Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia has debuted atop the Billboard 200 albums chart, the publication confirmed on Sunday, marking the rapper’s third consecutive Number One record. Tyler broke away from industry norms for Chromakopia’s rollout, electing to drop the project on a Monday morning rather than at the typical midnight Friday …
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Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has sued Universal Music Group, accusing the world’s largest record company of withholding millions of dollars in royalties owed to the band. In the suit, filed in federal court on Tuesday and obtained by Rolling Stone, Durst and his attorneys claim that UMG “designed and …
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It’s a blustery, drizzling day in New York City and at Columbia University, students scattered across the Great Lawn are beginning to run for cover. But on the 13th floor of the International Affairs Building, the gentle pattern of rain is almost completely drowned out by the hum of students …
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Kesha is launching her own independent record label, aptly named Kesha Records, the pop star announced on Monday. Launched through Warner Music Group’s independent distribution arm ADA, Kesha Records will house her upcoming releases there, including an album set for release in 2025. Kesha Records has already served as the …
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With just under four months left in 2024, there have already been more hip-hop songs to top Billboard‘s Hot 100 Songs (and as many rap albums on the 200 albums chart) than in all of 2023, the sign of a resurgent year for the most popular genre in the country. …
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Federal investigators have indicted a North Carolina man over a scheme in which he allegedly used bot accounts and hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs to earn more than $10 million in royalty payments from the major streaming services. The case is a landmark development in the still-developing music streaming …
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Oasis’ reunion predictably overloaded ticketing platforms over the weekend as millions of fans queued for tickets, putting the perennially challenging ticketing marketplace at center stage again. Disgruntled fans felt their beloved band sold out in more ways than one, using a controversial “dynamic pricing” method that overshadowed the rest of …
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The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) is calling out Yelp over claims that the review site is putting misleading or fake concert ticket listings on venues’ Yelp pages, with NIVA sending a letter to the company’s CEO Jeremy Stoppelman late Tuesday demanding the listings get taken down. In the letter, …
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Chappell Roan‘s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess hit its all-time high on the Billboard Albums chart this week, the publication announced on Sunday, with Roan’s debut album rising to Number Two as it continues its months-long charts climb. The new chart feat comes as Roan has enjoyed …
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Ten more states have joined the Department of Justice‘s antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation, according to an amended complaint the DOJ filed Monday morning, marking a total of 39 states as well as the District of Columbia to have sued the concert and ticketing giant over the DOJ’s monopoly claims. …
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