
  Ticketholders will be able to watch the band’s gig at the Criterion in Oklahoma City on December 11 from the apparent comfort and safety of their own bubbles. Just 100 slots are available – down from the venue’s usual 3,500 capacity – and tickets go on sale here tomorrow (November 13) at 10
  
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• The Weeknd Fans Celebrate Super Bowl Halftime Gig: ‘That’s a Big W’

  12-11-2020 21:00
  
  The first concertgoers applauding The Weeknd at small clubs in his Toronto hometown are celebrating Thursday’s (Nov. 12) announcement that he will headline the 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show.
  In the same week Toronto’s Mod Club Theatre, which hosted his first-ever concert in 2011, permanently closed its doors, The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) revealed he’s heading for one of the biggest stages in America.
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• David Guetta & Sia’s ‘Let’s Love’ Leads Dance/Mix Show Airplay Chart

  12-11-2020 20:54
  
  David Guetta and Sia rise to No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart (dated Nov. 14) with “Let’s Love.” Guetta adds his ninth leader, the second-most since the chart’s August 2003 inaugural; only Calvin Harris and Rihanna have more, with 12 each.
  “Love” is Sia’s first Dance/Mix Show Airplay No. 1 among 15 charted titles, spanning back to “Clap Your Hands” (No. 23, 2010). She’d previously charted as high as No. 2 in 2012
  
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• Cardi B Apologizes for Appropriating Hindu Culture: ‘Maybe I Should Have Done My Research’

  12-11-2020 20:37
  
  Cardi B was met with criticism this week after the release of her Footwear News November cover, in which the rapper is seen holding a red sneaker and depicted as the Hindu goddess Durga.
  Critics called out the star for cultural appropriation, deeming the cover inappropriate and accusing the rapper of mocking Hindu culture.| Cardi B in the exclusive photoshoot for Footwear News, shot by Jora Frantzis, posing with her Cardi x Reebok Club C sneakers. (1/3)
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• Latin Artist on the Rise: Nicki Nicole Goes From Rapping in the Streets of Argentina to Latin Grammy Nominee

  12-11-2020 20:32
  
  Argentine trap artist Nicki Nicole is up for best new artist at this year’s Latin Grammys, sharing the eclectic category with heavy-hitter Anuel AA and fellow Argentine trap artist Cazzu, among others.
  The nod puts a spotlight on the 20-year-old newcomer, who has been turning heads for her slick rapping skills and fusion R&B and Latin trap. While she’s not a household name for many, she’s been recording music for the past three years, has charted on the Billboard Argentina
  
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• Who Should Win Best New Artist at the 2020 Latin Grammys? Vote!

  12-11-2020 20:28
  
  The 21st annual Latin Grammys, led by 13-time nominee J Balvin, is officially a week away, and one of the coveted awards of the night is best new artist.
  This year, the Latin Recording Academy highlights 11 up-and-coming artists across the music spectrum, including Anuel AA, Rauw Alejandro, Mike Bahia, Nicki Nicole, Cazzu, Nathy Peluso, Pitizion, Conociendo Rusia, Soy Emilia, Kurt, and Wos.
  Returning with a “music makes us human” theme that highlights musical excellence and the power
  
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• Dua Lipa & Angèle Blur Genre and Language Lines on Billboard Global Charts

  12-11-2020 20:21
  
  Near the end of a prolific year, Dua Lipa debuted a new single on the Nov. 14-dated Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart. “Fever,” a collaboration with Angèle, starts at No. 53 on the Global Excl. U.S. ranking and at No. 84 on the Global 200.
  The Future Nostalgia bonus track is one of many titles on both charts that pairs artists from different countries, with Lipa from the United Kingdom and Angèle from Belgium. But it is a notable duet in th
  
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• The Dream Setlist For The Weeknd’s Upcoming Super Bowl Halftime Show

  12-11-2020 20:18
  
  It would have been virtually unimaginable six years ago that the artist born Abel Tesfaye — known purveyor of seedy, nihilistic R&B anthems with indie accents and vague pop awareness — would ever be headlining at the world’s most-watched annual music event. But so came the announcement today (from the man himself) that indeed, The Weeknd would be performing at halftime of Super Bowl LV next February.
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• Artists Who Lost CMA’s New Artist of the Year, But Later Won Entertainer of the Year

  12-11-2020 20:13
  
  Jimmie Allen, Ingrid Andress, Gabby Barrett and Carly Pearce are bound to be a little disappointed today. They were nominated for new artist of the year at the CMA Awards on Wednesday (Nov. 11) and didn’t win. The prize went instead to Morgan Wallen.
  Here’s a tip to these four runners-up: It’s not over. Not by a long shot. This year’s entertainer of the year winner, Eric Church, was in your shoes nine years ago, when he lost new artist of the year to The Band Perry. Churc
  
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• The Flaming Lips Announce the ‘World’s First Space Bubble Concert’

  12-11-2020 20:06
  
  The Flaming Lips have announced that they will perform the “world’s first space bubble concert” on the evening of Friday, December 11th, from The Criterion in their native Oklahoma City. Flaming Lips lead singer Wayne Coyne unveiled the decidedly innovative gig on social media this morning. A total of 100 tickets, each covering one “space […]
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• From Nina Simone to Kendrick Lamar, The Songs That Call Us to Social Action

  12-11-2020 20:05
  
  R&B and hip-hop artists have for decades sung the anthems — like these all-time greats — that spur their listeners to not only engage with the world they live in, but become part of positive political change in it.
  Sam Cooke — “A Change Is Gonna Come” (1964)After Cooke and his entourage were arrested for trying to stay at a whites-only motel in Louisiana in 1963, the soul singer channeled his frustrations and hopes into what would become a foundational
  
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• Billie Eilish Is Queen Of The (Deserted) Mall In Eerie ‘Therefore I Am’ Video

  12-11-2020 19:55
  
  Billie Eilish wandering around a deserted mall in the eerie 'Therefore I Am' video.
  
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• Who Should The Weeknd Have As a Guest Performer at the 2021 Super Bowl LV Halftime Show? Vote!

  12-11-2020 19:52
  
  The Weeknd has been announced as the headliner for the 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show on Feb. 7 in Tampa Bay, Fla., but who should he bring on stage with him?
  With all eyes on The Weeknd, he could bring out Kenny G and Doja Cat for a mashup of their “In Your Eyes” remixes. Having Ariana Grande joing him isn’t completely “Off the Table” either, after their latest Positions collaboration.The superstar could flex his Canadian pride (and bring bac
  
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• Morgan Wallen Announces 30-Track Double Album ‘Dangerous’: The ‘Idea Started Off As Just a Joke’

  12-11-2020 19:46
  
  Morgan Wallen announced his three-years-in-the-making, 30-track double album, Dangerous, on Wednesday (Nov. 11). The singer’s sophomore release, officially titled Dangerous: The Double Album, features a Nashville murder’s row of songwriting talent who helped co-write the tracks with Wallen.
  Among his collaborators are Ashley Gorley, Shane McAnally, Hillary Lindsey, Rhett Akins and Lee Thomas Miller, as well as longtime collaborators Hardy, Earnest and Charlie Handsome and two of Morg
  
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• Ticketmaster clarifies future safety policy for concert-goers

  12-11-2020 19:45 via nme.com
  
  Ticketmaster has clarified its coronavirus safety policy after a report suggested the organisation would require concert-goers to verify vaccination status before allowing admission to future events.READ MORE: Here are the 30 UK music venues still in real danger of closing forever – and what you can do to helpThe story, which originated in Billboard magazine, suggested the company wanted to use smartphone technology to verify that concert-goers were virus-free before allowing entry.
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• Octavian dropped by label over accusations of physical, verbal and psychological abuse by former partner

  12-11-2020 19:35 via nme.com
  
  Octavian has been dropped by his record label following accusations of “physical, verbal and psychological abuse” made by his ex-girlfriend.
  The label, Black Butter – which is a subsidiary of Sony Records – dropped Octavian following the accusations which he has denied. His debut album, ‘Alpha’, which was set to arrive tomorrow (November 13), will now no longer be released on the label.
  As reported in The Independent, a spokesperson for Octavian
  
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• Run The Jewels share new song ‘No Save Point’ from ‘Cyberpunk 77’

  12-11-2020 19:33 via nme.com
  
  Run The Jewels have released a brand new song called ‘No Save Point’ – listen below.Read more: Run The Jewels: “The world’s gonna reset and then we’re gonna burn that motherfucker down”The track is the rap duo’s first new material together since the release earlier this year of ‘RTJ4’.The single has been shared as part of a new partnership with the upcoming video game Cyberpunk 2077, which is set for release on December 10.
  The duo made
  
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• Billie Eilish: 'It has been a good week. Trump is out!'

  12-11-2020 19:30 via music-news.com
  
  Billie Eilish joins Zane Lowe on Apple Music to discuss her new single “Therefore I Am”, released today.
  
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• Billie Eilish Hits a Ghost Mall in Video For Throbbing New Single ‘Therefore I Am’: Watch

  12-11-2020 19:25
  
  Billie Eilish released her latest single “Therefore I Am” on Thursday afternoon (Nov. 12), less than a week after surprising fans with the news that the song was on its way.
  The dark, bouncing track came with a pandemic-appropriate video in which Eilish gets her steps in at an abandoned mall, running around to hit all her favorite stores and snack spots, swiping up soft pretzels and doughnuts while singing about how much you don’t know about her.
  Rocking an oversized cardigan a
  
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• Puscifer Returns to Alternative Albums Top 10 With ‘Existential Reckoning’

  12-11-2020 19:18
  
  Maynard James Keenan returns to the top 10 of Billboard’s Alternative Albums chart — and gets his third entry on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart in three years with a new album, all with different bands — as Puscifer’s Existential Reckoning debuts at No. 7 on the Alternative Albums list dated Nov. 14.
  Existential Reckoning bows with 11,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending Nov. 5, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Of that sum, 9,000 unit
  
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• Hit-Boy and WondaGurl On Producers’ New Power — And Why Their Pub Deals Still Need To Get Better

  12-11-2020 19:05
  
  The coronavirus pandemic may have forced much of the music industry to pause, but it hasn’t stopped WondaGurl and Hit-Boy — two of hip-hop’s most prolific and inventive producers — from working nonstop. “I’ve been having a hard time completely focusing,” admits WondaGurl, 23, who has crafted hits for Rihanna and Travis Scott. “But I’m doing what I have to do at the same time.” That has included producing tracks on two of the year’
  
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• Billie Eilish to Perform Her New Song at the 2020 American Music Awards

  12-11-2020 19:02
  
  Billie Eilish is returning to the American Music Awards stage for the Sunday, Nov. 22, ceremony. The 18-year-old, who performed “All the Good Girls Go to Hell” at last year’s event, will this time be delivering the world-premiere performance of her brand new song “Therefore I Am,” which was released Thursday (Nov. 12).
  At last year’s ceremony, Eilish also went home with two awards: new artist of the year and favorite artist – alternative rock. She’
  
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• Billie Eilish shares new single ‘Therefore I Am’ – listen

  12-11-2020 19:00 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish has released a new single called ‘Therefore I Am‘ – listen below.Read more: Billie Eilish’s new song ‘Therefore I Am’ is an existential banger (and might boast her best chorus yet)The star announced the song and shared its artwork on Instagram earlier this week. On social media she wrote: “I’M SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE.” Her brother and collaborator Finneas added: “You are not ready.”
  In the single’s accompanying
  
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• Jeezy Inks New Def Jam Deal, Will Serve as Senior Advisor to Label Chairman

  12-11-2020 18:43
  
  Jeezy isn’t leaving Def Jam any time soon. Not only has he signed a new deal with the label, but he’ll serve as a senior advisor to the interim chairman and CEO Jeff Harleston, Billboard reports. 
  “It’s an honor to return to the label I’ve called home for 15 years, not only as an artist but as an executive,” Jeezy tells Billboard. “I spent most of my career learning from trial and error. I am happy to say that I am back on the team that helped me bu
  
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• Sam Smith’s ‘Stay With Me’ Croons Its Way to RIAA Diamond Certification

  12-11-2020 18:38
  
  As of late, Sam Smith has been singing a lot about “Diamonds.” Now, they have even more reason to.
  On Thursday (Nov. 12), the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced that Smith’s breakout 2013 hit “Stay With Me” had finally earned diamond certification, racking up a whopping 10 million sales and equivalent streams in the United States. This is Smith’s first-ever diamond certification.Smith also saw their past work earn 10 other RIAA cer
  
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• The Weeknd confirmed for NFL Super Bowl halftime show

  12-11-2020 18:36 via nme.com
  
  The Weeknd will perform at the Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show in February 2021, it’s been announced.
  The artist, who released his fourth album ‘After Hours‘ this year, will headline the event broadcast by CBS from Raymond James Stadium, Florida on February 7.Read more: The Weeknd – ‘After Hours’ review: his most all-encompassing record to date is also an existential quandaryAbel Tesfaye (aka The Weeknd) follows in the footsteps of Beyoncé, Coldplay,
  
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