• Taylor Swift 'Bad Blood' Covered in 20 Different Styles by YouTube Star Anthony Vincent

    Taylor Swift has officially and successfully morphed genres from country to pure pop, but what would she sound like as a classic rock, reggae, rap or '90s R&B act? Now, fans don't really have to wonder anymore. In a new viral video, metal singer Anthony Vincent has recreated Swift's latest 1989 hit "Bad Blood" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) using the distinct style of 20 different musicians. Everyone from South Park's Chef to Black Sabbath to TLC and Cyndi Lauper are covered in the impressive four-minute video.

  • Apple Music Might Destroy Your iTunes Catalogue; Fix Available

    Apple Music is the hot new thing in music streaming, especially if you're hopelessly devoted to products marketed by the computer company or if you really need to stream Taylor Swift's '1989' because you just won't buy it. Unfortunately for many converts to Apple Music, especially those who have preexisting iTunes accounts with the company, a multitude of problems have emerged surrounding the service.

  • Nielsen Reports Album Sales Down...Unless You're Taylor Swift or Drake

    Nielsen has released its midyear music sales report and things are looking about how you'd expect: Streaming is way up, overall album sales are down, and the vinyl trend continues. Taylor Swift and Drake are among the few performers that can feel good about moving entire albums at this point.

  • Foo Fighters Photo Contract Called Out for "Exploitation" by Newspaper

    The Foo Fighters is about to celebrate its 20th birthday with a star-studded Washington D.C. performance on July 4th, but a publication in the city has given the band a black eye regarding its photography contract, which the Washington City Paper labels as "exploitation...pure and simple."

  • Breaking Benjamin, Tori Kelly, and Kacey Musgraves Top Albums Chart

    This week's albums chart wasn't too much of a shakeup from the Billboard 200, except that all of the records that dropped in the Top 10 of the latter managed to move up a few places on the former. Breaking Benjamin, Tori Kelly and Kacey Musgraves took the top three spots, respectively, once again.

  • 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.

  • Breaking Benjamin Breaks Sales Mark with New Album; Tori Kelly + Kacey Musgraves Follow

    Apparently the waiting only makes desire stronger, or at least that's what Breaking Benjamin learned with its most recent release, 'Dark Before Dawn.' The band had gone more than six years without a new album but the new release debuted with 141,000 equivalent copies sold (and 135,000 actual copies, marking the group's highest sales week ever). It's also the band's first no. 1 album on the Billboard 200. Kacey Musgraves and Tori Kelly also dropped new albums.

  • Thom Yorke Albums on Apple Music...Despite Unadulterated Hatred for Streaming

    Taylor Swift has become the figurehead of the anti-streaming movement in the last year thanks to pulling '1989' and the rest of her discography from Spotify during 2014, but Radiohead's Thom Yorke has hated the concept longer and more deeply than anyone. Yet Stereogum (as well as the rest of the world) was shocked to find that the frontman's solo discography was ready for streaming on Apple Music.

  • Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' Finally Available for Streaming via Apple Music

    The clouds have parted and hip-hop fans are celebrating to know that Dr. Dre's classic solo album 'The Chronic' will be available digitally for the first time via Apple Music. Never before has the album been available through other streaming platforms. The album is a favorite among hip-hop fans for its defining "g-funk" style and hits such as "Nuthin But A 'G' Thang" and "F*ck Wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin')."

  • Katy Perry Earns $135 Million in 2015, More Than Any Non-Boxer Celebrity

    The Forbes Celebrity 100 list, ranking the highest earning stars in the world on a yearly basis, was published this week and one musician came in ahead of all entertainers (who weren't boxers): Katy Perry was the third highest-paid celebrity of the last 12 months, coming in behind only Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, respectively, with a net income of $135 million.

  • Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris top Jay Z and Beyoncé for Highest-Paid Couples

    Forbes is shaking up its annual Celebrity 100 list, which lists the wealthiest members of the entertainment industry, shifting it so that participants are ranked by their annual income only, and not their net worths. Three couples managed to land both members in the Top 100, and all three were musical beaus: Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris, Jay Z and Beyoncé, as well as Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert.

  • Wiz Khalifa 'See You Again' Tops Hot 100; OMI 'Cheerleader' Makes Big Gains

    It's another big summer week for Wiz Khalifa's Furious 7 single "See You Again." For the 10th week this year, the Charlie Puth featuring track crowns the Billboard Hot 100, but one song continues its charge up the charts and looks to be a solid contender for the coveted No. 1 spot: OMI's surprise sunny hit "Cheerleader."
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