Music news

• Los Dos Carnales Score First Top 10 on Latin Airplay Chart Thanks to ‘Yo Soy Rico’

  09-11-2021 23:57
  
  Having already claimed success at regional Mexican radio with four top 10s on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart, Los Dos Carnales earn their first top 10 on Billboard’s overall Latin Airplay chart as “Yo Soy Rico” ascends 11-10 on the Nov. 13-dated ranking.
  The song, released via AfinArte, rallies with a 21% gain in audience impressions, to 6.5 million, earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 7, according to MRC Data. Los Dos Carnales is made u
  
  Read more

• The Travis Scott Brand Wasn’t Built For This

  09-11-2021 23:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  Fans have been quick to rebuke the rapper following Astroworld’s tragic outcome. It says volumes about his type of world-building
  
  Read more

• Snoop Dogg says Death Row Records “should be in my hands”

  09-11-2021 23:40 via nme.com
  
  Snoop Dogg has said he thinks he should be in charge of his former record label Death Row Records and has teased that it could actually happen soon.READ MORE: Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’: A 4/20 deep dive into the album that changed hip-hop foreverThe rapper was one of the three key artists responsible for the success of the legendary west coast rap label alongside Dr. Dre and 2Pac; he released his first two albums – ‘Doggystyle’ (1993) and ‘Tha Doggfather&r
  
  Read more

• Session Musicians Win Greenlight for $8M Royalty Fee Settlement With AFM, SAG-AFTRA

  09-11-2021 23:10
  
  A group of roughly 30,000 session musicians have won tentative approval of an $8 million settlement to resolve a class action that accused the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) and SAG-AFTRA of charging an improper “service fee” on streaming royalty payments.
  A Los Angeles federal judge granted preliminary approval of the agreement at a hearing on Monday, according to Paul R. Kiesel, lead attorney for the musicians. The order sets the stage for final approval early next year of
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Ruston Kelly Produced His Father Tim’s Debut Album: ‘It’s a Masterclass in Classic Songwriting’

  09-11-2021 22:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  Tim Kelly put his musical career on hold for his job and family. His newly released 'Ride Through the Rain' proves it was worth the wait
  
  Read more

• Here’s How to Block Artists on Spotify – Including Travis Scott

  09-11-2021 22:41 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Are you tired of hearing a specific artist in your playlists? Don’t want to support an artist by boosting their streams? Here’s how to block artists on Spotify and other music streaming services. No matter your reason for choosing to block an artist, most music streaming services support the feature. It’s possible to block streams […]
  The post Here’s How to Block Artists on Spotify – Including Travis Scott appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
  Read more

• Can You Really Block an Artist on Spotify and Other Streaming Platforms?

  09-11-2021 22:41 via digitalmusicnews.com
  As the backlash against Travis Scott turns into a boycott, Spotify users are figuring out how to block certain artists. And yes, it’s possible to block artists on Spotify and most other streaming music platforms — here’s how. Are you tired of hearing a specific artist in your playlists? Don’t want to support an artist […]
  The post Can You Really Block an Artist on Spotify and Other Streaming Platforms? appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
  Read more

• A Travis Scott Boycott Is Brewing Online — But Can You Really Block an Artist on Spotify and Other Streaming Platforms?

  09-11-2021 22:41 via digitalmusicnews.com
  As the backlash against Travis Scott turns into a boycott, Spotify users are figuring out how to block certain artists. And yes, it’s possible to block artists on Spotify and most other streaming music platforms — here’s how. Are you tired of hearing a specific artist in your playlists? Don’t want to support an artist […]
  The post A Travis Scott Boycott Is Brewing Online — But Can You Really Block an Artist on Spotify and Other Streaming Platforms? appeared f
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Here’s Who Will Perform & Present at the Latin Grammys Premiere Ceremony

  09-11-2021 22:39
  
  On Tuesday (Nov. 9), the Latin Recording Academy announced performers and presenters for its 2021 Latin Grammy Premiere ceremony, where 45 of the 53 Latin Grammy Awards categories will be handed out ahead of the prime-time telecast.
  Hosted by Latin Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Kany García and actress Carolina Dieckmann, the first Latin Grammys of the day will be presented by nominees Roxana Amed, Pedro Capó, Sara Correia, Farina, Jos&eacu
  
  Read more

• Fan paralysed at 2017 Travis Scott show speaks out on Astroworld tragedy

  09-11-2021 22:39 via nme.com
  
  A fan who was paralysed at a Travis Scott show in 2017 has said he was “devastated” to learn about the recent Astroworld Festival tragedy.READ MORE: Travis Scott – ‘Astroworld’ reviewEight people died and hundreds were reportedly injured during Scott’s headlining set at the NRG Park event in Houston, Texas, last Friday (November 5), when the audience began to compress towards the front of the stage, causing injuries, shortness of breath and, for some
  
  Read more

• CMA Awards 2021 Predictions: Who Will Win?

  09-11-2021 22:37
  
  The 55th annual CMA Awards will be held Wednesday, Nov. 10, airing on ABC from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Eric Church and Chris Stapleton are the evening’s top nominees, but who will win?
  Will Gabby Barrett, Kane Brown and Mickey Guyton take home their first CMA Awards wins? Will Church repeat last year’s win in the coveted entertainer of the year category? And who will take home album of the year?
  Here are Billboard’s predictions  by executive editor, West
  
  Read more

• Lady Gaga Stuns in Billowing Purple Chiffon Gown on First ‘House of Gucci’ Red Carpet

  09-11-2021 22:26
  
  Lady Gaga is back on the red carpet in a big way. The House of Gucci star stepped out for the U.K. premiere of the movie in London on Tuesday (Nov. 9), and stunned in a billowing purple gown that, unsurprisingly, was plucked straight from Gucci’s spring 2022 Love Parade runway show that took place in Los Angeles last week.
  Gaga — who posed along co-stars Adam Driver, Jared Leto and Salma Hayek on the carpet — turned heads in a royal purple pleated-chiffon floor-length gown
  
  Read more

• Justin Bieber Joins the Metaverse with Upcoming Virtual Performance

  09-11-2021 22:22 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Justin Bieber will host a virtual performance on the Wave platform. Justin Bieber: An Interactive Virtual Experience is coming on November 18. The pop star partnered with virtual platform Wave to launch the metaverse performance, which aims to combine gaming, real-time motion capture, and a live musical performance into an immersive interactive experience. It’s basically […]
  The post Justin Bieber Joins the Metaverse with Upcoming Virtual Performance appeared first on Digital Music
  
  Read more

• Rising Star Josh Fudge Dives Deep Into a Kaleidoscope Crush in New ‘Feel Like’ Video

  09-11-2021 22:18 via rollingstone.com
  
  Budding singer-songwriter released the single back in February
  
  Read more

• Mitski Announces New Album ‘Laurel Hell,’ Shares ‘The Only Heartbreaker’ Video

  09-11-2021 22:16
  
  A month after releasing a teaser single, Mitski’s album rollout has kicked off in full force.
  The enigmatic singer-songwriter shared a ton of new information on Tuesday (Nov. 9), starting with the announcement of her sixth studio record Laurel Hell, which is set for release Feb. 4. She also released the new single “The Only Heartbreaker” with an accompanying music video.
  “I needed love songs about real relationships that are not power struggles to be won or lost,&rdq
  
  Read more

• Arca announces new album ‘KicK iii’ for release on same day as ‘KicK ii’

  09-11-2021 21:52 via nme.com
  
  Arca has shared details of the third album in her ‘KicK’ album anthology, ‘KicK iii’.READ MORE: Arca – ‘KicK i’ review – a new high watermark for the wildly innovative producer’s experimental pop‘KicK iii’ is due for release on December 3, the same day as the previously announced ‘KicK ii’, via XL Recordings. ‘KicK i’ was released in June 2020.
  The Barcelona-based Venezuelan artist’s sixth album featu
  
  Read more

• FBI Offers to Join Astroworld Probe

  09-11-2021 21:33
  
  The FBI has offered to join a criminal investigation into the deadly events at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival in Houston on Friday night, an agency spokeswoman confirmed to Billboard on Tuesday.
  The extent to which federal authorities are involved in the ongoing probe into the deadly crowd surge, which left eight dead and dozens injured, remains unclear. Investigators from the Houston Police Department and other local authorities are currently leading the investigation.“FBI Houst
  
  Read more

• Freddie Gibbs announces UK and Ireland shows for spring 2022

  09-11-2021 21:25 via nme.com
  
  Freddie Gibbs has announced a trio of UK and Ireland shows set to take place in spring 2022.READ MORE: Freddie Gibbs and Madlib – ‘Bandana’ reviewThe Indiana rapper – whose most recent album ‘Alfredo’ with The Alchemist was nominated for a Grammy this year – will perform at Manchester Academy 2, London’s Roundhouse, and Dublin’s Vicar Street early next year.
  The shows will be preceded by a short run in Europe, with dates scheduled in Ber
  
  Read more

• Watch Lizzo’s Full Speech at Missy Elliott Walk of Fame Ceremony: ‘We Don’t Deserve You’

  09-11-2021 21:21
  
  Iconic hip-hop artist Missy Elliott was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday and granted her own star. Friends and family attended the ceremony, and notable attendees included Ciara, Janelle Monae and Lizzo — and the “Rumors” rapper was able to give Missy her flowers directly in a speech during the event.
  At the ceremony, Lizzo was given time to share her thoughts about the Virginia rapper, and she did not hold back on sharing her full apprecia
  
  Read more

• Five Burning Questions: Ed Sheeran’s ‘Equals’ Debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200

  09-11-2021 21:20
  
  Though 2019 saw a full-length release from Ed Sheeran, with his all-collab No.6 Collaborations Project set, it’s been four years since he’s released an album in his solo-showcase (and arithmetic symbol-named) series: 2017’s ÷ (Divide), which marked the greatest success of his career to date and confirmed his status as one of the biggest pop stars on the planet.
  Now, in 2021, Sheeran is back, and he’s once again landed atop the Billboard 200 albums chart with h
  
  Read more

• BandLab Acquires ReverbNation From Parent Company eMinor

  09-11-2021 21:05 via digitalmusicnews.com
  BandLab has acquired artist services platform ReverbNation from its parent company eMinor in a deal effective immediately. BandLab says the deal will help accelerate the company’s artist services. It will build out features like artist-to-fan subscriptions and BandLab distribution. ReverbNation artists will continue to enjoy uninterrupted services and will see the seamless integration of ReverbNation’s […]
  The post BandLab Acquires ReverbNation From Parent Company eMinor appea
  
  Read more

• EMPIRE to Offer First Artist Advance in Bitcoin With Money Man

  09-11-2021 21:00
  
  Indie music multi-hyphenate EMPIRE is offering artists the option to receive advances in Bitcoin through Cash App, the company announced Tuesday (Nov. 9), with the first artist to receive an advance that way being Money Man. The Atlanta MC has a long history with the technology and his new single “Blockchain,” released Friday, is off his newly-announced, forthcoming album of the same name, out this week.
  According to the company, Money Man took a $1 million advance through the d
  
  Read more

• EMPIRE to Offer Artists Advances in Bitcoin

  09-11-2021 21:00
  
  Indie music multi-hyphenate EMPIRE is offering artists the option to receive advances in Bitcoin through Cash App, the company announced Tuesday (Nov. 9), with the first artist to receive an advance that way being Money Man. The Atlanta MC has a long history with the technology and his new single “Blockchain,” released Friday, is off his newly-announced, forthcoming album of the same name, out this week.
  According to the company, Money Man took a $1 million advance through the d
  
  Read more

• Ed Sheeran Returns to No. 1 on Billboard Artist 100 Chart, Thanks to ‘=’ Debut

  09-11-2021 20:54
  
  Ed Sheeran jumps from No. 4 to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated Nov. 13), reigning as the top musical act for a 13th total week, and for the first time since 2019, thanks to the launch of his new LP, =.
  The set opens at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 118,000 equivalent album units earned, according to MRC Data, marking his fourth chart-topper, after 2014’s x, 2017’s ÷ and 2019’s No. 6 Collaborations Project.
  Sheeran concurrently places three songs from the
  
  Read more

• HighSchool announce debut UK shows

  09-11-2021 20:51 via nme.com
  
  HighSchool have shared details of their debut UK shows.READ MORE: HighSchool – escapist joy in Melbourne trio’s goth-pop dreamworldThe Melbourne trio will play gigs in Manchester, Margate and London next year, months on from the release of their debut EP ‘Forever At Last’.
  It will mark some of the first opportunities the band will have had to escape the COVID lockdown in their hometown to perform live. Last month, Melbourne took the title for the longest cumulative lockdo
  
  Read more

• K-Pop Label HYBE Is Getting Into NFTs with Upbit Partnership

  09-11-2021 20:47 via digitalmusicnews.com
  The South Korean label behind K-pop megastars BTS is getting into NFTs. Here’s more on the HYBE and Upbit partnership. HYBE has bought a 2.5% stake in crypto exchange Upbit’s parent company, Dunamu. Regulatory filings in South Korea also reveal HYBE issued 2.3 million shares, giving Dunamu a 5.6% stake in HYBE. The joint venture […]
  The post K-Pop Label HYBE Is Getting Into NFTs with Upbit Partnership appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
  Read more

• Billie Eilish Duets ‘Happier Than Ever’ With the Count on ‘Sesame Street’

  09-11-2021 20:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  The duo restructured the song’s lyrics around, well, counting, of course
  
  Read more

• Billy Porter apologises to Harry Styles: “I didn’t mean no harm”

  09-11-2021 20:33 via nme.com
  
  Billy Porter has apologised to Harry Styles for criticising his Vogue cover shoot in which the former One Direction singer wore a dress.READ MORE: Pose star Billy Porter: “Donald Trump’s response to the pandemic is genocide”Styles made history in December 2020 as US Vogue’s first-ever male solo cover star where he was pictured wearing a Gucci dress and skirt.
  Porter later expressed his objection to the fashion magazine’s decision to feature Styles, te
  
  Read more

• Tencent Music Cracks 71 Million Paid Users, Generates $1.22 Billion in Q3 Despite Exclusive-Music Crackdown

  09-11-2021 20:30 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Despite being forced to nix most of its exclusive music agreements, Tencent Music posted a more than 37 percent year-over-year gain in paid subscribers during 2021’s third quarter. The Shenzhen-headquartered music company, which operates the QQ Music, Kugou, and Kuwo streaming services as well as the WeSing karaoke app, revealed this and other details in […]
  The post Tencent Music Cracks 71 Million Paid Users, Generates $1.22 Billion in Q3 Despite Exclusive-Music Crackdown appeared
  
  Read more

• Belfast awarded UNESCO City of Music status

  09-11-2021 20:12 via nme.com
  
  Belfast has been officially recognised as a UNESCO City of Music.READ MORE: Mark, My Words: ‘Chasing Cars’ is proof that your radio hates youNorthern Ireland’s capital city was given the accolade due to its “rich musical heritage” following a bid made by Belfast City Council in 2019 [via BBC News].
  It joins Liverpool and Glasgow as a UK city recognised by the UN award.
  Snow Patrol‘s Gary Lightbody and composer Hannah Peel, both of whom were born in Northern Ir
  
  Read more

• Megan Thee Stallion Thanks Late Mother During Glamour’s Woman of the Year Speech

  09-11-2021 19:43
  
  Megan Thee Stallion took a moment at Glamour’s Women of the Year event on Monday night (Nov. 8) to thank the most important women in her life who pushed her to succeed: Her late mother, Holly Thomas, and her late great-grandmother. Upon accepting the 2021 Woman of the Year award, the “Thot Shit” rapper made an emotional speech that listed the women as her greatest inspirations in her career thus far.
  “I am truly humbled to be in such incredible company. I really want to t
  
  Read more

• Mitski announces new album ‘Laurel Hell’, shares single ‘The Only Heartbreaker’

  09-11-2021 19:37 via nme.com
  
  Mitski has shared details of her sixth album, ‘Laurel Hell’, alongside a music video for her new single ‘The Only Heartbreaker’.READ MORE: Mitski – ‘Be The Cowboy’ reviewThe US singer-songwriter’s new record is released on February 4 via Dead Oceans. Many of its songs were written during or before 2018, followed by a lengthy process of finalising it over the pandemic.
  ‘The Only Heartbreaker’, which follows the previously released &lsquo
  
  Read more

• 22-Year-Old Student Is In ICU Following Astroworld Disaster, Parents Pray For ‘Miracle’

  09-11-2021 19:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  Bharti Shahani's parents tell local news their daughter suffered multiple heart attacks and she remains on a ventilator
  
  Read more

• Diana Ross to play legends slot at Glastonbury

  09-11-2021 19:19 via music-news.com
  
  Music star Diana Ross is poised to play the legends slot at Glastonbury.
  
  Read more

• Diana Ross confirmed for legends slot at Glastonbury 2022

  09-11-2021 19:12 via nme.com
  
  Diana Ross has been confirmed to play Glastonbury 2022 where she’ll take on the revered legends slot.READ MORE: Diana Ross – ‘Thank You’ review: plenty of gratitude, but lacking in attitude“I’m so excited and grateful to finally know, that I’ll be seeing you at Glastonbury while on my UK Thank U Tour celebrating my new album of songs, Sunday, June 26, 2022,” Ross said in a statement today (November 9).
  The Supremes legend – who released
  
  Read more

• TikTok Isn’t Stopping Astroworld Demonic Conspiracy Theories

  09-11-2021 19:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  Fan theories claiming Satan had something to do with the tragedy at Houston's Astroworld are proliferating on the site
  
  Read more

• Diana Ross confirms Glastonbury legends slot

  09-11-2021 19:00 via music-news.com
  
  Diana Ross today confirms she will play the legends slot at Glastonbury 2022, on Sunday June 26th, as part of her ‘Thank You’ UK Tour.
  
  Read more

• Glasgow nightclub trials technology to turn dancing into renewable energy

  09-11-2021 18:50 via nme.com
  
  A nightclub in Glasgow is due to trial technology that uses heat from dancers’ bodies to generate renewable energy.READ MORE: With Coldplay’s eco-friendly tour, music is again at the forefront of progressive ideasSWG3 will try out the BODYHEAT tech, which can be used to heat up or cool down the venue, in 2022.
  It works by moving hot air from the club into a series of boreholes that then charge up as a thermal battery, eventually leading to savings of approximately 70 tonnes of CO2 pe
  
  Read more

• Mitski: 'I just need to dance. And that's where the sound came from'

  09-11-2021 18:49 via music-news.com
  
  Mitski joins Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 to discuss her new song “The Only Heartbreaker” from her forthcoming album
  
  Read more

• Justin Bieber to Perform Live Virtual Concert, Interact With Fans Via Avatar

  09-11-2021 18:48
  
  Justin Bieber is getting in on the metaverse. The singer will perform songs from his album Justice in a live, virtual concert on Wave, a virtual entertainment platform, on Nov. 18. Audiences will get to interact with Bieber himself, who will be controlling his digital avatar by wearing a motion-capture suit.
  “I am a big believer in Wave and love the platform as a new way for me to engage with my fans,” Bieber, who is an investor in Wave, said in a statement. “I’m excited
  
  Read more

• Lauren Jauregui Shows Her Own Colors

  09-11-2021 18:42
  
  Lauren Jauregui has spent the few years since Fifth Harmony's dissolution on her own journey. On her debut EP, 'Prelude,' she reveals herself in every delicate R&B-pop song. She breaks down those 'healing and introspective' years for MTV News.
  
  Read more

• Watch members of R.E.M., Yo La Tengo and more team up for Big Star tribute concert

  09-11-2021 18:39 via nme.com
  
  Members of R.E.M., Yo La Tengo and the dB’s came together over the weekend to pay tribute to Big Star.READ MORE: R.E.M. tell us about 25 years of ‘Monster’: “We needed swagger – to be loud and raw”The group of musicians – which included R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan, the dB’s’ Chris Stamey, Skylar Gudasz, Brett Harris, Charles Cleaver, Crispin Cloe and original Big Star drummer Jody Stephens – gathered at St.
  
  Read more

• Scala bans two bouncers after Wargasm assault claims

  09-11-2021 18:32 via nme.com
  
  Two “rogue” bouncers have been banned from working at the Scala venue in London after an alleged attack on Wargasm‘s Sam Matlock.
  The band were playing a set at the King’s Cross venue as part of the Face Down club night, and alleged in a statement that after the show a bouncer at the venue was “verbally aggressive” towards the band’s female tour manager, leading vocalist and guitarist Matlock to have to “step in”.
  They wrote on
  
  Read more

• Is Starbucks Teasing a ‘Red (Taylor’s Version) Tie-In?

  09-11-2021 18:17
  
  If it’s good enough for Taylor Swift, it’s good enough for Starbucks. The coffee chain appeared to follow in Tay’s footsteps on Monday (Nov. 8) when it tweeted out “It’s Red Season,” along with coffee, sparkle, scarf and heart emoji, parroting the same phrase the singer recently used in her first Instagram Reel video in which she declared this to be “Red Season.”
  Everything is coming up red these days because we’re just days away from Friday&
  
  Read more

• Steve Aoki Launches NFT Marketplace With ‘Spawn’ Creator

  09-11-2021 18:12
  
  Spawn creator Todd McFarlane and musician Steve Aoki are teaming up to launch OddKey, new NFT marketplace they say will put artists in control of their digital work and allow fans to resell NFTs for little cost.
  Though financial terms for artists using the marketplace were not revealed, McFarlane likened it to Image Comics, the publisher he co-founded in 1992 that allowed creators to retain the rights and the majority of the profits. McFarlane will be offering
  
  Read more

• Ed Sheeran, Megan Thee Stallion & the Latest Billboard & VersusGame Matchups

  09-11-2021 18:07
  
  Ed Sheeran and Megan Thee Stallion were the subjects of the latest Billboard-centered matchups on VersusGame.
  As announced last month, Billboard and VersusGame have joining forces to bring music fans a one-of-a-kind, user-generated experience with games that test knowledge of pop culture for a chance to win prizes and monetize trend predictions. Billboard is hosting bi-weekly head-to-head challenges on entertainment and pop culture gaming app VersusGame, where fans can vote on their favorite art
  
  Read more

• Official Charts Company CEO Martin Talbot on Adele, Ed Sheeran & the Importance of U.S. Market

  09-11-2021 18:03
  
  Not unlike Paul McCartney’s charming pronunciation of “customer” in the Beatles’ “Penny Lane,” there’s a distinct British accent on Billboard’s charts of late.
  Most notably, Adele, born in London, tops the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Nov. 13) for a third week with “Easy on Me,” while Ed Sheeran, born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, launches atop the Billboard 200 with =.The last time that British acts (in lead roles) ruled the lists simultaneo
  
  Read more

• Official Charts Company CEO Martin Talbot on Adele, Ed Sheeran & the Importance of the U.S. Market

  09-11-2021 18:03
  
  Not unlike Paul McCartney’s charming pronunciation of “customer” in the Beatles’ “Penny Lane,” there’s a distinct British accent on Billboard’s charts of late.
  Most notably, Adele, born in London, tops the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Nov. 13) for a third week with “Easy on Me,” while Ed Sheeran, born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, launches atop the Billboard 200 with =.The last time that British acts (in lead roles) ruled the lists simultaneo
  
  Read more

• Mitski Destroys Everything She Touches in ‘The Only Heartbreaker,’ Previews New Album

  09-11-2021 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Laurel Hell arrives in Feb. 2022
  
  Read more

• Micah Nelson Took His Mother’s Chocolate Edible and Wrote a Song About Dinosaurs With Sean Ono Lennon

  09-11-2021 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I was laying in bed, trying to sleep, and it was like three in the morning. And, and suddenly I just heard the beginning of the song," Nelson says of “Velocirapture (The Serpent Flew)"
  
  Read more

Follow @Music_News_US on Twitter!