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• DJ Khaled previews new Jay-Z and Nas collaboration, ‘Sorry Not Sorry’

  28-04-2021 23:47 via nme.com
  
  DJ Khaled has previewed a new song featuring Jay-Z and Nas called ‘Sorry Not Sorry’ – check out the video below.READ MORE: Nas on being a hip-hop legend: “I’m rapping the same way I did when I was on the block”The rapper and producer confirmed yesterday (April 27) that his new album ‘Khaled Khaled’ will be arriving this Friday (April 30), posting its official artwork on social media. “I have a gift for the world,” he wrote as the captio
  
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• BTS, HYBE Face Legal Action Over Alleged I-Land Copyright Infringement

  28-04-2021 23:46 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  BTS and their label HYBE are being sued for copyright infringement by a Florida man. The lawsuit is over the reality K-pop series I-Land, which is a survival-type show that BTS appeared on. Florida resident Bryan Kahn is suing BTS and their label, saying they ‘stole’ his idea for a show and made I-Land. Also […]
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• Willow Smith Gets Real About Polyamory in New ‘Red Table Talk’ Episode

  28-04-2021 23:36
  
  On the latest episode of Red Table Talk released Wednesday (April 28) on Facebook Watch, Willow Smith shared with the world that she is polyamorous and discussed exactly what that meant to her.
  In the latest conversation with her mom and “Gammy” — Jada Pinkett Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris, respectively — Willow revealed that when it comes to her polyamory, she’s mainly interested in refusing the limits placed on relationships by society. “I fee
  
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• Florence Welch pens songs for The Great Gatsby Broadway musical

  28-04-2021 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Great Gatsby, A New Musical will feature a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok.
  
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• Sony Music Posts Small Quarterly Earnings Increase As Streaming Gains Offset Physical, Publishing Declines

  28-04-2021 23:27 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
    Sony Music generated about $2.42 billion (¥263.37 billion) during the fourth quarter of its fiscal year (the three months ending on March 31st, 2021), as heightened streaming revenue offset earnings declines in physical, publishing, and visual media and platform. The Big Three record label’s Q4 FY 2020 earnings specifics came to light today, in […]
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• Nathy Peluso Announces 2021 ‘Calambre’ Tour in Spain: See the Dates

  28-04-2021 23:23
  
  Nathy Peluso will soon embark on her first major tour in Spain.
  With an already sold-out show at the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona this Friday and a following sold-out set at Granada’s Granada Alive! on May 28, Peluso’s “Calambre” España verano tour counts 17 confirmed dates.
  Peluso, who’s expected to sing songs from her edgy and versatile 2020 album, including her Latin Grammy-nominated “Buenos Aires” and viral “BZRP Music Sessions #36,&r
  
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• Apple’s Inking Podcast Exclusives Now — The Siegfried & Roy Show Is Coming

  28-04-2021 23:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Apple has signed an exclusive podcast deal for a show focusing on the lives of Siegfried & Roy. Apple is stepping up its game against Spotify’s war on its podcast dominance. The Siegfried & Roy podcast will be one of its first exclusive shows to the Apple Podcasts app. Apple is slowly making a big […]
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• Apple Inking Podcast Exclusives Now – Siegfried & Roy Show Coming

  28-04-2021 23:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Apple has signed an exclusive podcast deal for a show focusing on the lives of Siegfried & Roy. Apple is stepping up its game against Spotify’s war on its podcast dominance. The Siegfried & Roy podcast will be one of its first exclusive shows to the Apple Podcasts app. Apple is slowly making a big […]
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• ‘Lut Gaye’ Continues Global Video Stream Dominance for India’s Jubin Nautiyal

  28-04-2021 23:12
  
  Two months ago, Billboard reported that Jubin Nautiyal’s “Lut Gaye,” featuring Emraan Hashmi, became the third song by Indian acts to debut on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart in a span of three weeks. On the latest, May 1-dated survey, the song dips to No. 87 but holds strong in one notable metric: for the fifth consecutive week, “Lut Gaye” boasts the most video streams of any song of the Global Excl. U.S. chart.
  “Lut Gaye” scored 27.1 million vide
  
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• MercyMe Looks Outward on New Album, ‘inhale/exhale’

  28-04-2021 23:01
  
   MercyMe frontman Bart Millard has forged a successful career by writing and recording personal anthems, such as the Christian band’s iconic 2001 hit “I Can Only Imagine.” But on  inhale/exhale, out Friday (April 30), the songwriter looked outward for inspiration. And if current single, “Say I Won’t,” is any indication, Millard’s fresh perspective looks sure to continue the award-winning band’s momentum.
  Millard admits the shift was&nbs
  
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• Downtown Music Starts Laying Off Employees After Selling 145,000 Song Catalog

  28-04-2021 22:57 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Downtown Music layoffs have begun after selling its 145,000 song catalog. Here’s what we know. A ‘number’ of its Nashville employees have been let go, including Executive VP A&R Steve Markland. He was the highest-ranking staffer in the Nashville office and is pictured above in a press release photo from 2019. “As part of Downtown’s […]
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• After Briefly Forfeiting Salary, Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino Earned $1.7M Last Year

  28-04-2021 22:57
  
  After Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino announced he was reducing his salary to $0 in April 2020 as part of a $500 million cost reduction plan, he quietly started paying himself again two months later, according to filings with the government.
  In June 2020, Rapino’s salary was reinstated at 50%, then reduced to 40% in September, allowing the chief executive to collect $1.66 million in compensation in 2020, according to a proxy statement filled with the Securities and
  
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• Mempho Music Festival 2021: Avett Brothers, Nathaniel Rateliff on the Lineup

  28-04-2021 22:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  Widespread Panic, Lucinda Williams, Waxahatchee also set to perform in Memphis in October
  
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• Young Thug, Gunna & Drake Get a ‘Solid’ Start on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart

  28-04-2021 22:39
  
  As the Young Stoner Life compilation album Slime Language 2 begins at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, its most high-profile song, “Solid,” scores its own high debut: at No. 6 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The track, billed to Young Thug and Gunna, featuring Drake, arrives — as does the album — on the chart dated May 1.
  With the debut, “Solid” gives Young Thug his ninth top 10 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs char
  
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• Watch Slowthai’s atmospheric performance of ‘The Drugs Don’t Work’ by The Verve

  28-04-2021 22:37 via nme.com
  
  Slowthai has covered The Verve‘s classic single ‘The Drugs Don’t Work’ – check out the performance below.READ MORE: Slowthai – ‘TYRON’ review: introspection and self-discovery on an album of two halvesThe Northampton rapper – real name Tyron Frampton – delivered a stirring rendition of Richard Ashcroft and co’s 1997 track for a new Radio 1 live session, which aired tonight (April 28) as part of Annie Mac’s Future Sounds
  
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• Nia Allen Tops Gospel Airplay With ‘Wait (2020)’: ‘It Is My Prayer That the Lyrics Will Provide Healing’

  28-04-2021 22:19
  
  Singer-songwriter and worship leader Nia Allen banks her first leader on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart (dated May 1), as “Wait (2020),” her first entry on the chart, ascends from No. 4 to No. 1. In the tracking week ending April 25, it gained by 14% in plays, according to MRC Data.
  “Wait” is from Allen’s six-song EP Every Nation, released last June. She penned the song with her father, Milton Ruffin.
  “I wrote ‘Wait’ many years ago,”
  
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• Babymetal to release limited edition trading cards as NFT

  28-04-2021 22:13 via nme.com
  
  Babymetal are releasing a set of limited edition trading cards as an NFT.READ MORE: WTF is an NFT? Kings Of Leon’s weird non-fungible token thing – explained!The pack will be available via a WAX Blockchain for 72 hours from May 6 here and will cost £71.70 ($100) each.
  There will be 1000 packs in total, with 10 trading cards in each. According to a statement, each card “represents all 10 episodes of the Metal Resistance – the 10 chapters of the band that ha
  
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• Tiffany Haddish Stars in Ty Dolla $ign’s New ‘Be Yourself’ Video

  28-04-2021 22:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  Jhené Aiko and Bryson Tiller also appear in visual for Featuring Ty Dolla $ign remix
  
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• Garbage Preview New Album With Title Track ‘No Gods No Masters’

  28-04-2021 21:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  Song was inspired by Shirley Manson's trip to Chile during the country's protests against inequality and corruption
  
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• Why Can’t Music Get Livestreams Right?

  28-04-2021 21:51
  
  Marc Anthony’s highly-anticipated “Una Noche” livestream concert on April 17 was supposed to be one of the biggest livestreamed shows yet. Anthony, after all, is a global arena touring act and one of the highest-grossing Latin acts in the market: He sold 233,962 tickets in the U.S. alone in 2019, grossing $25.4 million from just 24 shows, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore.
  “Una Noche” would have the added value of his global audience, which in Lati
  
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• DJ Khaled Unveils Star-Studded ‘Khaled Khaled’ Tracklist, Including Jay-Z & Megan Thee Stallion

  28-04-2021 21:44
  
  DJ Khaled looked to the light for his 12th album Khaled Khaled, and the tracklist unveiled Wednesday (April 28) proves he found the brightest stars for the new record.
  After confirming Megan Thee Stallion is on the project and teasing a 3 p.m. ET release of the full tracklist on Twitter, Khaled came through with the titles and featured artists of all 13 tracks. “#FANLUV I Know I said ALBUM 100% DONE but it might be 101% STAY TUNED!” he wrote while teasing the
  
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• Kurt Cobain’s ‘The Last Session’ photoshoot to be sold as NFT

  28-04-2021 21:36 via nme.com
  
  Kurt Cobain’s ‘The Last Session’ photoshoot is to be sold as a Non Fungible Token (NFT).READ MORE: WTF is an NFT? Kings Of Leon’s weird non-fungible token thing – explained!The photoshoot, took place just a few months before the Nirvana frontman’s death in 1994.
  Photographer Jesse Frohman today (April 28) launched a website to auction more than 100 pictures from that day as an NFT. A portion of all proceeds raised will go to the JED Foundation.
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• Guided By Voices’ ‘Earth Man Blues’ May Be the Power-Pop Heroes’ Best Album in Decades

  28-04-2021 21:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  The band's latest squarely hits all the marks that make Guided By Voices great — again and again and again
  
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• Deezer Comes Pre-Installed on these Mobee K USB-C Earbuds

  28-04-2021 21:15 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Deezer comes pre-installed on a new pair of USB-C earbuds – sideloading the music app on Android. Deezer is targeting Samsung Galaxy device owners with the new promotion, which is interesting. Spotify comes pre-installed on Samsung devices through a partnership with Samsung. But these USB-C earbuds ‘sideload’ Deezer onto recent phones like the Samsung Galaxy […]
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• Slipknot’s Corey Taylor says Lars Ulrich was “so right” about Napster

  28-04-2021 21:05 via nme.com
  
  Corey Taylor has said that Lars Ulrich was “so right” to take legal action against Napster back in 2000, while explaining that he’s now “made peace” with streaming services’ unfair payments model.READ MORE: Streaming – what happens next? Artists demand “a shift in the way business is done”Ulrich claimed over 20 years ago that Napster had “hijacked [Metallica’s] music without asking” before going to the United States Senate J
  
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• Listen to Garbage’s synthy new single ‘No Gods No Masters’

  28-04-2021 21:03 via nme.com
  
  Garbage have shared a new track called ‘No Gods No Masters’ – you can listen to it below.
  The song follows on from last month’s single ‘The Men Who Rule The World’, and is the title track of the Shirley Manson-led band’s forthcoming seventh album (due for release on June 11).READ MORE: Garbage’s Shirley Manson: “I don’t give a fuck about fame, I don’t give a fuck about legacy”Speaking about the synth-infused latest cut, fron
  
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• Bruce Springsteen, Pete Townshend & More to Celebrate the ‘Work and Vision’ of Writer Dave Marsh

  28-04-2021 21:01
  
  A host of authors, activists and artists — including Pete Townshend, Bruce Springsteen, Nona Hendryx, Dion DiMucci, Tom Morello, Jackson Browne and Steven Van Zandt — will take part in Land of Hope and Dreams: A Celebration of Dave Marsh’s Work and Vision, during three weeks of online sessions beginning Friday (April 30).
  One of the most influential music critics of his generation, Marsh, 71, was among the first editors of Creem magazine, wrote extensively for Rolling Ston
  
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• Over 300 from arts urge government to act over “lack of progress” on post-Brexit touring crisis

  28-04-2021 20:52 via nme.com
  
  Over 300 figures the arts industry have signed an open letter to urge the government to over the post-Brexit touring crisis.READ MORE: “I don’t know if I can afford it” – artists speak out on the future of European touring post-BrexitThe signatories said: “We are extremely concerned by the lack of progress which has been achieved over the last three months to unravel the mountain of costly bureaucracy and red tape which now faces the creative industries.&r
  
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• Billboard Buys: Apple’s Latest AirPods Pro Finally Get Discounted

  28-04-2021 20:52
  
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  When it comes to earbuds for music, there’s no denying the popularity of AirPods. Apple’s famous all-white earbuds are as much a status symbol as they are an essential go-to for recording artists, podcasters and music producers alike. But we recommend them for everyday use as well, whether you’re listening to music on your daily commute, or need a
  
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• San Francisco Nonprofit Will Pay Struggling Indie Venues’ Bills

  28-04-2021 20:50
  
  San Francisco’s independent venues are getting a helping hand. With concerts shut down since last March due to the coronavirus pandemic, nonprofit The Giving Back Fund has launched the Independent Venue Preservation Initiative (IVPI) with a new project called Subscribe to Live to aide venues by paying their essential bills through community crowdfunded micro-donations.
  Designed to work in conjunction with federal, state, and city grants as well as individ
  
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• Ty Dolla $ign Co-Directs ‘By Yourself’ Music Video Featuring Tiffany Haddish, Bryson Tiller & Jhené Aiko: Watch

  28-04-2021 20:44
  
  Ty Dolla $ign taps some famous, not-so-single ladies for the music video for his single ladies anthem “By Yourself” on Wednesday (April 28).
  The song, featuring Jhené Aiko and Mustard, was originally featured on his 2020 album Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, but Bryson Tiller came on for the official remix in March. He joins the troupe in the visual Ty Dolla $ign co-directed with Alex Bittan, which also stars actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish. She links arms wi
  
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• ‘Drag Race’ Winner Symone Is Celebrating Her Win With Songs By Tina Turner, Beyoncé & More

  28-04-2021 20:37
  
  “The name’s Symone, and I’m here for the throne.” With a single line sung in episode 2 of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 13, Symone let the world know that she wasn’t going anywhere.
  Turns out she was right — after a knock-down-drag-out lip sync battle to the end at the season finale last Friday (Apr. 23), Symone emerged as America’s next drag superstar, the winner of Drag Race season 13. “Well, I told y’all not to let the smooth t
  
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• Tomorrowland Will Host a Second Virtual Festival This July

  28-04-2021 20:33
  
  Tomorrowland organizers will host a second iteration of their summer virtual event, Tomorrowland: Around the World, this July, event reps have confirmed to Billboard.
  Debuting last July, Tomorrowland: Around the World happened in lieu of the actual live Belgian dance festival, which organizers canceled due to the pandemic. One of the first major festivals to go digital, Tomorrowland: Around the World sold nearly 140,000 tickets and compensated artists on a royalty-sharing compensation scheme bas
  
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• Jessie Ware Gives Us More, More, More Disco Delights With ‘Please’

  28-04-2021 20:24 via rollingstone.com
  
  U.K. singer shines on the lead single from an upcoming deluxe edition of her 2020 album, What's Your Pleasure?
  
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• Flashback: Lana Del Rey Enlists Joan Baez for ‘Diamonds and Rust’

  28-04-2021 20:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  On the heels of Lana Del Rey's latest album announcement, we revisit her performance with the folk legend
  
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• SONA’s Songwriter Fund Now Accepting Emergency Grant Applications

  28-04-2021 19:54
  
  Songwriters of North America (SONA) opened up applications for its newly-relaunched Songwriter Fund grant program on Wednesday (April 28), offering emergency support to writers in need during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
  Directed by songwriters Autumn Rowe and Michelle Featherstone with management by Sarah Robertson, the fund grew out of an effort by Rowe to raise money for her struggling peers at the beginning of the pandemic when she solicited donations from artists including Leona Lewi
  
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• Selena Gomez Is ‘Back to Work’ in Smoldering Blonde Selfie

  28-04-2021 19:47
  
  A blonde Selena Gomez is “back to work,” as she put it, in a brand new glam selfie.
  On Tuesday (April 27), the 28-year-old star posted a smoldering shot by her makeup artist Hung Vanngo with her platinum blonde strands framing her face. Her makeup brand, Rare Beauty, posted the first look of her lighter locks April 23 by sharing their fierce leader’s mirror selfie while promoting its new lip and blush shades.
  “Girrrrllllll,” the official makeup brand&rsquo
  
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• Black Midi share new track ‘Slow’ and reveal dates for upcoming autumn tour

  28-04-2021 19:46 via nme.com
  
  Black Midi have today shared a new track ‘Slow’ – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: Speedy Wunderground: The cult label on working with Squid, Black Midi and moreThe song is taken from their upcoming new album ‘Cavalcade’ which is released on May 28 via Rough Trade. Lead single ‘John L’ was released from the record on March 23.
  On the day of the album’s release, the group are playing two socially distanced launch gigs at London’s Hackney
  
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• Eric Prydz’s Move to CAA Will Help ‘Bring His Artistic Vision’ to Wider U.S. Audience

  28-04-2021 19:36
  
  Electronic titan Eric Prydz has signed with CAA and will be represented by music agent Alex Becket, whose roster also includes Rüfüs Du Sol, Lee Burridge, Arcade Fire’s Win Butler, Bedouin, Monolink and more.
  Prydz was previously repped by Paul Morris at Paradigm, although Morris left the agency in March to work exclusively with Tiësto. Prydz will continue to be managed by Michael “Mick” Sershall of London’s Sershall Management. CAA’s Darryl Eato
  
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• Spotify Reports Small Q1 2021 User, Revenue Gains As Podcast Engagement Remains Flat

  28-04-2021 19:35 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Spotify gained 11 million monthly active users (MAUs) – including three million paid subscribers – during 2021’s first quarter, but premium revenues increased only modestly from Q4 2020 and podcast listenership remained essentially flat. The Stockholm-based company revealed its Q1 2021 performance specifics this morning. MAUs totaled 356 million at March’s end (up from 345 […]
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• Spotify Reports Meager Quarterly Subscriber Gains as Podcast Engagement Remains Flat

  28-04-2021 19:35 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Spotify gained 11 million monthly active users (MAUs) – including three million paid subscribers – during 2021’s first quarter, but premium revenues increased only modestly from Q4 2020 and podcast listenership remained essentially flat. The Stockholm-based company revealed its Q1 2021 performance specifics this morning. MAUs totaled 356 million at March’s end (up from 345 […]
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• Lil’ Kim to Release ‘The Queen Bee’ Memoir This Fall

  28-04-2021 19:17
  
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  The Queen is returning to the throne!
  Lil’ Kim announced on Wednesday (April 28) that her upcoming memoir, The Queen Bee, is arriving via Hachette Books on Nov. 2.
  “I’m excited to finally get to tell my story after all this time,” the rapper told People, who first shared the news. “Many people have thought they knew the s
  
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• Listen to a snippet of Billie Eilish’s new single ‘Your Power’, out tomorrow

  28-04-2021 19:13 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish has shared a preview of her imminent new single ‘Your Power’ – check out the video below.READ MORE: Billie Eilish on the cover – Album Of The Year: 2019 was hersThe song will appear on the pop star’s 16-track second album ‘Happier Than Ever’ (released July 30), and comes after last year’s cuts ‘Therefore I Am’ and ‘My Future’.
  Upon announcing the details of her ‘When We All Fall Asleep&hell
  
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• AGI’s Jarred Arfa Promoted to Chief Operating Officer

  28-04-2021 19:10
  
  Jarred Arfa has been named chief operating officer of Artist Group International.
  Arfa, whose previous title was general manager/evp, will oversee all aspects of the business, including legal, finance, corporate reporting, business development, human resources, artists tour contracts, VIP ticketing deals, sponsorship and more.
  AGI is led by chairman Dennis Arfa and is a leading live entertainment agency that books an expansive roster of musicians worldwide.The company’s current r
  
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• Chart Rewind: In 1990, ‘Nothing’ Compared to Sinead O’Connor on the Hot 100 & Billboard 200

  28-04-2021 19:00
  
  Sinéad O’Connor had made inroads with her debut 1988 LP The Lion and the Cobra, which reached No. 36 on the Billboard 200. Two years later, however, second album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got propelled the Irish singer-songwriter, then 23, to pop culture ubiquity. It also offered a clearer picture of a personality unwilling to compromise on political and societal beliefs with which she disagreed.
  Led by her sophomore set’s first single, the ethereal Prince-written &ld
  
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• Boney M.’s ‘Rasputin’ Charts Again on Global Excl U.S. Thanks to Majestic Remix

  28-04-2021 19:00
  
  Back in February, Boney M. hit the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart with its 1978 disco confection “Rasputin,” which debuted at No. 168 and spent a second week on the survey at No. 184. The song’s 2021 resurgence was sparked by a TikTok challenge that transformed the tune’s left-of-center energy to a charmingly mainstream interaction.
  The devil works hard, but the internet works harder: Alongside the song’s chart arrival, Majestic, a London-based DJ, remixed and re
  
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• Fans speculate new Kendrick Lamar album on the way as Top Dawg boss teases release

  28-04-2021 18:56 via nme.com
  
  Fans are speculating that a new Kendrick Lamar album could be on the way following a teaser post from Top Dawg Entertainment boss Anthony Tiffith.READ MORE: The artists we really, really want new music from in 2021The cryptic post, shared on social media today (April 28), said “THE WAIT IS OVAH!!!” with a teaser video of a retro ‘loading’ bar. At the end of the clip, the date May 7 2021 appeared.
  Whilst no specifics of who might be releasing music appeared, speculation is
  
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• Billie Eilish Reveals the Next Single From Upcoming Album ‘Happier Than Ever’

  28-04-2021 18:54
  
  Billie Eilish announced on Wednesday (April 28) that she’ll release her next single, “Your Power,” from her upcoming album Happier Than Ever on Thursday.
  The Grammy-winning pop star wrote on her socials that the song and its accompanying music video, which she teased in a nine-second clip, will be out tomorrow at noon ET. “Try not to abuse your power,” she whispers over delicate guitar chords in the video, which displays an aerial view of a mountain r
  
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• YouTube Ad Revenue Tops $6 Billion in First Quarter

  28-04-2021 18:53
  
  YouTube continues to grow at a torrid pace, with any sign of pandemic slowdown seemingly behind it.
  The Google-owned video platform brought in more than $6 billion in advertising revenue in the first quarter of 2021, according to the quarterly earnings report of parent company Alphabet.
  That is up from $4 billion in the same quarter of last year, a 50 percent year-over-year growth rate. YouTube first revealed its advertising revenue a year ago, and since then saw its fortunes wobb
  
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• Florence Welch Is Writing the Music & Lyrics For ‘The Great Gatsby’ Musical: ‘This Book Has Haunted Me’

  28-04-2021 18:47
  
  Florence Welch is writing the music and lyrics for a new musical version of The Great Gatsby. The Florence + the Machine frontwoman will adapt F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic 1925 great American novel for a production led by Len Blavatnik and Amanda Ghost for Unigram in association with Robert Fox.
  Grammy nominee Welch will collaborate on the lyrics with Thomas Bartlett (aka singer-producer Doveman), with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok (Cost of Living) penning the book for th
  
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