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Beyoncé Beats Taylor Swift and P!nk for Top of Forbes Top-Earning Women in Music List; Star Earned $115 Million in 2014

The next year might belong to Taylor Swift if the last week has been any indication but the previous 12 months have been all Beyoncé according to Forbes annual rankings of the highest-earning women in music.
John Carpenter, Director/Composer for 'Halloween' and More, Releasing First Solo Album 'Lost Themes'

One would think that early October would be the best time for John Carpenter to market anything he's done, what with the Halloween season in tow and all. The composer himself apparently had other ideas, opting to announce the release of his first solo album on Monday at the beginning of preparations for Thanksgiving.
Sam Smith and Sony/ATV "Win" Publishing for Quarter 3 of 2014 on Back of "Stay With Me"

Third quarter numbers are in from music publishing companies (via Billboard) and two bodies come out on top: Sony/ATV Music and...Sam Smith?
Spotify Royalties Overtake iTunes in Europe, According to Kobalt Music; Will Taylor Swift Be Back Soon?

Music industry heads might not have been shocked at the announcement this week but the news was still monumental: According to royalty disbursement agency Kobalt (via TechCrunch), streaming royalties from Spotify have surpassed the totals of iTunes for the first time during the last quarter. The company reported that the average performer received 13 percent higher payouts from streaming royalties than that of downloads.
Acker Bilk's Greatest Hits: "Stranger on The Shore," "Aria," "Summer Set" and More

You might not be familiar with his work but it's never too late. Five of Acker Bilk's tracks reached the Top 10 in the UK. Check them out below:
Recruiting for the New "Do They Know It's Christmas?": One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Adele and More

Bob Geldof stirred up some interest in the music community on Monday when rumors began spreading that he was making calls in an attempt to recruit participants for a 30th anniversary edition of Band Aid, the charitable super group that came together to record the classic "Do They Know It's Christmas?," which raised huge amounts for those struggling from famine in Ethiopia. The new rendition will benefit the fight against Ebola.
Spotify and Halloween Music: Michael Jackson, Bobby "Boris" Pickett and 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' Top Holiday Streams

SPSpotify's Insights blog, like any site that depends on music for its readership, went with a Halloween-themed feature as October came to a close. The site tracked more than 600,000 "Halloween" playlists that were created in the lead up to this year's holiday and came up with a Top 10 list of songs featured most. It was fairly predictable, but you can check out the list below, along with the occasional note from Music Times.
Bob Geldof Reportedly Scouting Talent for 30th Anniversary Edition of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" to Aid Ebola Fight

At this point in the year we're normally irritated to be hearing about Christmas releases but we'll make an exception for rumors that Bob Geldof is snooping around the internet recruiting talent for a new version of the classic carol "Do They Know It's Christmas?" according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Refused Fires Guitarist Jon Brännström, Although Disagreements over When and Why; Facebook Fight Ensues

Following the posting of a lengthy narrative on the band's Facebook page, Swedish hardcore standards Refused have confirmed that guitarist Jon Brännström had been fired from the group (NME). Both sides of the divide are telling radically different stories however.
Acker Bilk, Clarinet Player behind Chart-Topping "Stranger on The Shore," Dies at Age 85

Acker Bilk, one of the more overlooked figures in jazz history (at least stateside), passed away at the age of 85 from natural causes. His personal manager, Pamela Frances Sutton, said that "age had just caught up with him." Bilk is hailed, particularly in the UK, as a leading figure in the revival of traditional jazz, a role for which he was awarded the Most Excellent Order of The British Empire during 2001.
Roxy Music Is Done, According to Guitarist Phil Manzanera

Guys, Roxy Music has broken up and this time it's serious. Guitarist Phil Manzanera broke the news to Rolling Stone on Monday.
Big Machine Records Considering Sale as Hot Commodity Taylor Swift Dominates Sales Charts with '1989'

It looks like Scott Borchetta might be aiming to strike while the iron is hot, if that time hasn't passed already: Big Machine Label Group, the current home to Taylor Swift, might be considering a sale.
A Tale of Chad Smith, Jon Batiste, John Zorn, Dave Lombardo, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock (but Mostly Bill Laswell)

A certain, unnamed publication forgot to mention the name of prolific bassist Bill Laswell in the headline of its coverage for supergroup The Process. It's a role that Laswell has played often, in a career spanning thousands of recorded releases.
Barbra Streisand and Six Decades of No. 1 Albums: 'People,' 'Guilty,' 'The Broadway Album' and More

Barbra Streisand had her first no. 1 album fifty years ago on october 31. Music Times looks back over the other nine in her record-setting career.
Happy Halloween from Music Times! Check 5 Epic Concerts That Occurred on October 31: Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead and More

Happy Halloween! Hopefully you've got fun plans tonight even if it isn't a concert, but many excellent shows have taken place on this most pagan of holidays over the years. Music Times opted to select six notable Halloween performances worth remembering:
Thurston Moore's 'The Best Day' A Tad Mixtape-ish in Organization but Still Acceptable to Fans of His Work with Sonic Youth

Society always celebrates the records that top the Billboard 200 album chart. Back of The Billboards is a Music Times weekly segment that looks at the opposite end: the new record that finished closest to the back of the Billboard 200 for the previous week. We hope to give a fighting chance to the bands you haven't heard of.
Garth Brooks Streaming New Album 'Man Versus Machine' via GhostTunes on Halloween Only (Do It Now!)

Holy cow! We're sorry to get this news to you already nine hours into the day but we just got a heads-up from our pals over at Country Music Television that Garth Brooks' forthcoming album Man Versus Machine is available for streaming in its entirety but only for the 24 hours of October 31, and only on the site for his new digital music service GhostTunes.
Will Taylor Swift's '1989' May Be The Last Platinum Album Ever? Forbes Makes Its Case (But We Have Reasons Why It Won't)

There was an interesting article published in Forbes this week pondering a scary question: Could Taylor Swift's 1989 be the last platinum album ever?
Taylor Swift Donating "Welcome to New York" Download Profits to New York City Public School System

Our natural reaction to someone else's massive success is to be bitter and assume the worst about their product ("haters gonna hate") but Taylor Swift is making things difficult for us. The star announced October 29 that all of the proceeds from her single "Welcome to New York" will be donated to the New York City public school system.
Gregg Allman Dismissed from Lawsuit Regarding Death of 'Midnight Rider' Camera Assistant Sarah Jones

Gregg Allman's got a long vacation from work in the near future and now he has another reason to relax: He's been dropped from a lawsuit regarding the death of a camera assistant on the set of Midnight Rider, now cancelled biopic about the life of the Allman Brothers frontman.
Spain Passes Controversial "Google Tax" to Crack Down on Media Aggregation for Sites Such as 'Huffington Post'

Music Times may opt to block its content from Spanish web services following a controversial piece of legislation that allows the government to levy fines against web services that use bits of media, such as audio and video, without paying for. The process, known as aggregation, has taken journalism by storm as ownership prefer to spend less on creating their own original content, preferring rather to borrow information from outer media outlets and reword it appropriately (linking back to the original material of course for legal reasons).
Huge Moments in Concert Streaming History: Neil Young, U2, Paul McCartney and More

Fifteen years ago on this day Neil Young was having a pretty good if premature idea. It was the first of two days for his annual Bridge School Benefit Concert and Young had decided to try broadcasting the event live across the internet. How well it worked is debatable but he was definitely onto something.
The Best and Worst Covers of The Misfits' "Halloween": AFI, Dropkick Murphys, Cradle of Filth and More

What better time to rank every cover of The Misfits classic holiday tune "Halloween" than Halloween?
Michael Eavis Says Fleetwood Mac and Queen Not among Glastonbury 2015 Headliners, Despite Bookies High Odds

Michael Eavis gets more attention from British music media than any other individual (we reckon) thanks to his role in planning and organizing the Glastonbury Music Festival. Even we in the states get excited when the word "lineup" or "headliner" comes out of his mouth. He narrowed the list of possible headliners down by two, according to NME, stating that Fleetwood Mac and Queen were definitely out of the running.
Taylor Swift Holds '1989' from Spotify, But Other Bands Shouldn't Expect to Go Platinum Using the Same Strategy

Perhaps you've heard: Taylor Swift is going to dominate the Billboard charts when official results come out next Wednesday. Initial projects suggested 1989 would sell between 800,000 and 900,000 copies, and that estimate has since been upped to 1.2 million. That's more than three times more than the next highest debut this year (Coldplay's Ghost Stories). One aspect of the album that's largely been skipped over is Swift/Big Machine's decision not to offer the record on Spotify. Many who were aware suggest this as proof that the streaming trend can be beaten. Never has "correlation doesn't equal causation" been more true.
Steinway & Sons Moving Closer to Times Square from Historic Location near Carnegie Hall Come December

In what must seem like a sacrilegious move from fans of piano music and New York City's music history in general, the Steinway & Sons company is moving from its historic home on 57th Street. According to The New York Times, the company had done business from its original home near "piano row" since the '20s.
"Russian Facebook" vKontakte Tops RIAA's List of Most Active Music Pirating Sites

The RIAA has released a list of the world's most active music piracy sites and you may be surprised by what site took the top spot (we were). Although The Pirate Bay, probably the most popular torrenting site in the United States came in at no. 3, according to Digital Music News, the busiest place for pirates was vKontakte, a social media site often referred to as "the Russian Facebook."
Facebook Suggests Democrats Prefer Beatles, Republicans George Strait; Taylor Swift and Metallica Unite All Factions

Social media has led to a new era, one where all of our personal information can be gathered and quantified to tell us things we already know or to create theories about listeners that are totally misguided (as was the case in the study done estimating how intelligent a listener was based on the music they enjoyed). We admit it's still a tad interesting to look at Facebook's chart demonstrating what performers are preferred on the left versus those on the right.
Young Fathers Pulls Off Mercury Prize Upset over Favorites FKA Twigs, Damon Albarn and Kate Tempest

The Mercury Prize was awarded on October 29 and Music Times has to admit we were way off in our predictions. Although we were pulling for the debut album from FKA Twigs, the prize for the best album from the UK in the last year went to Scottish hip-hop trio Young Fathers for its own debut album, Dead, as reported by NME.
'South Park' Recap: Drones, More Drones and Craig's Mom Lead to One of Season's Most Appalling (Guilty Pleasure) Allegories

Drones and personal privacy are at the core of this week's episode of 'South Park,' but a second major news story makes us feel bad for laughing.