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• Sales of Captain Sir Tom Moore's 'You'll Never Walk Alone' surge

  05-02-2021 23:56 via music-news.com
  
  Olivia Rodrigo’s Drivers License speeds into a fourth week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.
  
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• First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From San Holo, SG Lewis & Nile Rodgers, Black Coffee & More

  05-02-2021 23:54
  
  It’s a big new music Friday in the dance world, with a crew of heavyweight producers heating up 2021 with a batch of new productions.
  Beyond the first single of the year from Rezz, this week sees releases from legends like Black Coffee and Nile Rodgers (who adds heft to a production with rising artist SG Lewis), along with scene stars like San Holo and upstarts like Franky Wah.
  Intrigued? Good. Let’s dig in.
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• Celeste’s 'Not Your Muse' becomes first British female Number 1 debut album in five years

  05-02-2021 23:54 via music-news.com
  
  Congratulations to Celeste, who enters straight in at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with her debut album Not Your Muse.
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo’s 'Drivers License' speeds into a fourth week at Number 1

  05-02-2021 23:50 via music-news.com
  
  Olivia Rodrigo’s Drivers License speeds into a fourth week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.
  
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• Spotify Hacked Again – 100K Accounts Leaked in Credential Stuffing Attack

  05-02-2021 23:47 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Is your Spotify account hacked? Over 100,000 users had their emails/passwords leaked in a new breach. The new compilation of Spotify usernames/password combinations has appeared online. It’s the second time a credential stuffing attack has been aimed at the music streaming site in three-months. Many users who were impacted by the Spotify hack were emailed […]
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• Spotify Hacked Again – 100,000 Accounts Leaked in Credential Stuffing Attack

  05-02-2021 23:47 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Is your Spotify account hacked? Over 100,000 users had their emails/passwords leaked in a new breach. The new compilation of Spotify usernames/password combinations has appeared online. It’s the second time a credential stuffing attack has been aimed at the music streaming site in three-months. Many users who were impacted by the Spotify hack were emailed […]
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• Hailey Bieber Ready to Hit the Slopes in Beyonce’s Wintry New ‘Icy Park’ Campaign

  05-02-2021 23:36
  
  If you’re trying to hit the slopes in Beyoncé‘s new Ivy Park x Adidas collection, then just wait until her “Icy Park” hits stores on Feb. 19.
  The superstar and fashion mogul made the announcement on her brand’s socials Friday (Feb. 5) with a brand-new clip that features Queen Bey flashing her grills and blinding sunglasses. Ivy Park also shared a shot of Hailey Bieber wearing a cropped version of the same skintight pink geometric-patterned two-piece
  
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• Stefan Cush of The Men They Coudn’t Hang has died

  05-02-2021 23:33 via nme.com
  
  Stefan Cush, vocalist and guitarist of folk punk group The Men They Couldn’t Hang has died following a sudden heart attack.
  In a Facebook post, The Men They Couldn’t Hang said: “With unberable sadness we have to let you all know that our brother, friend, inspiration, life of the party and soul of the band Stefan Cush died of a sudden heart attack on Thursday. We are beyond devastated. Our love goes out to his family. We will say more when we can. We loved him.”
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• Warning: Google Is Deleting Your Google Play Music Library Next Week

  05-02-2021 23:29 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Google is saying goodbye to its users’ uploaded Google Play Music library this week. The service officially stopped working in December, but users can still transfer their music. After next week, transferring music out of Google Play Music will no longer be possible. Users who haven’t downloaded or transferred their music are encouraged to do […]
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• First Stream Latin: New Music From Sech, Alejandra Guzmán, Sebastián Yatra & More

  05-02-2021 23:22
  
  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.
  Sech, “911” (Rich Music Inc.)
  After his banger “Relacion” and closing off 2020 with the spooky perreo, J Balvin-assisted “La Luz,” Sech kicks off 2021 with “911.” On this track, the Panamanian artist does not hold back on his feelings. He got his heart broken and is sure to let
  
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• SoundCloud reportedly exploring new fan-to-artist payment system

  05-02-2021 23:07 via nme.com
  
  SoundCloud is reportedly exploring the launch of a new system for fans to pay artists directly.Read More: The story of SoundCloud rap in 15 seminal songsA report by Billboard citing “multiple sources close to the situation” says SoundCloud may be the first major Western streaming platform to introduce a direct payment model in the western market.
  The model, which similar to that used by subscription services like Patreon, is already popular with Chinese streaming platforms.
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• First Country: New Music From Dan + Shay, Carly Pearce, Eric Church, Lanco and More

  05-02-2021 23:04
  
  Dan + Shay, “Glad You Exist”The duo’s follow up to “I Should Probably Go to Bed” is a breezy pop confection — their friendship with Justin Bieber has clearly rubbed off on them — that oozes with sweet thanks to the ones they love, whether it be spouses, friends or even fans, during a period when we’ve all come to realize how much those we hold dear mean to us. “It’s a message of gratitude and hope,” Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney say
  
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• Mario Kaminsky, Legendary Argentine Industry Executive, Dead at 87

  05-02-2021 22:45
  
  Mario Kaminsky, the legendary and enterprising Argentine music executive who founded and led one of the country’s most successful record labels, Microfón, died Feb. 1 after a prolonged illness. He was 87.
  Kaminsky, who was also a founding member of Argentina’s record industry association, CAPIF (Argentine Chamber of Phonogram and Videogram Producers), founded Microfón in 1955. He helmed the company until it was sold to Sony in 1995, signing iconic Argentine acts like Al
  
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• Alicia Keys Wants You to Feel ‘Motivated & Inspired’ by Verizon’s Post-Super Bowl Concert: Exclusive

  05-02-2021 22:36
  
  After the Super Bowl on Sunday (Feb. 7), Verizon will keep the entertainment going with the Tiffany Haddish-hosted Big Concert for Small Business, which is set to feature performances by Alicia Keys, Brandi Carlile, Brittany Howard, Christina Aguilera, Eric Church, H.E.R., Jazmine Sullivan, Luke Bryan and Miley Cyrus.
  Ahead of the event, Billboard caught up with Keys to learn what she has in store for the virtual event. The veteran performer also shared her thoughts on the current state of lives
  
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• First Out: New Music From Daya, Julien Baker, Victoria Monét & More

  05-02-2021 22:29
  
  Welcome to February! Time to ring in a new month with some tracks by your favorite 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 Daya’s sensual new single to Julien Baker’s stunning lead-in to her new album, check out just a few of our favorite releases from this week below.Daya, “Bad Girl”
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• Universal Music Group Removes Its Music from Triller: ‘We Will Not Work With Platforms That Do Not Value Artists’

  05-02-2021 22:27 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Universal Music Group (UMG) has officially removed its music from Triller over the TikTok competitor’s allegedly withholding payments and failing to “value artists.” The Big Three record label formally announced the decision today, in a brief statement that was emailed to Digital Music News. “We will not work with platforms that do not value artists,” […]
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• Response to Morgan Wallen Slur Applauded by Black Music Action Coalition, But ‘There Is Much More to Be Done’

  05-02-2021 22:21
  
  The Black Music Action Coalition issued a letter Friday (Feb. 5) applauding the country music industry for taking swift action against Morgan Wallen after his use of the N-word was caught on camera.
  A video of the country singer yelling the racial slur and other expletives surfaced online Tuesday night, along with a statement to TMZ and a “promise to do better.” Wallen had been perceived as country’s next global star, but the industry took swift ac
  
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• Kelly Clarkson Gets the Spotlight All to Herself for This Dan + Shay-Approved Cover

  05-02-2021 21:57
  
  Kelly Clarkson dominated the stage for her Kellyoke cover of Dan + Shay’s “All to Myself” on Friday (Feb. 5).
  Mood lights danced across the stage before simmering into a solo spotlight for the talk show host as she belted the bridge of the heartfelt song: “Girl, I want you in the worst way/ Yeah, I want you in the worst way.”
  “All to Myself” went to No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart in August 2019 and was certified double pl
  
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• The Band’s Robbie Robertson doesn’t mind Bob Dylan selling the rights to his songs

  05-02-2021 21:49 via nme.com
  
  Robbie Robertson of The Band has addressed Bob Dylan‘s recent decision to sell the rights to a number of songs, including some by The Band.
  The $300 million deal struck by Dylan with Universal Music Group for the publishing of his catalogue includes songs that Dylan’s company published on behalf of the Band, meaning their songs could be approved for use against Robertson’s wishes.
  In a new interview, Robertson said that he has no hard feelings over the deal and respects Dylan&r
  
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• Lil Nas X shares snippet of new track ‘Call Me By Your Name’ in Super Bowl ad

  05-02-2021 21:46 via nme.com
  
  Lil Nas X has shared a snippet of his much anticipated single ‘Call Me By Your Name’ in a new Super Bowl ad – listen to it below.Read more: ‘Old Town Road’– how the TikTok-propelled country-trap banger sparked debate about genre, race and exclusionThe 60-second Logitech commercial sees the ‘Old Town Road’ hitmaker star alongside environmentalist Leah Thomas, illustrator Mercedes Bazan, streamer Meg Kaylee and a number of others.
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• Super Bowl Halftime Shows Cost Millions. Who’s Paying?

  05-02-2021 21:40
  
  The Weeknd spent $7 million of his own money on production costs for his Super Bowl halftime show, his manager Wassim “Sal” Slaiby told Billboard last week. That’s a lot.
  “Whoa on The Weeknd!!!” one prominent artist rep said in an email.
  Management company Roc Nation, one of the Super Bowl’s executive producers, will oversee the expenses to “make this halftime show be what he envisioned,” Slaiby said in the story. But in general for Super Bowl perf
  
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• Sharon Osbourne: 'Lily Cornell Silver's mental health podcast is vital'

  05-02-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  The star says she is so proud of Lily
  
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• New exhibition on 2 Tone music seeks public contributions

  05-02-2021 21:05 via nme.com
  
  A new exhibition in Coventry celebrating 2 Tone music and subculture is seeking contributions from the public.Read More: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Pauline Black, The Selecter2 Tone: Lives & Legacies will take place at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum from May 14 to September 12, coinciding with Coventry’s UK City of Culture 2021 celebrations.
  As part of the exhibition, the museum has called for those who took part in the 2 Tone movement to submit their
  
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• Big Freedia Joins Everytown in Call for Gun Reform in America: ‘I’m Just So Sick of It’

  05-02-2021 21:03
  
  Big Freedia has had enough of the continued gun violence in America — and once again, she’s using her platform to try and bring an end to it.
  In a new video from Everytown for Gun Safety, the nonprofit organization advocating for gun control in America, Freedia shared her story of surviving gun violence. “I was a victim of gun violence; I was shot,” she said in the clip. “It affected my arm, the way that my arm operates, it affected the way that I felt about my comm
  
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• Executive of the Week: Darkroom Founder/CEO Justin Lubliner

  05-02-2021 21:00
  
  “I [recently] had this moment where I was like, ‘I went so hard the last five years,’” says Justin Lubliner, founder/CEO of Darkroom, a partnership with Interscope. So far, it’s paid off.
  While helping launch the career of superstar Billie Eilish — alongside Interscope CEO John Janick, managers Danny Rukasin and Brandon Goodman, and others — the team has reached a slew of milestones, from a record-breaking debut album with When We All Fall Asle
  
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• Cardi B, Hayley Williams & More: What’s Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote!

  05-02-2021 20:54
  
  Things are looking “Up” this weekend with all the new music, according to Cardi B. But which release tops the list as your favorite?
  Cardi ushers her new era by paying her respects to 2020 and teasing fans that she’ll still be on the up and up in 2021 with her high-energy track. Martin Garrix’s new dancefloor anthem featuring Tove Lo applies “Pressure” with its melodic thump that will find its home in a live venue after quarantine.Hayley Williams, on
  
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• Watch Lil Baby celebrate the hustle mentality in new Super Bowl commercial

  05-02-2021 20:51 via nme.com
  
  Lil Baby has teamed up with Rockstar Energy for a new Super Bowl commercial – you can watch it below.Read more: Lil Baby: “It’s not about the fame game – I’m more about real life”The 30-second clip highlights the hard work it takes to make it to the top, focusing on Lil Baby’s hustle as well as that of fashion designers, tattoo artists and barbers.
  “I wasn’t born in the spotlight. Nah, I had to grind to shine, like a star on a hot night. And
  
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• Thurston Moore releases surprise ambient album ‘screen time’

  05-02-2021 20:30 via nme.com
  
  Thurston Moore has released a surprise new album entitled ‘screen time’, which consists of 10 abstract and ambient instrumental pieces.Read More: Thurston Moore on “killer” new music and the “high order nihilism” of Boris Johnson and Donald TrumpThe musician shared the record without fanfare today (February 5), which is available to stream and download exclusively via Bandcamp. You can take a listen below.
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• The 13 Best Things That Happened in Music This Week (February 5)

  05-02-2021 20:21
  
  Awards season is upon us! This week, nominations for the 2021 NAACP Image Awards, 2021 Golden Globes, 2021 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards and 2021 SAG Awards were all announced.
  Meanwhile, Blackpink stunned fans with new twists and unexpected elements for their first virtual concert The Show, and Machine Gun Kelly brought the house down with his Saturday Night Live debut performance over the weekend.
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• Rockstar Energy Taps Lil Baby for Its First-Ever Super Bowl Spot

  05-02-2021 20:10 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Rockstar Energy has tapped Lil Baby to star in its first-ever Super Bowl advertisement. Rockstar Energy teased its Lil Baby Super Bowl ad spot in a brief clip late last month and just recently posted the entire 30-second-long commercial to YouTube. In addition to Rockstar – a subsidiary of Pepsi, which is sponsoring The Weeknd’s […]
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• On Being Black: ‘Dear White Music Executives’ Author Ray Daniels

  05-02-2021 20:10
  
  A well-known quote from poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou continues to bear repeating. “If you don’t know where you’ve come from, you don’t know where you’re going.” It is through Angelou’s clarifying lens that Billboard launches “On Being Black.”
  Running weekly during Black History Month and recurring throughout the year, “On Being Black” examines the challenges of working while Black in the music industry. Here, curren
  
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• Joe Strummer greatest hits album set to be released next month

  05-02-2021 20:06 via nme.com
  
  A new Joe Strummer greatest hits album is set to be released next month, featuring three previously unreleased versions of classic The Clash tracks.Read more: The 13 best rhythm guitarists of all-timeMade up of carefully curated singles, fan favourites and rarities, ‘Assembly’ will be released on March 26 via George Harrison’s Dark Horse Records, which is now run by the late Beatle‘s son Dhani Harrison and manager David Zonshine.
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• Erica Banks Scores First Billboard No. 1 With ‘Buss It’ on Triller Charts

  05-02-2021 20:04
  
  Erica Banks is No. 1 on a Billboard chart for the first time, shooting to the top of both the Top Triller U.S. and Top Triller Global charts dated Feb. 6.
  The Top Triller U.S. and Top Triller Global charts highlight the biggest songs on Triller based on a formula blending the amount of views of videos containing a respective songs, the level of engagement with those videos and the raw total of videos uploaded featuring each song, according to Triller. Data for the charts is represented on a Frid
  
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• Billie Eilish and Rosalía Bring Spanglish Flare to Billboard Global Charts

  05-02-2021 20:00
  
  Billie Eilish and Rosalía’s multilingual collaboration “Lo Vas a Olvidar” debuts at No. 18 on both the Feb. 6-dated Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts.
  Eilish and Rosalía are familiar with both global rankings, which launched in September. By the end of 2020, Eilish had notched eight entries on the Global 200, while Rosalía had three. “Lo Vas a Olvidar” becomes the former’s second top 20 hit and the latter&rsqu
  
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• Billie Eilish and Rosalía Bring Spanglish Flair to Billboard Global Charts

  05-02-2021 20:00
  
  Billie Eilish and Rosalía’s multilingual collaboration “Lo Vas a Olvidar” debuts at No. 18 on both the Feb. 6-dated Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts.
  Eilish and Rosalía are familiar with both global rankings, which launched in September. By the end of 2020, Eilish had notched eight entries on the Global 200, while Rosalía had three. “Lo Vas a Olvidar” becomes the former’s second top 20 hit and the latter&rsqu
  
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• Tiggs Da Author announces debut album ‘Blame It On The Youts’ and shares new single featuring Nines

  05-02-2021 19:48 via nme.com
  
  Tiggs Da Author has announced the release of his debut album ‘Blame It On The Youts’ and has shared a brand new single featuring Nines.
  ‘Blame It On The Youts’ will be released on March 12 via Alacran Records, and features last summer’s ‘I Ain’t Scared’ as well as newly released track ‘Fly Em High’.
  “Myself and Nines have been working together since around 2015,” Tiggs said of the new song.
  “Since then we’ve just
  
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• FKA Twigs’s Earthly Opus, Tkay Maidza’s ‘Kim’ Worship, And More Songs We Love

  05-02-2021 19:38
  
  A Black History Month edition of Bop Shop has tracks from FKA Twigs, Arlo Parks, Tkay Maidza, Anderson .Paak, and more.
  
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• Christopher Plummer, Chagrined Star of ‘The Sound of Music,’ Dies at 91

  05-02-2021 19:36
  
  Christopher Plummer, the sophisticated star who in 2012 became the oldest actor to ever win a competitive Oscar — a just reward for his seven standout decades as leading man on the stage and screen — has died. He was 91.
  A legendary performer on Broadway, for the National Theater and The Royal Shakespeare Company in England and for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada, Plummer died peacefully at his home early Friday morning (Feb. 5) in Connecticut, with Elaine Taylor, his wi
  
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• Rudy Currence Notches First Gospel Airplay No. 1 With ‘I Belong Here’

  05-02-2021 19:31
  
  Rudy Currence achieves his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart as “I Belong Here” ascends 2-1 on the list dated Feb. 6. In the week ending Jan. 31, the song increased by 14% in plays, according to MRC Data.
  “Belong,” which Currence wrote solo, is his second Gospel Airplay entry. “My Testimony” reached No. 18 in February 2018.
  The Atlanta-based singer-songwriter, originally from Rock Hill, South Carolina, has penned songs for artists including
  
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• SoundCloud to Let Fans Pay Artists Directly: Exclusive

  05-02-2021 19:30
  
  SoundCloud is preparing to introduce a new payment system that would allow fans to pay artists directly, multiple sources close to the situation tell Billboard, setting what could be a game-changing precedent for the streaming world.
  The move would make SoundCloud the first major music streaming service to embrace a direct payment model, a strategy that has been popular with Chinese streaming services like Tencent Music’s QQ Music for years, and one that subscription services like Patreon
  
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• Gwen Stefani Doesn’t Disagree With Fan Who Says She’s Lousy at TikTok

  05-02-2021 19:28
  
  Gwen Stefani is well aware that she can’t be good at everything. Which is why when someone recently dinged her TikTok skills in a comment on one of her videos that read: “I love watching celebrities totally fail tiktok… Love Gwen shes amazing buuuuut,” she didn’t get mad.
  Instead, Stefani got funny. “Thank u for calling me out you’re right!!!” Stefani, 51, said before dropping in a purposeful misspelling that proved she gets it in an Instagra
  
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• Toyah Willcox says lockdown videos started because husband Robert Fripp “was withdrawing”

  05-02-2021 19:12 via nme.com
  
  Toyah Willcox has revealed that her Sunday Lockdown Lunch video series started because her husband, King Crimson‘s Robert Fripp, was having withdrawals from performing.Read more: The show must go online: inside the rise of virtual gigs during the coronavirus crisisThe pair launched their virtual video series last year, sharing renditions of songs by Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and more through Willcox’s YouTube channel.
  Speaking in a new interview with The Gu
  
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• Vic Mensa enlists Chance The Rapper and Wyclef Jean for politically charged new single ‘Shelter’

  05-02-2021 19:01 via nme.com
  
  Vic Mensa has shared his first new music of 2021 in the form of ‘Shelter’, which features Chance The Rapper and Wyclef Jean.Read More: Vic Mensa – ‘The Autobiography’ ReviewThe hard-hitting track, which you can hear below, hears Mensa tackle the coronavirus crisis’ disproportionate effects on communities of colour, police brutality, incarceration and more.
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• Celeste becomes first British female artist in five years to have a Number One debut album

  05-02-2021 19:00 via nme.com
  
  Celeste‘s ‘Not Your Muse’ has hit the top of the UK albums chart, making the singer the first female British solo artist to reach number one with her debut album for five years.
  The last person to achieve the feat was Jess Glynne, whose ‘I Cry When I Laugh’ was released in November 2015.Read More: Celeste: “This album is me taking a firm stance and saying, ‘This is who I am’”Celeste looked set for the top spot earlier this week when it was an
  
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• 20 Questions With Rezz: New Single, The Influence of Deadmau5 & Her Personal Twitter Account

  05-02-2021 18:58
  
  Many artists aspire to push musical boundaries, but Rezz falls into the realm of producers who have actually broken new sonic ground — with a style that fuses dark, pummeling, often psychedelically strange bass music with the strain of alt-rock familiar to anyone who’s ever stepped into a Hot Topic.
  The 25-year-old Canadian producer’s collaborations includes those with Underoath’s Aaron Gillespie and Los Angeles guitarist/producer Grabbitz. In 2020, the Grabbitz and
  
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• Nogizaka46 Rises to No. 1 on Japan Hot 100, Yuuri Hits New High at No. 2

  05-02-2021 18:44
  
  Nogizaka46 shoots to No. 1 on the latest Billboard Japan Hot 100 with its 26th single “Boku Ha Boku Wo Suki Ni Naru.”
  On the tally dated Jan. 25 to 31, the J-pop girl group comes in at No. 1 for physical sales and look-ups — the number of CDs ripped to a computer — with 678,684 copies sold in its first week.While the popular group continues to show strength in these two physical metrics of the chart’s methodology and the new single’s first-week sales figures a
  
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• Cardi B Gets It ‘Up’ In Supremely Sexy New Video

  05-02-2021 18:42
  
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• First Stream: New Music From Cardi B, Foo Fighters, CNCO and More

  05-02-2021 18:23
  
  Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.
  This week, Cardi B looks skyward, Foo Fighters shake things up and CNCO tackles some personal classics. Check out all of this week’s First Stream picks below:
  Cardi B, “Up”Following the enormous success of her Megan Thee Stallion team-up “W
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo Set For Grammy Museum’s Spotlight Saturdays Virtual Event

  05-02-2021 18:13
  
  Olivia Rodrigo, whose “Drivers License” has headed the Billboard Hot 100 for the past three weeks, will be featured on Saturday (Feb. 6) in the Grammy Museum’s Spotlight Saturdays franchise, in which record companies take turns spotlighting their up-and-coming artists.
  February is Interscope Geffen A&M’s turn to highlight its new arrivals. In addition to Rodrigo, the company is featuring J.I. (Feb. 13), Mereba (Feb. 20) and Gracie Abrams (Feb. 27).
  Rodrigo taped the p
  
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• Watch The Weeknd Gear Up For His Big Super Bowl LV Halftime Performance With a Giant Meal

  05-02-2021 18:11
  
  Some people meditate, some work out and some endlessly run through their steps until they can’t walk anymore. Not The Weeknd, the “Blinding Lights” singer is super chill in a new one-minute promo video for his halftime performance at Sunday’s (Feb. 7) Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida.
  Chilling on the 50-yard line and sipping tea while flipping through a newspaper featuring a headline about his upcoming set in the middle of the matchup between T
  
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