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• Listen to Big Zuu’s emotive new single, ‘The Advert (My Family)’

  02-06-2021 23:54 via nme.com
  
  Big Zuu has released a new single today (June 2) – listen to ‘The Advert (My Family)’ below.READ MORE: D Double E – ‘Double Or Nothing’ review: your favourite rapper’s favourite rapper flexes his musclesUnveiling the song on social media, Big Zuu wrote: “Created by me, my brothers, sisters and Mum.
  “Young black boy from the council flat story that evolved into different avenues in entertainment being delivered by My Family. Proud of us and ev
  
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• Chvrches Announce New Album, Team Up With The Cure’s Robert Smith for ‘How Not to Drown’

  02-06-2021 23:41
  
  Chvrches announced the release of their fourth studio album Screen Violence on Wednesday (June 2) while releasing its second single “How Not to Drown,” with Robert Smith of The Cure.
  The Scottish synth-pop outfit announced Screen Violence will be released Aug. 27 via Glassnote Records, and they’ll support their next project on the road with a 2021 North American tour. Donna Missal will be the special guest. Chvrches is also set to perform
  
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• Miley Cyrus explores 'different layers' of self-expression in Magnum campaign

  02-06-2021 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  Miley Cyrus is following in the footsteps of former Magnum brand ambassadors such as Bella Hadid and Alexander Wang.
  
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• Katy Perry hadn't experienced 'unconditional love' before welcoming daughter

  02-06-2021 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  The 36-year-old singer gave birth to her first child, with fiance Orlando Bloom, in August.
  
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• Diplo taking a walk on the 'weird side' with Crocs collaboration

  02-06-2021 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Classic Clog is priced at $69.99 (£50), while the Classic Sandal costs $49.99 (£36).
  
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• Lady Gaga postpones ‘Chromatica Ball’ tour once more

  02-06-2021 23:28 via nme.com
  
  Lady Gaga has postponed her ‘Chromatica Ball’ world tour until 2022.READ MORE: Lady Gaga – ‘Chromatica’ review: pure pop celebration from an icon in a world of her ownA message from Gaga to fans read: “While some parts of the world are moving quickly to open up, others are not yet ready.
  “So until we can confirm all global dates, we have to postpone The Chromatica Ball shows to the summer of 2022.”
  As noted on Variety, the message was sent to fans
  
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• Rauw Alejandro’s ‘Todo de Ti’ Arrives in Top 10 on Hot Latin Songs Chart

  02-06-2021 23:27
  
  Rauw Alejandro adds a fifth top 10 to his roster on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart as “Todo De Ti” bounds in at No. 9 on the list dated June 5.
  The debut of “Todo De Ti” is largely powered by streaming activity, as it starts with 3.8 million U.S. streams earned in the week ending May 27, according to MRC Data, enough to open at No. 10 on Latin Streaming Songs — his second top 10 there following “Baila Conmigo,” with Selena Gomez (
  
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• BMG Re-Ups Their Netflix Publishing Mega-Deal for ex-US Music Rights

  02-06-2021 23:21 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Netflix and BMG have renewed their international exclusive music publishing rights agreement.  The two companies forged a similar deal back in 2017, and this deal will continue that partnership. Under the arrangement, BMG is the exclusive music partner for Netflix outside of the United States. BMG will handle the global rights and royalties for Netflix’s […]
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• 10 Latin Sibling Duos to Know: Las Villas, Los Dos Carnales, Mau y Ricky & More

  02-06-2021 23:19
  
  While Latin musical dynasties exist, such as the Fernandezes, the Riveras, and the Montaners, there are plenty of sibling duos in the mix too.
  Below, Billboard compiled a list of already-established and up-and-coming Latin sibling duos that you should be listening to, including Mau & Ricky, Los Dos Carnales, and Las Villa, to name a few.
  Angela and Leonardo Aguilar
  Although they’re technically not a duo, Angela Aguilar and Leonardo Aguilar, son and daughter of Pepe Aguilar, are marking
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo Breaks Taylor Swift Streaming Songs Record With 8 Simultaneous Top 10s

  02-06-2021 23:16
  
  Olivia Rodrigo breaks the record for most songs in the top 10 at one time by a woman on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart on the survey dated June 5.
  The June 5 tally’s top 10 features eight Rodrigo songs, surpassing Taylor Swift’s record (six, Aug. 20, 2020) for the most at one time by a woman since the chart began in 2013. The eight-song mark also ties her for the third-most simultaneous top 10s in chart history alongside similar weeks for Juice
  
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• Thousands of Guitar Amps, Pedals, & Gear Destroyed In Massive LA Warehouse Fire

  02-06-2021 23:06 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Prices for music gear like amps, pedals, and other gear may spike after an LA warehouse fire. The warehouse belonging to Boutique Amps Distribution went up in flames Tuesday morning. The LA County Fire Department posted a picture of the fire as they worked to combat it. They described the warehouse fire as needing a […]
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• George Beasley, Radio Pioneer Who Built a Broadcasting Powerhouse, Dies at 89

  02-06-2021 23:02
  
  George Beasley, a former high school principal who grew up in the Virginia tobacco fields before buying a Benson, N.C., radio station in 1961 and expanding it into one of the five biggest radio groups in the country, has died at 89.
  “I was part of a small group of radio pioneers who were bringing smaller U.S. towns previously unavailable technology,” he said in 2008 of those early days, shortly before he sold his first station, WPYB-AM, to buy a larger one in nearby Goldsboro. &ldquo
  
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• IDLES to release documentary ‘Don’t Go Gentle’ in cinemas next month

  02-06-2021 22:53 via nme.com
  
  IDLES are set to release their documentary, Don’t Go Gentle, in cinemas next month.READ MORE: ‘IDLES: Don’t Go Gentle’ review: a touching portrait of fandom done rightThe documentary film, directed by Mark Archer, will be available to view in cinemas from July 2 with fans able to buy tickets for the screenings here. The film will also have some previews and Q&A sessions with filmmakers in selected cinemas from June 23-30.
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• Watch the trailer for Mary J. Blige’s ‘My Life’ documentary

  02-06-2021 22:49 via nme.com
  
  A new trailer for Mary J. Blige’s My Life documentary has been released.
  The film is directed by Oscar-winner Vanessa Roth. It is an exploration of Blige’s milestone 1994 album of the same name.
  Watch the trailer for the documentary below:“’My Life’ is probably my darkest album at one of the darkest times I’ve had,” Blige says in the emotional trailer. “Most of the time I was just depressed and didn’t want to live.”
  She added: “I
  
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• TuneCore Embraces Hi-Res Lossless Streaming by Adding Qobuz

  02-06-2021 22:41 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Believe’s TuneCore has officially embraced hi-res lossless streaming by partnering with HD-audio platform Qobuz. TuneCore, which distributes music to over 150 stores worldwide, announced the hi-res lossless streaming move today, via a formal release that was emailed to Digital Music News. As part of the deal with Qobuz – which raised about $12.21 million in […]
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• Spotify Co-Head of Music Marian Dicus Leaving for Netflix

  02-06-2021 22:36
  
  Spotify’s vp and co-head of music Marian Dicus is leaving the company for a vp of marketing role at Netflix, Spotify confirms to Billboard.
  Dicus and Jeremy Erlich have led Spotify’s music initiatives since September 2019, after being appointed to the roles in the wake of the departure of Nick Holmsten, Spotify’s former global head of music. Spotify says Erlich will lead the music division solo going forward. Discus will join Netflix in July.Before her current role, Dicus was S
  
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• Ricky Martin Felt ‘Violated’ by Barbara Walters Interview in 2000: ‘I Was Just Not Ready to Come Out’

  02-06-2021 22:35
  
  Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin didn’t hold back in a recent interview with People, in which he recalled his conversation on national television with Barbara Walters in 2000 that left him feeling violated and with “a little PTSD.”
  The moment that shook him was when the journalist suggested, “You could stop these rumors. You could say, ‘Yes I am gay or no I’m not.'”
  “When she dropped the question, I felt violated because I was just not ready
  
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• Five Burning Questions: Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ Scores the Year’s Best Debut Week

  02-06-2021 22:28
  
  It’s been the sweetest of entrances for Sour, the debut album from singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo. The set bows with 295,000 equivalent album units moved in its opening week — not just the best first-week tally for an artist’s debut album since the Billboard 200 switched from measuring direct sales to EAUs in 2014, but the best Week One numbers for any album by any artist in 2021 thus far.
  Rodrigo’s success is nearly as resounding this week on the Billboard Ho
  
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• What’s Kanye West’s Net Worth? It Depends Who You Ask

  02-06-2021 22:25 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  How much is Kanye West’s net worth? That depends on who you ask. Here’s the skinny on this rapper-turned fashion mogul’s true net worth. In March 2021, Bloomberg issued a report about Kanye’s net worth, basing it on the value of his Yeezy fashion brand. The fashion line currently has an existing deal with Adidas […]
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• What’s Kanye West’s Actual Net Worth? It Depends Who You Ask

  02-06-2021 22:25 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  How much is Kanye West’s net worth? That depends on who you ask. Here’s the skinny on this rapper-turned fashion mogul’s true net worth. In March 2021, Bloomberg issued a report about Kanye’s net worth, basing it on the value of his Yeezy fashion brand. The fashion line currently has an existing deal with Adidas […]
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• What is Kanye West’s Net Worth? – The Answer Depends on Who You Ask

  02-06-2021 22:25 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  How much is Kanye West’s net worth? That depends on who you ask. Here’s the skinny on this rapper-turned fashion mogul’s true net worth. In March 2021, Bloomberg issued a report about Kanye’s net worth, saying it is based on the value of his Yeezy fashion brand. The fashion line currently has an existing deal […]
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• What Is Kanye West’s Actual Net Worth? It Depends Who You Ask

  02-06-2021 22:25 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  How much is Kanye West’s net worth? That depends on who you ask. Here’s the skinny on this rapper-turned fashion mogul’s true net worth. In March 2021, Bloomberg issued a report about Kanye’s net worth, basing it on the value of his Yeezy fashion brand. The fashion line currently has an existing deal with Adidas […]
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• ‘The Voice,’ ‘American Idol’ & More Nominated for Critics Choice Real TV Awards

  02-06-2021 22:25
  
  NBC’s The Voice and ABC’s American Idol are among the nominees for best competition series: talent/variety at the Critics Choice Real TV Awards. The other nominees in the category are Legendary (HBO Max), The Masked Singer (Fox) and World of Dance (NBC).
  The Critics Choice Real TV Awards, in their third year, recognize excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming. The show, sponsored by the Critics Choice Association (CCA) and nonfiction producers’ organization
  
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• Binance (BSC) MVBII Needs A Theme Song

  02-06-2021 21:45 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  ROCKI, the new music platform for NFTs that has already garnered attention from musicians and crypto enthusiasts, and Binance Smart Chain, are on the hunt for an official theme song for the Binance Smart Chain MVBII program. And they’re willing to pay for it. The following article comes from ROCKI, a proud partner of DMN. […]
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• Billie Eilish’s ‘Lost Cause’ Video Has Fans Falling in Love With Her New Era

  02-06-2021 21:37
  
  Billie Eilish released the music video for her new single “Lost Cause” on Wednesday (June 2), and it’s left her fans hot and bothered.
  They’ve picked up every visual and lyrical cue that points back to the central argument of “Lost Cause” (men ain’t all that), from Eilish and her girl squad throwing darts at a sign that outright reads “MEN” to the lyric “I know you think you’rе such an outlaw/ But you got no job”
  
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• Mike Posner reaches the top of Mount Everest

  02-06-2021 21:36 via music-news.com
  
  The I Took a Pill in Ibiza hitmaker has released a photo of himself atop the world's highest mountain.
  
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• Laura Mvula shares ’80s-inspired video for new single ‘Got Me’

  02-06-2021 21:35 via nme.com
  
  Laura Mvula has shared her “neon synth aesthetic” for the music video for new single ‘Got Me’.
  The Birmingham artist is currently preparing the release of her upcoming third solo studio album ‘Pink Noise’, which is set for release on July 2 via Atlantic Records.
  While Mvula’s first two albums, 2013’s ‘Sing to the Moon’ and 2016’s ‘The Dreaming Room’, were both Mercury-nominated records with a stronger soul influence, t
  
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• Indie Venue Advocate Tobi Parks Wants to ‘Usher in the Next Generation’ of Live Music Professionals

  02-06-2021 21:33
  
  This story is part of Billboard’s 2021 Pride List, which spotlights LGBTQ professionals who are shaping the music industry.
  Tobi ParksVP, National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) Foundation; owner/artistic director, xBk; founder/board president, Station 1 Records; attorney, business affairs administration, Sony Music Entertainment
  At this point in the pandemic, Tobi Parks’ xBk music venue in Des Moines, Iowa, has been open for almost half the time that it was closed. T
  
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• Here’s What Anti-Piracy Work Looks Like in the Streaming Age

  02-06-2021 21:33
  
  This story is part of Billboard’s 2021 Pride List, which spotlights LGBTQ professionals who are shaping the music industry.
  Mark McDevittSenior vp/deputy chief content protection and enforcement, RIAA
  Months after Mark McDevitt started his RIAA career as an office clerk in October 1997, he heard the word “Napster” — and his whole life changed. He graduated to online copyright protection and spent years fighting file-sharing and peer-to-peer networks. Today, he b
  
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• Spotify launches new personalised wrapped-like feature ‘Only You’

  02-06-2021 21:32 via nme.com
  
  Spotify has released a new personalised wrapped-like feature called ‘Only You’.READ MORE: If Spotify’s CEO buys Arsenal, it might make for a very different gameThe feature, which launched today (June 2), creates six lists which show your music organised according to a number of new categories. ‘Your Genres/Topics’ is based on features that “set your listening apart” from others whilst the category, ‘Your Time Of Day’, tells you which music yo
  
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• DaBaby Detained & Released in Miami Shooting, 2 Suspects Charged

  02-06-2021 21:18
  
  Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby was detained for questioning in a shooting that wounded two people in Miami and later released, officials said Tuesday. Police said two suspects are now charged in the case.
  Jonathan Kirk, DaBaby’s legal name, was one of many people being questioned by officials on Tuesday, Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez said in a news release. Rodriguez had said earlier that “several possible suspects” were detained. He later noted that Kirk had b
  
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• Spotify’s New Data Marketing Campaign Embrace Users’ Oddest Listening Habits

  02-06-2021 21:17
  
  Everyone’s music listening habits are different. Sometimes, they’re even a little weird. Spotify is celebrating its 350 million users’ individual tastes with a new global campaign and in-app experience, Only You, rolling out Wednesday (June 2).
  Similar to Spotify’s annual Wrapped campaign summarizing users’ listening habits over the year, Only You includes shareable cards for social media, personalized playlists and out-of-home advertising.In the app’s new Onl
  
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• Twenty One Pilots Scale to No. 1 on Top Rock Albums Chart With ‘Scaled and Icy’

  02-06-2021 21:02
  
  twenty one pilots notch their third No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts, as Scaled and Icy starts atop both lists dated June 5.
  Scaled and Icy arrives with 75,000 equivalent album units earned in the May 21-27 tracking week, according to MRC Data. Of that sum, album sales comprise 51,000, while 24,000 are via streaming-equivalent albums (SEA), with a nominal amount from track-equivalent albums (TEA).
  The streaming count grants Scaled and Icy the second-bigges
  
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• Brooklyn Bowl Nashville Finally Set to Open, One Year After Pandemic Pause

  02-06-2021 20:54
  
  Brooklyn Bowl Nashville is finally celebrating its grand-opening weekend, about a year after its scheduled opening was delayed by COVID-19.
  Owned by Peter Shapiro — founder of the Brooklyn Bowl venues in New York and Las Vegas — in partnership with Live Nation, Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl will open for in-person audiences with back-to-back nights from Grammy Award-winning band Old Crow Medicine Show on June 25 and 26.Additional artist performances will be announced
  
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• Twenty One Pilots Talk Embracing the Light on New Album — And How Their Next LP Might Slip Back Into Darkness

  02-06-2021 20:50
  
  Twenty One Pilots’ last album, 2018’s introspective Trench, ended with “Leave the City,” on which singer Tyler Joseph sang about packing up and staying alive, being far away from home while staring at “these faces facing me.” In a hard pivot away from that collection’s dark, down-the-rabbit hole saga, the Columbus, Ohio duo’s just-released sixth studio album, Scaled and Icy, opens with the ebullient “Good Day,” on which the frequently c
  
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• New Around the World: Eurovision Infuses Global Charts, Led by Maneskin’s Champ ‘Zitti E Buoni’

  02-06-2021 20:44
  
  In March, Billboard reported on four debuts on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, spurred by Italy’s Sanremo Music Festival. The event, held March 2-6, acts as Italy’s qualifying competition for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. And as the Sanremo festival unveiled the country’s first taste of this year’s international competition, those four Italian debuts were simply an appetizer before the entrée. On the June 5-dated lists, seven Eurovision finalists debut a
  
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• How a Spreadsheet of Black Artists on Bandcamp Grew Into an Online Database

  02-06-2021 20:43
  
  Last June, amid the growth of the Black Lives Matter movement and an ongoing conversation about diversifying the music industry, DJs Niks Delanancy and Kay Ferdinand created Black Bandcamp — a public Google spreadsheet of Black artists with links to their pages on the online music marketplace. The London-based duo hoped the resource would bring recognition — and revenue — to Black artists, especially in the electronic scene, which is dominated by white acts who benefit from the
  
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• Watch Corey Taylor sing along to Duran Duran’s ‘Rio’ backstage

  02-06-2021 20:41 via nme.com
  
  Corey Taylor has been filmed singing along to Duran Duran classic ‘Rio’ with some of his band.READ MORE: Slipknot: “I’m just going to tell you the facts, this album is a masterpiece”The clip was posted to Instagram yesterday (June 1) by Jason Christopher, who plays bass in Taylor’s solo band, and also features guitarist and fellow bandmate Zach Throne.
  The trio were filmed backstage during Taylor’s current solo tour, while drummer Dustin Schoenhofer can
  
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• Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Are Reuniting With Mariah Carey for a New Single

  02-06-2021 20:33
  
  Legendary songwriter/producer duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis announced Wednesday (June 2) that they will reunite with pop superstar Mariah Carey on the upcoming single “Somewhat Loved.”
  The three Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees already have a bevy of hits together, including the 2000 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Thank God I Found You,” featuring Joe & 98 Degrees. “Somewhat Loved,” which is due June 10 via BMG, will be featured on the
  
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• Prime Day 2021: What to Know About Amazon’s Biggest Shopping Day of the Year

  02-06-2021 20:32
  
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  The date for the 2021 Amazon Prime Day has been revealed, and it all goes down June 21 and 22, with 48 hours of big deals, deep discounts and special offers across Amazon.com.What is Amazon Prime Day?
  Amazon Prime Day is Amazon’s biggest shopping day of the year, with more than two million deals expected this year on top-rated tech toys, electronics, home good
  
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• Blake Shelton’s ‘Body Language’ Has a Top 5 Debut on the Top Country Albums Chart

  02-06-2021 20:25
  Blake Shelton earns his 17th top 10 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, all of which have started in the tier, as his 12th full-length, Body Language, debuts at No. 3. The set starts on the June 5-dated survey with 24,000 equivalent album units (15,000 in album sales), according to MRC Data.
  The album follows Fully Loaded: God’s Country, which became Shelton’s seventh Top Country Albums No. 1 upon its debut in December 2019 (96,000 units).The new LP’s sophomore singl
  
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• Alicia Keys to release special 20th anniversary edition of debut album

  02-06-2021 20:24 via music-news.com
  
  Alicia Keys is to release a 20th anniversary edition of her debut album, 'Songs In A Minor'.
  
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• Chart Rewind: In 2001, ‘Lady Marmalade’ Got a Makeover & Hit No. 1 on the Hot 100

  02-06-2021 20:20
  
  How many pop divas to take to remake “Lady Marmalade”?
  In 1975, Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash, performing as Labelle, turned the risqué (for its time) funk potboiler into one of the decade’s most distinctive hits, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for a week that March.
  Twenty-six years later, four of the brashest stars of the 2000s, Christina Aguilera, P!nk, Lil’ Kim and Mya, plus Missy Elliott (who produced the track with Rockwilder and Ro
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo Spends First Week at No. 1 on Artist 100 Chart, Thanks to ‘Sour’ Debut

  02-06-2021 20:14
  
  Olivia Rodrigo soars to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated June 5) to become the top musical act in the U.S. for the first time, thanks to the opening week of her debut album Sour.
  The set arrives at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 295,000 equivalent album units, according to MRC Data, surpassing Taylor Swift’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version) for the biggest week of 2021 so far. It also sets a new mark for the largest week, in terms of units, for an act’s debut since th
  
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• Tammy Hurt Elected Chair of Recording Academy Board of Trustees

  02-06-2021 20:04
  
  Tammy Hurt was elected chair of the Recording Academy’s board of trustees at a board meeting during the week of May 17, it was announced on Wednesday (June 2).
  Hurt was vice chairman for the past two years under chairman Harvey Mason Jr. Mason, who did not seek a second term when he was named the academy’s president/CEO last month. He had been interim president/CEO since Deborah Dugan was put on leave, and later terminated, in early 2020.Hurt is the third woman to be elected to
  
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• Alanis Morissette announces dates for world tour

  02-06-2021 20:04 via music-news.com
  
  Alanis Morissette has announced new dates for her 2021/2022 world tour.
  
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• Courtney Love says there will no Hole reunion in the future: “It’s just not gonna happen”

  02-06-2021 19:55 via nme.com
  
  Courtney Love has said that a Hole reunion will not happen in the future.READ MORE: Courtney Love: “I feel like the luckiest motherfucker in the history of rock’n’roll”It comes after Love first mooted the idea of a reunion with The Guardian in 2019, with Love telling the publication: “We are definitely talking about it. There’s nothing wrong with honouring your past.”
  Then, in 2020, Love told NME she “had a good session” a
  
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• Courtney Love says there will be no Hole reunion in the future: “It’s just not gonna happen”

  02-06-2021 19:55 via nme.com
  
  Courtney Love has said that a Hole reunion will not happen in the future.READ MORE: Courtney Love: “I feel like the luckiest motherfucker in the history of rock’n’roll”It comes after Love first mooted the idea of a reunion with The Guardian in 2019, with Love telling the publication: “We are definitely talking about it. There’s nothing wrong with honouring your past.”
  Then, in 2020, Love told NME she “had a good session” a
  
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• YouTube Says It Paid $4 Billion to the Music Industry Over the Past Year

  02-06-2021 19:45 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  YouTube says that it’s paid north of $4 billion to the music industry during the last year – besides adding more paid members during Q1 2021 than in any quarter to date. The Google-owned video-sharing platform revealed the multibillion-dollar music-industry payment today, via a post on the YouTube Official Blog. Authored by former Warner Music […]
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• London record store De Underground awarded heritage plaque

  02-06-2021 19:28 via nme.com
  
  London’s De Underground record store has received a blue heritage plaque for its contributions to several underground music scenes in the ’90s.
  Owned by Mike De Underground, Cool Hand Flex, Uncle 22 and DJ Randall, the hugely influential store only ran for five years between 1991 and 1996, but has now been officially recognised by the London Borough of Newham Heritage Project as “instrumental in the development of UK hardcore, jungle and drum & bass music”.
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