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• From ‘Como La Flor’ to ‘Besitos,’ Vote for Your Favorite Song on ‘Selena: The Series’ Soundtrack

  16-12-2020 23:49
  
  Selena: The Series is already available on Netflix, starring Christian Serratos as the late Mexican-American singer and executive produced by the Quintanilla family, and its new soundtrack went straight to the top 10 on the Latin Pop Albums chart.
  “Playing Selena was so surreal for me and it hit close to home because I had so much respect for her,” Serratos previously told Billboard. “A lot of the time I found myself very emotional and having to hold back those emotions, e
  
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• Ticketmaster COO Amy Howe Exiting Company

  16-12-2020 23:38
  
  Ticketmaster COO Amy Howe is stepping back from her role at the ticketing giant, Billboard has confirmed. In a statement provided by Ticketmaster, a representative said Howe has begun transitioning to a consulting role ahead of her exit next year. The news was first reported by Pollstar.
  “Amy began shifting her responsibilities earlier this Fall to move into a consulting role for the next 12 months, after which she has decided it is the right time to continue on to the next chapter in her
  
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• Shawn Mendes’ ‘Treat You Better’ Music Video Reaches 2 Billion YouTube Views

  16-12-2020 23:37
  
  Shawn Mendes’ 2016 video for “Treat You Better” has joined an exclusive new club.
  The clip reached 2 billion YouTube views, joining a list of less than 50 music videos to reach the milestone.
  Following the song’s lyrics, the vignette finds the then-teenage crooner infuriated at his crush’s toxic relationship, as we watch Mendes’ love interest go through physical and emotional abuse with another guy.“I know I can treat you better than he can / And an
  
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• Death Cab for Cutie ‘Georgia’ EP Raises $100,000 for Voter Awareness

  16-12-2020 23:37 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Death Cab for Cutie’s exclusive Bandcamp release ‘The Georgia EP’ has raked in $100,000 for voter awareness. All proceeds from the EP will benefit Fair Fight Action, an organization founded by Stacey Abrams. It seeks to promote fair elections around the country through voter education and election reform. The band noted that their fan’s generous […]
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• Watch the animated video The Game and Lil Wayne’s ‘A.I. With The Braids’

  16-12-2020 23:31 via nme.com
  
  The Game has shared the official video for his Lil Wayne-featuring track ‘A.I. With The Braids’ – watch below.
  The collaboration pays tribute to the former NBA all-star Allen Iverson (aka A.I.), who is close friends with The Game (real name Jayceon Terrell Taylor).The NME Big Read: The Game: “Me and 50 Cent should have died in that beef”Released yesterday (December 15), the 3D-animated visuals for the cut find Iverson on an outdoor basketball court as cartoon versio
  
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• Watch the animated video for The Game and Lil Wayne’s ‘A.I. With The Braids’

  16-12-2020 23:31 via nme.com
  
  The Game has shared the official video for his Lil Wayne-featuring track ‘A.I. With The Braids’ – watch below.
  The collaboration pays tribute to the former NBA all-star Allen Iverson (aka A.I.), who is close friends with The Game (real name Jayceon Terrell Taylor).The NME Big Read: The Game: “Me and 50 Cent should have died in that beef”Released yesterday (December 15), the 3D-animated visuals for the cut find Iverson on an outdoor basketball court as cartoon versio
  
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• Selena Gomez, Lizzo & More Get Love From PETA Libby Awards for Animal-Rights Efforts

  16-12-2020 23:31
  
  PETA’s 15th annual Libby Awards applauded Selena Gomez, Lizzo, Lily Collins and more stars for their pawsitive efforts to push animal rights forward.
  Gomez’s cosmetics line Rare Beauty won favorite vegan makeup line for being animal-test-free and cruelty-free as certified by PETA, joining more than 48,000 other companies in the organization’s Global Beauty Without Bunnies database. The “Juice” singer won favorite vegan cooking videos for whipping up g
  
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• Rick James Limited Series in the Works at UCP

  16-12-2020 23:11
  
  Universal Studio Group’s UCP is tackling another real-life — and larger than life — subject: singer Rick James.
  The studio is developing Super Freak, a limited series it describes as “a funkadelic mix of music biopic and true crime,” that would trace James’ career and focus on his plans for a comeback in the early 1990s amid a trial for assault and kidnapping that threatens to destroy those plans and his legacy.
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• The Largest Independent Concert Promoter In Texas Is Shutting Down

  16-12-2020 23:02 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Margin Walker Presents, the largest independent concert promoter in Texas, has permanently shut down due to the operational and financial difficulties brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Margin Walker owners announced the unfortunate news in a brief message, which was recently posted on social media and on the company’s website. The four-year-old independent concert promoter had booked […]
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• Scott Stapp to Portray Frank Sinatra in Upcoming Ronald Reagan Biopic: Exclusive

  16-12-2020 22:54
  
  Scott Stapp, the veteran rock artist and Creed frontman, will make his feature film debut by portraying Frank Sinatra in the upcoming biopic Reagan, Billboard can reveal exclusively.
  The project will include a scene in which Stapp will perform as Sinatra at the famed Cocoanut Grove, at a time when Ronald Reagan was president of the Screen Actors Guild and the club was a staple of old Hollywood. Reagan stars Dennis Quaid in the titular role and is planned for a 2021 release.
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• Paul McCartney previews new documentary series with Rick Rubin – watch

  16-12-2020 22:43 via nme.com
  
  Paul McCartney has teased a new documentary with Rick Rubin – you can watch the trailer below.The NME Big Read: Paul McCartney: “The Beatles were brothers arguing; that’s what families do”The former Beatles musician, who will release his new album ‘McCartney III’ on Friday (December 18), posted a 96-second black-and-white preview of the film to his official YouTube channel today (December 16).
  A description for the project reads: “Paul McCartney x Rick R
  
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• Here’s What Taylor Swift’s ‘Betty’ Would Sound Like as a Pop-Punk Song

  16-12-2020 22:43
  
  What if Taylor Swift’s Folklore was made for headlining Warped Tour circa 2010?
  That’s what TikTok user @1Cabeau set out to find out. “Have you ever wondered what ‘Betty’ from Folklore would sound like if it were a pop punk song?” he asked in the viral clip, before delving into a guitar-heavy, super annunciated version of the song.
  “welcome to pop punk swift tok,” he joked in the caption.The clip has more than 150,000 likes at the ti
  
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• What’s Your Favorite Rock Song of 2020? Vote!

  16-12-2020 22:38
  
  Billboard picked out our 25 best rock songs of 2020, but we want to know: Which rock song from this year was your favorite?
  Machine Gun Kelly’s “Bloody Valentine” is up top, oozing with galloping bass, chugging guitars and siren synths for the rapper’s pop-punk reboot. And 24kGoldn and iann dior’s smash Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 got us in a big “Mood” this year for our No. 3 pick.
  Our No. 4 song, “Kyoto” by Phoebe
  
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• The Killers have launched a range of hot sauces

  16-12-2020 22:28 via nme.com
  
  The Killers have launched a limited new range of hot sauces.READ MORE: Hark! How The Killers gave us the perfect gift for Christmas 2020The collection entitled ‘The Killers’ Hot Sauce’ features four different flavours named after their music, including the tangy Louisiana laced Hot Fuss, the verde twist Fire In Bone, the Hickory-smoked Caution, and the ghost pepper-bombarded Blowback.
  They are currently only available in a special four-pack hot sauce bundle that is limited to 2
  
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• Hilary Duff’s ‘Lizzie McGuire’ Revival Scrapped at Disney+

  16-12-2020 22:19
  
  A Lizzie McGuire revival at Disney+ isn’t going forward, star Hilary Duff said Wednesday (Dec. 16).
  Duff announced the project’s end in an Instagram post, writing that “the stars just didn’t align” for the project.
  “I’ve been so honored to have the character of Lizzie in my life,” Duff posted on Instagram. “She has made such a lasting impact on many, including myself. To see the fans’ loyalty and love for her, to this day, mea
  
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• What Was Your Favorite Quarantine Performance of 2020? Vote!

  16-12-2020 22:06
  
  The MTV VMAs added best quarantine performance as a new award category this year because of how creative artists got in 2020 after the COVID-19 pandemic completely altered the direction of live music. But who really had the best one?
  Billboard picked out our 12 best quarantine performances of 2020, and Chloe x Halle definitely did it for us. The sisters went down to their tennis court time and time again to slay each of their at-home performances, and not one looked like
  
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• Listen to CupcakKe’s sexually-charged new song ‘Gum’

  16-12-2020 22:05 via nme.com
  CupcakKe has shared a new song called ‘Gum’ – you can listen to it below.
  The release marks the Chicago rapper’s fifth single of the year, following on from the likes of ‘Elephant’, ‘Discounts’ and ‘Lemon Pepper’.
  In the sexually explicit new cut’s first verse, CupcakKe delivers the lines: “I grew waves on the twat since the pussy so wet/ Call him Blueface, he be givin’ long neck/ Don’t act like a groupie in the
  
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• Britney Spears’ Father Says He Hasn’t Spoken to His Daughter in Months

  16-12-2020 22:00
  
  The conservatorship battle between Britney Spears and her father Jamie Spears is getting even more complicated.
  According to CNN, the two haven’t spoken since August. “I love my daughter and I miss her very much,” Jamie told the publication. “When a family member needs special care and protection, families need to step up, as I have done for the last 12-plus years, to safeguard, protect and continue to love Britney unconditionally. I have and will continue to pr
  
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• 10 Times Regional Mexican & Urban Artists Teamed Up for Game-Changing Collabs

  16-12-2020 22:00
  
  Bad Bunny fans flipped out when the Puerto Rican singer dropped his first-ever Regional Mexican collaboration in the fall of last year, joining rising artist Natanael Cano on “Soy El Diablo,” an urban corrido about a guy who runs the streets.
  Cano, hailing from Hermosillo, Mexico, is known for his corridos tumbados, a variant on the traditional corrido that incorporates hip-hop sensibility both musically (with rapping and chanting) and in a thematic matter.
  But Bunny and Cano ar
  
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• Who Won ‘The Voice’ 2020? — Here’s a Quick Recap of the Winner’s List

  16-12-2020 21:54 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The Voice 2020 season finale aired this week — here’s a peek at the final list of winners. Carter Rubin was the favored winner from many online polls, cinching his victory despite strong competition. Many were hoping for another Blake Shelton – where an underdog upsets the front runner. Which team took the final win […]
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• Twenty One Pilots Bring ‘Christmas’ to Alternative Airplay Chart for a Rare Holiday Entry

  16-12-2020 21:54
  
  Twenty One Pilots’ latest entry on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart is a holiday-themed song, as “Christmas Saves the Year” bows at No. 40 on the list dated Dec. 19.
  The debut marks a rarity on the chart: Despite airplay for classic alternative-leaning seasonal titles each year on stations, few such songs have ever garnered enough spins in a given week to reach Alternative Airplay, while others precede the tally’s September 1988 creation.“Christmas Saves
  
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• Foo Fighters Score Ninth Mainstream Rock Songs No. 1 With ‘Shame Shame’

  16-12-2020 21:49
  
  Foo Fighters’ “Shame Shame” rises from No. 2 to No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart, as well as 11-10 on the Alternative Airplay tally, with both surveys dated Dec. 19.
  The track marks the band’s ninth Mainstream Rock Songs leader and first since its four-week No. 1 “The Sky Is a Neighborhood” in December 2017.
  Each of the Dave Grohl-led band’s nine Mainstream Rock Songs No. 1s have ruled since 2005; “Best of You” b
  
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• Music Stocks Are Skyrocketing Past Analyst Expectations

  16-12-2020 21:41
  
  Music stocks are rising again: Spotify has tripled in value since mid-March, iHeartMedia is on the rebound, and even Live Nation is close to its 2020 peak. Some equity analysts think it’s time to stop the music, though.
  As compared with an average of analyst price targets, four out of seven key music stocks — Spotify, Live Nation, iHeart and Tencent Music Entertainment — have more downside than upside. (The graph below lists the closing price of a stock on Dec. 14 and an averag
  
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• Music Stocks Are Skyrocketing Past Analyst Exceptions

  16-12-2020 21:41
  
  Music stocks are rising again: Spotify has tripled in value since mid-March, iHeartMedia is on the rebound, and even Live Nation is close to its 2020 peak. Some equity analysts think it’s time to stop the music, though.
  As compared with an average of analyst price targets, four out of seven key music stocks — Spotify, Live Nation, iHeart and Tencent Music Entertainment — have more downside than upside. (The graph below lists the closing price of a stock on Dec. 14 and an averag
  
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• Carrie Underwood Reunites With Maddie & Tae and Runaway June for Cracker Barrel Holiday Special

  16-12-2020 21:36
  
  Carrie Underwood, Maddie & Tae and Runaway June are taking the stage together again for the Cracker Barrel Sounds of the Season holiday feature on Wednesday night (Dec. 16).
  The restaurant franchise is bringing Underwood back together with her all-female tourmates from last year’s Cry Pretty 360 Tour. The country singers will participate in holiday-oriented conversations, games and performances while recalling their favorite traditions with their loved ones.
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• Carrie Underwood Reunites With Maddie & Tae and Runaway June for Cracker Barrel Holiday Feature

  16-12-2020 21:36
  
  Carrie Underwood, Maddie & Tae and Runaway June are taking the stage together again for the Cracker Barrel Sounds of the Season holiday feature on Wednesday night (Dec. 16).
  The restaurant franchise is bringing Underwood back together with her all-female tourmates from last year’s Cry Pretty 360 Tour. The country singers will participate in holiday-oriented conversations, games and performances while recalling their favorite traditions with their loved ones.
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• Mariah Carey is appearing on new Supreme Christmas t-shirt collection

  16-12-2020 21:26 via nme.com
  
  A special Mariah Carey Christmas t-shirt has been released as part of Supreme’s Winter Tees collection.READ MORE: ‘Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special’ review: a fabulous and festive tongue-in-cheek rompThe cover of the singer’s 1994 album ‘Merry Christmas’, features on one of nine new t-shirts by the New York skateboarding lifestyle brand.
  The t-shirt also features a festive message dedicated to Supreme and is available to buy from tomorrow (Decemb
  
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• Mariah Carey is appearing on a new Christmas t-shirt collection

  16-12-2020 21:26 via nme.com
  
  A special Mariah Carey Christmas t-shirt has been released as part of Supreme’s Winter Tees collection.READ MORE: ‘Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special’ review: a fabulous and festive tongue-in-cheek rompThe cover of the singer’s 1994 album ‘Merry Christmas’, features on one of nine new t-shirts by the New York skateboarding lifestyle brand.
  The t-shirt also features a festive message dedicated to Supreme and is available to buy from tomorrow (Decemb
  
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• Chance the Rapper Announces ‘Chi-Town Christmas’ Virtual Concert Film

  16-12-2020 21:26
  
  Chance the Rapper is bringing the holiday fun to an otherwise not-so-jolly year with his Chi-Town Christmas virtual concert film.
  The festive special, which pays tribute to Chance’s favorite childhood Christmas movies and TV sitcoms, follows the release of his new joint album with Jeremih, Merry Christmas Lil’ Mama: The Gift That Keeps on Giving.
  The one-hour virtual holiday concert film, written and directed by Chance with cinematography by Keith Walker, will fea
  
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• The 25 Best Latin Songs of 2020: Staff Picks

  16-12-2020 21:23
  
  Couple the era of streaming with a pandemic imposed lockdown and you have a perfect storm for creativity. In a business that is increasingly about singles, never in recent memory have we seen such an output of material from Latin artists of every stripe. Throughout 2020, it felt like every single week brought with it an avalanche of singles.From major hits like “Ritmo,” the Black Eyed Peas’ smash alongside J Balvin, to gems that catapulted careers like Carin Leon’s &ldquo
  
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• Patti LaBelle Talks Taking the ‘High Road’ Around Republican Adopted Son: ‘I Love Him’

  16-12-2020 20:58
  
  Back in November, Patti LaBelle’s name was wrapped up in a strange bout of Twitter drama after Dean Browning, a white Republican congressional candidate, tweeted out a message about being a “Black gay guy” who “can personally say Obama did nothing for me.”
  After Internet-wide confusion, Browning explained that he had copied and pasted the message from a supporter, which happened to be Byl Holte, LaBelle’s nephew and adopted son.
  LaBelle, who is
  
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• Demi Lovato Praises Lizzo for Being a ‘Legend’ & ‘Inspiration’ for How to Love Our Bodies

  16-12-2020 20:48
  
  Lizzo always makes her fans and fellow singers feel good as hell, and Demi Lovato sang her praises for it after Lizzo’s latest self-love PSA.
  The Grammy-winning singer posted a montage reel of clips on Tuesday where she proudly showed off her naked body while narrating how she’s “spent my hardest days trying to love me.” Lizzo later advised viewers how to regularly eat, drink, move and rest as a normal person and concluded with this message: “Regardle
  
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• Watch Kid Cudi rise from the dead in dramatic ‘Heaven On Earth’ video

  16-12-2020 20:36 via nme.com
  Kid Cudi has shared a new short film for his track ‘Heaven On Earth’ – you can watch it below.
  The song appears on the Ohio rapper’s seventh studio album ‘Man On The Moon III: The Chosen’ , which was released last Friday, (December 11).
  The track’s action-packed new visuals follow on from the ‘She Knows This’ video, which ended with Cudi crashing his car from a great height following a high-speed police chase.
  Directed by Nabil, the latest cl
  
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• Streaming Is Stalling: Can Music Keep Up in the Attention Economy?

  16-12-2020 20:31
  
  Music streaming services have continued to add U.S. subscribers this year, according to MIDiA Research, growing by 11 million paying users from January to September, to 117.9 million. But in a potentially troubling sign for the recorded music business, the number of total streams has remained the same.
  For the past four months and counting, audio music streams have averaged 17.5 billion a week. That’s up slightly from the early March pre-pandemic peak, before the lockdown cut music listeni
  
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• Viral ‘Dreams’ TikTok Star Nathan Apodaca Tests Positive for COVID-19

  16-12-2020 20:26
  
  2020’s biggest viral star has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
  Nathan Apodaca, who skyrocketed to stardom in September when he uploaded a TikTok of himself skateboarding and drinking cran-raspberry juice to Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” shared a photo of his test result to Instagram on Tuesday (Dec. 15).
  “Dis B—- got me plz send prayers,” he wrote. “appreciate you all stay blessed #ishallovercome #inthenameo
  
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• Robbie Williams: 'Me and Gary [Barlow] are very similar'

  16-12-2020 20:19 via music-news.com
  
  This week's guest on Table Manners is Robbie Williams. Listen to the full episode here: You can listen to the episode here - play.acast.com/s/tablemanners/
  
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• Billboard’s 2020 Boy Band Battle: The Finals

  16-12-2020 20:09
  
  We’re getting close to the end! Billboard’s 2020 Boy Band Battle is now in its final round!
  Emerging victorious from the semi-finals to face off against each other are Super Junior and One Direction.
  Super Junior, the Korean boy band who won Billboard’s Fan Army Face-Off (again) in October, took out some pretty notable opponents to reach this battle’s final round. They defeated — in order — Aventura, the Jonas Brothers, Why Don’t We, and CNCO to stand as
  
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• The Grammys Paid More Than $4.5 Million In Legal Fees Last Year — With $2.5 Million Going to Two Law Firms

  16-12-2020 20:05 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The Grammys paid more than $4.5 million in legal fees last year, according to the Recording Academy’s newly released Form 990 for the 12 months ending on July 31st, 2019. Digital Music News obtained an exclusive copy of the Grammys’ Form 990, which revealed that the Recording Academy dropped a staggering $4,522,077 on legal fees […]
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• Watch Dr Dre make a guest appearance in ‘Grand Theft Auto Online: The Cayo Perico Heist’

  16-12-2020 19:59 via nme.com
  
  Dr Dre has made a cameo in the new Grand Theft Auto Online game, The Cayo Perico Heist.
  The legendary rapper and producer makes a guest appearance as himself alongside Interscope Records co-founder Jimmy Iovine and DJ Pooh in a cut scene in the game, which was released yesterday (December 15).
  In the clip, which you can watch below, Dre pulls up in a car with his associates and looks set to board the same plane as the game’s protagonist before he pulls out after he learns that his phone ha
  
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• Gary Barlow 2021 tour with very special guest Leona Lewis

  16-12-2020 19:55 via music-news.com
  
  Gary Barlow will be hitting the road next November for his rescheduled solo tour- Music Played By Humans - The Tour. Kicking off in Belfast on
  
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• Watch Gwen Stefani & Carter Rubin ‘Make It Feel Like Christmas’ With Their Duet on ‘Voice’ Finale

  16-12-2020 19:54
  
  Gwen Stefani and her 15-year-old mentee on The Voice Carter Rubin performed a seasonal duet of “You Make It Feel Like Christmas” for the season 19 finale Tuesday night (Dec. 15).
  Stefani’s ornate Christmas tree-like dress complemented Rubin’s velvet green tuxedo for their performance on stage, which transformed into an elf workshop. Her fiancé and fellow coach Blake Shelton’s heart likely skipped as Stefani serenaded him with the verse, “
  
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• Ringo Starr announces ‘Zoom In’ EP featuring Paul McCartney and Dave Grohl

  16-12-2020 19:35 via nme.com
  Ringo Starr has announced a new EP called ‘Zoom In’ featuring contributions from Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl and Finneas.The NME Big Read: Paul McCartney: “The Beatles were brothers arguing; that’s what families do”The former Beatles drummer recorded the five-song collection at his home studio between April and October of this year.
  Following on from Starr’s 20th solo album ‘What’s My Name’ (released in 2019), ‘Zoom In’ will arrive
  
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• Holiday Titles Make Up Nine of Streaming Songs’ Top 10 for the First Time

  16-12-2020 19:27
  
  For the first time in the history of Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart, nine of the top 10 are holiday titles.
  The Dec. 19-dated tally finds Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” perched atop the list for a second straight week, followed by a slew of holiday-themed songs — nine in all in the top 10, including the entirety of the top five.
  It’s the most holiday titles in the chart’s top 10 in its nearly eight-year history, topping the eight tha
  
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• Rainn Wilson Not Knowing Who Taylor Swift Is Has Us Revisiting Her ‘Office’ Parody

  16-12-2020 19:14
  
  Rainn Wilson isn’t the only person linked to The Office who doesn’t seem to know who Taylor Swift, one of the world’s biggest pop stars, is.
  Wilson was left scratching his head after Swift reposted a rave review of her latest album, Evermore, with a GIF of his character Dwight Schrute sobbing out of gratitude and saying, “Thank you.” “I do not know who this is. Inventor of the Swiffer?” he wrote on Twitter while sharing her
  
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• Rainn Wilson Joking That He Doesn’t Know Who Taylor Swift Is Has Us Revisiting Her ‘Office’ Parody

  16-12-2020 19:14
  
  Rainn Wilson isn’t the only person linked to The Office who’s acted like he doesn’t know who Taylor Swift, one of the world’s biggest pop stars, is.
  Wilson gave the impression that he was left scratching his head after Swift reposted a rave review of her latest album, Evermore, with a GIF of his character Dwight Schrute sobbing out of gratitude and saying, “Thank you.” “I do not know who this is. Inventor of the Swiffer?&rdq
  
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• The Year in Livestreams 2020: Bandsintown Data Shows Promise for Growth in 2021

  16-12-2020 19:02
  
  What a year it’s been! At the beginning of 2020, Elton John, Celine Dion, Post Malone, and many, many more were filling arenas and ticket sales were continuing at a seemingly unstoppable pace. Now, in mid-December, we’re nine months out from the last proper concerts and tens of thousands of livestreams deep.
  To be exact, we’re 60,905 livestreams deep, according to data from Bandsintown from March 25 through Dec. 12. Throughout 2020, the concert discovery site has tracked livest
  
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• What’s Your Favorite Latin Album of 2020? Vote!

  16-12-2020 18:51
  
  We get it — it wasn’t an easy year. But we’re so thankful for the music that made it a little more bearable and provided an eclectic soundtrack to our quarantine.
  As we wrap up the extraordinary 2020, Billboard has chosen the best Latin albums of 2020. Some were conceived of and/or released pre-pandemic, while others were born out of solitude and introspection, resulting in material that was often deeply personal and cathartic.
  From Nathy Peluso’s Latin Grammy-nomina
  
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• Britney Spears’ father defends his role as the singer’s legal guardian

  16-12-2020 18:49 via nme.com
  
  Britney Spears‘ father has defended his role as the singer’s conservator.READ MORE: Why is #FreeBritney trending and what is conservatorship? Here’s everything you need to knowJamie Spears has been his daughter’s legal guardian controlling her career and finances, since her mental breakdown in 2008.
  Last month, Britney lost a legal attempt to remove his control over her estate.
  “I love my daughter and I miss her very much,” her father has now told CNN.
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• Dua Lipa the most viewed artist on TikTok

  16-12-2020 18:48 via music-news.com
  
  Building on our TikTok 100 - Our Year in Review, it's time to celebrate the artists, tracks and genres that were the soundtrack to 2020.
  
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• Meshuggah announce UK and European tour for 2021

  16-12-2020 18:46 via nme.com
  Meshuggah have announced a UK tour for winter 2021 – as well as a one-off London show the following summer.
  The Swedish five-piece, whose latest album ‘The Violent Sleep of Reason’ arrived in 2016, will begin a European run of dates in Vienna, Austria next November.
  In December, the band will touch down in the UK to perform in Bristol (December 5), Glasgow (6), Manchester (8) and Nottingham (9).MESHUGGAH are proud to announce European tour dates for November & December 2021
  
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