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Sade’s 20 best songs – ranked! Do you Agree?

Sade’s approach to making music is so well-considered – six albums in 36 years – it largely precludes the idea of deep cuts, but here’s one, a 1984 B-side, never subsequently rereleased and unlike anything else they (Sade is a band, not just the singer) ever recorded: up-tempo, chattering, dancefloor-facing, euphoric. 19. Cherish the Day (1992) Sade’s hip-hop fandom is legendary – Drake, Rick Ross, Missy Elliott and Jay-Z are stans. The cool-but-impassioned vocal and minimalist slo-mo funk of Cherish […]

October 11, 2020 92

Lifestyles

Big Blow To The Reggae Music Fraternity As Two Popular Reggae Artists Pass On

October 6th will go down as one of the saddest days for reggae music fans all over the world. This is after two reggae legends made their final curtain call. The two legends are John Lester Nash Jr. Popularly known as Johnny Nash, known for his ultimate hit, ‘I can see clearly now’ and’ Rock me baby’and Producer and song writer, Edward O’Sullivan Lee aka Bunny stricker Lee . Bunny Lee was a seasoned producer whose record labels include Jackpot, […]

October 9, 2020 44

Award Shows

Additional 2020 Billboard Music Awards performers announced | The Music Universe

Event is hosted by Kelly Clarkson Dick Clark Productions and NBC have announced the first round of performers for the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, including superstars Alicia Keys, Bad Bunny, Luke Combs and Post Malone. Hosted by Kelly Clarkson, the 2020 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) will broadcast live from The Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 14th at 8 pm ET on NBC. Nine-time BBMA winner Alicia Keys will make her long-awaited return to the award show’s stage, […]

September 30, 2020 54

Movies

Audiostreaming giant Spotify will now make movies and TV shows based on its podcasts

The Stockholm-based company is counting on podcasts becoming a moneymaker, in large part through advertising, to help it become less reliant on music — and profitable. Having transformed the music and podcasting businesses, Spotify Technology SA SPOT, -2.68% now has its sights on film and TV. The audiostreaming giant and Chernin Entertainment are teaming up to create television, movies and digital-video programming based on Spotify’s hundreds of original series. The nonexclusive partnership offers another way for Spotify to capitalize on […]

September 25, 2020 23

Award Shows

BTS Receives Nominations For The 2020 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs)

The 2020 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) have announced their list of nominees, and BTS is one of them! | Billboard For the fourth year in a row, BTS have been nominated for the fan-voted category, “Top Social Artist”. They have taken home this award every year since receiving their first nomination in 2017. Out of the five artists nominated for “Top Social Artist”, three are K-Pop groups: BTS, EXO, and GOT7. — Billboard Music Awards (@BBMAs) September 22, 2020 The voting for “Top Social Artist”, […]

September 23, 2020 7

Music

25 Years Later, Gwen Stefani Looks Back at the Music Video That Defined Her ’90s Style

How Stefani felt clearly resonated with people the world over, given the song’s runaway success; first on radio stations, then in packed-out stadiums on the two-year tour that followed the single’s release. Still, the video itself established the formula that would come to define Stefani’s iconic ’90s looks, which gave the DIY style of Riot Grrrl icons like Kathleen Hanna and Kat Bjelland a kitschy, kaleidoscopic spin. With her cropped tank tops, baggy track pants, and tonged platinum blond hair, […]

September 23, 2020 100

Music

Vinyl record sales surpass CDs in the U.S. for the first time since the 1980s | CTV News

The days of vinyl records being a nostalgic relic of the past are long gone. This year, vinyl sales have outpaced CD sales in the United States for the first time since the 1980s. Vinyl records accounted for US$232.1 million of music sales in the first half of the year, compared to CDs, which brought in only $129.9 million, according to a report from the Recording Industry Association of America. Vinyl records, also known as "records pressed on wax," were […]

September 14, 2020 22

Music

ADELE: Photo Causes Stir on Social Media

Adele showed off her bikini body on Instagram Sunday but ended up getting slammed and accused of cultural appropriation. The singer was pictured wearing a Jamaican flag bikini top and had her hair styled in Bantu knots. She captioned the photo, "Happy what would be Notting Hill Carnival my beloved London," referring to the annual celebration of Caribbean culture which is being held virtually this year. Her post was quickly criticized by many who accused her of cultural appropriation. One person commented, "Dear […]

August 31, 2020 31

Music

MEGAN THEE STALLION: Tory Lanez Did It

She went on Instagram Live on Thursday night and said, “Tory shot me… You shot me and you got your publicist and your people lying to these blogs… Stop lying!" She denies that she ever hit him but admits there was an argument in the vehicle leading to her attempt to walk away. That’s when he opened fire and shot her in the foot. So why she didn’t tell first responders? She says she feared for her life and wasn’t sure how […]

August 21, 2020 18