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• The Weeknd Celebrates ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’ Anniversary With Alternate ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ Video

  02-09-2021 23:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer's second album was released six years ago this week
  
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• Watch Jason Isbell Interview Dr. Fauci About Covid Vaccines, How to Safely Play Concerts

  02-09-2021 23:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  Americana songwriter and proponent of the vaccines talks to the health expert about persuading hesitant family members to get their shots
  
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• Hey! Say! JUMP Bows at No. 1, =LOVE at No. 2 on Japan Hot 100

  02-09-2021 23:46
  
  Hey! Say! JUMP’s “Gunjo Runaway” debuts at No. 1 on the latest Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Aug. 23 to 29. The Johnny’s boy band’s 30th single is the theme song for a drama series starring member Kei Inoo, and sold 234,313 CDs in its first week to come in at No. 1 for physical sales and look-ups.
  The song also performed well in Twitter mentions (No. 2) and radio airplay (No. 3), but the two physical metrics of the chart’s methodology fueled the track to the
  
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• Wizkid & Tems’ ‘Essence’ Hits No. 1 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart

  02-09-2021 23:33
  
  Wizkid’s “Essence,” featuring Tems, reaches No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart (dated Sept. 4) in a milestone achievement for the Afrobeats genre. The track by the two Nigerian artists jumps from No. 3 with an 11% improvement to 18 million in audience in the week ending Aug. 29, according to MRC Data, making it the most-heard song at the radio format.
  Wizkid grabs his second No. 1 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and first as a lead act. He previously reigned th
  
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• Ellie Goulding kept pregnancy secret so she could enjoy 'nice, private time'

  02-09-2021 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  Ellie Goulding is currently promoting her new book, Fitter. Calmer. Stronger.
  
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• Kanye West previews unreleased track featuring André 3000

  02-09-2021 23:20 via nme.com
  Days after the release of his much anticipated new album ‘DONDA’, Kanye West has unveiled an unreleased track featuring André 3000.READ MORE: Kanye West – ‘DONDA’ review: some gems among lots – and lots – of fillerThe rapper and producer’s 10th studio album, which arrived on Sunday (August 29) after multiple delays and three high-profile listening events, features the likes of JAY-Z, Travis Scott, The Weeknd, Lil Baby, Kid Cud
  
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• Flashback: ABBA Break Through With ‘Waterloo’ at Eurovision in 1974

  02-09-2021 23:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  In honor of the Swedish pop group reuniting for the first time in 40 years, we revisit the beginning of their global takeover
  
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• Bo Burnham’s ‘Inside (The Songs)’ Sets Physical Release

  02-09-2021 23:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  Vinyl and CD of acclaimed comedy special arrives December 3rd
  
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• Trippie Redd’s ‘Knight’ Shines at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart

  02-09-2021 23:10
  
  Trippie Redd banks his fourth No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart as his latest effort, Trip at Knight, debuts in the top slot of the chart dated Sept. 4. The set, released Aug. 20 via 1400/TenThousand Projects, earned 81,000 equivalent album units in its first week, ending Aug. 26, according to MRC Data.
  The rapper, 22, from Ohio, has spaced his four leaders on the list across four years. He first reigned with A Love Letter to You 3 in November 2018, and followed with A
  
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• Label Look: Nice Life Took the Long View with Lizzo, and the Result Was Good As Hell

  02-09-2021 23:06
  
  Ricky Reed, founder and CEO of Nice Life Recording Company, felt the weight of expectation leading up to last month’s release of Lizzo’s “Rumors” feat. Cardi B — the singer’s first single since “Truth Hurts” transformed her into a superstar in 2019. While the strategy behind the release came with a heightened sense of responsibility owing to Lizzo’s meteoric rise, Reed and his team tried not to futz too much with a winning formula.
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• The 10 Best Musical Numbers In ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ Herstory

  02-09-2021 22:58
  
  On Thursday (Sept. 2), RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season 6 drew to a close, with the top four queens of the season — Eureka, Ginger Minj, Kylie Sonique Love and Ra’Jah O’Hara — performing in one final challenge to become the latest addition to the Drag Race Hall of Fame.
  Throughout the sixth season, the queens acted, danced, sewed and lip synched their way into the top four. Among the many challenges, the queens were expected to bring sickening
  
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• Tencent Music Officially Cancels Exclusive-Music Deals Following Antitrust Penalty

  02-09-2021 22:56 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Last month, Tencent Music formally responded to the “antitrust” penalty levied against it, emphasizing a commitment “to fully complying with all requirements in a timely manner.” Now, less than three weeks later, the music-streaming company says that it’s nixed the exclusive agreements in question. Back in April, reports suggested that Tencent Music – which operates […]
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• Lil Nas X Is Ready to Give Birth to His New Album in Hilarious ‘Pregnancy’ Pics

  02-09-2021 22:55
  
  Lil Nas X has got a bun in his oven in a new set of teaser photos posted to his social media on Thursday (Sept. 2).
  In a post to his Twitter, the rapper shared photos of himself, decked out in a long, white lace robe, a flower crown and a bouquet of white roses, holding what looked like his own pregnant belly. Spoofing on pregnancy announcement posts, Lil Nas captioned the post, letting his fans know the exciting news. “SURPRISE! I can’t believe i’m finally announcing this,&rdq
  
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• Billie Eilish’s ‘Happier Than Ever’ Concert Film: How to Stream the Movie Online

  02-09-2021 22:50
  
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  Billie Eilish is paying tribute to her recently released sophomore album Happier Than Ever and her Los Angeles hometown with a “cinematic concert experience,” a film titled Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles streaming exclusively on Disney+.
  In the Robert Rodriguez-directed film, Eilish performs Happier Than Ever in
  
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• Inside Track: Will Spotify Stay Independent — and Should It?

  02-09-2021 22:33
  
  Billboard will launch a newsletter in October highlighting the unfiltered thoughts of the CEOs, decision-makers and power players at the intersection of technology and music, written by Billboard’s director of technology coverage, Micah Singleton. This is an early look at what to expect.
  Edited by Dan RysSpotify’s Discovery Mode Causes Drama
  Discovery Mode, a new tool from Spotify that lets artists and labels accept a lower royalty rate on singles in exchange for prioritization withi
  
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• Watch Charli XCX’s “twisted” and “electrifying” video for new single ‘Good Ones’

  02-09-2021 22:18 via nme.com
  
  Charli XCX has released a brand new single called ‘Good Ones’ – watch the song’s “twisted” and “electrifying” video below.MORE: The Big Read – Charli XCX: “People think I’m this person who parties every single day  – but I’m a business woman”The pop star’s new song marks the London singer-songwriter’s first material since her 2020 album ‘How I’m Feeling Now’.
  “Today, I, th
  
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• Lucy Dacus Says All Proceeds From Her Texas Concerts Will Go Toward Abortion Funds

  02-09-2021 22:13
  
  Lucy Dacus has an important message for her Texas-based concertgoers after the state’s new abortion law — the nation’s most restrictive — went into effect on Wednesday (Sept. 1).
  The singer-songwriter announced on Twitter Thursday (Sept. 2), “All the money I make at our upcoming shows in Texas will be going towards abortion funds jsyk, if you’re not cool with that don’t come.”
  With the Supreme Court refusing to step in to block the measur
  
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• Shawn Mendes Wraps ‘Summer of Love’ With Top 40 Debut on Global Charts

  02-09-2021 22:01
  
  Shawn Mendes scores his seventh global chart hit with the debut of the Canadian singer-songwriter’s “Summer of Love,” featuring Puerto Rican producer Tainy. The wistful tune enters both the Sept. 4-dated Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. surveys at No. 35.
  Mendes is no stranger to collaboration. Two of his previous global hits are duets with Camila Cabello, with another alongside fellow Canadian Justin Bieber. But notably, the Tainy co-bill is Mendes’ s
  
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• UK Music Startup Roli Files for Bankruptcy – Will Reform as Luminary

  02-09-2021 21:50 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  UK music tech startup Roli has filed for bankruptcy and will reform. The company says its niche target market and the coronavirus pandemic forced a reset. Both Pharrell and Grimes backed the British music startup. some Roli products will live on through Luminary, which is rising from the ashes of the Roli bankruptcy. CEO and […]
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• Nelly Is Planning a Second Country-Inspired Project, This Time With All Female Collabs

  02-09-2021 21:44
  
  Nelly teamed up with several country artists — including Jimmie Allen, Kane Brown, Darius Rucker and Florida Georgia Line — as part of his country-inspired Heartland EP, which released Aug. 27 via RECORDS/Columbia. But the entertainer, known for hits including “Country Grammar,” “Hot in Herre,” “Over and Over” with Tim McGraw and his collaborations with Florida Georgia Line (current hit “Lil Bit” and a remix of the duo’s 2012 hit
  
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• Idris Elba & Jourdan Dunn to Host 2021 GRM Daily Rated Awards

  02-09-2021 21:39
  
  British actor Idris Elba and supermodel Jourdan Dunn are set to host the U.K.-based 2021 GRM Daily Rated Awards, the rap and grime outlet GRM Daily announced Thursday (Sept. 2).  
  Elba and Dunn are both first-time hosts for the event, and will be taking over from comedian Mo Gilligan and radio host Julie Adenuga, who have helmed the event for the last two shows. The announcement comes after the GRM Daily premiered Idris Elba’s freestyl
  
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• Twitter’s Subscription-Based Super Follows Are Here – What It Means

  02-09-2021 21:34 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Twitter has launched a subscription-based feature called ‘super follows’ to take on Patreon. The new super follows feature allows content creators to generate monthly revenue from a subscriber-only content feed. People in the United States and Canada on iOS can begin to super follow select accounts. Twitter says it will make the feature more widely […]
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• Sigrid’s ‘Mirror’ Reflects at No. 1 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay Chart

  02-09-2021 21:34
  
  Sigrid scores her first No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart as “Mirror” shines atop the survey dated Sept. 4. The poppy original was remixed by Kelly Lee Owens, Paul Woolford and Zookëper, among others.
  The track is collecting core-dance airplay at multiple outlets, including leaders SiriusXM’s BPM, KMVQ-HD2 San Francisco and Music Choice’s Dance/EDM channel, according to MRC Data. (The Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart measures radio airplay on a sele
  
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• Elle King welcomes first child

  02-09-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Elle King and tattoo artist Dan Tooker started dating in October 2018.
  
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• ABBA reuniting for brand-new album and virtual concert

  02-09-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Swedish pop group, comprised of Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, announced on Thursday that they will be dropping Vogage, their ninth album on 5 November.
  
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• Diane Keaton Wants to Collab With Ariana Grande, So She Sang ‘Thank U, Next’: Watch

  02-09-2021 21:26
  
  Diane Keaton is apparently a major Ariana Grande fan, and the legendary actress has submitted her unofficial audition to perform alongside the pop star.
  Keaton shared a video montage dedicated to Grande on Wednesday (Sept. 1) that had her voice dubbed over it. “You know, Ariana Grande is just amazing, so once in my life, once in my stupid life, I just want to sing along with the amazing Ariana Grande,” the 75-year-old actress narrated before she proceeded to break out into song,
  
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• Fans react to ABBA’s return after 40 years: “Thank you ABBA for saving 2021”

  02-09-2021 21:21 via nme.com
  
  ABBA fans have been reacting to the news that the Swedish pop giants have returned with two new songs – both of which will feature on a new album – and a “revolutionary” concert experience.READ MORE: ABBA are the best band in the world – no contestEarlier this evening (September 2), the band announced ‘ABBA: Voyage’ – a full new album and their first new music in over 40 years which will be released on November 5 on Universal Music.
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• Vance Joy Fits ‘Missing Piece’ Atop Adult Alternative Airplay Chart

  02-09-2021 21:19
  
  For the third time, Vance Joy is No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Alternative Airplay chart.
  “Missing Piece,” the Australian singer-songwriter’s first new solo release since his 2018 album Nation of Two, rises 3-1 on the Adult Alternative Airplay ranking dated Sept. 4.
  The song is Joy’s first No. 1 on the chart since “Lay It on Me,” which led for three weeks in September-October 2017. He first reigned with “Fire and the Flood” for two weeks beginni
  
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• Joe Rogan Tests Positive For COVID, Taking Ivermectin

  02-09-2021 21:18 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Joe Rogan, host of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, has tested positive for COVID. The podcast host took to Instagram late Wednesday night to announce the news to his fans. He says he tested positive after returning from a series of Florida, which is a hotbed for infection right now. The 54-year-old host said he […]
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• Joe Rogan Tests Positive For COVID, Is Taking Ivermectin

  02-09-2021 21:18 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Joe Rogan, host of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, has tested positive for COVID. The podcast host took to Instagram late Wednesday night to announce the news to his fans. He says he tested positive after returning from a series in Florida, which is a hotbed of infection right now. The 54-year-old host said he […]
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• Charli XCX Dances on a Grave & Sets Bibles Afire in ‘Good Ones’ Video: Watch

  02-09-2021 21:07
  
  After weeks of teasing, Charli XCX’s Angels have finally been treated to the video for her newest single, “Good Ones,” on Thursday (Sept. 2).
  The dark video starts off tame, with funeral guests arriving to a wake in a fleet of fire-red cars and all-black ensembles. Charli, however, chooses to stand out — she makes her first full body appearance in the video walking down a catwalk-like corridor to the proceedings in black lingerie, surrounded by a posse that sets its Bible
  
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• See Charli XCX’s ‘Twisted, Dramatic’ Video for New Song ‘Good Ones’

  02-09-2021 20:57 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer kicks off "new chapter" with "a visual aesthetic that marks a new era of me"
  
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• Soulja Boy Says ‘Kanye West Diss’ Will Be Included on His New Album ‘Swag 4′

  02-09-2021 20:54
  
  Soulja Boy isn’t done sounding off on Kanye West after he was left off of Donda because he’s guaranteeing a “diss” toward Ye will be featured on his own album.
  On Thursday (Sept. 2), the rapper — who is set to drop his album Swag 4 on Friday — tweeted, “Kanye west diss on the album tonight.” The “Kiss Me Through the Phone” MC previously warned Ye to not “hit my phone no more” after claiming he h
  
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• ABBA Is Returning With New Studio Album ‘Voyage’ & Virtual Concerts

  02-09-2021 20:49
  
  Mamma Mia! Thursday (Sept. 2) brought some great news for ABBA fans across the globe. The mega-selling Swedish quartet announced that they have reunited after almost four decades apart and recorded a new album, Voyage, which they will perform a run of shows in a specially built arena in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London beginning on May 27, 2022.
  According to a statement, the group that split in 1983 — featuring Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad, Agnetha Fälskog and Bj&
  
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• How Much Longer Can Drake Stay Commercially Untouchable?

  02-09-2021 20:16
  
  As the 2010s came to a close, no artist was as reliable for total chart domination as Drake. In 2018, his Scorpion laid waste to both the Billboard 200 albums chart — spending its first five weeks at No. 1, the longest run atop the chart that year — and the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, spawning three No. 1 hits and seven total top 10 hits, and notching all 25 of its tracks on the chart in its debut week (among a weekly-record 27 total entries that week). With every new al
  
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• YouTube Says It Has 50 Million Premium and Music Subscribers — Up From 30 Million Last November

  02-09-2021 20:01 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Spotify competitors YouTube Music and YouTube Premium officially boast a combined total of over 50 million subscribers (including those who are accessing the services via free trials), according to company higher-ups. YouTube global head of music (and former Warner Music recorded-music CEO) Lyor Cohen revealed the YouTube Music and Premium subscribership milestone – and highlighted […]
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• Calicoco’s Not Afraid To Show What’s Underneath

  02-09-2021 20:00
  
  'Underneath,' the explosive new album from Long Beach/Rochester musician and songwriter Calicoco, probes deep into its creator's mental anguish. But it wouldn't have been made without plenty of help from their support system.
  
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• Ed Sheeran Announces New Single ‘Shivers’: ‘I Bloody Love It’

  02-09-2021 19:59
  
  Ed Sheeran is less than two months from releasing his upcoming album, =, and is hyping up the release of his next body of work by teasing the release of a brand new song. On Thursday (Sept. 2), the “Bad Habits” singer hopped on his social media pages to announce that his second single from = is titled “Shivers.”
  “SHIVERS. The second single from Ed’s fourth studio album is released next Friday 10th September,” Sheeran tweeted, along with an
  
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• ABBA are back! Group announce first album in 40 years - plus new concert experience

  02-09-2021 19:44 via music-news.com
  
  ABBA will release their first album in 40 years on November 5, and will be returning for a unique virtual concert experience in May next year.
  
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• Five of ENHYPEN’s Members Test Positive for COVID-19

  02-09-2021 19:39
  
  K-pop group ENHYPEN has to put a hold on all promotion and scheduled appearances after five of its members — Jungwon, Heeseung, Jay, Jake and Sunghoon — have tested positive for COVID-19, label Belift Lab confirmed in a statement to Billboard.
  According to Belift Lab, a member from one of the group’s production sites was COVID-19 positive. In an abundance of caution, ENHYPEN entered self-quarantine on Thursday (Aug. 26) and was later required by government officials to sta
  
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• 5 Things to Know About Mexican Artist Ingratax & Her Viral Debut Single ‘Paris’

  02-09-2021 19:30
  
  One January afternoon while eating tacos, Ingratax and her team found the perfect beat for her first single: a slowed-down pop groove with an underlying sparse reggaetón drum beat. For the lyrics, her team suggested it should be about her meeting a guy at a party.
  “That’s so typical,” she tells Billboard via phone from her native Chihuahua, Mexico. “I suggested something more deep: a song about traveling, and for it to reflect the mood at an airport. Like, life is
  
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• Kanye West Seems to Hint He Cheated on Kim Kardashian in ‘Hurricane’ Lyrics

  02-09-2021 19:25
  
  Kanye West’s sprawling Donda album is chock full of confessions, pleas for mercy, acceptance and a lot of faith. But a deeper dive into Ye’s verses on the mid-tempo song “Hurricane” featuring The Weeknd and Lil Baby suggests that West may be begging for forgiveness from someone besides the Almighty.
  “Here I go actin’ too rich, here I go with a new chick/ And I know what the truth is/ Still playin’ after two kids/ It’s a lot to digest when your life
  
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• ABBA Reunite for First Time in 40 Years, Announce New Album and Digital Concert

  02-09-2021 19:09 via rollingstone.com
  
  Swedish pop group finally releases singles "I Still Have Faith In You"
  
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• ABBA Voyage: Pop icons return for new album and “revolutionary” shows

  02-09-2021 19:05 via nme.com
  
  ABBA have at long last announced their return, confirming details of a new album and “revolutionary” concert experience ‘ABBA: VOYAGE’ – as well as releasing two brand new songs.READ MORE: ABBA are the best band in the world – no contestBack in 2017, it was announced that the band would reunite in digital form in 2019, performing as “Abbatars” for the first time since they split in 1983. When the reunion tour was then delayed, the Swedish
  
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• Hidden Bands Gamifies New Music Releases With Custom Events In Augmented Reality

  02-09-2021 19:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The Hidden Bands app is an interactive rock & roll music discovery game. The following comes from Hidden Bands, a music discovery app proudly partnering with Digital Music News. Think of it like geocaching new music. Or playing Pokémon GO, but the reward is new music instead of a new digital monster. For music superfans, […]
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• Facebook Gaming’s Top Users Can Now Stream Music Worry-Free

  02-09-2021 19:00
  
  Facebook Gaming is expanding the ability for some users to play popular music in the background of their gaming livestreams, as well as in clips and other on-demand videos, putting the platform a step ahead of competitor Twitch.
  As of today (Sept. 2), more than 100,000 users across Facebook Gaming’s Partner and Level Up programs can play songs from a wide catalog of popular music thanks to multi-year music licensing deals with Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertain
  
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• ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ Turns 50: Artists Share How It Educated Them About Music & the World

  02-09-2021 18:49
  
  For a generation of young minds tuned to ABC on Saturday mornings in the ’70s, the cartoon series Schoolhouse Rock was the quintessential spoonful of sugar to help the medicine of public education go down.
  While the actual series didn’t make its debut until January 1973, its pilot — the song “Three Is a Magic Number” — originally appeared during the debut episode of a show called Curiosity Shop on Sept. 2, 1971. The Curiosity Shop version of “Three,
  
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• Marc Anthony’s Revival of ’90s Song by Africando Hits Tropical Airplay Top 10

  02-09-2021 18:27
  
  Marc Anthony achieves his 52nd top 10 on Billboard’s Tropical Airplay chart as “Pa’lla Voy” bows at No. 6 on the Sept. 4-dated survey. It’s his highest debut since 2012, when — as featured on Tito El Bambino’s “Por Qué Les Mientes?” with El Patrón — he arrived at No. 5.
  “Pa’lla Voy” is a reworking of Senegalese band Africando’s “Yay Boy,” originally sung in the Wolof language by lat
  
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• Bruce Dickinson on the Good and Evil That Inspired Iron Maiden’s New Album, ‘Senjutsu’

  02-09-2021 18:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  From a reassessment of Winston Churchill's valor to his vision of the apocalypse, the singer reveals where he finds the drama that feeds the beast behind the band
  
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