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Ariana Grande’s Mom Is Doing The Most To Support ‘Rain On Me’
Ever since Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande dropped their shimmering, dance-floor single “Rain on Me” on Friday (May 22), the praises have rushed in like a torrential downpour, both from fans and from the pop icons themselves. The collaboration, which served as the second single off Gaga’s forthcoming album Chromatica releasing on Friday (May 29), has been met with over...
Cashless and Contactless Payments Beyond COVID-19
The emergence of COVID-19 has made the need for digitising payments more critical than ever before and for this to be a success, electronic payments need to offer similar benefits to those afforded by cash. Globally, economies are in various stages of development having either started developing, replaced or are busy replacing daily batch payment systems with real-time systems that execute payment...
Penny for Your Thoughts: Marshmello and Halsey Team Up with Amazon Alexa for “Thought of the Day”
As their collaborative single “Be Kind” stampedes its way to astronomical streaming numbers, Marshmello and Halsey today announced a new partnership with Amazon Alexa. Essentially, fans who want to know what’s going on underneath Mello’s signature helmet can simply ask their Amazon Alexa device, “Alexa, what’s Marshmello’s thought of the day?” and “Alexa, what’s ...
Listen to This EP Created with Recordings of Birds from Renowned Producer Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
When Alfred Hitchcock released his legendary 1963 horror film “The Birds,” he portrayed our graceful, winged friends as vicious birds of prey hellbent on gouging out the eyes of humans. Renowned British electronic producer Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED), on the other hand, went the opposite route, using them as an elegant source of inspiration for his ambient I Can...
Instagram Will Impose “90-Second Rule” for Copyrighted Tracks on Livestream DJ Sets
While we are all out here trying to regain a sense of normality, not much is more painstakingly traditional than the stress of your recording getting taken down due to copyright. Though this is nothing new, the sting hurts just the same. As our champions of easing the quarantine blues, DJs have been faced with navigating the field maze of livestream guidelines during this time of social ...
Livestreaming Has Led to Social Media Growth for Artists, According to Chartmetric Study Featuring Diplo and DJ Snake
Music analytics firm Chartmetric has released its third and final report analyzing the impact of COVID-19 on the global music business. The analysis, which explores the effect of livestreaming on artists and their social media followings, follows Chartmetric’s previous reports detailing genre quarantine trends on Spotify and music consumption habits on YouTube during six countries’ lockd...
Barenaked Ladies’ Steven Page on a Potential New Album
Kyle Meredith With… Steven Page Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public | RSS Barenaked Ladies singer-songwriter Steven Page gives Kyle Meredith a call to discuss his new single “Isolation”, in addition to Here’s What it Takes, the musical he’s been working on for the past seven years that was about to...
Waxahatchee to Play Entire Catalog During Weekly Livestreams
Live music may not return until next year, but for the safety and longevity of music it’s probably for the best. On the bright side, it’s also the reason why everyone will get the chance to see Waxahatchee play her entire five-album discography next month. Today, Katie Crutchfield has announced a new livestream series where she will perform a different record in full each Monday in June. Crutchfie...
Sheryl Crow, Rufus Wainwright, David Crosby to Play Joe Biden’s Virtual Fundraiser
As much as our current POTUS would like to ignore reality, it’s not feasible to hold in-person political rallies right now. Instead, Democratic presidential candidate and presumptive nominee Joe Biden is taking things virtual with an online fundraising event dubbed “Rock Out on a Night In”, set for May 28th at 8:00 p.m. EDT. As Variety reports, the evening will be hosted by Whoopi Goldbe...
Death’s 1990-1991 Recordings Unearthed for Latest Live Album: Stream
Recordings from Death’s 1990 and 1991 tours have been unearthed for the fourth entry in the legendary metal act’s archival Non:Analog live album series. The latest installment features tracks recorded at various shows while the band was touring in support of 1990’s Spiritual Healing and 1991’s Human. LIVE 1990, 1991 UNKNOWN features staple Death songs such as “Flattening of Emotions”, “Zombie Ritu...
How We Work Now: Midem Director Alexandre Deniot
In a new series amid the coronavirus pandemic, Billboard is asking individuals from all sectors of the music business to share stories of how they work now, with much of the world quarantined at home and unable to take in-person meetings, attend conferences or even go into the office. Submissions for the series can be sent to HowWeWorkNow@Billboard.com. Read the full series here. This installment ...
Beyonce Pays Tribute to George Floyd: ‘Rest in Power’
Beyoncé has joined the growing list of celebrities speaking out against the horrifying death of a Black man at the hands of a police officer. The clip surfaced on the Internet Monday (May 25) shows a Minnesota officer allegedly suffocating George Floyd by kneeling on his neck. Floyd is heard crying out that he couldn’t breathe and was in pain, but he was ignored. Floyd went to Henn...
