Jack Harlow has been one of the biggest breakthrough artists of 2020, thanks to his piano trap hit “Whats Poppin,” which reached Number Two earlier this year with the help of DaBaby, Tory Lanez and Lil Wayne. So far this year, he’s seen over a billion streams, and reached Number …
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Ludwig Göransson was in the middle of scoring Tenet,Warner Brothers’ most anticipated film of the year, when the pandemic struck — not only pausing most of the film industry’s releases, but also keeping his entire orchestra sequestered, unable to get together in a room and rehearse or record together. With …
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Mickey Guyton never had the opportunity to meet Charley Pride in person but she says his groundbreaking role as a black singer of country music helped her to have her own career in Nashville. Pride died Saturday from complications related to Covid-19. Related: Charley Pride’s Essential Songs “Charley Pride means …
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Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys have gifted fans of turn-of-the-millenium pop with a new collaboration, “Matches.” The song is one of a handful of bonus tracks on the new deluxe edition of Spears’ 2016 album, Glory, which was released Friday, December 11th. As such, the origins of “Matches” are …
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The Federal Trade Commission, along with 46 states and two territories, has accused Facebook of being a “social networking monopoly” and purchasing competitors, like Instagram and WhatsApp, to maintain their monopoly. The allegations were outlined in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. “For nearly a decade, Facebook has used its dominance and …
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It goes without saying that, for just about everyone, 2020 was a no-good, very-bad year. But for a handful of artists, it was, numbers-wise, actually a very good year indeed – the year they rose from obscurity to stardom, all without leaving their homes. But who had the best year? …
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Christmas music flooded the latest Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. In what’s becoming an annual tradition, Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” returned to Number One, with more than 22 million streams. Brenda Lee‘s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” glided to Number Two (18.9 million streams), …
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UPDATE (12/7): Neil Young has voluntarily dismissed his copyright lawsuit against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, according to court documents filed Monday, December 7th. The musician accused the Trump campaign of playing “Rockin’ in the Free World” and “Devil’s Sidewalk” at rallies without obtaining the proper licenses. A representative for Young …
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The confused, frightened, complying face of a young black boy as two Metropolitan police stop, search, and humiliate him on the street: This is one of the first things we see in Red, White, and Blue, the third in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe pentalogy, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. …
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“Angelene,” a somber monologue sung from the perspective of the “prettiest mess you’ve ever seen,” may be the most inauspicious opening track in PJ Harvey‘s catalogue. She plucks an awkward chord on her guitar and assumes her character, describing the life of a prostitute with penchants for Salinger and pining …
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