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The 2015 MTV VMAs are right around the corner (believe it or not), and with Miley Cyrus tapped to host and a date set for Aug. 30, all that was missing was the nominees. Led by Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and Kendrick Lamar, the VMAs announced the nominees for all categories today (July 21) on Apple Radio. -
Billboard's 50 Acts for 50 States: Taylor Swift, Eminem, More Rep Hometowns
Billboard came up with a fun project for the July 4th holiday, assigning a music performer that best represents each of the 50 states. According to the site, final decisions were largely based on sales results from its charts, but a performer's deception to their home state via its lyrics also made a difference. Check out what performer made it for your state and let us know if Billboard chose well. -
Spotify Charts Most Popular Keys in 30 Million Song Catalogue (Hint: It's Major)
Spotify's Insights blog took to the streaming service's massive music catalogue with the intent of figuring out what keys were most popular among the 30 million tracks. Every song is based around one of 12 possible notes, as well as a mode (generally major for "happier" music and minor for "sad"). That results in nearly every piece of Western music being played in one of 24 possible keys. Jazz pianist Kenny Ning moonlights as a data analyst for Spotify and he charted the results of what he found. So what key was most popular? -
Taylor Swift 'Bad Blood' Slips on Hot 100 as Wiz Khalifa 'See You Again' Rises to No. 1
Taylor Swift let her "Bad Blood" boil over to the No. 1 spot in the country for just one week - because now she's on the outs again. After the celeb-fueled new 1989 single jumped to the top spot last week, today (June 3), a more familiar single returns to the peak of the charts: Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again." -
Wiz Khalifa 'See You Again' Holds No. 1 on Hot 100: The Weeknd, Ed Sheeran See Gains
After a few weeks of gains, losses and shakeups on the Billboard Hot 100, this week (May 13), things return to business as usual with a largely stagnant chart. For the fifth week in a row, Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's Furious 7 single "See You Again" owns the charts, with releases from Fetty Wap, Mark Ronson and Walk The Moon holding tight onto their top five posisions. -
Mark Ronson, Mystikal 'Feel Right' Music Video: Elementary School Goes Crazy for Talent Show
After "Uptown Funk" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks earlier this year, it's just a matter of fact that the music of Mark Ronson's music can bring the whole world to its dancing feet. And, in the new music video for the Mystikal featuring track "Feel Right," a down and out "nerd" wins over his ambivalent elementary school classmates by rapping the latest funk-fueled fiery track from Ronson's album Uptown Special. -
Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars Add The Gap Band to 'Uptown Funk' Writing Credits After 'Blurred Lines' Lawsuit
Everyone gets a writing credit on Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk," it seems. In the wake of the Robin Thicke/Pharrell Willams "Blurred Lines" lawsuit, which awarded Marvin Gaye writing credits, Ronson's 14 week No. 1 hit has five new writers thanks to similarities between the Uptown Special track and The Gap Band's "Oops Upside Your Head." -
Wiz Khalifa 'See You Again' Leads Hot 100 Again as Natalie La Rose 'Somebody' Breaks Back Into Top 10
The charts are saying "See You Again" to Wiz Khalifa's Furious 7 soundtrack single/tribute to Paul Walker. For the second week in a row, the touching Charlie Puth-featuring track has topped the Billboard Hot 100. -
Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars's "Uptown Funk" No. 1 on 'Billboard' Adult R&B Chart
Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars's hit "Uptown Funk" has scored its first No. 1 on 'Billboard's' Adult R&B Songs chart. The upbeat track was released last November. -
Wiz Khalifa 'See You Again' Bumps 'Uptown Funk' From No. 1 on Hot 100: Walk The Moon Vaults Into Top 10
The seemingly inevitable has happened... a new song has taken the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. After spending 14 weeks at the top of the charts, Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson's genre-bending single "Uptown Funk" has finally been dethroned by the Furious 7 soundtrack single "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth. -
'Uptown Funk' Holds No.1 on Hot 100 as Wiz Khalifa Climbs Chart with 'Furious 7' Single 'See You Again'
It was another deeply funky week in America. For the 14th week in a row, the seemingly unstoppable pop music force "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars crowned the Billboard Hot 100, tying the likes of Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Elton John for the second longest run at the top of the charts. -
Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars' 'Uptown Funk' Sets Hot 100 Record as Natalie La Rose 'Somebody' Breaks Into Top 10
"Uptown Funk" is gonna give it to ya, all you other songs from the 2010s. For the 13th week in a row, the Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson Uptown Special single tops the Billboard Hot 100, setting the record for the longest-reigning No. 1 song of the decade. And while there seems to be no end in sight for the dominance of the funky throwback anthem, a newcomer, pop singer Natalie La Rose emerges in the top 10 with her single "Somebody" featuring Jeremih.
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