KOD By J. Cole Debuts At #1 On Billboard 200
01 May, 2018
J. Cole's fifth studio album KOD has debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, his fifth consecutive #1 on the chart. Released via Dreamville with distribution through Roc Nation/Interscope Records, KOD has earned the third-biggest streaming week ever for an album. It's also scored the biggest streaming week ...
| Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa Hold Ariana Grande Off No 1 After Bumper Week Of Streams
27 April, 2018
Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa's One Kiss holds on to No 1 for a second week on the UK Singles Chart after a bumper week of streams. The track was played 8.7 million times across all streaming services this week, the highest one-week tally since last June, when Luis Fonsi's Despacito logged 8.8 million ...
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Katy Perry Wins Webby Award For "Chained To The Rhythm" Campaign
26 April, 2018
Katy Perry has earned her first Webby People's Choice "Social" award for her Chained to the Rhythm Campaign. "Chained To The Rhythm" was the first single off Perry's latest album 'Witness' and her campaign "created a deeply personal experience for her most ambitious fans" (Vanity Fair).
Congratulations ...
| The Academy And ABC Announce Key Dates For 91st Oscars: The Oscars' Airs Live, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019
26 April, 2018
The Academy and The ABC Television Network today announced key dates for the 91st Oscars. The Academy Awards® presentation will air live on ABC on Oscar Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019.
Academy key dates for the 2018 Awards season are:
Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018 Governors Awards
Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 Nominations ...
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Yamaha Ensembles Win 7 Medals At 2018 Winter Guard International Championships
25 April, 2018
"For decades, we've had the honor of watching many of WGI's top groups use Yamaha percussion instruments as well as pro audio equipment. More recently, with the addition of the Winds division, we're able to provide quality instruments to even more WGI members," said Troy C. Wollwage, Yamaha.
Yamaha-equipped ...
| UMPG Named Publisher Of The Year At Annual ASCAP Pop Awards
25 April, 2018
Universal Music Publishing Group was named Publisher of the Year at the 35th Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards in Los Angeles. This is the first time that UMPG has earned this recognition.
The company's songwriters contributed to 22 of ASCAP's Most Performed Pop Songs of 2017. Special honors were given ...
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Drake Breaks Bruno Mars' Record For Most Weeks Atop Billboard Hot 100 This Decade!
25 April, 2018
Ever since Drake's steady comeback of recent singles, he's been dominating the charts! As his most recent hit "Nice For What" sits on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the second week - replacing none other than his own previous single "God's Plan" - the superstar has now broken a new chart record.
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| Transgender Activist Michaela Mendelsohn Receives State And National Faces Of Diversity Awards
24 April, 2018
Transgender activist Michaela Mendelsohn was selected to be the state and national recipient of the Faces of Diversity Award.
The annual award is part of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation's (NRAEF) celebration of the "best of the best" in diversity and inclusion, community ...
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J. Cole's 'KOD' Set For No 1 On The US Top Album Chart With 2018's Biggest Debut!
24 April, 2018
J. Cole is set for his 5tth No 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with his latest studio effort, KOD. Reports indicate that Cole's fifth album will earn between 375,000 and 390,000 units (140-155,000 traditional) in its first week of availability, as per HITS Daily Double. That should be enough to ...
| Ariana Grande Battling Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa For UK Singles No 1
24 April, 2018
Just a handful of sales and streams are separating the Top 2 on today's UK Singles Chart Update, with Ariana Grande going toe-to-toe with Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa for this week's Number 1.
The UK's current chart-topper, Calvin and Dua's One Kiss, is currently leading the way, but Ariana Grande's ...
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Hans Zimmer To Receive Max Steiner Award From Hollywood In Vienna
24 April, 2018
Hans Zimmer's illustrious career has spanned over 150 film and television projects and encompasses about every genre and popular film franchise one can think about, from "Driving Miss Daisy" to "The Dark Knight" and from "The Lion King" to "Dunkirk".
Hollywood in Vienna CEO and Founder Sandra Tomek ...
| Illenium Song "Crawl Outta Love Ft. Annika Wells" Wins The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) Grand Prize
23 April, 2018
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC), widely recognized as the most prestigious and respected songwriting competition in the world, is pleased to announce its 2017 winners. Created in 2002, ISC received more than 16,000 entries from almost 140 countries.
The Grand Prize winners this ...
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J. Cole's "KOD" Title Track Reportedly Breaks Spotify Opening Day Record
22 April, 2018
J. Cole's new album "KOD" has received so much love that it's broken a U.S. Spotify record previously held by Taylor Swift! According to Chart Data, Jermaine's song was streamed 4.2 million times in the 24 hours following the album's release.
The previous record holder was Taylor Swift's "Look ...
| Kelly Clarkson Set To Host '2018 Billboard Music Awards'
19 April, 2018
Multi-platinum music superstar, Billboard chart topper and current "Voice" coach Kelly Clarkson will host NBC's three-hour live telecast of the "2018 Billboard Music Awards," set for Sunday, May 20 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
This will mark the first year the ...
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Michelle Rodriguez, Ming-na Wen, Rosemary Rodriguez And Others To Be Honored At The Artemis Women In Action Film Festival
18 April, 2018
The Artemis Women In Action Film Festival is thrilled to honor Michelle Rodriguez, Ming-Na Wen, Rosemary Rodriguez, Kachina Dechert, and Dana DeLorenzo.
Artemis Women In Action Film Festival (AWIAFF) is proud to honor Michelle Rodriguez with the Artemis Action Revolutionary Award for not only refusing ...
| Drake Equals Elvis Presley For Fourth-Most Hot 100 Top 10s Among Solo Males
18 April, 2018
Drake nabbed his 25th Billboard Hot 100 top 10 with "Nice for What," tying the Memphis crooner for fourth-most among male soloists. Together, Drizzy and Elvis trail Elton John, Stevie Wonder, and Michael Jackson. There are some key facts to note. Elvis' career predated the Hot 100, so some of his songs ...
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Native Arts And Cultures Foundation Announces 2018 Mentor Artist Fellowship Awards
17 April, 2018
"As we near the end of the first year of the Mentor Artist Fellowship, we are seeing tremendous success—from in-depth intergenerational cultural knowledge exchange shared between each mentor and apprentice pair to community engagement of their joint art projects,"
The national not-for-profit ...
| Manic Street Preachers On Their Way Towards First No 1 Album In 20 Years!
17 April, 2018
The Manic Street Preachers could be making a glorious return to the top of the charts this week as their new album, Resistance Is Futile, leads this week's UK Albums Chart Update. The Welsh trio's 13th studio album, a project they describe as inspired by "the frightening evolution of social media" is ...
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Lick The Plate On 93.9 The River Celebrates The Music Side Of The Show With The Detroit Music Awards
16 April, 2018
Lick the Plate on 93.9 The River where the Detroit, Windsor, and Michigan culinary and music communities tell their stories, is celebrating the music side of the show by featuring the Detroit Music Awards (DMA) taking place May 4, 2018 at the Fillmore in Detroit. DMA Marketing Director Kathy Vargo ...
| Bon Jovi, Nina Simone, Moody Blues, Dire Straits And Cars Make It Into Rock Hall
15 April, 2018
The 33rd annual Rock Hall ceremony kicked off with a tribute to Tom Petty, who died in October at age 66. The Killers earned a loud applause from the audience when they started performing "American Girl," then transitioning to "Free Fallin'."
"Pay some rock 'n' roll respect... to the eternal Tom Petty," ...
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