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• Watch Megan Thee Stallion Let Her ‘Real Hair Down’ in Twerk-Filled Video

  07-12-2020 23:58
  
  Megan Thee Stallion is not afraid of the spotlight — or of showing off her impressive twerking skills.
  The rapper took to Instagram on Sunday (Dec. 6) to throw it back in a neon yellow bodysuit to the tune of her Good News track, “Movie.”
  ‘Told the b—- to shake her a–, told me put some ones on it / Told the b—- to kiss my ring, just don’t put your tongue on it,” Lil Durk is heard on his verse while Meg twerks up a storm.“Let my rea
  
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• The 13 Best 21st-Century Bob Dylan Covers, From Adele to Miley Cyrus

  07-12-2020 23:58
  
  Universal Music Publishing Group announced Monday (Dec. 7) that it had purchased Bob Dylan’s entire catalog of songs from the legend himself. Dylan’s work includes more than 600 songs, which have provided a soundtrack to the cultural shifts over the last six decades.
  His influence and perspectives on love, society, the government, protests and war have led to countless covers of his timeless hits — as their messages often are still relevant to this day.
  
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• Bob Dylan Sells Entire Catalog to Universal Music Publishing Group

  07-12-2020 23:54 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Bob Dylan has sold his entire catalog to Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) in a deal that’s reportedly worth in excess of $300 million. Universal Music Publishing and Bob Dylan unveiled the potentially record-setting sale today, in an official release. Per this concise announcement message – which doesn’t disclose the exact price of the reported […]
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• Lemmy once told WWE’s Triple H that he was responsible for rejuvenating Motörhead

  07-12-2020 23:49 via nme.com
  
  Lemmy once credited WWE wrestler Triple H with rejuvenating the career of Motörhead.Read more: Lemmy: seven legendary stories the pre-Motörhead biopic should includeSpeaking in a new interview, Triple H (real name Paul Levesque), whose entrance music often included a number of Motörhead songs, discussed the pair’s friendship and recounted a heart-to-heart the two of them had before a Motörhead gig.
  “We were talking and [Lemmy] goes, ‘You’ve g
  
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• Celeste Delivers a New, Heartfelt Arrangement of ‘Hear My Voice’ From ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7′

  07-12-2020 23:35
  
  Celeste stripped back her already-powerful song “Hear My Voice” on Monday (Dec. 7) for a poignant new arrangement of the track.
  Netflix Playlist shared the performance, which features the BRITs rising star winner belting the melody in London’s Union Chapel, alongside a piano and string instrumental. “Hear My Voice” is featured in Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of The Chicago 7 and co-written with Golden Globe-nominated composer Daniel Pemberton.Sorkin’s Netfli
  
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• Sophie Turner Clutching Her Chest to Mariah Carey’s ‘O Holy Night’ Is All of Us This Holiday Season

  07-12-2020 23:23
  
  It’s Mariah Carey’s winter wonderland, and we’re all just living in it.
  Sophie Turner knows that well, taking to her Instagram Stories on Sunday (Dec. 6) to share how blown away she was by the chanteuse’s powerful take on “O Holy Night.”
  The clip finds the Game of Thrones actress blasting the song with a festive filter and a hand on her chest, growing increasingly emotional as Carey’s vocals soar higher. “@MariahCarey just slaying my life
  
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• Breakdancing added as Olympic sport for 2024 Paris games

  07-12-2020 23:12 via nme.com
  
  Breakdancing will now be considered an Olympic sport after being added to the lineup for the 2024 Paris games.Read more: WOO HAH!: 11 of the best things we saw at the Dutch hip-hop festivalConfirmed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) earlier today (December 7), the decision was made in order to attract a younger audience to the historic competition.
  Breakdancing, which will be called breaking at the games, will join other newly added sports such as skateboarding, sport climbing an
  
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• What’s Your Favorite Gwen Stefani Solo Single? Vote!

  07-12-2020 23:08
  
  Gwen Stefani returned to the solo spotlight with her aptly titled comeback single “Let Me Reintroduce Myself” on Monday (Dec. 7). But Billboard wants to know: Which of her solo singles is your personal favorite?
  Excluding her songs with her rock band No Doubt, duets with fiancé Blake Shelton and Christmas jingles, Stefani’s discography has taken her to the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 four times in the last two decades: her first-and-only
  
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• These Artists Are Building a Presence in China – By Adapting to Its Unique Social Media Ecosystem

  07-12-2020 23:08
  
  In late 2017, singer-songwriter Jessie J flew to Changsha, China, with her then-manager Andrew Spalter to compete on the local reality TV competition Singer. Spalter soon realized that the show wouldn’t be Jessie J’s only challenge: The social media platforms he was used to, including Instagram, YouTube and Twitter, are blocked by the Chinese government.
  Spalter spent the next four months learning about Chinese social media and streaming services, which ultimately helped Je
  
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• How to Watch Daddy Yankee’s Three-Part ‘Con Calma Pal’ Choli’ Concert Special

  07-12-2020 23:05
  
  A year after making history at el Coliseo de Puerto Rico with a streak of 12 sold-out shows, Daddy Yankee gifts fans with “DY2K20,” a three-part special of his “Con Calma Pal’ Choli” concerts.
  The YouTube concert special, which encourages fans to make donations to Feeding America, kicked off Friday (Dec. 4) with a 50-minute first part, where Yankee sang some of his biggest hits, including “Rompe,” “Lo Que Paso, Paso,” “Shaky Shaky,&rdqu
  
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• Kelly Clarkson’s Vertical Horizon Cover Is ‘Everything You Want’ & More

  07-12-2020 22:50
  
  Kelly Clarkson set the stage ablaze with her alt-rock “Kellyoke” performance of Vertical Horizon’s hit “Everything You Want” on Monday (Dec. 7).
  The Kelly Clarkson Show stage relit the virtual flames from her cover of Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” and illuminated the daytime talk-show host. She howled the lovelorn lyrics about a woman who can’t accept a man’s love to be her absolute everything, singing, “He&rsqu
  
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• Is Teyana Taylor Really Retiring? – Here’s the Latest

  07-12-2020 22:37 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  On Friday, Teyana Taylor dropped her Spotify Wrapped list and a bombshell – she’s retiring. But is she really? “Wow, who did that? Y’all did that! Thank you,” Taylor begins her post, sharing her Spotify yearly listens. But the message soon took a turn for the worse, as Taylor reveals she feels underappreciated in the […]
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• The 10 Weirdest Bob Dylan Songs

  07-12-2020 22:27
  
  “I’m a poet and I know it — hope I don’t blow it” winked an ascendant, acclaimed 23-year-old folk singer in 1964. You’d have to bend over backwards to say Bob Dylan – who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016 – ever blew it, but the mercurial artist’s lengthy career has certainly given disciples and detractors plenty of ammo over the last six decades.
  There isn’t merely one other side of Bob Dylan – the singer-songwriter cont
  
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• Twenty One Pilots announce new ‘Trench’ Twitch emotes

  07-12-2020 21:59 via nme.com
  
  Twenty One Pilots frontman Tyler Joseph is set to take part in a live-streamed charity Fortnite tournament on Twitch tomorrow (December 8).Read More: Twenty One Pilots – ‘Trench’ reviewAhead of the event, the band have unveiled a new range of emotes on the livestreaming site, based on their fan-favourite mascot ‘Ned’.
  Ned first appeared in the video for ‘Chlorine’ last year, from the band’s latest album ‘Trench, and also appeared in
  
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• What Bad Bunny’s No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Means to Latin Music

  07-12-2020 21:37
  
  Bad Bunny’s debut atop the Billboard 200 albums chart this week marks a milestone for Latin music: El Último Tour del Mundo (The Last Tour in the World), is the first all-Spanish album to ever reach No. 1 in the 64-year history of the chart.
  The bow is a huge win for Bad Bunny, but more so for a Latin music industry that for decades has seen its artists systematically undermined by the mainstream media, and by the industry overall, unless they either sing in English or collaborate w
  
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• Primary Wave Acquires a Majority Stake In Stevie Nicks’ Publishing Catalog – Deal Estimated at $100MM

  07-12-2020 21:37 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Primary Wave Music has acquired a majority stake in the publishing catalog of longtime Fleetwood Mac vocalist and songwriter Stevie Nicks. New York City-headquartered Primary Wave and Stevie Nicks recently unveiled the deal, which is worth an estimated $100 million, via a formal release. Besides releasing eight albums as a solo artist, the 72-year-old Nicks […]
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• What’s Your Favorite Album of 2020? Vote!

  07-12-2020 21:34
  
  Billboard picked out our 50 best albums of 2020, but we want to know which album from this year was your favorite!
  Taylor Swift’s Folklore takes the cake for being our staff’s No. 1 album, as she made a surprise record of the ages with The National’s Aaron Dessner and longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff.
  Dua Lipa dances to our No. 2 slot with her sophomore album Future Nostalgia. Her certifiable club quarantine set of dance-in-your-kitchen num
  
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• Selena Gomez: 'Talking about my mental health gave me a sense of freedom'

  07-12-2020 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  Selena Gomez is determined to help normalise conversations about mental health issues.
  
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• The Weeknd Is Rocking Around the Christmas Tree for Smiley Selfie

  07-12-2020 21:27
  
  The Weeknd revealed how he got into the Christmas spirit over the weekend with a new holiday selfie featuring a blinged-out Christmas tree.
  The superstar (real name Abel Tesfaye) blinded his 26 million Instagram followers with his pearly whites next to white tree lights and gold ornaments. Fellow singer Lauv wished him well by commenting, “happy wknd!!!!”
  But fans aren’t just catching glimpses of “happy wknd” this season: They’re also getting holiday
  
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• Courtney Love recalls time Liam Gallagher gave her an early preview of Oasis’ ‘Songbird’

  07-12-2020 21:21 via nme.com
  
  Courtney Love has recalled the time Liam Gallagher played her an early preview of Oasis‘ ‘Songbird’ after the pair spent the night partying together.Read more: Courtney Love: “I feel like the luckiest motherfucker in the history of rock’n’roll”The Hole frontwoman took to Instagram on Saturday (December 5) to share a photograph of herself and Gallagher which she accompanied with a story about a random night out in London in the early 2000s.
  
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• Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez Top Billboard’s Global Charts, Mariah Carey & Wham! Jingle to Top Five

  07-12-2020 21:20
  
  Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez’s “Dakiti” returns to No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts.
  Plus, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” and Wham!‘s “Last Christmas” both dash to the top five of each tally.
  The two charts (the latest of which are dated Dec. 12) premiered in September and rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as comp
  
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• Nick Cave says it’s “time to make a new record” following cancelled tour

  07-12-2020 21:10 via nme.com
  
  Nick Cave has indicated that he’s about to start work on his next album, following today’s announcement that his 2021 tour is cancelled.Read More: Nick Cave live in London: the breathtaking ‘Idiot Prayer’ is an exorcism of death, religion and romanceWriting on The Red Hand Files, where Cave answers questions from the public, the musician responded to one fan called Chloe who simply said “What the fuuuuuuuuuck????? Cancelled tour noooooo.”
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• Bleachers & Bruce Springsteen Perform ‘Chinatown’ From the Roof of Electric Lady Studios

  07-12-2020 21:10
  
  Bleachers took the sadness out of Saturday night…or rather Monday morning (Dec. 7) when they shared a heartwarming performance of their new Bruce Springsteen collaboration, “Chinatown.”
  The group delivered the track from a fitting location, the roof of Electric Lady Studios in New York City, where the song was recorded. Springsteen and Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff are seen surrounded by festive strings of lights and foliage, while the band is higher up, playing their instr
  
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• New Order announce Manchester homecoming show for 2021

  07-12-2020 21:01 via nme.com
  
  New Order have announced that they’ll be putting on a huge homecoming show in Manchester next year.Read more: “It felt like we were changing the world”: inside New Order’s seminal ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’Taking place at Manchester’s Heaton Park on September 10, 2021, it will be the band’s first hometown show in four years and promises to be “a defining moment in their illustrious career”. They will be supported by Hot Ch
  
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• Sony Music Acquires Human Re-Sources – And Folds It Into The Orchard

  07-12-2020 20:58 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Sony Music Entertainment has acquired Human Re-Sources, J. Erving’s artist distribution and services company. Sony will merge the Los Angeles-based venture into The Orchard, its global independent music distribution company. Human Re-Sources will continue to sign and develop artists directly while housed under The Orchard. As part of the deal, Erving will become Executive VP […]
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• 20 Questions with TINI: The Argentine Singer-Songwriter On New Album & Collaborating with Alejandro Sanz

  07-12-2020 20:54
  
  Argentine pop darling TINI opens her 14-track set TINI TINI TINI with her dream collaboration: “Un Beso En Madrid” with Alejandro Sanz.
  The track is a pop ballad that narrates a love untested and is only survived by that unforgettable kiss in Madrid. “I never imagined that this dream could come true and it did in a very unexpected way,” TINI says. “It’s something I will forever remember. It’s the most special song on this album.”
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• Watch Terence Blanchard Lead a Powerful Performance of Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Score

  07-12-2020 20:47
  
  A film’s score amplifies the emotion tied to each scene, and Grammy-winning Terence Blanchard has worked with director Spike Lee to compose and provide the perfect musical ambiance for more than 15 of his films.
  One of those is Netflix’s Da 5 Bloods, an American war drama released in 2020 that follows a group of Vietnam War veterans who return to the Asian country to find the remains of their fallen leader and the treasure they buried there.In celebration of the powerf
  
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• Spotify Is Finally Getting Local Playback — Here’s How to Upload Music to Spotify

  07-12-2020 20:36 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Curious how to upload music to Spotify for local playback? Pretty soon, you won’t need to — a new feature is in testing. Noted app engineer Jane Wong has found another new feature Spotify is working on. Previously, Ms. Wong discovered Spotify is contemplating a paid podcast subscription tier and the new Spotify Stories feature. […]
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• Spotify Finally Getting Local Playback – How to Upload Music to Spotify

  07-12-2020 20:36 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Curious how to upload music to Spotify for local playback? Pretty soon, you won’t need to – a new feature is in testing. Noted app engineer Jane Wong has found another new feature Spotify is working on. Previously, Ms. Wong discovered Spotify is contemplating a paid podcast subscription tier and the new Spotify Stories feature. […]
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• ‘Star Wars: Kenobi’ will be filmed in Boston UK, not Massachusetts as previously reported

  07-12-2020 20:32 via nme.com
  
  Forthcoming Star Wars spin off series Kenobi will be filmed in the town of Boston in the UK, not Boston, Massachusetts as previously reported.Read More: Star Wars movie order: a definitive viewing chronology for the galaxy far, far awayIt was erroneously reported last week that the series would be filmed in the American city, prompting a number of memes and parodies.
  The Late Show With Stephen Colbert released a parody of the theme tune from classic Boston-set comedy series Cheers
  
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• Pentatonix, Aloe Blacc, Leslie Odom Jr. & More to Perform at City of Hope’s Future Hope & Bandsintown Fundraiser

  07-12-2020 20:28
  
  City of Hope’s Music, Film and Entertainment Industry Group’s Future Hope New York Committee announced on Monday (Dec. 7) that it will be partnering with Bandsintown for a special livestream concert fundraiser.
  The star-studded event will feature performances by Almost Monday, Aloe Blacc, Andy Grammer, Anna Shoemaker, For King & Country, Gunnar Gehl, Jack Newsome, John Splithoff, JP Saxe, Kalie Shorr, Leslie Odom, Jr., Lovelytheband, Matt Nathanson, Pentatonix, The Happy Fit
  
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• 20 Questions with Boy George: How His ‘Compulsion to Create’ Led to a Global Live Show

  07-12-2020 20:22
  
  Boy George, like everyone else, has been feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic — but that’s not going to stop him from giving his fans some much-needed fun.
  The star has announced that on December 19th, he and the rest of Culture Club will be taking to The SSE Arena at Wembley for a massive livestream event, Rainbows in the Dark: A Global Stream. The event, which will also feature a limited, socially-distanced in-person audience at the arena, will see George and the band
  
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• Goose Announces ‘Goosemas’ Twitch Livestream From Rockefeller Center

  07-12-2020 20:14
  
  Connecticut-based rock quintet Goose have announced plans for a live stream concert from New York’s Rockefeller. Goosemas Livestream from Rockefeller Center is the band’s seventh annual holiday celebration in seven years and is set for Dec. 11 at 7pm et. The performance will be available exclusively on Twitch’s new Relix Channel with proceeds benefiting Save Our Stages and Conscious Alliance.
  “Goosemas 4 was my first gig playing with Goose so the annual show has a bi
  
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• Richard Ashcroft announces pair of London shows for next year

  07-12-2020 20:07 via nme.com
  
  Richard Ashcroft has announced a pair of London shows set to take place in May next year.Read more: Richard Ashcroft – a legend returnsSet to take place at the London Palladium on May 21 and 22 2021, the two gigs represent his first since Ashcroft’s intimate show at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in December 2018.
  Commenting on the upcoming shows, the former Verve frontman said: “It’s time to take back the stage. Music is power.”
  Tickets for the gigs go on gene
  
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• The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Staff Picks

  07-12-2020 20:06
  
  We don’t need to talk a lot about 2020 here, right? We all know what the year was, and we all know what the year wasn’t, and what we all hope carries over as little as possible into 2021. No need to recap the greatest hits here.
  Nonetheless, whatever worries we might’ve had that 2020 would sap the music world’s capacity to make transformative, culture-leading and profoundly powerful music — or our capacity to properly enjoy and appreciate it — were thankfully
  
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• Gwen Stefani on Her ‘Full-Circle’ Return to Ska & Blake Shelton’s Feedback

  07-12-2020 20:06
  
  Gwen Stefani wasn’t planning on releasing any more new music in 2020. “I fantasized about it,” the pop singer-songwriter tells Billboard. “But then I couldn’t really wrap my head around what kind of music I would create at this point in my life.”
  Earlier this year, Stefani had released a pair of duets with fiancé Blake Shelton, “Nobody But You” and “Happy Anywhere”; guested on a Mark Ronson remix of Dua Lipa’s “Physic
  
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• Gorillaz Announce ‘Song Machine Live From Kong’ Performances

  07-12-2020 19:50
  
  The Gorillaz will perform three live shows this weekend from the basement of Kong Studios in the U.K.
  The virtual shows, titled Song Machine Live From Kong, will stream two shows on Dec. 12 and Dec. 13 for a global audience.
  Gorillaz Song Machine Live From Kong is set to be a full-scale production that blends real time performance with Jamie Hewlett’s unique animation. The Gorillaz 14-piece band, led by Damon Albarn with 2D, Noodle, Murdoc Niccals and Russel Hobbs, will also be joined by s
  
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• Cardi B matches fans’ charity donations following backlash over $88,000 purse

  07-12-2020 19:49 via nme.com
  
  Cardi B has made a number of charitable donations, matching the amounts fans have been giving to various causes.Read More: The good, the bad and the Biffy: the five most, erm, interesting ‘WAP’ coversShortly before pledging to do so, Cardi had been responding to backlash from a number of Twitter followers who were criticising her for saying she wanted to buy a purse worth $88,000.Should I spend 88K for this damn purse ? Omggg it’s tempting— iamcardib (@iamcardib) December
  
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• 10 Cool New Pop Songs to Get You Through the Week: Mabel, Why Don’t We, Grandson & More

  07-12-2020 19:32
  
  Looking for some Monday motivation to help power you through the start of another week? We’re right there with you, and with some stellar new pop tunes, we’ve got you covered.
  These 10 tracks from artists like Sir Sly, Why Don’t We, Mabel and more will get you energized to take on the week. Pop any of these gems into your personal playlists — or scroll to the end of the post for a custom playlist of all 10.YDE, “BlindLife”YDE (Breanna Yde) recruited Justin Tra
  
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• 24kGoldn’s ‘Mood’ Scores Sixth Week at No. 1 on Hot 100, Mariah Carey’s ‘Christmas’ Dashes to No. 2

  07-12-2020 19:28
  
  24kGoldn’s “Mood,” featuring Iann Dior, rebounds from No. 2 for a sixth total week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.
  Plus, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” returns to the Hot 100’s top 10 for the first time since it spent three weeks at No. 1, leading the list for the first time, last holiday season. The song, first released in 1994, surges from No. 14 to No. 2.
  Also returning to the Hot 100’s top 10 are fellow carols &
  
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• Kid Cudi announces ‘Man On The Moon 3’ album will be released this week

  07-12-2020 19:23 via nme.com
  
  Kid Cudi has announced that he will be releasing his ‘Man On The Moon 3’ album later this week.Read more: All that power: celebrating the genius of Kanye West’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’, a tumultuous decade onSet to arrive on Friday (December 11), Cudi has now shared the album’s artwork and tracklist, which includes features from Pop Smoke, Skepta, Phoebe Bridgers and Trippie Redd.
  “In the last 10 years, Scott Mescudi has been through hell and
  
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• Breaking Down Hipgnosis Songs’ Mid-Year Financial Results

  07-12-2020 19:19
  
  Music publishing’s popularity with investors makes Hipgnosis Songs Fund the “it” company in the music business right now. Guernsey-incorporated Hipgnosis is a pure-play music option for investors interested in the asset class — no merchandise, no concert promotion, just music publishing royalties with a touch of recorded music income.
  Publishing royalties remain strong while some segments such as live music get pummeled by the pandemic. Global streaming growth more than c
  
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• Griz’s 12 Days of Grizmas Charity Event Returns: See the Lineup

  07-12-2020 19:15
  
  For the past six years, Griz’s holiday initiative, 12 Days of Grizmas, has used caroling, bowling yoga, video games, music and other wholesome activities as a means to raise money for charity. This year, the producer isn’t letting the pandemic get in the way of a good cause.
  12 Days of Grizmas returns December 12-23 for eleven days of online cheer. Taking place on Twitch and Zoom instead of Griz’s Detroit stoming ground, this year’s activities include craft cocktail makin
  
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• Marco Antonio Solis Unveils Luxury Hotel Mansion Solis by Hotsson: Photos

  07-12-2020 19:14
  
  He’s known for creating emblematic Latin hits, and now he’s launching his own hotel: Marco Antonio Solis proudly inaugurated his new luxury property called Mansión Solís by Hotsson on Friday, Dec. 4.
  Located in the Historic Centre of Morelia in Michoacan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the hotel has a majestic architectural design with 24 rooms, including 18 junior suites, four master suites, one governor suite, and one presidential suite, some of which overlook the
  
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• Miley Cyrus’ ‘Plastic Hearts’ Crowns Top Rock Albums Chart

  07-12-2020 19:11
  
  Miley Cyrus’ rock-flavored new album Plastic Hearts becomes her first entry on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart, debuting at No. 1 on the list dated Dec. 12.
  Plastic Hearts bows with 60,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 3, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Of that sum, 20,000 units are from album sales.
  Cyrus is the fourth solo woman to lead Top Rock Albums in 2020, following Fiona Apple (Fetch the Bolt Cutters, May 2), Hayley Williams (Petals for Armor, M
  
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• One To Watch: Arlo Parks Talks Mining ‘Traumatic Places’ to Create Her Debut Album

  07-12-2020 18:57
  
  The 20-year-old South West London singer-songwriter and poet Arlo Parks recently came across a journal entry she wrote at age 14, around the time she had written her first few songs. “I was like, ‘I have unveiled Arlo Parks to the world, and I hope that I can help people with my music,'” she recites.
  Roughly six years later, Parks is doing just that by channeling her empathetic nature into songs that make listeners feel less alone — from her intimate debut EP chronicling
  
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• Yungblud heading for first UK Number 1 album with 'Weird'

  07-12-2020 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Yungblud is on track for his first UK Number 1 album this week.
  
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• 82 per cent of musicians earn less than £200 a year from streaming

  07-12-2020 18:53 via nme.com
  
  The vast majority of musicians earn less than £200 a year from music streaming platforms, according to a new survey.Read More: Mark, My Words: will bots ruin the new age of the streaming superfan?The figures come from a survey of members belonging to songwriters’ body The Ivors Academy and the Musicians’ Union, which found that 82 per cent of respondents earned less than £200 from streaming in 2019, including some with “millions” of streams.
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• The Year in Live Streams 2020: YouTube’s Bocelli at the Duomo, Miley at the Whisky & Beyond

  07-12-2020 18:52
  
  As previously reported, Elton John topped Billboard’s year-end Top Tours ranking, while Radio City Music Hall and Live Nation crowned the annual Top Venues and Top Promoters lists. But in 2020, traditional touring did not account for the full landscape of the live music industry.
  Amidst an indefinite COVID-19 shutdown, artists took to the internet, broadcasting live from empty theaters, outdoor landmarks and their own living rooms.
  This week, Billboard is looking back at the year in livest
  
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• Let Gwen Stefani Reintroduce Herself on New Single: Listen

  07-12-2020 18:49
  
  Gwen Stefani sees a new version of herself with her 20/20 vision and comeback single “Let Me Reintroduce Myself,” which she released on Monday (Dec. 7).
  “Let Me Introduce Myself” is Stefani’s first solo non-festive release since her third studio album This Is What The Truth Feels Like in 2016. Her signature ska-influenced pop sound reemerges as the 51-year-old pop legend marvels at her gleeful return.
  But what’s a new Gwen Stefani single without
  
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