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• What’s Your Favorite Olivia Rodrigo Song From ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’? Vote!

  12-01-2021 23:58
  
  Olivia Rodrigo has been cruising to superstardom with “drivers license,” but now Billboard wants you to look in the rearview mirror and tell us your favorite song of hers from her breakout role in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
  The 17-year-old, who plays Nini Salazar-Roberts in the Disney+ series based on the original 2006 Disney Channel movie, has covered “Start of Something New” on her own and “What I’ve Been Looking For”
  
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• Lana Del Rey clarifies Trump comments, saying they were taken “out of context”

  12-01-2021 23:53 via nme.com
  Lana Del Rey has clarified her recent comments on Donald Trump, saying they were taken “out of context” by some publications.
  The musician had given her view of the outgoing President’s role in last week’s storming of the Capitol, explaining she didn’t think he knew he was inciting a riot.Read more: Lana Del Rey’s new song ‘Let Me Love You Like A Woman’ is a swooning ode to starting anew“He’s got delusions of grandeur,” she told B
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drivers License’ Is on Its Way to Being the First Runaway Hit of 2021

  12-01-2021 23:41
  
  As the Billboard Hot 100 resumes its more traditional-looking form following the now-regular late-December deluge of holiday-themed entries, activity at the top of the chart has been a little static. The top four on the chart are currently all 2020 leftovers — 24kGoldn “Mood,” featuring iann dior, Ariana Grande’s “Positions,” The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” and Justin Bieber’s “Holy” featuring Chance the Rapper — and th
  
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• Taylor Swift Scores the Best-Selling Album of the Year (Again!), But Who Will in 2021?

  12-01-2021 23:40
  
  It’s a new year and a new record for Taylor Swift!
  Last week, MRC Data released its year-end data and revealed that Swift’s Folklore was the top-selling album of 2020. This is especially notable because Swift is the first artist in the MRC Data era (going back to 1992) to claim the best-selling album of the year five times. She was previously tied with Adele, with four year-end best-sellers, but Swift notably earned the honor with five different albums, while Adele’s 21 and 25
  
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• MF Doom’s Streams Rocket 870% After Death Announcement

  12-01-2021 23:32
  
  Streams of MF Doom’s deep music catalog — including his various side projects in addition to his solo material — rose 870% in the United States following the Dec. 31 announcement of the rapper’s death two months earlier, according to MRC Data.
  From Dec. 31 to Jan. 5, on-demand U.S. listens of his catalog numbered 25.4 million streams, an 870% boost over the 2.6 million streams accumulated Dec. 25-30.
  Additionally, MF Doom sold 5,000 song downloads between Dec. 31-Jan
  
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• Hockeysmith shares atmospheric video for new song ‘Down Love’

  12-01-2021 23:13 via nme.com
  
  Hockeysmith has shared an atmospheric video for her new song ‘Down Love’ – watch it below.
  It’s the second track to be released from her sessions with Ed Banger producer Borussia and follows ‘Hyper Kobra’, which arrived in August 2020.
  ‘Down Love’ was recorded in Paris and was inspired by themes from Maggie Nelson’s book Bluets, as well as the musician’s own experiences in relationships and car journeys to the sea at Cape Cornwall.
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• Watch Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever’s new video for ‘The Only One’

  12-01-2021 23:12 via nme.com
  
  Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have shared a new video for their song ‘The Only One’ from latest album ‘Sideways to New Italy’. The Michael Ridley-directed video follows the character of Pie Man as he traverses the band’s local Melbourne streets.READ MORE: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: “Lennon, McCartney, Harrison were in competition with each other. We’re not”“The places are real, the people are real, the pie is made of cardboard and sti
  
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• Ty Dolla $ign Entertains Us With His Cover of Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’

  12-01-2021 22:52
  
  Ty Dolla $ign paid tribute to one of his favorite bands by covering Nirvana’s top 10 hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” which turns 30 later this year.
  The hitmaker posted a clip to his socials Monday of him kickstarting an instrumental cover, which his band later joins in on for a full rock jam session. Ty casually slays his guitar performance while wearing a sweatshirt that reads Taylor Gang — his record label founded by Wiz Khalifa.The Featuring Ty Dolla $ig
  
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• King Von’s ‘I Am What I Am’ Crowns Top TV Songs Chart Thanks to ‘Power Book II’

  12-01-2021 22:44
  
  King Von’s “I Am What I Am” reigns on Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind, for December 2020 after appearing in an episode of Power Book II: Ghost.
  Rankings for the Top TV Songs chart are based on song and show data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with sales and streaming information tracked by Nielsen Music during the corresponding period of December 2020.
  “I Am What I Am,” which features Fivio Foreign, was i
  
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• Why Lil Nas X Is Ready to Be ‘More Involved’ in Politics

  12-01-2021 22:29
  
  While Lil Nas X hasn’t always jumped in to political conversations, he told The View co-hosts on Tuesday (Jan. 12) that he’s ready to change that.
  “I definitely want to be more involved for the simple fact that I now have a platform and I can really have influence over what people see and hear and think about everything that’s going on,” he said in the new interview. “So even though it’s definitely depressing sometimes, they are conversations that have t
  
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• Jamey Johnson, Randy Houser Launch Socially-Distanced ‘Country Cadillac Tour’ In Southern States

  12-01-2021 22:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Artists and “longtime friends” Jamey Johnson and Randy Houser have announced a 13-date “Country Cadillac Tour,” which will take them across Texas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Jamey Johnson and Randy Houser are set to kick off their Country Cadillac Tour on Friday, February 5th, at Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth, Texas. This and […]
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• Jamey Johnson, Randy Houser Launch 13-Date ‘Country Cadillac Tour’ In Southern States

  12-01-2021 22:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Artists and “longtime friends” Jamey Johnson and Randy Houser have announced a 13-date “Country Cadillac Tour,” which will take them across Texas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Jamey Johnson and Randy Houser are set to kick off their Country Cadillac Tour on Friday, February 5th, at Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth, Texas. This and […]
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• Members of Limp Bizkit, The Used and Mastodon cover Jane’s Addition’s ‘Mountain Song’

  12-01-2021 22:04 via nme.com
  
  Members of Mastodon, Limp Bizkit, The Used and more have come together to cover Jane’s Addition‘s ‘Mountain Song’ – watch below.
  Arriving today (January 12) as part of ‘Kings Of Quarantine’ – a project from Slaves Of Dope’s Jason Rockman and Kevin Jardine, alongside Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher – the collaborative cover features Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit) on guitar and Tanner Wayne (In Flames) on drums.Read More: Perry Farrell: &ldqu
  
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• Members of Limp Bizkit, The Used and Mastodon cover Jane’s Addiction’s ‘Mountain Song’

  12-01-2021 22:04 via nme.com
  
  Members of Mastodon, Limp Bizkit, The Used and more have come together to cover Jane’s Addiction‘s ‘Mountain Song’ – watch below.
  Arriving today (January 12) as part of ‘Kings Of Quarantine’ – a project from Slaves Of Dope’s Jason Rockman and Kevin Jardine, alongside Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher – the collaborative cover features Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit) on guitar and Tanner Wayne (In Flames) on drums.Read More: Perry Farrell: &ldq
  
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• Maggie Rogers on her and Phoebe Bridgers’ cover of ‘Iris’: “It was all this weird, wild inside joke”

  12-01-2021 22:04 via nme.com
  
  Maggie Rogers has spoken about her and Phoebe Bridgers’ cover of ‘Iris’, calling it a “weird, wild inside joke”.
  Ahead of the US presidential election last November, Bridgers tweeted: “if trump loses I will cover iris by the goo goo dolls”.Read more: Phoebe Bridgers – ‘Copycat Killer’ EP review: glorious strings send ‘Punisher’ songs skywardWhen Joe Biden was confirmed to be the next President of the United States, the music
  
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• Sophia Bel, Montreal’s Princess Of The Dead, Is In Control

  12-01-2021 21:48
  
  Rising Montreal indie pop singer Sophia Bel blends nostalgic callbacks with vulnerable declarations of self in both her music, as well as in her edgy, colorful style.
  
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• Halle Berry says it’s “heartbreaking” that a Black woman hasn’t won Best Actress Oscar since her

  12-01-2021 21:18 via nme.com
  
  Halle Berry has said it’s “heartbreaking” that a Black woman hasn’t won a Best Actress Oscar since she did in 2002.Read more: Oscars 2021: Who will win at the Academy Awards next year?Nearly 20 years after winning the award for her role in Monster’s Ball, where she starred as alongside Billy Bob Thornton and the late Heath Ledger, the actor opened up about the Academy not awarding the title to another Black woman since.
  “The heartbreak I have is because I
  
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• Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical Donates $2MM to Struggling Stage Actors

  12-01-2021 21:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The Ratatouille: TikTok Musical generated a massive $2 million donation to benefit struggling actors. The TikTok musical premiered on Friday on the TodayTix platform, with over 200,000 tickets sold. Another encore performance happened on Sunday night, with more than 150,000 viewers watching that time. Between the two platforms, around 350,000 people tuned in for Ratatouille: […]
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• Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical Donates $2 Million to Struggling Stage Actors

  12-01-2021 21:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The Ratatouille: TikTok Musical generated a massive $2 million donation to benefit struggling actors. The TikTok musical premiered on Friday on the TodayTix platform, with over 200,000 tickets sold. Another encore performance happened on Sunday night, with more than 150,000 viewers watching that time. Between the two platforms, around 350,000 people tuned in for Ratatouille: […]
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• King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and wife Toyah Willcox cover Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ from home

  12-01-2021 21:09 via nme.com
  
  King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and his wife Toyah Willcox delivered a cover of Metallica‘s ‘Enter Sandman’ during a recent lockdown performance – watch below.
  The pair launched their Sunday Lunch video series in 2020 via Willcox’s official YouTube channel, sharing renditions of tracks by the likes of Nirvana, David Bowie and Sex Pistols recorded at their home.
  Continuing the project into 2021, the couple shared a Sunday Lockdown Lunch instalment over
  
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• Bette Midler Says Trump Will ‘Burn the White House Down’ Before Leaving Office

  12-01-2021 21:02
  
  Bette Midler, like many Americans, is concerned about the damage President Donald Trump may do before Joe Biden is sworn in as the next commander in chief on Jan. 20, and wants some accountability in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
  The three-time Grammy winner tweeted about the former reality TV personality and the insurrectionist riot, writing that Trump “planned, encouraged, and promoted the violent overthrow of our democracy.”
  “5 PEOPLE DIED. 5 who’d be a
  
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• Chrissy Teigen Channels Cher’s ’90s Workout Videos For ‘The Best 38 Minutes of Fat-Burning Fun’

  12-01-2021 20:53
  
  Chrissy Teigen has been feeling the burn and feeling like Cher during her workouts lately by turning back time with her own ’90s-style videos.
  The cookbook author whipped up three hilarious videos in which she wears a curly black wig in a messy high ponytail and a sheer sequined black bodysuit à la the 74-year-old pop sensation — who used to host her own series of workout videos called CherFitness – in the music video for her 1989 No. 3 hit “If
  
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• Dr. Fauci on Live Events Return – 70% of Population Needs Vaccine First

  12-01-2021 20:47 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Dr. Fauci says around 70% of the population will need to receive the vaccine before live events return. At a virtual conference hosted by the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, the top infectious disease expert detailed what a return of live events may look like. “If everything goes right, this will occur sometime in the […]
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• Dr. Fauci: Live Events Will Be Safe When 70-85% of the Population Is Vaccinated

  12-01-2021 20:47 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Dr. Fauci says at least 70% of the population will need to receive the vaccine before live events can safely return. At a virtual conference hosted by the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, the top infectious disease expert detailed what a return of live events may look like. At around 70-85% vaccination, events may be […]
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• Dr. Fauci: Live Event Will Be Safe When 70-85% of the Population Is Vaccinated

  12-01-2021 20:47 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Dr. Fauci says at least 70% of the population will need to receive the vaccine before live events can safely return. At a virtual conference hosted by the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, the top infectious disease expert detailed what a return of live events may look like. At around 70-85% vaccination, events may be […]
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• Five Burning Questions: Early Thoughts About the 2021 Hot 100

  12-01-2021 20:40
  
  Now that the last vestiges of the holiday season have officially disappeared from the Billboard Hot 100, it’s a good time for us here at Billboard to take stock of what’s going on with the all-metric songs chart at the start of the new year.
  “Mood,” by 24kGoldn featuring iann dior, has spent the last two weeks back atop the chart, reigning for its seventh and eighth week total. This week, the listing’s top 10 greets a brand new entry from Justin Bieber, whose &
  
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• ‘Drivers License’ Video Director Matthew Dillon Cohen on Hidden Meanings and Working With Emerging Talent

  12-01-2021 20:12
  
  When filmmaker and director Matthew Dillon Cohen was in high school, he started to interview bands, around 2007-2008, for an independent publication — and became drawn to the discovery aspect of reporting.
  “I got really into the process of like, obviously this A-List or B-List artist is probably not going to respond,” he says. “However, there’s the next version of that [artist] that exists right now that I can probably find.” Early successes include disco
  
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• Selena Gomez Fans Are Convinced She Has Spanish-Language Music Coming

  12-01-2021 20:11
  
  Selena Gomez continues to make the rounds with her 2020 album Rare, but fans believe that new music is on the way: a Spanish-language production, to be exact.
  “10 years later, she’s coming!” reads a fan tweet responding to a tweet from Gomez in 2011. The singer expressed almost a decade ago: “Can’t wait for y’all to hear the Spanish record 😉 it’s sounding so cool.”
  Selenators speculate that Gomez will soon release two Spanish-language songs
  
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• Bandsintown Launches Subscription Service for Livestream Concerts

  12-01-2021 20:10
  
  Live events discovery hub Bandsintown is bringing a new revenue model to the livestream space, hoping to capitalize on the industry’s rapid growth. Today (Jan. 12), it launches Bandsintown PLUS, a subscription-based service where fans pony up $9.99 per month (after a seven-day free trial) to access more than 25 exclusive livestreamed shows, interviews and original series monthly.
  Bandsintown has already signed up an all-star roster of talent: The debut lineup includes Toro y Moi, 
  
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• Bandsintown launch livestream concert subscription service

  12-01-2021 20:10 via nme.com
  
  Bandsintown have launched a new livestream concert subscription service, Bandsintown PLUS.
  The new series will allow subscribers to view over 25 live shows a month and boasts a star-studded line-up for its first month in action.Read more: The show must go online: inside the rise of virtual gigs during the coronavirus crisisFor $9.99 (£7.32) a month, music fans can get access to livestream shows from a range of artists, from emerging talent like Claud and Omar Apollo, to established acts li
  
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• See & Hear the Life of Billie Eilish in Her Upcoming Photo Book

  12-01-2021 19:59
  
  You should see Billie Eilish grow up in her upcoming photo book Billie Eilish, which will be released in spring 2021.
  The “My Future” singer curated her first photo book and narrated its audiobook companion for her multi-sensory coming-of-age narrative. Billie Eilish contains hundreds of never-before-seen photos of the 19-year-old global pop sensation, from growing up at home to hitting the road on tour. She reflects on those personal and career memories in t
  
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• Knitting Factory Tapped as Talent Buyer for Washington’s Fawcett Hall

  12-01-2021 19:59
  
  Knitting Factory Entertainment (KFE) and Tacoma arts complex Alma Mater have announced a deal for KFE’s live music unit to assume exclusive talent buying duties at the venue group’s live music venue Fawcett Hall, located between the Central Tacoma and Hilltop neighborhoods in downtown Tacoma, Wash.
  Fawcett Hall includes a full-service restaurant and cafe, recording studio, visual art gallery, outdoor green space and more. The venue holds 300 patrons seated and 500 standing&
  
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• What Is the ‘Buss It’ Challenge?

  12-01-2021 19:52
  
  It’s a new year, and a new dance challenge has already taken over TikTok, thanks to up-and-coming Texas rapper Erica Banks.
  The 1501 Certified rapper’s hit single “Buss It” from her self-titled debut album soundtracks the challenge of the same name, but TikTok users might’ve thought it was Nelly behind the curtains because of the song’s first line: “Checkin’ your reflection and tellin’ your best friend/ Like, ‘Girl, I think my butt gett
  
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• The 1975 Cancels All 2021 Tour Dates — Offers Fans Full Refunds

  12-01-2021 19:50 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The 1975 have canceled their 2021 tour dates – and offered fans full refunds – due to COVID-19 concerns. The Manchester-based pop group took to social media this morning to announce the cancellations, which cover “all scheduled touring for 2021,” including the four-piece act’s July 10th show at Finsbury Park. Fans who purchased tickets to […]
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• Corey Taylor says he has a lot planned for 2021: “Maybe there’s some light at the end of the tunnel”

  12-01-2021 19:43 via nme.com
  
  Corey Taylor has spoken about his plans for 2021, including a solo tour, shows with Slipknot, a movie and more.
  The Slipknot frontman released his debut solo album ‘CMFT’ in October last year but has not been able to tour it so far due to the coronavirus pandemic.Read more: Corey Taylor: “‘CMFT’ is probably the most enjoyable album I’ve done since the first Slipknot album”Speaking to Kerrang!, Taylor said he was “looking at almost a two-to-three-we
  
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• NOFX announce new record ‘Single Album’ and share ‘Linewleum’, featuring Avenged Sevenfold

  12-01-2021 19:23 via nme.com
  NOFX have announced a new album called ‘Single Album’ – you can listen to its first track ‘Linewleum’, featuring Avenged Sevenfold, below.
  The Los Angeles outfit’s fourteenth studio effort will arrive via Fat Mike’s label Fat Wreck Chords on February 26, following on from 2016’s ‘First Ditch Effort’.Read More: NOFX’s Fat Mike: “Eagles told us our cover of their song was the worst they’d ever heard”Recorded at San
  
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• Kelly Clarkson Gets Lost in the Music for Kellyoke Cover of LP’s ‘Lost on You’: Watch

  12-01-2021 19:11
  
  If 2021 isn’t quite going the way you’d imagined so far, then Kelly Clarkson has a song for you to listen to — or rather, a performance of LP’s phenomenal single “Lost on You” for her latest Kellyoke cover.
  On Tuesday’s (Jan. 12) edition of The Kelly Clarkson Show’s popular cover series, Clarkson took to her dimly lit stage, dressed in a simple striped top with a pair of beige bib overalls, to deliver a soulful rendition of LP’s universa
  
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• MTV Books Is Getting a Revival

  12-01-2021 19:08
  
  YA publishing industry veteran Christian Trimmer has been appointed to head the relaunch of MTV Books in partnership with Simon & Schuster, MTV Entertainment announced Tuesday. The relaunch aims to advance MTV Entertainment’s book-to-TV/film pipeline and the discovery of unique voices for publishing.
  In his new role, Trimmer will acquire and edit books for young adults and work closely with MTVE’s Meghan Hooper, evp, head of original movies and limited series, to i
  
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• Billie Eilish announces release of new photobook and audio companion

  12-01-2021 19:04 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish has announced the upcoming release of a new photobook and audio companion.
  Billie Eilish will give fans “an intimate inside look at her life and career – both on and off the stage”, according to an official synopsis.Read more: Billie Eilish live in LA: teen superstar builds a brave new world (and has a message for the real one)The book, which was created by the star herself, will include hundreds of previously unseen photos and cover her childhood, life on tour, a
  
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• Inside Justin Bieber’s Flood-The-Zone Approach at Pop Radio

  12-01-2021 18:55
  
  Last June, Scooter Braun played over a dozen new songs by his client Justin Bieber for Def Jam executive vp/head of promotion Nicki Farag, and proposed a new kind of radio release strategy.
  The pop superstar was in the midst of the most fertile creative period of his career after releasing his 16-song album Changes only four months earlier in February, and “Stuck With U,” his quarantine-inspired charity single with Ariana Grande, in May. “No album, just yet — a singl
  
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• Zayn launches phone hotline with previews of new album

  12-01-2021 18:32 via nme.com
  
  Zayn has launched a new hotline where fans can listen to snippets of his imminent new album, ‘Nobody Is Listening’.
  The record – the star’s third – will arrive on Friday (January 15), after being announced last week alongside latest single ‘Vibez’.Read more: Zayn Malik – ‘Icarus Falls’ reviewZayn unveiled the hotline on Twitter yesterday (January 11), tweeting: “+1 (323)-991-ZAYN”. When you call the number, you can hear
  
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• Weyes Blood shares new track ‘Titanic Risen’ via virtual reality simulator

  12-01-2021 18:32 via nme.com
  
  Weyes Blood has shared an unreleased song called ‘Titanic Risen’ – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: Weyes Blood on ‘Titanic Rising’, her vital climate change wake-up call: “It’s not music that’s going to save us – it’s activism”The California singer-songwriter – real name Natalie Mering – originally recorded the track during the sessions for her fourth album ‘Titanic Rising’, which came out back i
  
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• I Dont Know How But They Found Me Tops Alternative Airplay With ‘Leave Me Alone’

  12-01-2021 18:19
  
  Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart has its first new No. 1 of 2021.
  I Dont Know How But They Found Me’s “Leave Me Alone” rises 3-1 on the Alternative Airplay ranking dated Jan. 16.
  It dethrones All Time Low’s “Monsters” (featuring Blackbear), which ruled for 17 weeks beginning on the survey dated Sept. 19, 2020. “Monsters” remains tied for the fourth-longest command in the chart’s 32-year history, alongside Muse’s “Uprisi
  
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• Tate McRae Rules Emerging Artists Chart as ‘You Broke Me First.’ Hits Hot 100’s Top 40

  12-01-2021 18:06
  
  Tate McRae rises 3-1 on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart (dated Jan. 16), becoming the top emerging act in the U.S. for the first time, as her breakout single “You Broke Me First.” reaches the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.
  The song rises 51-40 on the Hot 100 with 19.9 million radio audience impressions, 7.7 million U.S. streams and 4,000 downloads sold in the latest tracking week, according to MRC Data.
  The track also pushes 19-16 on Pop Airplay and debuts at No. 40 on Adu
  
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• Taylor Swift Becomes First Artist to Spend 45 Weeks at No. 1 on Artist 100 Chart

  12-01-2021 17:59
  
  Taylor Swift becomes the first artist to log 45 weeks atop the Billboard Artist 100 chart, as she extends her record for the most time tallied at No. 1 (on the chart dated Jan. 16).
  Dating to the Artist 100’s 2014 launch, Swift outpaces Drake, who ranks second with 31 weeks at the summit, followed by The Weeknd (20) and BTS and Ariana Grande (15 each).
  Swift reigns on the strength of her two most recent LPs, December’s Evermore and July’s Folklore. The former logs its third wee
  
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• Primary Wave Acquires 50% Stake In KT Tunstall’s Royalty Stream In Wide-Ranging Deal

  12-01-2021 17:59
  
  Primary Wave has acquired a 50% share of both publishing and master recording royalties from Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall’s catalog, including such tracks as “Suddenly I See,” “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” and “Other Side Of the World.” Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
  On the publishing side of the deal, Primary Wave has acquired half of the publishing and half of the songwriter’s share, and the same percentage for her maste
  
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• Ghetts appears to confirm Stormzy will feature on his new album

  12-01-2021 17:55 via nme.com
  
  Ghetts has appeared to confirm that Stormzy will make an appearance on his upcoming new album.
  Although the record’s title, ‘Conflict Of Interest’, has been confirmed, there are few other details currently known about it, including a release date.
  Ghetts has been sharing teasers online in recent weeks, including a crossed-out tracklist at the end of the video for latest single ‘Proud Family’ last month.
  On Sunday (January 10), he shared a video on Twitter captioned
  
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• How Harry Styles Found His Inner Dancer For ‘Treat People With Kindness’

  12-01-2021 17:43
  
  “Feeling good in my skin/ I just keep on dancing,” Harry Styles sings in his latest single, “Treat People With Kindness.” And in the song’s exuberant music video — which has garnered 17 million YouTube views and counting since its debut on New Year’s Day — he does just that: Wearing a sequined jacket and bow tie, he chassés, spins and flutters jazz hands like an MGM musical star (with a little help from his equally debonair partner, Fle
  
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• Foo Fighters release their own pair of Vans to mark 25th anniversary

  12-01-2021 17:29 via nme.com
  
  Foo Fighters have marked their 25th anniversary by teaming up with Vans to release their own pair of shoes.
  The Vans x Foo Fighters Sk8-Hi sees the band putting a spin on the classic black hi-top design – with their iconic logo printed in white on the side of the shoe. Their name is also printed on the back on the design, with Foo printed on the left shoe and Fighters on the right.READ MORE: Dave Grohl tells us about Foo Fighters’ ‘Medicine at Midnight’: “
  
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• Gabby Barrett’s ‘I Hope’ Ties For Third-Longest Reign Ever on Hot Country Songs Chart

  12-01-2021 17:24
  
  Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope” tops Billboard’s airplay-, sales- and streaming-based Hot Country Songs chart for a 24th week (on the list dated Jan. 16), tying Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise” for the third-longest reign since the chart began as an all-encompassing genre ranking in October 1958.
  “Cruise” dominated for 24 frames in 2012-13.
  FGL retains the crown as “Meant to Be,” with Bebe Rexha, ruled for a record 50 weeks in 2017-18. Sa
  
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