Brenda Lee was just 13 years old when she first recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” in 1958. The song has gone on to be recorded by hundreds of artists, making it one of the most successful Christmas songs of all time. The song was penned by Johnny Marks, a …
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The state of New York announced Thursday that it would contribute $3.7 million to the Universal Hip Hop Museum, a $80 million institution dedicated to the musical genre set to open in the Bronx in 2023. Governor Andrew Cuomo officially signed off on the $3.7 million grant as part of …
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Dua Lipa took her disco-inspired track “Don’t Start Now” to theTonight Show stage on Thursday night. The British singer and performer was surrounded by her immediate band, several backup singers and an entire string section to recreate the song’s grooving production. Lipa took charge of the mic stand for most …
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Camila Cabello apologized for using racist language in old Tumblr posts that were unearthed and shared online. “When I was younger, I used language that I’m deeply ashamed of and will regret forever,” Cabello wrote in a post shared on Twitter. “I was uneducated and ignorant and once I became …
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Sean “Diddy” Combs will receive the 2020 Industry Icon award at Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammys gala, the Recording Academy announced Wednesday. “Clive Davis and Arista Records gave me a chance when I was starting Bad Boy Records, he was one of the first industry executives to really believe in me. …
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Stormzy has dropped a music video for his recent track “Do Better,” which comes off the British rapper’s new album Heavy Is the Head. The video is themed around Stormzy’s historic performance at Glastonbury earlier this year, showcasing him rehearsing for the festival and getting amped up before his set. …
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Through the years, as the Batman legend has kept evolving, so has his arch-villain nemesis: the Clown Prince of Crime. Every era gets the Joker it deserves, and under the greasepaint, this most iconic of bad guys is a complex character: He needs to be funny to become truly terrifying. …
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More than 40 years after the release of Grease, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John reprised their roles of Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson for a Q&A and sing-along on Friday. The Meet n’ Grease sing-along event, held at the Coral Sky Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, Florida, featured a screening …
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Following the announcement of an unusually diverse slate of Grammy nominees last month, the Recording Academy said this week that it will take new measures to bring more equality into the Grammy Awards‘ membership base. They plan to double the number of female voters in the next five years, bring …
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This month marks the 40th anniversary of the Clash‘s London Calling. Well, sort of. The album came out in England on December 14th, 1979, but didn’t cross the Atlantic to America until January 1980. That’s just a matter of weeks, but it’s the reason that NME has called it one …
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