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Ed Sheeran Named Most-Played Artist In The U.K. In 2019
Ed Sheeran had a laid-back year in 2019, by his standards. But his music continued to pump solidly across the U.K. The English singer and songwriter was the most played artist of 2019, according to new data published this week by Phonographic Performance Ltd. (PPL), with fellow Brits Calvin Harris and Sam Smith close behind. It’s the fourth time in five years Sheeran has taken the top honor. PPL’s Most Played Charts are based on music usage and airplay data supplied by the organization’s licensees, including music both on radio and TV and at all live locations including clubs, shops, pubs and other premises. Homegrown artists dominate the top 10, snagging eight spots. Just two internationals crack the top tier, with Pink at No. 5 and Maroon 5 at No. 10. It’s a similar story on PPL’s ...
Fabolous & Emily B Expecting Baby Girl After Domestic Violence Allegations
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Fabolous and Emily B are expecting a new baby girl. But it goes without saying that their past domestic violence allegations will always be in the rearview. In standard 202 protocol, the “Breathe” rapper and his longtime girlfriend and baby mama Emily Bustamente made the announcement via social media. Yesterday (June 21) Fab took to IG to post a sonogram with the message: “Got the best gift ever for Father’s Day! 👨👩👧#GirlDad.” A fine Father’s Day present, indeed. But we’d remiss not to mention that two years ago the couple was involved in heavily reported and numerous domestic violation allegations that include Fab allegedly knocking her teeth out and threatening her father. Fab took a plea deal in the case, and d...
Styles P & Tracklib Team Up For A Beats Battle Competition For Up & Coming Producers
Source: Tracklib / Tracklib Listen up! Styles P and Tracklib are giving up and coming producers the chance of a lifetime as The Ghost is setting up a competition in which participants will submit their hottest track and if you got the goods, Styles will use the beat for his next single. Producers far and wide are invited to take part in the Beat Battle competition up to July 1st when Styles will make a decision on who’s got that heat. All they have to do is take any sample they want from Tracklib.com and craft the best sounding cut they can with it. When it’s all said and produced, the winner won’t just get the chance to hear The Ghost lace their work with his vocals, but they’ll also receive full writing credit and publishing for the material. This is Tracklib’s second contest as last yea...
HHW Gaming: Marvel’s Avengers Confirmed As A Free Upgrade For Both PS5 & Xbox Series X
Source: Square Enix / Crystal Dynamics Watch out Miles Morales, you won’t be the only superhero saving the world on a next-generation game console. Today (Jun.22) Square Enix announced that the highly-anticipated Marvel’s Avengers game will be available on both the PS5 and Xbox Series X as free upgrades when both consoles launch holiday 2020. Players who happen to own either digital or physical copies of the game on current-generation consoles will be able to upgrade on Xbox Series X using Microsoft’s Smart Delivery system, and PS5’s yet to be named upgrade program. Source: Square Enix / Crystal Dynamics In a post on Playstation’s official blog, Chief Technology Officer at Crystal Dynamics, Gary Snethen, spoke on the excitement of working on the PS5 version of the game and shared som...
Swae Lee “Reality Check,” A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie ft. Lil Uzi Vert “Reply” & More | Daily Visuals 6.22.20
Source: NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 17: A Boogie wit da Hoodie performs onstage during TIDAL X: Brooklyn at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on October 17, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for TIDAL) It feels like it’s been forever since Swae Lee and Post Malone had women swooning with their track “Sunflower” but today one-half of Rae Sremmurd returns with some new material for his hardcore following. Coming through with some new visuals to “Reality Check” the young crooner parks a whole Lambo in his room before getting lit with some women with reptilian tongues because, well, why not? What’s the worst that could happen? Back on the East coast, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie links up with Lil Uzi Vert to politic with some fancy young ladies at the theater for their clip to “Reply.” C...
Subtronics and Zeds Dead’s Remix of “GodLovesUgly” Is Dropping Tomorrow
Zeds Dead took to Twitter today to drop an absolute bomb of a Monday morning announcement, sharing the official artwork for their forthcoming collaborative remix of Atmosphere‘s “GodLovesUgly” with Subtronics. Sending their fans into a fever pitch, the Canadian duo also announced that the tune is officially dropping tomorrow. The news arrives after both artists teased the remix in numerous live sets. Subtronics initially debuted the track at famed Los Angeles concert venue Hollywood Palladium in early 2020, and Zeds Dead followed suit by dropping it in their rip-roaring EDC Las Vegas Virtual Rave-A-Thon set in mid-May. Fans on the edge of their seat can watch Subtronics play out the track in January 2020 here. You can take a look at Zeds Dead’s announcement bel...
Tiësto Produced a Track in Upcoming Will Ferrell Film “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga”
Netflix is getting ready for the premiere of its upcoming film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, featuring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams. Ahead of its imminent release, fans can now pre-order the film’s forthcoming soundtrack on a number of platforms. Many of the tracks featured on the soundtrack aside from the movie’s original song “Volcano Man” and the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 winner “Amar pelos Dois” by Salvador Sobral are currently untitled. Fortunately for those looking to get a peek at what’s in store, the list of contributing artists has been revealed. The soundtrack consists of music from an international cast of talent, including Demi Lovato, Will Ferrell himself, My Marianne, and Tiësto. While the title...
Native Instruments Responds to Allegations of Systemic Racism Within the Company
Following allegations of systemic racism within the organization, music hardware and software developer Native Instruments has publicly responded. The accusations, which initially appeared on LinkedIn, spawned a deluge of calls for the company to take action from many music industry professionals and artists. After Native Instruments released a statement in which the company aligned with the fight for racial justice, Jessy Halison, who was employed as a QA Engineer at the company’s Berlin office from 2015 to 2018, took to LinkedIn to denounce it. “We stand in solidarity with everyone fighting against racism and social injustice in our society,” stated Native Instruments in its post. “We are listening, learning and looking into how we can best help to ...
“Lean On” by Major Lazer, DJ Snake, and MØ Crowned as Decade’s Biggest Summer Song by Kiss FM and Shazam
Kiss FM has curated a list of the biggest summer songs of the last decade. To come up with their winner, they teamed up with Shazam to see which track was searched for the most. While the list is extremely EDM-oriented, one song stood above the rest—”Lean On” by Major Lazer, DJ Snake, and MØ. Just behind the winner in second and third place, respectively, are “Despacito (Remix)” by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee, and Justin Bieber and “Wake Me Up” by Avicii and Aloe Blacc. Also included in the top 50 is music from Calvin Harris, ZHU, and Skrillex and Diplo‘s supergroup Jack Ü. After analyzing the ranked songs, The Mail concluded that 2018 is the most represented year on the list but 2015 ha...
MESHUGGAH’s TOMAS HAAKE Collaborates With ‘Orange Is The New Black’ Actress JESSICA PIMENTEL On New Musical Project
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