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• What’s Your Favorite Song on Morgan Wallen’s ‘Dangerous: The Double Album’? Vote!

  26-01-2021 23:34
  
  Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album is spending its second consecutive week atop the Billboard 200, but which of the supersize album’s 30 songs is your favorite?
  Wallen became the first artist ever to debut simultaneously at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and the airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart last week, when “Wasted on You” launched at No. 1. “7 Summers” took the lead bac
  
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• Billie Eilish says it was “pretty brutal” to look back on her life for new documentary

  26-01-2021 23:25 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish has spoken about her forthcoming documentary, recalling that it was “pretty brutal” to look back on her life on film.
  Announced last September, Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry is set to be released in cinemas and on Apple TV+ next February. R.J. Cutler produced the film in collaboration with Eilish’s label, Interscope Records.READ MORE: Every single Billie Eilish song ranked in order of greatness“It’s really about my lif
  
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• Latin Grammy Foundation Grants Awarded to Rafael Escalona Foundation, LAMC & More

  26-01-2021 23:23
  
  A foundation that seeks to preserve the legacy of Colombian vallenato icon Rafael Escalona and a research project on the traditions of voice and drums in Argentina are among the four projects awarded grants this year by the Latin Grammy Foundation.
  The Foundation’s “Research and Preservation Grant” program awarded a total of four grants: two for research projects, and two for preservation projects. Each grant is for a maximum of $5,000.
  Winners were chosen from a wide pool of a
  
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• The Top 1% of Podcasts Receive 99% of Downloads, Report Reveals

  26-01-2021 23:21 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A new report highlights how only 1% of podcasts receive 99% of download distribution. The Axios report shows that only big players can make meaningful revenue from podcasts. It’s why music streaming giants like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon are snapping up established podcast producers. Gimlet Media, Wondery, and Parcast are all now owned by […]
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• Melanie C on Giving Fans What They Wanted With ‘Into You’ & Spice Girls Anniversary Plans

  26-01-2021 23:17
  
  “The fans wanted it,” Melanie C says of her latest single, the dance track “Into You.” “It was never planned to be a single,” but after a lot of fan chatter on social media, she and her team thought, “You know what? It’s a gloomy January. … Let’s get a dance banger out there and put a really fun video to go with it.”
  “Into You” is from the deluxe 2-CD edition of Melanie C’s recently released self-titled album, a
  
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• India’s Chinese App Ban Is Going Permanent – Including TikTok

  26-01-2021 22:56 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The India Ministry of Electronics says it plans to permanently ban 58 Chinese apps – including TikTok. The Ministry imposed a temporary ban on these Chinese apps back in June. When the India TikTok ban was first imposed, regulators gave companies a chance to come into compliance. Those companies include TikTok owner ByteDance, Tencent Holdings’ […]
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• India to Cement Chinese App Ban As Permanent – Including TikTok

  26-01-2021 22:56 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The India Ministry of Electronics says it plans to permanently ban 58 Chinese apps – including TikTok. The Ministry imposed a temporary ban on these Chinese apps back in June. When the India TikTok ban was first imposed, regulators gave companies a chance to come into compliance. Those companies include TikTok owner ByteDance, Tencent Holdings’ […]
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• Watch Nine Inch Nails cover ‘Fashion’ with David Bowie alumni band

  26-01-2021 22:43 via nme.com
  Nine Inch Nails have shared their recent cover of David Bowie‘s 1980 single ‘Fashion’.
  Filmed for the Just For One Day! live-stream – which marked what would have been Bowie’s 74th birthday (January 8) – the performance saw Trent Reznor, Mariqueen Maandig Reznor and Atticus Ross join forces with members of the Bowie alumni band.READ MORE: An oral history of David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ – five years on from his deathThe purple-filtered
  
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• Inauguration Songs Hit LyricFind Charts, Led by Ant Clemons, New Radicals & More

  26-01-2021 22:39
  
  A variety of songs reach Billboard’s LyricFind U.S. chart after either being performed during or associated with the Jan. 20 U.S. presidential inauguration, led by Ant Clemons’ “Better Days,” featuring Justin Timberlake, which also debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 dated Jan. 30.
  The LyricFind Global and LyricFind U.S. charts rank the fastest momentum-gaining tracks in lyric-search queries and usages globally and in the U.S., respectively, provided by LyricFind. The Global
  
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• FKA Twigs Pleads ‘Don’t Judge Me’ on New Single With Headie One & Fred Again..

  26-01-2021 22:26
  
  FKA twigs released her first new single since 2019 on Tuesday (Jan. 26) called “Don’t Judge Me” with UK drill rapper Headie One and English producer Fred again…
  She also co-directed the accompanying visual with Emmanuel Adjei, which highlights Black models and dancers in utter anguish while encircling Kara Walker’s Fons Americanus sculpture. The fountain, inspired by the Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace, captures Bl
  
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• Selena Gomez Nabs Second Top 5 on Hot Latin Songs Chart With ‘De Una Vez’

  26-01-2021 22:22
  
  Selena Gomez clocks her second top five on the Hot Latin Songs chart as “De Una Vez” debuts at No. 4 on the Jan. 30 survey. Gomez’s all Spanish-language song arrives a little over two years since her first No. 1: Her featured role on DJ Snake’s bilingual “Taki Taki,” which also features Ozuna and Cardi B, reigned for 13 weeks starting on the chart dated Oct. 13, 2018.
  “De Una Vez” was released Jan. 14 and bows at No. 4 on the all-metric list mainly
  
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• 76% of British Musicians Will Stop Touring Europe Due to Brexit, Survey Finds

  26-01-2021 22:21 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A new survey of UK musicians finds that 76% of them may stop touring Europe due to Brexit. Here’s the breakdown. Encore Musicians, an online booking platform, surveyed its users to determine how they felt about the government’s response to Brexit. There were 452 respondents to the survey, which paints a stark picture. Around 76% […]
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• AEG, Live Nation, NIVA Offer Their Venues for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

  26-01-2021 22:18 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  AEG, Live Nation, the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), and others have formally offered their venues to serve as COVID-19 vaccination sites. Live Nation, NIVA, and AEG made the offer in a roughly 500-word-long open letter addressed to the president (with multiple Biden administration officials carbon copied on the message). Entities including but not limited […]
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• Elvis Costello recalls being banned from ‘SNL’: “I just wanted them to remember us”

  26-01-2021 22:00 via nme.com
  
  Elvis Costello has recalled the time he and his band were banned from Saturday Night Live in the late ’70s.Read more: SNL heroes: stunning Saturday Night Live performances by your favourite starsOn December 17,1977, Costello and his band The Attractions were booked to appear on the late night sketch show. They performed ‘Watching The Detectives’ and a few bars of ‘Less Than Zero’, a song his record label wanted him to perform, before making a swift decision to
  
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• Billie Eilish experimented with weight loss pills when she was 12

  26-01-2021 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Billie Eilish's issues with her appearance started when she was very young.
  
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• Flux Pavilion on How Antidepressants Helped His New Album: ‘I Could See, Hear & Feel More Clearly’

  26-01-2021 21:40
  
  It was around the time Josh Steele finished his new album that he threw half of it away.
  The English producer, known in the dance world as Flux Pavilion, thought he was satisfied with the music he’d made, until he heard [USA], the 2019 album by his friends in Anamanaguchi.
  “I’d listen to my own stuff and be like, ‘I don’t feel the same way about my own music as I feel about theirs. That’s a problem,'” Steele says over Zoom from his place in London. &ldqu
  
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• Zayn Shows Us How His ‘Vibez’ Music Video Came to Be in Behind-the-Scenes Clip

  26-01-2021 21:30
  
  Zayn took center stage in his theatrical “Vibez” music video earlier this month, and now he’s taking his fans behind the scenes of his “one-man show.”
  A new video shows how the crew pulled off the music video, which was directed by Ben Mor and produced by London Alley, in a vintage theater. Zayn gets the best seat in the house and later maneuvers through the city in a makeshift car on the moving set. He also walks on a mini-treadmill to give the impre
  
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• FKA Twigs and Headie One fight invisible forces of oppression in powerful ‘Don’t Judge Me’ video

  26-01-2021 21:03 via nme.com
  
  FKA Twigs has shared the powerful video for her new collaboration with Headie One and Fred Again, ‘Don’t Judge Me’ – watch below.Read More: FKA twigs – ‘Magdalene’ review: an unstoppable force of nature rolls out her enormously ambitious visionTwigs (real name Tahliah Barnett) announced the team-up yesterday (January 25), revealing that she co-directed its official visuals herself alongside Emmanuel Adjei, who’s previously worked with the likes of
  
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• D12’s Bizarre released from hospital, heads straight to studio

  26-01-2021 21:01 via nme.com
  
  D12‘s Bizarre has returned home from hospital after suffering a mini-stroke earlier this month.Read more: Eminem vs everyone: a massive list of every one of Slim Shady’s lyrical feudsOn January 18, Bizarre’s manager shared an update on the rapper’s health in a since-deleted post, explaining that the D12 member, who rose to fame as part of Eminem‘s rap collective, had suffered a transient ischemic attack (TIA) – which is commonly referred to as a mini-stro
  
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• Rebecca Black to release new single ‘Girlfriend’ this week

  26-01-2021 20:57 via nme.com
  Rebecca Black is set to release a new track called ‘Girlfriend’ later this week.
  The California pop star, who’s best known for her viral hit ‘Friday’ (2011), last year released the songs ‘Self Sabotage’, ‘Closer’ and ‘Alone Together’. She also featured on Dani Ride’s ‘Ven Dimelo (Love Is Love)’ in 2020.
  Taking to social media last night (January 25), Black confirmed that she will share ‘Girlfriend’ th
  
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• Curious How Normani And Rosalía Ended Up In The ‘WAP’ Video? Thank Patientce Foster

  26-01-2021 20:44
  
  Cardi B's publicist Patientce Foster secured her client as one of the biggest stars on the planet. In MTV News's new doc series, 'The Method,' Foster breaks down how they pulled off the blockbuster 'WAP' video.
  
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• SXSW Announces First Round of Artists for 2021 Virtual Festival

  26-01-2021 20:41
  
  SXSW has announced its first slate of artists for the Austin festival’s virtual event. Indigo Sparke, A Place to Bury Strangers and Chilean feminist pop powerhouse Francisca Valenzuela will all make appearances during the March 16-20 digital experience.
  As a virtual event, the roster of SXSW artists is especially international this year, with performances scheduled from Indonesian indie jangle-pop trio Grrrl Gang; Nigerian-born, London-raised U.K. Afrobeats singer Darkoo; rising
  
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• Selena Gomez Was ‘Low Key Freaking Out’ Over ‘Icon’ Billie Eilish Wearing Rare Beauty

  26-01-2021 20:38
  
  Look at her now: Billie Eilish wore Selena Gomez’s Rare Beauty makeup on the 19-year-old’s March cover of Vanity Fair, and Gomez was understandably excited about it.
  “Icon @billieeilish is wearing @rarebeauty on the cover of vanity fair!! Low key freaking out.. You look stunning!” she wrote on her Instagram Story Monday (Jan. 25).
  Ashe, who’s collaborated with Eilish’s brother and hitmaker-in-crime Finneas on her breakout hit “Moral of the
  
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• Viva Vera 20! Celebrates Vera Project’s Two Decades of All-Ages Music, Art and Activism

  26-01-2021 20:31
  
  The Vera Project is celebrating its 20th anniversary with Viva Vera 20, an online event honoring the Seattle nonprofit’s 20 years as a youth-led, community-oriented music and arts space that has come to serve as a blueprint for the national all-ages DIY community.
  Starting Wednesday (Jan. 27), on the 20th anniversary of  The Vera Project’s first-ever show, programmers will curate a livestream program featuring Ben Gibbard, Perfume Genius, Foo Fighters, TV on the Radio, Taco
  
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• Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo says Hella Mega Tour European dates still going ahead this summer

  26-01-2021 20:26 via nme.com
  
  Weezer‘s Rivers Cuomo has said the European dates for the band’s Hella Mega Tour with Green Day and Fall Out Boy are currently still scheduled to go ahead this summer.Read more: Weezer: “This album is about feeling isolated, alienated and secluded – it’s perfect for now”The jaunt, which saw its opening leg in Asia axed due to coronavirus concerns, was due to hit the UK, Europe and US last summer before heading to Australia and New Zealand in November.
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• Trey Songz Faces Felony Assault Charges as New Video Footage Emerges

  26-01-2021 20:16 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Trey Songz now faces potentially serious felony assault charges after attacking a police officer at Arrowhead Stadium during the AFC Championship game in Kansas City, Missouri. Singer, rapper, actor and all-around multi-hyphenate Trey Songz is now in legal hot water following an ugly incident at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.  According to new details emerging […]
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• Ohtis deal with the ‘Selfish Antisocial Male’ on new single ‘Schatze’

  26-01-2021 20:12 via nme.com
  Ohtis have shared a new track called ‘Schatze’ – you can listen to it below.Read More: Ohtis: How ‘Curve Of Earth’, eight darkly beautiful country songs about heroin, took 15 years to makeThe Illinois trio, who released their debut album ‘Curve Of Earth’ in 2019, teamed up with the Detroit artist Stef Chura for the song, which will appear on a forthcoming seven-inch vinyl titled ‘Schatze b/w Failure’ (out February 26).
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• Will Taylor Swift & Frances McDormand Three-Peat at Top 2021 Award Shows?

  26-01-2021 20:07
  
  Taylor Swift and Frances McDormand are rarely mentioned in the same breath – their talents are so different – but they have something in common in this awards season: They are each aiming to make history at top award shows. Swift has a good chance of winning the Grammy for album of the year for the third time with Folklore. McDormand has a good chance of winning the Oscar for best actress for the third time with Nomadland.
  Swift would become just the fourth three-time Grammy winner f
  
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• Five Burning Questions: Morgan Wallen Spends a Second Week at No. 1 With ‘Dangerous: The Double Album’

  26-01-2021 19:44
  
  While last week brought with it the No. 1 debut of the first official runaway smash single of 2021 — with Olivia Rodrigo’s instantly Hot 100-topping “Drivers License” — we also got the first blockbuster album of the year, in country star Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album.
  The two-LP, 30-track set debuted atop the Billboard 200 albums chart last week with a whopping 265,000 equivalent album units moved — including a staggering 240.18 millio
  
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• Spotify Diversifies Further Outside Music With Classic Audiobooks

  26-01-2021 19:42 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Spotify has continued its expansion into the non-music audio space by debuting audiobook editions of nine public-domain classics, including Kate Chopin’s The Awakening and Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Multiple outlets have reported on the public-domain audiobooks’ Spotify debut, which arrives about five months after the Stockholm-based platform formally began searching for a head of audiobooks. In […]
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• Spotify Diversifies Further Into Audiobooks With the Public Domain Classics

  26-01-2021 19:42 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Spotify has continued its expansion into the non-music audio space by debuting audiobook editions of nine public-domain classics, including Kate Chopin’s The Awakening and Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Multiple outlets have reported on the public-domain audiobooks’ Spotify debut, which arrives about five months after the Stockholm-based platform formally began searching for a head of audiobooks. In […]
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• Greta Van Fleet Adds Fifth Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1 With ‘My Way, Soon’

  26-01-2021 19:35
  
  Greta Van Fleet nabs a No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with a lead single for the third straight time with “My Way, Soon,” which rises 2-1 on the tally dated Jan. 30.
  “Soon” marks the Michiganders’ fifth total No. 1 and first since “You’re the One” in March 2019.
  Previously, Greta Van Fleet ruled with “Highway Tune,” the lead single from its EP From the Fires, beginning in September 2017, followed by the set&rsq
  
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• Ben Howard shares new single ‘What A Day’ and announces fourth album

  26-01-2021 19:31 via nme.com
  
  Ben Howard has returned with a new single called ‘What A Day’ – you can listen to it below.Read More: Ben Howard – ‘Noonday Dream’ reviewThe London singer-songwriter, whose last album ‘Noonday Dream’ came out in 2018, teased his comeback on social media earlier this week.
  Premiering on BBC Radio 1 as Annie Mac’s Hottest Record In The World this evening (January 26), ‘What A Day’ serves as the first taste of Howard’s upcoming
  
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• Justin Bieber Sends Updates About His New Album From the Studio

  26-01-2021 19:28
  
  Justin Bieber is making a list and checking it twice, but it’s not his Christmas wishlist.
  Following the holidays, the Biebs has been bunkered down in the recording studio, working on his upcoming sixth album. The pop star took to Instagram Tuesday (Jan. 26) to reveal “how this album makes me feel” and how he’s “going over track listing for the album.”
  He’s already released a slew of hit singles ahead of the album’s release, including “H
  
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• Adam Lambert Will ‘Curate’ Pride Live’s Stonewall Day 2021 Event: ‘I Am So Excited’

  26-01-2021 19:20
  
  With 2021 in full swing, queer folks everywhere are already wondering what Pride season will look like this year. Luckily, Adam Lambert is here with an answer.
  On Tuesday (Jan. 26), Pride Live and Lambert announced that the star is set to host and “curate” the organization’s fourth annual Stonewall Day event in early June. In collaboration with Lambert’s Feel Something Foundation — an LGBTQ advocacy non-profit — the annual celebration (which will again take pl
  
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• Someone’s mashed up Metallica’s Ride The Lightning with Kanye West and Jay-Z’s ‘Paris’

  26-01-2021 19:13 via nme.com
  
  A YouTube user has mashed up Metallica‘s ‘Ride The Lightning’ with Kanye West and Jay-Z‘s ‘N***as In Paris’ – listen below.Read more: Lars Ulrich talks creativity in lockdown and new Metallica materialTitled ‘Lightning In Paris’, the new mix by William Maranci blends the heavy instrumental from the title track of Metallica’s 1984 album with the vocals from Jay and Ye’s rap mega anthem, taken from their 2011 collaborative album &ls
  
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• Cannons’ ‘Fire for You’ Blasts to No. 1 on Alternative Airplay Chart

  26-01-2021 19:11
  
  Cannons collect their first No. 1 in their first visit to Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart with “Fire for You,” which rises 2-1 on the Jan. 30-dated ranking.
  The Los Angeles-based trio is the second act to score an initial leader so far in 2021, after I Dont Know How But They Found Me topped the Jan. 16-dated list with “Leave Me Alone.”
  Cannons halt the reign of All Time Low’s “Monsters,” featuring Blackbear, at 18 nonconsecutive weeks, the th
  
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• Sheffield’s The Leadmill announces 40th anniversary compilation album

  26-01-2021 19:01 via nme.com
  
  The Leadmill in Sheffield will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a limited edition compilation album featuring Richard Hawley, Enter Shikari and more.Read More: How you can do your bit to help save the future of live musicFirst opening its doors in 1980, the venue has played host to early shows from Arctic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon and The Killers, and remains popular with live music fans and clubbers in the Steel City.
  Titled ‘Forty’, the new 10-track record includes songs from artis
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion Chronicles Healthy Changes in ‘Hottie Bootcamp’ Videos

  26-01-2021 19:00
  
  The pandemic has mostly had two effects on our waistlines: either you’ve put on the COVID-15 while sitting on the couch for 10 months bingeing every Netflix show ever, or you’ve been working out in the basement like a maniac and you’re super ripped. Megan Thee Stallion seems to be headed for the second category thanks to her “Hottie Bootcamp.”
  The “Body” rapper flaunted the week one results of her intense new workout routine on Monday (Jan. 25) with a se
  
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• Do Nothing share new song ‘Uber Alles’ and announce second EP ‘Glueland’

  26-01-2021 18:51 via nme.com
  
  Do Nothing have shared a new track called ‘Uber Alles’ – you can listen to it below.Read More: Mark, My Words: I give you crank wave, the start of the subculture revivalThe Nottingham four-piece released their debut EP ‘Zero Dollar Bill’ last April, with the collection going on to feature on NME‘s 20 best EPs and mixtapes of 2020 list in December.
  Today (January 26), Do Nothing’s first material of the year premiered on BBC Radio 6 Music in the form of &l
  
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• BTS Teases Winter Package 2021 From Snowy Mountains of Gangwon-Do: Watch

  26-01-2021 18:46
  
  BTS embraces the new year with their cozy promo video for the K-pop boy band’s 2021 Winter Package, which they unwrapped on Tuesday (Jan. 26).
  RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook send their seasons greetings from the snow-capped mountains of Gangwon-do, which is located in northeast South Korea. Each member offers a sign of brighter days ahead by lighting their own matches before sparking joy with their cozy hike up the slopes and night-in in the cabin.
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• ‘It’s Bigger Than Politics’: Country Artists Take On Roles as Healers In Divisive Moment

  26-01-2021 18:12
  
  Country artists have been repeatedly criticized for steering clear of politics, but a number of acts in the genre are now united behind a single patriotic idea: unification.
  Republican Garth Brooks sang “Amazing Grace” after President Joe Biden took the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, exactly two weeks after domestic terrorists attacked that very building and placed the safety of America’s leaders in doubt.
  “This is not a political statement,” Br
  
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• Watch Jimmy Fallon and The Roots cover Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Driver’s License’ in sea shanty style

  26-01-2021 18:11 via nme.com
  
  Jimmy Fallon and The Roots have shared a cover of Olivia Rodrigo‘s ‘Driver’s License’ in the style of a sea shanty.Read more: Shiver me TikToks! The best barnacle-busting sea shantiesThe Tonight Show host and his house band are the latest to hop on the newfound TikTok trend of sea shanties, a trend kickstarted by Scottish postman Nathan Evans.
  Putting their own spin on Rodrigo’s record-breaking hit, which recently became the fastest song in history to
  
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• COVID-19 Knocks 76 Percent Off Europe’s Music Revenue

  26-01-2021 17:54
  
  Representatives of Europe’s creative industries — from film and TV to theater, music, and video games — are calling for more government help to rebound from the economic damage wrought by COVID-19.
  A study published Tuesday by European Authors Society GESAC showed overall revenue in Europe’s creative sector dropped 31 percent in 2020 from a high of $783 billion (€643 billion) in 2019, pre-pandemic, to $540 billion (€444 billion) last year.
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• Watch Billie Eilish Answer Some Very Personal Questions in a ‘Slow Zoom’ Interview

  26-01-2021 17:52
  
  The concept is pretty simple: a celebrity sits at one end of a dolly while answering increasingly personal questions as the camera moves closer to her face. That sums up Vanity Fair’s “Slow Zoom” video series, whose latest subject is Billie Eilish.
  In the nearly 20-minute video interrogation that went up alongside her Vanity Fair cover story on Monday (Jan. 25) Eilish gamely offered her thoughts on identity’s are, family and work as the lens creeps into her personal space
  
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• Sabrina Carpenter Signs With Island Records: ‘It’s the Perfect Place for Me’

  26-01-2021 17:47
  
  Sabrina Carpenter has a new home for her music. Island Records announced on Tuesday (Jan. 26) that the “Skin” singer has signed to the label.
  “Sabrina Carpenter is a star,” Darcus Brees, president and CEO of Island Records, said in a statement. “Her powerful vocals, infectious personality, and successful career as a singer, songwriter and actress attest to that. We are thrilled to welcome such a talented young woman to the Island Records family.”
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• Bakar Scores Second Straight Adult Alternative Airplay No. 1 With ‘1st Time’

  26-01-2021 17:46
  
  “1st Time” marks the second time for Bakar atop Billboard’s Adult Alternative Airplay chart.
  The song jumps 4-1 on the ranking dated Jan. 30, granting the singer-songwriter leaders in his first two visits to the list. “1st Time” follows “Hell N Back,” which became Bakar’s first ruler for two weeks in July 2020.
  With No. 1s via his first two charting singles, Bakar becomes the first act to reign with two initial entries on the chart since Lorde
  
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• Lil Skies Finds His Truth On Unbothered: ‘I Always Feel The Pressure’

  26-01-2021 17:34
  
  Rising melodic rapper Lil Skies talks to MTV News about his new album, 'Unbothered,' why artists don't always have to be role models, and how he deals with pressure.
  
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• Gabby Barrett’s ‘I Hope’ Is Third-Longest-Leading No. 1 in Hot Country Songs History

  26-01-2021 17:28
  
  Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope” tops Billboard’s airplay-, sales- and streaming-based Hot Country Songs chart for a 25th week (on the survey dated Jan. 30), pushing in front of Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise” for sole possession of the third-longest reign since the chart began as an all-encompassing genre ranking in October 1958.
  “Cruise,” FGL’s debut single, dominated for 24 frames in 2012-13.
  FGL maintains the record for the l
  
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• US live events industry offers to help with coronavirus vaccination effort in letter to Joe Biden

  26-01-2021 17:14 via nme.com
  
  A number of organisations in the US live events industry have come together in a bid to help with the coronavirus vaccination effort.Read more: How you can do your bit to help save the future of live musicIn a letter to President Joe Biden today (January 26), the likes of the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), Live Nation, AEG and others have formally offered their venues, staff, and expertise to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
  The live events industry is in a unique position to help &
  
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