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Eminem Scores Sixth Music Video With Over 1 Billion Views On YouTube

Eminem‘s legacy in Hip Hop is indisputable at this point in his career, yet he has only continued to pick up more steam as the years go by.On Wednesday (April 25), the Detroit MC reached a new milestone as the music video for his 2004 hit “Mockingbird” crossed one billions views on YouTube. The visual, it is worth noting, was uploaded to the platform in 2009, five years after the […]

todayApril 26, 2024 4

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Hipgnosis Songs Fund Agrees $1.4 Billion Sale to Concord Chorus

After a disastrous couple months, Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF) has agreed to a $1.402 billion takeover from rival Concord Chorus. In a statement issued early Thursday (April 18) to the London Stock Exchange, the deal values each Hipgnosis share at £0.93, a premium of roughly one third the royalty fund’s shareprice at the close of trading on Wednesday. “The board is pleased to announce and unanimously recommend this US$1.4 billion […]

todayApril 18, 2024

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Drake Becomes First Artist To Reach 95 Billion Streams On Spotify

Drake has broken yet another record on Spotify, becoming the first artist in the platform’s history to reach 95 billion streams.The tally was confirmed by a company called Kworb, which keeps track of streams and rankings for different platforms. As of Tuesday (March 5), the 6 God had 95,110,500,000 on the platform — a total which extends across all of his songs.Drake’s numbers are nearly 20 billion more than the […]

todayMarch 5, 2024 2

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Tones And I’s ‘Dance Monkey’ Passes 3 Billion Streams on Spotify

Tones And I enters the history books once more, as the Australian artist’s monster hit “Dance Monkey” ticks past 3 billion streams on Spotify. With that feat, Tones (real name: Toni Watson) becomes the first female artist to achieve that streaming milestone. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Since its commercial launch in 2008, Spotify has entered just eight songs into the […]

todayFebruary 29, 2024 2

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How a Heavy Metal Drummer Just Made Elon Musk Lose $56 Billion

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, among the world's wealthiest people, has just been stripped of $56 billion in Tesla compensation after a judge sided with Richard Tornetta, a heavy metal drummer and pro audio enthusiast, who spearheaded a 2018 lawsuit against the business magnate, as Reuters reported.Richard Tornetta, who drummed for the thrash band Dawn of Correction circa 2005 to 2009, filed the lawsuit against Musk as part of a shareholder derivative lawsuit, CNBC said.Tornetta […]

todayFebruary 2, 2024

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Dua Lipa’s ‘New Rules’ Music Video Passes 3 Billion Views on YouTube – Billboard

“New Rules” has a hit a new milestone. Dua Lipa‘s breakout hit has officially crossed three billion views on YouTube, marking her first clip to hit that mark. It’s her only music video to surpass a billion views on the streaming platform thus far. Released back in 2017 as a single from the three-time Grammy winner’s eponymous debut studio album, “New Rules” became Lipa’s first top 10 hit on the […]

todayJanuary 31, 2024 1

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Alice Cooper Announces Expanded ‘Billion Dollar Babies’ Reissue

Alice Cooper will release a 50th-anniversary edition of his band's only No. 1 album, Billion Dollar Babies, on March 8.The two-CD or three-LP expanded Trillion Dollar Deluxe Edition reissue includes a disc of live recordings from the era, outtakes and single versions. You can see the track listing below.Billion Dollar Babies, which was originally released in early 1973, shot to No. 1 on the chart, stayed there for 50 weeks and […]

todayJanuary 23, 2024 4

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Taylor Swift Dominates 2023, Named Spotify’s Top Artist With 26.1 Billion Streams: A Look At The Year’s Top Artists And Music Trends – Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT)

With a record-breaking tour, a box-office hit, and a romance uniting music and sports fans, Taylor Swift has had a 2023 to remember.The singer was awarded another honor Wednesday thanks to her loyal fans.What Happened: Audio streamer Spotify Technology SPOT released its top 10 lists to share which artists, songs, albums and podcasts are listened to most by users.In 2023, Swift led the way among the service’s 574 million global […]

todayNovember 30, 2023 4

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Universal Music Group’s share price just hit a 12-month high, as company’s market cap climbs to $49 billion

The end of October – specifically, Thursday, October 26 – promises to be a big one for the global music business.For example: it will be the day (barring some potential calendar shifts) that shareholders in the UK-listed Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF), will vote on two important matters: (a) Whether to keep HSF continuing to exist in its present form (i.e. a ‘continuation vote’); and (b) Whether to accept a $440 […]

todayOctober 11, 2023 2

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