On Tuesday, the single “Broken,” by the previously hit-less group Lovelytheband, broke a notable threshold: It has now reached more than one billion listeners. No song has gotten more play on what’s known as “Alternative” radio — the catch-all home of guitar-bass-and-drums acts, including Weezer, the Struts and Elle King …
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Old Dominion took the bumper-sticker-worthy hook line of their new tune, “life is short, make it sweet,” to heart with a buoyant performance of “Make It Sweet” during their Ellen debut on Tuesday. The latest track from the reigning ACM Vocal Group of the Year has the peppy cheerfulness of …
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Chance the Rapper goes undercover as a Lyft driver in a new video to announce the ride-sharing app’s partnership with his New Chance Fund charity. The not-well-disguised Chance discusses his native Chicago, his personal life, his charity and Kendrick Lamar – and feigns being a poor freestyler – over the …
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Piracy is the perhaps the most visible of the music industry‘s money woes, but it’s not the only one. The global music industry also loses out on $2.65 billion every year because of small businesses misusing personal music-streaming services, according to a study published Monday by licensing service Soundtrack Your …
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Kesha has penned an essay arguing for common sense gun laws ahead of this coming Election Day, with the singer also announcing that she has aligned with March for Our Lives in the fight to curb gun violence in schools. “It’s sad to me that many politicians, pundits, and everyday …
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Post Malone showed Jimmy Fallon the wonders of his favorite restaurant, Olive Garden, on Thursday’s Tonight Show. Throughout the hilarious segment, the rapper showcased the unlimited free salad and breadsticks, the complimentary wine samples and the extra crispy chicken parmesan. “I’ve not been monetarily compensated by Olive Garden to do …
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Carrie Underwood performed a trio of songs from her latest album Cry Pretty on Jimmy Kimmel Live, including the powerhouse title track and the classic country-referencing “Ghosts on the Stereo.” The performance, taped last month, led with Underwood’s performances of two recent singles, “Cry Pretty” and “Love Wins,” her latest …
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Elvis Costello would like you to know that Look Now, his first album in five years, is not “a little-box-with-people-going-mad-in-it kind of rock and roll record,” the kind where you“put the red light on play and hope to get the magical take.” It is, instead, what he calls an “uptown …
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When President Trump spoke in front of the UN General Assembly late last month, he could barely get through a paragraph before the congregation of world leaders started mocking at him.“In less than two years my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country,” …
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On October 5th, “Weird Al” Yankovic’s eighth album, Alapalooza, turned 25. Though one of his less iconic albums, it nonetheless went gold, spawning the modest hit “Bedrock Anthem” and one of his more ambitious videos. The clip for “Jurassic Park,” a parody of the 1968 Richard Harris epic “MacArthur Park,” …
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