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David Bisbal and Carrie Underwood Go Bilingual In New ‘Tears of Gold:’ Watch The Premiere
While bilingual collabs between Latin and mainstream artists are no longer novel, Latin pop paired with country voice is definitely not something you hear every day. Add to that two powerful voices—David Bisbal and Carrie Underwood—and that’s something very novel indeed. “Tears of Gold,” the new single that brings together the two superstars from different continents (Bisbal is from Spain), is a soaring, uptempo pop ballad. It’s vintage Bisbal, who’s always had a flair for the dramatic. When Bisbal first heard the demo, “I immediately knew it was an amazing track that needed a special talent, and voice, to work with me on a duet,” he explains. “As an artist and vocalist, I listen to a lot of songs, determine the style and sound, and am involved in the process of my collab...
Dolly Parton, Gwen Stefani, Tori Kelly and More Perform at NBC’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting
For millions around the world, 2020 was a year to forget. Good news: Christmas is not cancelled. On Wednesday night (Dec. 2), tradition kicked in as the biggest pop stars in the country gathered round as the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was lit up in Manhattan. On a chilly night, Dolly Parton, Brett Eldredge, Gwen Stefani, Tori Kelly, Pentatonix and other A-listers kept viewers warm and toasty. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Roddy Ricch Dominates Apple Music’s Year-End Charts
As the year’s top album on Apple Music, Ricch’s Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial additionally spawned three more tracks that earned placement on the service’s top songs of 2020 chart: “High Fashion”, “Start Wit Me” and “Bacc Seat.” Ricch was additionally featured on the fourth most-streamed song of 2020, DaBaby’s “ROCKSTAR.” The year’s second most-streamed song on Apple Music, “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd, had an even broader reach than “The Box” worldwide, charting in the top 5 on Apple Music’s Top 100 songs charts in 92 countries and reaching No. 1 in 62 of them. While “Blinding Lights” had fewer streams than “The Box,” it racked up the most listeners overall. One notable facet of Apple Music’s end-of-year charts this year is the inclusion of two new...
Randall Poster’s Music Supervision Firm Search Party Acquired By Premier
Poster and Deutsch, who previously founded Downtown Music, have been friends since elementary school and attended Brown University together. Earlier this year, Deutsch approached Poster with the idea for the merger. “Can you imagine how much fun it is to all of a sudden have this exciting new opportunity with someone you’ve known since you were 12 years old?” said Poster in a statement. “We have always collaborated with the most interesting and important artists, songwriters and producers to create inspiring work. Josh has always held himself to the highest standards in the industry. It makes me feel great how excited he is to embrace not only me but the team I’ve cultivated and the work that we’ve done. In these transformative times, I can’t say enough about that support, friendship and f...
Trey Songz to Host Inaugural LiveXLive Presents the Lockdown Awards
Presenters include Meg Donnelly, Kiiara, Busta Rhymes, Alex Rose, Infinity Song and Tigirlily. The Lockdown Awards are produced and distributed by LiveXLive. Garrett English, LiveXLive’s chief creative officer, will oversee production. English was formerly a top executive at MTV and Viacom. Nominations were based on input from industry executives, peers and superfans. Final winners will be based on fan voting at livexlive.com/TheLockdownAwards. Trey Songz had a pair of top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2009-10 – “Say Ahh” (featuring Fabolous) and “Bottoms Up” (featuring Nicki Minaj). The show will livestream on Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. ET/5:00 pm. PT on www.livexlive.com. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It ...
Here’s the Date of the Juno Awards’ 50th Anniversary Show
To celebrate the 50th anniversary, a new Juno statuette has been created. The Juno Awards, Canada’s equivalent of the Grammys, have announced the date of their next show—May 16, 2021. The show was originally set for March 28, 2021, way back in 2019, but was pushed back. It will be the Junos’ 50th anniversary. The show originated in 1970 as the RPM Gold Leaf Awards, but was rebranded the following year as the Junos. To mark the anniversary, the show will return to its original home base, Toronto, for the first time in a decade. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blog...
Cosby’s Sex Assault Conviction Goes Before High-Level Court
“There was a built-in level of trust because of his status in the entertainment industry and because he held himself out as a public moralist,” said Assistant District Attorney Adrienne Jappe, of suburban Philadelphia’s Montgomery County, where Constand says she was assaulted at Cosby’s estate in 2004. “The signature was isolating and intoxicating young women for the purpose of sexually assaulting them,” Jappe said. Cosby has served more than two years of his three- to 10-year prison sentence for drugging and molesting Constand, whom he met through the basketball program at his alma mater, Temple University. Courts have long wrestled with decisions about when other accusers should be allowed to testify in criminal cases. It’s generally not allowed, but state law permits a few exceptions, i...
Hip-Hop Streaming Platform Spinrilla Found Liable for Users’ Copyright Infringement
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg granted summary judgment in favor of the RIAA on the issue of liability and rejected Spinrilla’s DMCA Safe Harbor defense. Totenberg notes that the 11th Circuit hasn’t yet considered whether direct copyright infringement must be willful, but finds “even if volitional conduct is required to prove direct infringement, the cases on which Plaintiffs rely have all held that the affirmative act of streaming constitutes direct infringement of the copyright holder’s exclusive right of performance regardless of the fact that the streaming occurs at the request of the user.” She continues, “Defendants have created an interactive internet player that streams copyrighted content directly from its website and mobile app. In doin...
Nick Cave Says BBC ‘Neutered’ The Pogues’ ‘Fairytale of New York’
The original cut will continue to be played on BBC Radio 2, while 6 Music DJs can choose between the two versions. Writing on his Red Hand Files blog, the U.K.-based Australia alternative rock icon addressed the controversy with a cerebral — and cutting — essay. “Now, once again, Fairytale is under attack,” he writes, in response to a question posed by fans Joseph and Roy. “The idea that a word, or a line, in a song can simply be changed for another and not do it significant damage is a notion that can only be upheld by those that know nothing about the fragile nature of songwriting. The changing of the word ‘faggot’ for the nonsense word ‘haggard’ destroys the song by deflating it right at its essential and most reckless moment, stripping it of its value. It becomes a song tha...
Still Have Questions About 2021 Grammy Nominations? We Have Answers
Billie Eilish is just 18 and has received two nods for both record and song of the year. That’s got to be a first, right? It is. The previous youngest two-time nominee in the record of the year category was Kelly Rowland, who was 21 when she was nominated for the second time as a featured artist on Nelly’s “Dilemma.” Her first nod came two years before, when she was nominated as a member of Destiny’s Child with “Say My Name.” The previous youngest two-time nominee in the song of the year category was Avril Lavigne, who was 19 when she was nominated for the second time for “I’m With You.” Her first nod was the year before when she was nominated for “Complicated.” Eilish turns 19 on Dec. 18. Beyoncé is nominated for best music film for Black Is King. She won in that category last year f...
Capitol Music Group Looks to Larry Mattera to Lead Flagship Label
Mattera comes from more than 25 years of experience in digital marketing and music strategy. Most recently, he served as general manager and executive vice president of commerce and marketing at Warner Records since 2016. In that role, he was responsible for overseeing label operations and all artist and new release campaigns, including projects from artists like Dua Lipa, Bebe Rexha, Lil Pump, Jason Derulo, Gorillaz, Gary Clark Jr, Muse, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Green Day. Before Warner Records, Mattera spent eight years as the senior vp of global digital accounts at WEA, Warner Music Group’s global artist and label service arm. He has also served at Amp’d Mobile, Island Def Jam (where he pioneered its digital marketing efforts with the creation of a New Media Department), Po...
Now You Can Buy the Travis Scott Cologne and Scented Candle
Announced Monday (Nov. 30), the new TRAVX collaboration yields the exclusive Space Rage range, available in a bottle of Eau De Parfum (priced at $285) and as a scented 240g candle ($95). The high-end fragrances are said to have been developed over “many months” by the Houston rapper and the founder of BYREDO, Ben Gorham. Scott has kept busy during the pandemic. Earlier this month, the hip-hop star launched the Cactus Jack Foundation in his hometown, a project which provides educational and creative resources for the next generation of youth. Separately, Scott has worked on partnerships with PlayStation, McDonald’s and Fortnite and he recently announced his Astroworld festival would return in 2021, after skipping this year’s edition due to the health cri...
