Music
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Music Industry Hits All-Time Recording Revenue High: $8.4 Billion in First Half of 2023
A new report from the RIAA shows the number of people with streaming subscriptions has more than doubled in 5 years
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Irish Grinstead, Singer From Girl Group 702, Dies at 43
Grinstead’s sister and bandmate confirmed her death, noting that she “has had a long battle”
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Maren Morris Says She’s Leaving Country Music Because ‘It’s Burning Itself Down’ Thanks to Donald Trump
The singer also describes the current “hyper-masculine brand of country music” as “butt rock”
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Rolling Stone Founder Jann Wenner Kicked Off Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation Board After Criticizing Black and Women Musicians
“I made comments that diminished the contributions, genius and impact of Black and women artists,” he acknowledged in an apology
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Says Beef With Mase Squashed: ‘We’re Brothers and Brothers Fight’
“Everything’s cool and good now,” the mogul says of their conflict over Bad Boy song rights, which he transferred back to the rapper earlier this month
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Elon Musk Starts Pointless Fight With Ice Cube, Rapper Roasts Twitter’s Decline
The X CEO’s stolen meme led to the N.W.A wordsmith slamming the whole platform
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Rolling Stones’ Ron Wood Says Band Has Long Relied on His Mediation Between Mick and Keith: ‘That Has Been My Thing’
The rock legends release their first album of new songs in 18 years next month
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Blake Shelton, Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown to Perform at Inaugural People’s Choice Country Awards
Wynonna Judd and Toby Keith will be honored at the show, which will air live from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville
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‘Tiny Desk Concert’ Creator, ‘All Things Considered’ Director Bob Boilen Exits NPR After 35 Years
A longtime director of “All Things Considered,” Boilen also created “All Songs Considered,” the backbone of NPR’s music programming
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MSNBC Revisits Taylor Swift’s ‘Not Your Dad’s Republicans’ Takedown and How She Could Change Trump’s Path to Reelection (Video)
Ari Melber posits that the musician’s reach is over 10-times that of cable news networks like his own
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Gannett Lists Beyoncé Reporter Job Posting for The Tennessean, Day After Listing Taylor Swift Reporter
The newspaper noted the journalist would “chronicle the music, fashion, cultural and economic influence of Beyoncé” in the role
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Selena Gomez Says She’ll ‘Never Be a Meme Again’ After Her VMA Reactions Go Viral
The “Single Soon” singer sneered at Chris Brown’s nomination
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VMAs 2023: Taylor Swift Beats Her Own Record for Most Video of the Year Wins
She first broke the record in 2022 with “All Too Well: The Short Film”
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Ben Affleck Awkwardly Tries to Rap With Ice Spice in New Dunkin’ Donuts Ad (Video)
The multi-hyphenate Dunkin’ devotée does not impress the “Barbie World” rapper in the 30-second spot
