Superstar/mega-producer and songwriter Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds has inked a deal with Michelle Jubelirer's Capitol Records, the first fruit of which will be his 10/29 album Girls' Night Out, featuring an array of rising female R&B artists.
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Island/Republic breakout Lauren Spencer-Smith, whose "Fingers Crossed" sparked a signing contest earlier this year, has rounded out her team.
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With Glastonbury in the rearview, all eyes turn to London as Adele delivers her first U.K. shows since 2017, this weekend at AEG Presents’ BST Hyde Park festival.
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River House/Columbia Nashville's Luke Combs and RCA's Chris Brown will lead the debuts on this week's chart, while Lil Durk and Machine Gun Kelly reload with deluxe albums. Bad Bunny continues to rule the summer...
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Baz Luhrmann’s cinematic phantasmagoria Elvis had a strong opening at the box office this weekend, earning north of $31m. Could catalog streams of the King's hits be similarly boffo?
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Sony Music Group has started a scholarship program for students from diverse backgrounds studying music and music business-related fields.
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J-Hope will officially kick off the BTS solo era with his debut album, Jack in the Box, due 7/15 via Big Hit/Geffen. Lead single "More" arrives Friday.
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Glastonbury has crushed the BBC’s digital viewership records: Festival performances were streamed a record 34.1m times on the BBC iPlayer, 23m of them live, representing a 116% spike over 2019’s numbers.
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How’s this for a concept? A reality-show competition pitting stars like Beyoncé, Taylor and Drake against captains of industry—Jon Platt, Steve Cooper and Emma Banks, for example. We wanted to call the series Celebrities vs. Suits, but executives no longer dress like civilized adults—instead, their sartorial role model appears to be Chris Blackwell. Sad.
Since her arrival in Los Angeles in the early 1980s, Melissa Etheridge has been a leading voice at the intersection of LGBTQ+ rights, music and mainstream acceptance.
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 PERFORMERS SPEAK OUT AT GLASTOSingers voice their dismay over the Supreme Court's latest decision. (6/28a)
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