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• First Stream Latin: New Music From Danny Felix, Maluma, Nella & More

  29-01-2021 23:49
  
  First Stream Latin is a compilation of the best new Latin songs, albums and videos recommended by the Billboard Latin editors. Check out this week’s picks below.Danny Felix, Vuelve (Fonovisa/UMG Recordings)
  The first 26 seconds really set the tone for the rest of the album and mark who Danny Felix is as an artist: fresh and innovative. Vuelve, which marks his debut studio album under Fonovisa/UMG, is home to 13 songs, including the already-released “Impala Tumbado,” “Zomb
  
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• Rare demo of Black Sabbath’s ‘Heaven And Hell’ surfaces online

  29-01-2021 23:36 via nme.com
  
  A rare demo of Black Sabbath’s ‘Heaven And Hell’, recorded during a rehearsal session, has surfaced online.
  The track was the first song the band wrote after Ozzy Osbourne was replaced by Ronnie James Dio in 1979.Read more: The Big Read – Ozzy Osbourne: “This album saved my life”The recording features Dio, guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward and bassist Geoff Nicholls.  The latter joined the band in 1979 to replace Geezer Butler and later played keybo
  
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• Cox Communications Politely Asks to Delay Its $1 Billion Payment to the Major Labels

  29-01-2021 23:18 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Earlier this month, a federal court upheld the $1 billion copyright infringement penalty that a jury levied against Cox Communications back in December of 2019. Now, the mega-ISP has moved to delay its billion-dollar payment to the major labels while it pursues an appeal. To recap, the underlying courtroom confrontation between Cox Communications and the […]
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• Cox Communications Moves to Delay Its $1 Billion Payment to the Major Labels

  29-01-2021 23:18 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Earlier this month, a federal court upheld the $1 billion copyright infringement penalty that a jury levied against Cox Communications back in December of 2019. Now, the mega-ISP has moved to delay its billion-dollar payment to the major labels while it pursues an appeal. To recap, the underlying courtroom confrontation between Cox Communications and the […]
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• Deezer Introduces New Search by Lyrics Feature For Users

  29-01-2021 23:17 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Deezer introduces ‘Search by Lyrics’ feature for users to find those elusive tunes. If you can remember a few words of the song, you can search for it on Deezer. The streaming company says the feature is now available for all tracks that include sing-along lyrics. You’ll need to know at least four words of […]
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• T.I. & Tiny Address Sexual Abuse Allegations

  29-01-2021 23:09
  
  T.I. and his wife Tiny have issued a formal response to Sabrina Peterson, who accused him of putting a gun to her head and shared dozens of accusations from other women against the couple.
  Peterson took to Instagram earlier this week to speak out about the instance and discuss the larger issue of Black women being villainized for doing so, writing, “you PUT A GUN TO MY HEAD IN FRONT OF CHILDREN & I NEVER CALLED THE POLICE ON YOU! But for years you have painted me as the VILLAIN!”
  
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• Lil Durk parodies Kanye West’s most memorable moments in ‘Kanye Krazy’ video

  29-01-2021 23:04 via nme.com
  Lil Durk has parodied some of Kanye West’s most memorable moments in the video for his single ‘Kanye Krazy’.
  The track appears on the new deluxe edition of the rapper’s latest album ‘The Voice’, which was released today (January 29).Read more: All that power: celebrating the genius of Kanye West’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’, a tumultuous decade onThe accompanying visuals for the song, which were directed by Lyrical Lemonade’s C
  
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• Spotify Patent Tracks Your Voice to Make Music Recommendations

  29-01-2021 22:48 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A new Spotify patent would allow the service to analyze your voice to make music recommendations. “Identification of taste attributes from an audio signal” is the generic patent name. It was first filed back in February 2018 and was granted on January 12. Spotify says the new patent covers a method of processing an audio […]
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• Lil Durk Rewinds Through Kanye West’s Most Notorious Moments in ‘Kanye Krazy’ Video

  29-01-2021 22:46
  
  Lil Durk relives fellow Chicago rapper Kanye West’s most notorious career highlights in his “Kanye Krazy” music video, released Friday (Jan. 29).
  The nostalgia-inducing clip, directed by Lyrical Lemonade’s Cole Bennett, recalls ‘Ye’s old music videos, including “Runaway,” with the flock of ballerinas swarming the white piano; “I Love It,” with the giant Roblox-resembling suits; “Bound 2,” with the sc
  
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• Tempo Music CEO Sherrese Clarke Soares Leaves $1B Acquisition Fund to Start New Venture

  29-01-2021 22:38
  
  Sherrese Clarke Soares, who has been leading acquisition fund Tempo Music’s excursion into buying music assets, has left the firm with the intention of starting her own venture, according to an e-mail she has sent out to friends and colleagues Friday (Jan. 29).
  Tempo Music, fielded by Providence Equity Partners and fueled by about $1 billion in funding, began acquiring music assets last year, including buying select copyrights of songwriters like Jeff Bhasker, Shane McAnally and Ben Rector
  
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• First Out: New Music From Arlo Parks, Queen + Adam Lambert, Rebecca Black & More

  29-01-2021 22:37
  
  With January 2021 officially drawing to a close, start your weekend off right with this list of brand-new tracks by queer artists. Billboard Pride is here to help with First Out, our weekly roundup of some of the best new music releases from LGBTQ artists.
  From Arlo Parks’ unbelievable new album to Rebecca Black’s new queer-tinged single, check out just a few of our favorite releases from this week below.Arlo Parks, Collapsed in Sunbeams
  “Making rainbows out
  
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• The Knife’s Olof Dreijer has remixed Robyn and Röyksopp’s ‘Monument’

  29-01-2021 22:20 via nme.com
  
  The Knife’s Olof Dreijer has shared a new remix of Robyn and Röyksopp’s track ‘Monument’ – listen to it below now.
  The original version of the collaborative release appeared on Robyn and Röyksopp’s ‘Do It Again’ EP, which was released in 2014.Read more: “She breaks the mould”: how Robyn’s pop classic ‘Body Talk’ changed the gameThe new remix was uploaded to Röyksopp’s official YouTube pag
  
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• Ashanti & Keyshia Cole Top 11 Million Streams After Verzuz Battle

  29-01-2021 22:20
  
  The first Verzuz battle of 2021 continued the series’ streak of providing considerable streaming gains for its participants, as Ashanti and Keyshia Cole’s catalog streams swelled after their showdown on Jan. 21.
  According to MRC Data, the two R&B superstars combined for 11.3 million U.S. on-demand streams on the day of the contest and the following day, which typically also sees high streaming totals as fans relive the highlights for the late-night contests that usually end aroun
  
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• Rebecca Black reunites with an ex in video for new single ‘Girlfriend’

  29-01-2021 22:19 via nme.com
  
  Rebecca Black has shared the video for her new single ‘Girlfriend’ – you can watch it below.
  The clip sees the singer, who’s best known for her 2011 viral hit ‘Friday’, reuniting with an ex at a picnic, as well as lounging around a room filled with balloons.
  It follows last year’s ‘Self Sabotage’, ‘Closer’ and ‘Alone Together’. She also recently appeared on Dani Ride’s track ‘Ven Dimelo (Love Is Love)&rsquo
  
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• Katy Perry ‘Highly Recommends’ Being a Mom… ‘When You’re Ready’

  29-01-2021 22:17
  
  Katy Perry opened up about her life-changing transition into motherhood after giving birth to her first child, Daisy Dove Bloom, in August.
  “She changed my life and still continues to change my life,” Perry said about her five-month-old child in an Instagram Live Thursday (Jan. 28).
  The pop star reflected on how she’s learned to prioritize time with her daughter within her busy schedule and create “boundaries” in her personal life.
  “I think that you reali
  
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• Composer Tamar-kali on the Perks of An Intimate Score

  29-01-2021 21:52
  
  Tamar-kali, who wrote the moving, spare score to Palmer — a drama starring Justin Timberlake as an ex-convict who finds himself in charge of a young boy named Sam — recalls the challenges of composing in a pandemic below.
  The film’s director Fisher Stevens, called me. He had been working with someone else and needed to make a change. I knew I would be spending part of my summer on my family’s compound in South Carolina. I had just had quite a bit of work, and I hadn&
  
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• Drake has helped a Toronoto rapper pay off his debt and double his savings

  29-01-2021 21:35 via nme.com
  
  Drake has helped pay off a Toronto rapper’s debt and double his savings.
  It comes after 6ixBuzz TV’s Instagram account posted a video from a user known as BucksInDaCut, in which he declares that his goal for 2021 is to save more money than he did in 2020.
  After declaring he started the year with $500 (£365), he counts his current stack of cash, which was up to $1,300 (£948).
  Drake then responded on the comments section and wrote: “Yo what’s this mans PayPal I&
  
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• How to Watch Blackpink’s ‘The Show’ Livestream Concert

  29-01-2021 21:23
  
  Blackpink are finally blessing the Blinks with their debut livestream concert experience The Show on Sunday (Jan. 31).
  The livestream, a first-of-its-kind partnership with YouTube Music, will finally give Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa their first opportunity to perform songs from their debut album The Album live since its release in October.
  “Postponing to January 31st allowed us to add a special stage that would have been difficult if it had been origin
  
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• Diane Warren On Her Oscar Nomination Eve Slumber Party and Double Digit Noms

  29-01-2021 21:13
  
  Diane Warren has written over 100 songs for films since 1985 — and wasn’t going to let the pandemic slow her down. This year, she has three songs in contention for Academy Award nominations: “Io Sì (Seen),” performed in Italian by Laura Pausini for The Life Ahead, starring Sophia Loren; “Free,” performed by Charlie Puth for The One and Only Ivan; and “I’ll Get There (The Other Side)” performed by Emeli Sandé for Emperor. Warren,
  
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• Language Barrier Won’t Stop Selena Gomez & Rauw Alejandro in Lusty ‘Baila Conmigo’ Lyric Translation

  29-01-2021 20:49
  
  Lost in translation but in lust: That’s the message conveyed in Selena Gomez’s new Spanish-language single “Baila Conmigo” in collaboration with Rauw Alejandro.
  In the sultry reggaeton song, produced by Tainy, Selena and Rauw go back-and-forth with sultry lyrics about dance and desire — despite the language barrier. “Baby, I don’t know if you speak a lot of Spanish/ If you understand when I say ‘my love’/ Devouring each other without und
  
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• System Of A Down’s John Dolmayan claims people won’t work with him cos of his right-wing views

  29-01-2021 20:34 via nme.com
  System Of A Down drummer John Dolmayan has claimed that companies won’t work with him because of his right-wing views.
  The musician has previously expressed his support for Trump, backed an investigation into the results of the 2020 US election, and accused the Black Lives Matter movement of being “propaganda” for Democrats.Read more: System Of A Down’s new anthems of rebellion are arena-ready calls for justiceNow in an appearance on a podcast centred around people who ha
  
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• Watch Anitta head to the slopes in video for new single ‘Loco’

  29-01-2021 20:29 via nme.com
  
  Anitta has shared a raunchy new video for her first single of 2021, ‘Loco’ – you can view it below.
  Read more: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Anitta
  The clip, sees the Brazilian pop star wearing bikinis and big coats as she goes down a ski slope and is likely to feature on her upcoming fifth studio album ‘Girl from Rio’.
  It follows her recent collaboration with Cardi B and Puerto Rican rapper Myke Towers on the track ‘Me Gusta&
  
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• Universal Music Group’s IPO Is Roughly 12 Months Away — And Tencent Officially Owns a 20% Stake

  29-01-2021 20:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Universal Music Group’s much-anticipated IPO is potentially less than 12 months away, and Chinese conglomerate Tencent officially has a 20 percent interest in the Viviendi-owned company. Paris-headquartered Vivendi announced this morning, via a general release, that Tencent had formally completed its purchase of an additional 10 percent stake in Universal Music Group. Tencent acknowledged the […]
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• Universal Music Group’s IPO Is Roughly 12 Months Away — And Tencent Officially Owns 20% Of It

  29-01-2021 20:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Universal Music Group’s much-anticipated IPO is less than 12 months away, and Chinese conglomerate Tencent officially has a 20 percent interest in the Viviendi-owned company. Paris-headquartered Vivendi announced this morning, via a general release, that Tencent had formally completed its purchase of an additional 10 percent stake in Universal Music Group. Tencent acknowledged the happening […]
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• Selena Gomez, Weezer, Maluma & More: What’s Your Favorite New Music Release? Vote!

  29-01-2021 20:17
  
  This week’s new music gave everyone a reason to dance — rain or shine.
  Selena Gomez dropped her upbeat Spanish-language track “Baila Conmigo” with fast-rising Puerto Rican star Rauw Alejandro, while Porter Robinson encouraged listeners to “Look at the Sky” and provided a glimmer of hope during dark times.
  Meanwhile, Maluma recalled his pre-pandemic Jamaican vacation in his seven-song project #7DJ, which blends the native reggae and dan
  
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• Executive of the Week: Mono Music Group CEO Gary Marella

  29-01-2021 20:11
  
  For millions of fans who tune in to Instagram and Apple Music TV for every installment, Verzuz battles are one of the highlights that have emerged from the tough lockdowns that upended day to day life amid the COVID-19 pandemic this past year. But for Mono Music Group CEO Gary Marella — whose clients include Timbaland, who co-founded Verzuz with Swizz Beatz — Verzuz was a long time in the making, and borne at least partly from a social media mishap.
  “When Swizz and Just Blaze d
  
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• The 13 Best Things That Happened in Music This Week (January 29)

  29-01-2021 20:04
  
  This week, Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album respectively spent a second week atop the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200. Plus, the next groups of rising country, Latin and hip-hop stars have been on our radars.
  Meanwhile, BTS teased “surprise gifts” for the ARMY along with their Be (Essential Edition) album and Blackpink told Billboard about what to expect during their upcoming l
  
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• Tyler, The Creator and Brent Faiyaz share new collaboration ‘Gravity’

  29-01-2021 19:57 via nme.com
  
  Tyler, The Creator has teamed up with Brent Faiyaz for a new song ‘Gravity’ – you can listen to the track below.
  The song, which was produced by DJ Dahi, who has previously worked with Drake and Vampire Weekend, follows the rapper’s recent collaboration with Channel Tres on the single ‘fuego’.
  It is the first time Tyler and Faiyaz have worked together and the song is also the Odd Future rapper’s first track of 2021.
  Faiyaz recently appeared in an ad
  
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• How Rising Composer Emile Mosseri Landed His Biggest Film Yet

  29-01-2021 19:49
  
  Minari, the moving tale of a Korean family that relocates to Arkansas to follow the father’s farming dream, won both the Grand Prize and the Audience Prize (in U.S. Dramatic) at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The fictional drama, which is based loosely on elements from director-writer Lee Isaac Chung’s childhood, is now poised as a leading Academy Award contender, including for best original score.
  The film’s 35-year-old composer, Emile Mosseri, whose graceful, emotional scor
  
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• As Livestreaming Goes Mainstream, It Could Be Survival of the Biggest

  29-01-2021 19:44
  
  Not even Jennifer Lopez could liven up an empty Times Square this New Year’s Eve, when she headlined the annual ball drop for a handful of shivering crew members and front-line workers. The real party was online, where a parade of flashy pay-per-view livestream concerts rang in the new year around the world: Justin Bieber marked his first performance since 2017 with a Beverly Hills, Calif., show in partnership with T-Mobile; KISS broke two Guinness World Records by setting off $1 million w
  
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• Bring Me the Horizon Crowns Hard Rock Streaming Songs With TikTok Hit

  29-01-2021 19:41
  
  For the first time since Billboard’s Hard Rock Streaming Songs chart launched in June 2020, a song released in the 2000s or later hits No. 1.
  Bring Me the Horizon’s “Can You Feel My Heart” vaults 7-1 on the ranking dated Jan. 30 with 3.9 million U.S. streams, up 34%, according to MRC Data.
  Originally released via 2013 album Sempiternal, “Heart” has culled recent favor after going viral on TikTok.During its initial run, the song peaked at No. 26 on th
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion hits the dancefloor on Joel Corry remix of ‘Body’

  29-01-2021 19:38 via nme.com
  
  Megan Thee Stallion has shared a new remix of her single ‘Body’ by Joel Corry – scroll down the page to listen to it now.
  The original version of the track appeared on the Houston rapper’s debut album ‘Good News’, which was released last year.Read more: Megan Thee Stallion – ‘Good News’ review: Houston hottie exudes positivity in a difficult yearNow, London-based producer and DJ Corry has given it a big dance reworking. He adds a hu
  
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• Inside the Rousing Music Of ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

  29-01-2021 19:30
  
  “The more music you have in the world, the fuller it is,” declares Viola Davis as the title character in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
  Much of the music heard in the lauded Netflix adaptation of August Wilson’s 1985 Tony Award-nominated play about pioneering blues artist Rainey in the 1920s comes from acclaimed saxophonist Branford Marsalis, who scored the George C. Wolfe-directed film and produced the music Rainey and her band perform in the movie.Marsalis was in Austra
  
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• Kelly Clarkson Unleashes Flood of Emotion With Cover of Phil Collins’ ‘I Wish It Would Rain Down’

  29-01-2021 19:20
  
  Kelly Clarkson closed out this week’s batch of Kellyoke covers with her tearjerker take on Phil Collins’ “I Wish It Would Rain Down.”
  The No. 3 charting 1990 power ballad from the Genesis singer’s smash 1989 fourth solo album, …But Seriously that features pal Eric Clapton on guitar is like buttah in Clarkson’s hands.
  With a funereal beat and graphics of a downpour on the screens behind her, Clarkson grabbed the mic stand as she leaned into the song
  
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• BTS’ ‘Dynamite’ Video Costumes, A Dress Miley Cyrus Wore as Hannah Montana & More Are Up For Auction

  29-01-2021 19:14
  
  You know those cool, pastel-colored ensembles that BTS wears in their “Dynamite” video? How would you like to own them? The group donated them to MusiCares, which is auctioning them off to help music professionals in need, so you might be in luck.
  MusiCares and Julien’s Auctions are hosting a live auction on Jan. 31 at 1:00 p.m. PT. Early bidding has begun and is active online.
  The BTS ensembles have a pre-auction estimate of $20,000 – $40,000, making it the auction&rsquo
  
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• Beyond ‘High School Musical,’ Joshua Bassett Is Breaking Free: Emerging Artists Spotlight

  29-01-2021 19:01
  
  Welcome to Emerging Artists Spotlight, the Billboard series where we highlight a musician or band who has recently made their debut on the Emerging Artists chart. Whether they are new to the industry, or have been around for a while but are just starting to have a chart impact, the intention is to showcase where they are here and now. This week’s pick is pop singer Joshua Bassett, who debuted at No. 33 on the charts (dated Jan. 30) with his single “Lie Lie Lie.”In 2019, while m
  
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• Bring Me The Horizon beat Bicep to Number One in the UK album chart

  29-01-2021 19:00 via nme.com
  
  Bring Me The Horizon have beaten dance duo Bicep to this week’s UK Number One album.ON THE COVER: Bring Me The Horizon: “I’m like everyone else: confused, scared and angry”The Sheffield metal titans released ‘POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR’ back in October 2020, the first in a series of EPs to come as part of their ‘POST HUMAN’ project.
  Now, the physical release of the record on vinyl, CD and cassette this week has ensured they secured the t
  
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• Executive Turntable: Industry Vets Form New Management Venture, Spotify EMEA Chief Exits

  29-01-2021 18:58
  
  Strong Management founder and co-owner Vaughn Lewis, along with Strong Management co-owner Kenny Gabor, have joined Davis Entertainment Group founder Steve Davis to form the new joint company Unchained Management, Music & Media in New York City.
  The Unchained roster will combine the trio’s clientele, which includes Cannibal Corpse, Queensryche, Ministry, Children of Bodom and Killswitch Engage. The company is planning to expand its activities beyond music management in the future.
  Foun
  
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• Bring Me The Horizon score their second Number 1 album with Post Human: Survival Horror

  29-01-2021 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Bring Me The Horizon leapfrog midweek leaders Bicep in a last-minute sprint to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with their latest EP Post Human: Survival Horror.
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo’s Drivers License secures third week at top spot

  29-01-2021 18:54 via music-news.com
  
  TikTok viral sensation Nathan Evans, a former postman from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, claims this week’s highest new entry
  
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• Selena Gomez invites us to dance on Spanish-language song ‘Baila Conmigo’

  29-01-2021 18:44 via nme.com
  
  Selena Gomez has shared a new Spanish-language single ‘Baila Conmigo’ in collaboration with Rauw Alejandro.Read more: Selena Gomez – ‘Rare’: the quietly confident star wrestles back her own narrativeThe track is the pop star’s second Spanish release this year and follows recent track ‘De Una Vez’ – her first single sung in the language in a decade.
  ‘Baila Conmigo’ translates into English as ‘Dance With Me’ and will fea
  
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• Latin Remix of the Week: VF7 & Jay Wheeler Join Forces on Urban-Alternative ‘No Te Quiero Ver’

  29-01-2021 18:43
  
  VF7 is kicking off 2021 strong, releasing the remix for “No Te Quiero Ver” in collaboration with Jay Wheeler on Friday (Jan. 29).
  Rather than a remix, the song could easily be considered a brand new song. The updated version comes just over a year after the urbana newcomer dropped the original track in summer 2019.
  Released via Sora and Company and distributed by The Orchard, VF7’s sugary vocals have matured. Her voice maintains dulcet but deeper and engages beautifully with Wh
  
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• Ty Dolla Sign Recruits J Balvin, Post Malone, YG and Tyga For ‘Spicy’ Remix: Listen

  29-01-2021 18:40
  
  Ty Dolla Sign shows off his Spanish skills in the newly-remixed “Spicy” featuring J Balvin, Tyga, YG and original collaborator Post Malone.
  The bilingual collaboration starts off with Ty Dolla’s opening verse from the original track followed by the Colombian star, who enters with his all-Spanish verse where he also hints at a lavish and luxurious lifestyle. “Today Louis [Vuitton], tomorrow Gucci for breakfast/ I order sushi … from Medallo to the Virgin Islands/ I&r
  
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• The Killers Drop Deluxe Edition of ‘Imploding The Mirage’ With Unreleased Bonus Track: Listen

  29-01-2021 18:37
  
  The Killers dropped a surprise deluxe edition of their most recent album, Imploding the Mirage, on Friday (Jan. 29), which includes a new song and two live tracks.
  The previously-unreleased “C’est La Vie” is a loose, piano-spiced rhythmic workout that features some of singer Brandon Flowers’ most straightforward, celebratory lyrics about how sometimes you’re up and sometimes, well, you’re down.
  “There’s dignity in calloused hands/ The tools you hav
  
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• Can This Music Rights Search Tool Solve a Big Industry Problem?

  29-01-2021 18:30
  
  Rightsholder.io ‘s founders have a fresh approach on solving an age-old problem in music licensing: how to find important data, quickly.
  Music licensing is “a big enough market to care about [but] small enough the broader industry hasn’t decided to serve,” says Bryson Nobles, CTO of Rightsholder.io parent company Music Tech Works. That’s a problem when many industry pros need information on a song’s ownership and publishing, as well as other rights.
  So, Nobles
  
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• Phoebe Bridgers Reflects On ‘Kyoto’ And Its Impact: ‘Forgiveness Is A Gift To Yourself’

  29-01-2021 18:18
  
  Phoebe Bridgers's Grammy-nominated song 'Kyoto' began in a place of fading anger. But as she explains on MTV News series 'The Method,' the song has helped her change her relationship with her father, who inspired it.
  
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• Behind the Rise of Hollywood Composing Teams

  29-01-2021 18:02
  
  On Feb. 9, when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reveals its shortlists in nine categories, there could be multiple composing teams in the running for best original score for the first time. Since the academy started revealing its shortlists in music categories in 2019, just two composing teams have been in the running: Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury for Annihilation (2018) and Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders for Ford v Ferrari (2019).
  In the run-up to the 93rd annual Academy
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo Doubles Up on Global Charts as ‘All I Want’ Joins ‘Drivers License’

  29-01-2021 18:00
  
  As Olivia Rodrigo rules both of Billboard’s global charts with “Drivers License,” it’s not her only hit on the rankings.
  On the latest charts, dated Jan. 30, her smash, released Jan. 8, is joined by a song of hers released a year ago, “All I Want.”
  To recap, “Drivers License” dominates the streaming- and sales-based Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts for a second week each, after launching atop the Jan. 23-dated lists. It d
  
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• Machine Gun Kelly Reveals Origin Story of His Name in ‘SNL’ Promos: Watch

  29-01-2021 17:58
  
  Machine Gun Kelly is the musical guest on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, but he busted out some of his acting chops for the promos alongside host John Krasinski.
  The Downfalls High rapper/singer takes his spot alongside the former Office star and cast member Heidi Gardner in the two previews of Saturday’s (Jan. 30) episode, teaming up with Gardner to make Krasinski feel extra nervous.
  “Big week… huge week,” she says from behind a mask adorned with blue butterf
  
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• John Carpenter says his “life will be complete” if he gets endorsed by BABYMETAL

  29-01-2021 17:57 via nme.com
  
  John Carpenter has spoken about his love for BABYMETAL, saying that he feels his “life will be complete” if he gets publicly endorsed by the band.
  Halloween composer Carpenter spoke about his admiration of BABYMETAL while promoting his upcoming new album ‘Lost Themes III: Alive After Death’, which is set for release next week (February 5).Read more: John Carpenter, the patron saint of Halloween, on playing live and scaring fansSpeaking to Kerrang! in a new interview, Carp
  
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