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• Ontario Government Injects $2 Million Into Canada’s Ailing Music Sector

  12-03-2021 23:59
  
  The Government of Ontario says it will inject $2.5 million (USD $2 million) into the struggling Canadian music industry by investing in two non-profit groups.
  The Canadian Live Music Association (CLMA) will receive $500,000 (USD $400,000) to aid the live industry all over the province, Lisa MacLeod, Ontario’s Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture, announced today (March 12).
  The provincial government will also provide $2 million (USD $1.6 million) in COVID-19 relief to the Uniso
  
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• Cultura Profetica Has ‘High’ Expectations for Their First Grammy Win

  12-03-2021 23:57
  
  Cultura Profética is hopeful for a Grammy win after nabbing their first-ever Latin Grammy in 2020, calling it “a very crazy process.”
  The Puerto Rican reggae band, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, won the first golden gramophone at last year’s Latin Grammys for best alternative music album with their comeback album Sobrevolando, released almost 10 years after their 2010 set La Dulzura.
  Now, they’re aiming for a win at the 2021 Grammys, where they&rs
  
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• Slipknot’s Corey Taylor to appear on Comic Relief livestream marathon

  12-03-2021 23:34 via nme.com
  
  Slipknot’s Corey Taylor will be a guest on a Comic Relief livestream marathon, which is taking place tonight (March 12).
  The team behind the award-winning comedy podcast No Such Thing As A Fish are hosting a one-off, 20-hour special in aid of Comic Relief.Read more: Corey Taylor – ‘CMFT’ review: the most fun record the Slipknot frontman has ever producedA total of 35 guests will join the NSTAAF team for 35 minutes each over the course of the broadcast. Taylor is set
  
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• Here’s What Inspired Hailey Bieber to Launch Her Own YouTube Channel

  12-03-2021 23:16
  
  Hailey Bieber launched her official YouTube channel on Friday (March 12), which will offer an inside look into the model’s skincare routine, travels and challenges with A-list friends and stylists.
  In the first video, titled “Welcome to My Channel,” Bieber stumbles on the “freaking mouthful” of names she goes by while introducing herself, including Hailey Rhode Bieber, Hailey Baldwin Bieber and Hailey Rhode Baldwin Bieber. According to her new channel, she’s p
  
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• Strictly Discs in Wisconsin, in a Pandemic: ‘The End Might Be in Sight’

  12-03-2021 23:13
  
  In October 1988, Angie Roloff and her husband Ron opened Strictly Discs in Madison, Wisconsin, after Ron left a career in the biomedical research field to pursue his love of music full time. Nearly 31 years later, the couple made the difficult decision to shutter in-store operations due to COVID-19, roughly a week before Gov. Tony Evers forced a mandatory shutdown of all non-essential businesses. After the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Evers’ stay-at-home order in
  
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• Listen to Spoon cover Tom Petty’s ‘Breakdown’ and ‘A Face In The Crowd’

  12-03-2021 23:01 via nme.com
  
  Spoon have shared covers of two Tom Petty classics on digital streaming platforms for the first time.Read more: Soundtrack Of My Life: Spoon’s Britt DanielThe Austin band initially covered the 1976 song ‘Breakdown’ for the late rock star’s 70th Birthday Bash concert last year. The original track was the first single to be taken from Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers’ self-titled debut album.
  In December, Spoon also put their own spin on ‘A Face In The Crowd
  
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• Executive of the Week: Warner Music Group Senior VP New Business & Ventures Alex Kamins

  12-03-2021 22:22
  
  Over the weekend, Atlantic Records band Why Don’t We performed an exclusive live show of their latest album, The Good Times and the Bad Ones, on online gaming platform Roblox, which brought together a potent mix of Why Don’t We’s younger fans with the platform’s huge user base, which is played by more than half of U.S. kids under the age of 16, according to the company. And the event — which consisted of four performances and a Q&A over a three day period &mdash
  
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• Epidemic Sound Raises Another $450 Million — Company Valued at $1.4 Billion

  12-03-2021 22:08 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Subscription-based royalty-free music platform Epidemic Sound has raised $450 million (at a total valuation of $1.4 billion) in a funding round. The 12-year-old company recently unveiled its nearly half-billion-dollar funding round in a formal release. According to this announcement message, EQT Growth (which, like Epidemic, is based out of Stockholm) and “funds managed by Blackstone […]
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• Epidemic Sound Raises a Another $450 Million — Company Valued at $1.4 Billion

  12-03-2021 22:08 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Subscription-based royalty-free music platform Epidemic Sound has raised $450 million (at a total valuation of $1.4 billion) in a funding round. The 12-year-old company recently unveiled its nearly half-billion-dollar funding round in a formal release. According to this announcement message, EQT Growth (which, like Epidemic, is based out of Stockholm) and “funds managed by Blackstone […]
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• Selena Gomez, Rosé, Nick Jonas & More: What’s Your Favorite New Music Release? Vote!

  12-03-2021 22:07
  
  This week’s new music explored new terrain, from solo ventures in space to solo ventures apart from a girl group. But which one are you loving most?
  Nick Jonas launches back into his solo music for the first time in five years as a Spaceman, and the LP’s songs, like the titular track, reveal his longing desire to return home to wife Priyanka Chopra-Jonas. Blackpink’s Rosé takes strides on her own with an explosive R two-track pack.
  And Selena Gomez&nb
  
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• Hear King Krule’s woozy new remix of Eyedress’ ‘Jealous’

  12-03-2021 22:00 via nme.com
  
  King Krule has shared a remix of Eyedress‘ 2019 single ‘Jealous’, which originally appeared on the Los Angeles-based lo-fi producer’s 2019 LP ‘Let’s Skip To The Wedding.’READ MORE: King Krule – ‘Man Alive!’ review: the Krulean gloom lifts to reveal a more optimistic worldviewThe dark, hypnotic take on the song comes along with vintage video game inspired visuals directed by Eyedress, aka Idris Vicuña, and animated by Josh Parsons
  
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• First Out: New Music From Chika, Phoebe Bridgers, Shaed & More

  12-03-2021 22:00
  
  Happy Grammys Week, everyone! With the music industry’s biggest night just a few short days away, why not take a listen to some new tunes from nominated queer artists, and get to know a few others who weren’t? Billboard Pride is here to help with First Out, our weekly roundup of some of the best new music releases from LGBTQ artists.
  From Chika’s surprising fairytale-inspired EP, to Phoebe Bridgers’ cover of a classic, check out just a few of our favorite releas
  
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• Taylor Swift shares preview of ‘Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)’

  12-03-2021 21:59 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift has shared a preview of the re-recorded version of ‘Wildest Dreams’, dubbed ‘Taylor’s Version’.
  The original song appeared on her 2014 album ‘1989’ and has since been certified Platinum in the UK and four times Platinum in the US.Read more: Taylor Swift’s re-recorded ‘Love Story (Taylor’s Version)’ celebrates her ‘Fearless’ eraA clip of ‘Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)’ appears in
  
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• First Stream Latin: New Music From Jhay Cortez, Yandel, La Ross Maria & More

  12-03-2021 21:49
  
  “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.Jhay Cortez, “Christian Dior” (Universal Music Latin)
  “Christian Dior” may start off slow, but the track quickly shifts gears into a hard-knocking reggaeton/trap song that finds Jhay Cortez singing about a luxurious lifestyle. The Tainy-produced track, which interpolates Hector El Father&
  
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• Dreams Come True: Taylor Swift Teases Re-Recorded Version of ‘Wildest Dreams’

  12-03-2021 21:41
  
  Swifties’ wildest dreams have come true: They get to hear more of Taylor Swift’s re-recorded catalog.
  The new version of her 2015 hit “Wildest Dreams” can be heard in the upcoming trailer for the Dreamworks Animation film Spirit Untamed, which Swift teased Friday (March 12) on her Instagram Story. “Thank you #SpiritUntamed for using Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version) in your new trailer!!” she wrote.
  Spirit Untamed follows the story of a gi
  
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• T-Pain Is ‘Unapologetic’ About His Signature Auto-Tune in New Ad

  12-03-2021 21:32
  
  Any hip-hop fan who has gone clubbing in the 2000s definitely fell under the spell of the T-Pain effect. He earned his stripes as a pioneer, with his crystallized voice that’s equal parts smooth like a crooner and stiff like a robot by way of Auto-Tune.
  Those doubting if T-Pain could actually sing without Auto-Tune had their question answered once they watched his 2014 NPR Tiny Desk concert, which has amassed more than 20 million views on YouTube. But the voice behind the Bi
  
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• Nick Jonas confirms Jonas Brothers are 'actively working' on new projects

  12-03-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  The brothers are working on group material as well as their own projects.
  
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• Frankie Bridge: 'I lost control of my life while growing up in the public eye'

  12-03-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Frankie Bridge was named the winner of the Mental Health Game Changer award at Glamour's Women of the Year Awards 2021 on Thursday.
  
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• BRIT Awards respond as Sam Smith speaks out about plan to keep gender-based categories

  12-03-2021 21:26 via nme.com
  
  The BRIT Awards have responded after Sam Smith spoke out about plans to keep gender-based categories for the 2021 ceremony.
  Smith came out as non-binary in early 2019, and changed their pronouns to they/them in September that year.READ MORE: The BRITs could scrap gender-specific categories in the future – why do some people see that as a bad thing?Back in 2019, it was reported that the BRITs were planning to scrap their gender categories in a bid to include non-binary artists. The awards c
  
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• Trampolene share anthemic new single ‘Oh Lover’

  12-03-2021 21:09 via nme.com
  
  Trampolene have shared their new single ‘Oh Lover’ ahead of their forthcoming third album.
  You can watch a video for the anthemic new track below, which sees frontman Jack Jones revealing the tracks opening lyrics on a series of face masks as he’s pulled in a cart down a deserted road.
  The visuals were filmed at a Bedfordshire wind farm, and inspired by Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel The Road.“‘Oh Lover’ started as a one-way message from a
  
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• Who Do You Hope Will Win the Most 2021 Grammy Awards? Vote!

  12-03-2021 21:01
  
  The 63rd annual Grammy Awards are coming up this Sunday, and Billboard wants to know who you hope wins the most awards out of all the nominees.
  Beyoncé is this year’s leading nominee with nine, including two nominations for record of the year: for her own “Black Parade” and as a featured artist on Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage.” Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and Roddy Ricch each received six nods. If Lipa wins album
  
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• March’s Country Rookie of the Month: Tiera

  12-03-2021 21:00
  
  Today, Billboard launches a new franchise highlighting up-and-coming country acts. Rookie of the Month will showcase one rising star each month who has caught our eyes and ears.
  The series kicks off with Tiera, who self-releases her debut EP today (March 12). The set, which includes a soaring duet with Breland, is an upbeat ode to romantic love with Tiera’s sweet and supple vocals upfront. She also serves up a feisty reminder that she’s in charge on “Not Your Girl.”The re
  
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• Cynthia Erivo Sings ‘Amazing Grace’ in New Teaser for ‘Genius: Aretha’

  12-03-2021 21:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Authorized Aretha Franklin series will premiere March 21st
  
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• Taylor Swift’s Drops Snippet of New ‘Wildest Dreams’ in ‘Spirit Untamed’ Trailer

  12-03-2021 20:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track follows re-recorded "Love Story" as musician continues to effort to regain control of her back catalog
  
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• First Country: New Music From Kenny Chesney, Lady A, Darius Rucker and More

  12-03-2021 20:45
  
  Kenny Chesney, “Knowing You”A few weeks after Chesney released this heartbreaker, he follows up with a dramatic video shot off of the coast of Gloucester, Mass. and in St. Croix. While the song leaves room for interpretation as to whether the person’s loss Chesney is mourning is a friend who died or a romantic interest, the video focuses on a romantic relationship ending. Either way, he’s left with no regrets, knowing, regardless of the sad outcome, he’d do it all a
  
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• Tony Iommi is “not at all happy” about the leak of unreleased Black Sabbath song ‘Slapback’

  12-03-2021 20:39 via nme.com
  
  Tony Iommi has said he’s “not at all happy” about the leak of a previously unheard Black Sabbath song.Read more: What rock’n’roll taught Ronnie James DioThe track, titled ‘Slapback’, was uploaded to YouTube earlier this month by Gary Rees, the stepson of longtime Sabbath keyboard player Geoff Nicholls and manager of his estate.
  ‘Slapback’ features Ronnie James Dio on vocals, and reportedly dates from the 1979 sessions for the band’s &ls
  
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• Indie Venues Plan Marquee Campaign for One-Year Anniversary of Shutdown

  12-03-2021 20:37
  
  For Roger Picone, the Greek Theatre in Berkeley and San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium have always been magical venues for live shows and concerts. But “on March 13, the magic stopped and we were dead in the water,” says Picone, who manages the 118-year-old Berkeley amphitheater on behalf of Another Planet Entertainment, the largest indie promoter in the United States.
  Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 shutdown of music venues like the Bill Graham C
  
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• Gwen Stefani returns with sun-kissed new single ‘Slow Clap’

  12-03-2021 20:31 via nme.com
  
  Gwen Stefani has released her first new music of 2021 in the form of sun-kissed single ‘Slow Clap’ – scroll down the page to listen to it now.
  The track follows last year’s ‘Let Me Reintroduce Myself’, both of which are believed to be set to appear on the singer’s upcoming fifth solo album.
  “Been the champion, rang the bell/ Rocked the bottom, been through hell,” Stefani sings on the reggae-tinged single. “Climbed the mountain, now I&rs
  
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• Willie Nelson, Sons Lukas and Micah Perform Lonesome ‘A Cottage for Sale’

  12-03-2021 20:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  Song appears on Nelson's latest album, the Frank Sinatra tribute 'That's Life'
  
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• 2021 Grammys Red Carpet Will Still Include Photographers & Reporters: Here’s How

  12-03-2021 20:24
  
  When the Grammy Awards return to Los Angeles on Sunday, they’ll arrive with the first major (albeit very limited) red carpet experience the city has seen in a full year.
  Five outlets have been credentialed to work the carpet outside Staples Center (next door to the L.A. Convention Center), where crews will conduct in-person interviews with performers, participants and nominees. The confirmed outlets: Entertainment Tonight (with host Kevin Frazier), E! (Live From E!
  
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• Tame Impala’s ‘Elephant’ Rules LyricFind Global Chart After Wiggles Cover

  12-03-2021 20:07
  
  A cover of Tame Impala’s “Elephant” by children’s band The Wiggles sends the track onto Billboard’s LyricFind charts, crowning the LyricFind Global ranking dated March 13.
  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 chart includes queries from all countries, including the U.S. The company is the world’s leader
  
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• Gaslight Anthem Members Launch New Band Forgivers With Debut Single ‘Some Future’

  12-03-2021 20:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  New Jersey outfit also features members of the Ratchets and Let Me Run
  
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• Carlos Vives Talks Cumbia’s Magic at 2021 Midem Latin American Forum

  12-03-2021 20:03
  
  Carlos Vives continues educating his fans on cumbia music, joining the 2021 Midem Latin American Forum on Friday (March 12).
  During the nearly 40-minute virtual event, moderated by Joel Moya, Remezcla’s director of artists and label relations, the Colombian artist opened up about his roots, the evolution of Latin and Colombian music, and the growing impact it has globally today, amongst other topics.
  “We can create, from our music, our identity, from our things, something very origin
  
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• Elton John says he’ll “hit someone” if Phoebe Bridgers doesn’t win a Grammy

  12-03-2021 20:02 via nme.com
  
  Elton John has backed Phoebe Bridgers to win a Grammy this weekend, saying he will “hit someone” if she doesn’t get a trophy.
  The annual music awards show will take place on Sunday (March 14) virtually. Bridgers is up for four awards – Best New Artist, Best Alternative Album for ‘Punisher’ and Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for ‘Kyoto’.Read more: How guitar-smashing badass Phoebe Bridgers is putting the anarchy back into musicSpeakin
  
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• ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Soundtrack Is the ‘Mount Everest of Scores’: See Release Date & Track List

  12-03-2021 20:00
  
  Watertower Music announced Zach Snyder’s Justice League (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) will be available next Thursday (March 18).
  The soundtrack will feature a brand-new score from Grammy-nominated composer Tom Holkenborg (Mad Max: Fury Road, Deadpool, Godzilla Vs. Kong). Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, released “Middle Mass (From Zack Snyder’s Justice League)” on Friday (March 12), which joins the previously-released track “The Crew At Wa
  
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• Yungblud Celebrates One Year of Lockdown With All-Star Anniversary Livestream

  12-03-2021 19:57
  
  Yungblud was one of the first artists to embrace the pandemic livestream model when the world went into lockdown a year ago.
  So, on Thursday night (March 11) he did what he’s been doing since last March: he threw a virtual killer party with a bunch of his A-list friends to celebrate the anniversary of “The Yungblud Show Live.”
  The YouTube Music Nights livestream was a benefit for the NIVA Emergency Relief Fund — which supports independent venues across the nation &md
  
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• After Predicting Q1 2021 Subscriber-Growth Plateau, Spotify Is Testing a Price Increase in the UK

  12-03-2021 19:55 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  After predicting that Q1 2021 would deliver limited subscriber gains, Spotify is exploring the possibility of raising prices for UK-based subscribers, a new survey has revealed. The Guardian reporter Alex Hern recently posted screenshots of the price-raise questionnaire that the Stockholm-based platform has made available to users (through the Spotify app). “You will now be […]
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• Joe Biden hopes to make all US adults eligible for vaccine by May 1

  12-03-2021 19:51 via nme.com
  
  Joe Biden has said that he wants every adult in the US to be eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by the beginning of May 1, as he aims to bring the country “closer to normal” by the July 4 holiday.READ MORE: Trump has finally gone, but not before commissioning his weird statue garden. What can we learn from it?Marking one year since the coronavirus outbreak was defined as a pandemic, the US president said he will be directing states to expand eligibility for vaccinations.
  Biden’
  
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• 10 Ways That Daft Punk’s ‘Discovery’ Predicted Pop Music’s Future, As Explained by Fellow Artists

  12-03-2021 19:36
  
  If 15 seasons of The History Channel’s pseudoscientific mainstay Ancient Aliens are to be believed, extraterrestrial lifeforms once visited Earth’s primitive civilizations. Using technology far beyond that of the Bronze Age, they built awe-inspiring monuments, cityscapes, megaliths, and geoglyphs. Many of these relics, such as Peru’s Nazca Lines, served purposes both spiritual and scientific, constructed to observe celestial bodies or mark the changing seasons. After granting t
  
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• Lido Pimienta Is Feeling Free

  12-03-2021 19:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  Canadian artist on her 2021 Grammys performance, her artistic triumph with 'Miss Colombia,' and what's next
  
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• H.E.R.’s ‘Damage’ Controls Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart

  12-03-2021 19:26
  
  After she began with stronger success at the adult R&B format, H.E.R. caps a transition to mainstream R&B radio audiences as “Damage” climbs from No. 4 to top the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.
  The track leads the list dated March 13 as it surged 17% in plays in the week ending March 7 to become the radio format’s most-played song of the week, according to MRC Data.
  “Damage” is H.E.R.’s second No. 1 on the survey, but first as lead artist. S
  
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• Fare Play: Could SoundCloud’s User-Centric Streaming Payouts Catch On?

  12-03-2021 19:22
  
  When Spotify first negotiated its initial licensing deals with labels in the late 2000s, both sides focused more on how much money the service would take in than the best way to divide it. The idea they settled on, which divides artist payouts based on the overall popularity of recordings, regardless of how they map to individuals’ listening habits, was “the simplest system to put together at the time,” recalls Thomas Hesse, a former Sony Music executive who was involved in tho
  
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• Alfredo Olivas Scores Second No. 1 on Regional Mexican Airplay Chart With ‘Yo Todo Lo Doy’

  12-03-2021 19:21
  
  Alfredo Olivas secures his second leader on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart as “Yo Todo Lo Doy” climbs to No. 1 on the March 13- dated survey. The track ascends from the runner-up rank through a 16% boost in audience impressions, to 7 million, earned in the week ending March 7, according to MRC Data.
  “Yo Todo Lo Doy,” released via Sahuaro/Fonovisa/UMLE, returns the Sahuaro label to No. 1 on Regional Mexican Airplay for the first time in almost three years. Sahuaro last
  
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• Every Grammy Winner for Album of the Year, Ranked

  12-03-2021 19:20
  
  Listen to the 62 Grammy winners for album of the year, and they’ll tell the story of the last six decades of popular music. Except, well, not really, at all. Zoom out on all 62 and squint a little and you might be able to see a general progression from jazz and vocal standards to rock to pop and hip-hop, but the timeline traced by the album of the year winners is really more of a Jeremy Bearimy: constantly curving, skipping around and looping back unpredictably.
  That’s part of the fu
  
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• Jazmine Sullivan Sees a Man Off in Searing ‘Pick Up Your Feelings’ Video

  12-03-2021 19:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  R&B artist appears to have taken clip from her performance at the Soul Train Awards last year
  
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• Freya Ridings Bares Her Soul For Stirring Cover of Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drivers License’: Watch

  12-03-2021 19:10
  
  Freya Ridings put her own soulful spin on Olivia Rodrigo’s No. 1 smash “Drivers License” on Thursday (March 11).
  Filmed at The Pool Studios in London, where she previously filmed performances of her own songs “Elephant” and “Castle,” Ridings took her seat by the piano and let her low, wavering vocals take hold of the ballad.
  Like Rodrigo, the English singer-songwriter got none other than Taylor Swift’s approval when she performed a slowed-down
  
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• Dr. Dre, The Notorious B.I.G. and King Tee almost recorded a track together

  12-03-2021 19:10 via nme.com
  
  Although West Coast production legend Dr. Dre and East Coast rap icon The Notorious B.I.G. never recorded together during the latter’s lifetime, according to one of Dre’s former proteges it came very close to happening.READ MORE: Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’: A 4/20 deep dive into the album that changed hip-hop foreverH.I.T.T.M.A.N., who signed to Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment label in 1998 and appeared on 9 tracks on his album ‘2001’, revealed in a twe
  
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• 7 ‘Drivers License’ Covers You Need to Hear — Including Two Approved by Olivia Rodrigo

  12-03-2021 19:10
  
  In early 2021, Olivia Rodrigo’s heartbroken anthem “Drivers License” took over the music scene, and not only has the song spent numerous weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, it has inspired a number of covers.
  It’s no surprise that artists are putting their own spin on Rodrigo’s hit. It’s emotional, it’s catchy and it’s so relatable for anyone who has mourned a lost love.We’ve compiled our favorite takes on “Drivers
  
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• Kings Of Leon score sixth UK Number One album with ‘When You See Yourself’

  12-03-2021 19:09 via nme.com
  
  Kings Of Leon have scored their sixth UK Number One with ‘When You See Yourself’, it has been confirmed.
  The Nashville band released their latest album last week (March 5) and have now kept up their perfect record of hitting the top spot on every album since 2007’s ‘Because Of The Times’.Read more: Kings Of Leon: “We’re happy and we love each other”According to the Official Charts Company, ‘When You See Yourself’ was the most-purch
  
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• Finneas, Mickey Guyton & More Set For Billboard News Grammys Pre-Show

  12-03-2021 19:07
  
  Before the big show kicks off on Sunday night (March 14), Billboard News will throw its 2021 Grammys pre-show party featuring interviews with Finneas, Mickey Guyton, Andrew Watt and Ingrid Andress.
  The show, hosted by Jordyn Rolling, will air at 7:00 p.m. ET on Billboard’s Twitter feed ahead of the 63rd annual Grammy Awards. It will feature predictions from senior director of music Jason Lipshutz, a state of R&B segment with the magazine’s executive director of R&B/hip-hop Ga
  
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