Ryan Book, The Music Times

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  • Christopher Lee is 91. And reaching the Billboard Hot 100 with his metal single 'Jingle Hell.'

    Christopher Lee has finally reached a certain career plateau at the ripe, young age of 91: He's reached the Billboard Hot 100 as a performer. We only admit that we were joking about the "young" part because this story revolves around the actor becoming the oldest individual ever to reach the chart. As of the last week of December, his track was sitting at the no. 18 spot on the list.

  • Rick Ross challenges LMFAO over 'Party Rock Anthem' hook in court

    God forgives and Rick Ross doesn't. That's what disbanded pop-hop group LMFAO may learn now that the emcee has brought it to court, alleging that the line "everyday I'm shufflin'" from its 2010 track "Party Rock Anthem" is a copyright infraction of Ross's own hit "Hustlin'." The catchphrase from the latter, in case you weren't aware, is "everyday I'm hustlin'."

  • Mac Miller releasing up to four new albums during 2014?

    Mac Miller had a busy 2013. He released an LP (Watching Movies with The Sound Off) and three mixtapes (Run-On Sentences: Vol. 1, Stolen Youth, and Delusional Thomas). And yet the Pittsburgh rapper plans on releasing even more music for 2014. The emcee told MTV that he's looking at up to four full LPs during the upcoming year.

  • Pitbull, Ke$ha, Eminem and Rihanna end year atop Billboard Digital Downloads chart

    Music Times warned you that the final Digital Downloads' chart of the year would be chalk full of sales thanks to people cashing in on the iTunes/download cards they received for Christmas. And sure enough, it was a huge week. Every song in the Top 50 saw a sales increase, and 46 of those tracks saw rises of more than 100 percent (aka doubling in sales since last week).

  • Calvin Harris, Tiësto, David Guetta among highest paid DJ's of 2013

    The increasing profitability of EDM has been a theme throughout the year in both Music Times as well as numerous financial publications. Many businessmen and promoters are looking to make a buck off the trend, but one the producers themselves are definitely cashing in, as Forbes' list of the highest paid DJ's indicates. Calvin Johnson topped the list for 2013, bringing in more than $46 million (a total that topped Jay Z's earnings for the year).

  • The Kinks 'as close as it's ever been' according to Ray Davies

    This year will bring the 50th anniversary of Kinks, the debut record of The Kinks, and the Davies brothers are kinda-pretty-sure that something will happen to mark the occasion. We add the extra adverbs because nothing official has been suggested yet, but both Davies seem pretty warm to the idea.

  • Silversun Pickups releasing retrospective 'The Singles Collection,' including new track 'Cannibal' [LISTEN]

    The Silversun Pickups may have only released three LP's thus far, but that's no reason for them not to release a retrospective. The album, The Singles Collection, is reportedly celebrating 10 years on the Dangerbird label. The compilation will feature 10 tracks already familiar to fans, such as "Lazy Eye" and "Panic Switch," but as a motive for you to spring for the album, it will also include brand new track "Cannibal" (Have a listen at the bottom of the page...it's fun).

  • Joey Jordison didn't quit, Corey Taylor won't say anything...so why doesn't Slipknot have a drummer?

    No offense meant, but Slipknot isn't exactly the world's most mysterious band. Aside from wearing masks onstage, the group seems pretty straightforward in its music and behavior...which is why it's confusing that no one will admit to having anything to do with Joey Jordison leaving the band. It was initially reported during December that the group's founding drummer had quit, but Jordison is now saying that he didn't. But he's still not in the group as of now.

  • Kevin Durant raps, not quite as well as he plays basketball

    The Oklahoma City Thunder are doing pretty well for themselves, leading the tough Western Conference of the NBA with its 25-6 record. Figuring that he's got this basketball thing on lock, three-time NBA scoring champion Kevin Durant took a break to build upon his hip-hop career, which we assure you, is not nearly as stellar as his athletic career.

  • Paul McCartney makes $40 million during six-show Japanese tour

    A giant Beatle "did some damage" during his romp through Japan, and that's not a reference to the nation's classic monster films. Paul McCartney was the highest earner on Billboard's final Hot Tours list of 2013, and much of that was thanks to the six-date stretch he spent in Japan during November.

  • Rick Ross beats real Rick Ross in name battle

    Believe it or not, Rick Ross's name isn't really "Rick Ross," nor has he actually dealt cocaine (as far as we know). Nay, Ross was born William Roberts II, and borrowed the alias "Rick Ross" from "Freeway" Rick Ross, a Los Angeles kingpin who used his connections with the Panamanian contras to move more than $3 million worth of cocaine a day. The actual Ross is now out of jail, and sued rapper Ross for occupying his identity. A California appeals court has ruled that the emcee has the right to use the name however.

  • BBC Radio 1 and 2 too mainstream, according to UK commercial radio industry

    Commercial radio stations in the UK have one major complaint against BBC Radio: It's too successful. Radiocentre, an industry body representing corporate radio stations in the UK has brought a complaint to the Department of Media, Culture and Sport arguing that BBC are "neglecting their public service obligations in pursuit of higher ratings."

  • Rap Genius sees 80 percent drop off in views after Google punishment

    Music Times reported last week that web service Rap Genius had been called out for using sketchy methods of attracting web users to its site. Google brought down the iron fist of the law and bumped the site back to at least page two of any web search, and the results have been traumatic thus far for the hip-hop lyric site. Analytics site Quantcast revealed that between December 24 and 25-the dates in which the punishment began-visits to the site dropped from nearly 1.5 million to 300,000...a nearly 80 percent drop off.

  • Bruno Mars and Rihanna top 'most pirated' performers of 2013 list

    Looking at a performer's sales is one way to judge who's the biggest name in music. Another way is to check out who's been illegally downloaded the most. Data analysts Musicmetric have looked into the latter and concluded that Bruno Mars and Rihanna are the most tormented performers in the world. Where that places them among the most popular is up to you.

  • Pharrell Williams tops UK charts with 'Happy' single to end the year

    Pharrell Williams has had a healthy 2013 already. The performer appeared in (even if he wasn't the main artist for) two of the highest selling singles of the year: "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke and "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk, for which the producer/vocalist sang in both hooks. Now the man behind the falsetto has ended the year on top of the charts in the UK.
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