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variety.com - Jem Aswad - Music Industry Moves: Avex Music Group Partners With the Orchard
Music Industry Moves: Avex Music Group Partners With the Orchard
Variety

Avex Music Group, the global music company of Japanese entertainment giant Avex helmed by CEO Brandon Silverstein, has partnered with the Orchard for distribution of all future releases in territories around the world. The first new music expected…

dailymail.co.uk - Hannah Mcdonald - Fans spot Debut album clues in Taylor Swift's Opalite music video
Fans spot Debut album clues in Taylor Swift's Opalite music video
Mail Online

Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk Taylor Swift sent the internet into a spin on Friday when she released her Opalite music video - starring all the celebrities she joined on The Graham Norton Show last year. But the video's cast…

espn.com - José M. Álvarez - Bad Bunny meets Super Bowl LX: Musical guide to NFL postseason
Bad Bunny meets Super Bowl LX: Musical guide to NFL postseason
ESPN

A rematch of Super Bowl XLIX will take place this year between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. Also drawing plenty of buzz is the halftime performance. The most streamed artist in the world in 2025 and the Grammy Award-winner for…

theguardian.com - Adrian Horton - 'It's become more about politics than music': what will Bad Bunny bring to the Super Bowl?
'It's become more about politics than music': what will Bad Bunny bring to the Super Bowl?
The Guardian

A few days after Christmas 2022, Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican reggaetonero, appeared without warning on one of the most unlikely of stages: the roof of a Gulf Oil gas station in San Juan. To a massive crowd singing every word, he performed a…

independent.co.uk - Holly Bishop - The chat show conversation that inspired Taylor Swift's star-studded new music video
The chat show conversation that inspired Taylor Swift's star-studded new music video
The Independent

This is the moment from The Graham Norton Show that inspired Taylor Swift 's latest music video. In October, the singer appeared on the BBC talk show to promote her album The Life Of The Showgirl. She was joined on the sofa by Domhnall Gleeson…

theguardian.com - Philip Oltermann - Max Richter: the composer who crosses the invisible divide between 'high' and 'low' music
Max Richter: the composer who crosses the invisible divide between 'high' and 'low' music
The Guardian

The German-born British composer Max Richter had never been nominated for an Oscar until this year, though he may – unintentionally – have once scuppered someone else's chance of winning one. In 2016, the Academy of Motion Picture…

thesun.co.uk - Dan Cain - Peter Andre reveals son is working on 'great' music after slowing pop career
Peter Andre reveals son is working on 'great' music after slowing pop career
The Sun

PETER Andre has revealed his son Junior is working on “amazing” new music four years after his debut topped the UK iTunes chart. Junior, 20, followed in his dad's footsteps with the 2022 release of Slide, but he hasn't put a song out…

chron.com - Jamil David - An ode to Johnny Dang, Houston's original music video star
An ode to Johnny Dang, Houston's original music video star
Chron

We all know Houston's own Johnny 'TV Johnny' Dang as rap's foremost jeweler, crafting custom diamond grills for icons like Beyoncé and rappers like Drake and Travis Scott. But did you know he is also one of rap's most prolific music video…

independent.co.uk - Jonathan Landrum Jr - E-40 and Too $hort's NFL Honors show underscores Bay Area's music presence during Super Bowl week
E-40 and Too $hort's NFL Honors show underscores Bay Area's music presence during Super Bowl week
The Independent

E-40 turned NFL Honors into a hyphy detour, firing off Bay Area slang that helped shape a generation as actor Tiffany Haddish and Carolina Panthers rookie Tetairoa McMillan danced from their seats and Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce nodded…

slate.com - Nadira Goffe - A Music Superstar Took a Hard Turn Right. It's Shocking-and a Long Time Coming.
A Music Superstar Took a Hard Turn Right. It's Shocking-and a Long Time Coming.
Slate

Some of the Barbz, the infamous fan base of “Super Bass” rapper Nicki Minaj, have been mourning a fallen leader in light of Minaj's recent full-tilt support of Donald Trump. What started with some occasional Trump-positive tweets on X…

mumsnet.com - Listening to the soundtrack ahead of going to a film/musical
Listening to the soundtrack ahead of going to a film/musical
Mumsnet

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manchestereveningnews.co.uk - George Lythgoe - Culture, music and the history of a Wetherspoons… one town's hidden secrets
Culture, music and the history of a Wetherspoons… one town's hidden secrets
Manchester Evening News

Culture, music, religion and the history of the town centre Wetherspoons. Only Rochdale could weave tales of these things together into a compelling intertwing web. The sold out ‘Stories We Tell' immersive tour has been the hottest ticket in…

rollingstone.com - Preezy Brown - 50 Cent on His Super Bowl Ad and His Future: 'I'm Going to Make Music
50 Cent on His Super Bowl Ad and His Future: 'I'm Going to Make Music
Rolling Stone

Few figures in hip-hop are as comfortable with verbal confrontation as 50 Cent. Long known for saying what others may think — but withhold out of fear of retribution or disrupting the established order—he's built a career on…

sheknows.com - Delilah Gray - Why Is Elmo Beefing With Taylor Swift After the Release of Her New Music Video? New Feud Explained
Why Is Elmo Beefing With Taylor Swift After the Release of Her New Music Video? New Feud Explained
SheKnows

While Hollywood feuds aren't exactly a foreign concept, having a feud with a pop star and a Sesame Street character is a new one. That's right, in 2026, we have Elmo beefing with Taylor Swift ; and for, honestly, a hilarious reason. Related story…

indianexpress.com - Spotify rolls out a new feature titled 'About the Song' for better music discovery
Spotify rolls out a new feature titled 'About the Song' for better music discovery
The Indian Express

3 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google Spotify has announced plans to roll out a new feature that will help bring people closer to the music they love listening to. This feature has been titled ‘About the Song', which…

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