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Let's hear it for the laaaadies! This weekend, people across the globe will honor International Women's Day, and to celebrate, Spotify has unveiled its most streamed female artists from the U.S. and across the world. Big names on the list include Rihanna, Beyoncé, Katy Perry and even Taylor Swift, who pulled her entire catalogue from the service last year ahead of the release of her new album 1989. -
Lindsey Stirling Wins at 2015 YouTube Music Awards: Other Winners Include Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga
This has been quite a year for violinist Lindsey Stirling. The dancing musician appeared in the Grammy Legacy concert and was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Now, Stirling has been announced as one of the 50 musicians who are winners at the 2015 YouTube Music Awards. Other artists include heavy-hitters such as Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga. -
Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars Top Hot 100 for Ninth Week as Pitbull & Ne-Yo's 'Time of Our Lives' Rises to Top 10 Status [VIDEOS]
Can no one stop the funk? For the ninth week in a row, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk" is giving it to you by topping the Billboard Hot 100. Despite the nine week reign of Ronson and Mars, Maroon 5's new single "Sugar" is coming for the top of the charts as Adam Levine sits on the new season of The Voice and Pitbull's new party-friendly anthem "Time of Our Lives" cracks into the top 10. -
Detroit Giants Big Sean and Kid Rock Come within A Thousand in Sales on Album Chart; Chris Brown and Tyga Debut
Big Sean and Kid Rock, two proud Detroit natives, were separated by about 30,000 equivalent records on the Billboard 200 this week with 'Dark Sky Paradise' and 'First Kiss,' respectively, but things were a lot tighter when only album sales were taken into consideration. The pair was almost exactly 1,000 apart from each other, with Sean passing Rock in the last day of sales tracking. 'Dark Sky' ended up selling 135,500 copies while 'First Kiss' debuted with 134,500. -
5 Celebrity Couples Releasing Albums in Same Year: Ariana Grande vs. Big Sean, Jay Z vs. Beyonce and More
This week marks a high point for the "power couple" status of Big Sean and Ariana Grande: The former's new album Dark Sky Paradise topped the Billboard 200, selling nearly 140,000 copies in the process. That gives him his first no. 1 album, which matches him with his girlfriend, who topped albums charts with My Everything last year. Grande may have outsold her beau but that doesn't necessarily mean she "wears the pants" in the relationship (it's tough to imagine her ever wearing pants, based on her typical stage apparel). Music Times looked back over the last few years and found couples who had both released new albums within a year of each other, researched who sold more and which album was ultimately better, in deciding who ran the house that year. -
Streaming Numbers Give Big Sean's 'Dark Sky Paradise' over Kid Rock's 'First Kiss' on Billboard 200
New releases from Big Sean and Kid Rock demonstrated how big of a role the new metrics for the Billboard 200 could play in determining the placement of an album. Big Sean and Dark Sky Paradise took the crown this week, moving 173,000 equivalent units while Rock and First Kiss came in at no. 2 with 146,000 equivalent units. That 27,000 album difference doesn't seem like a close fight, but actual album sales indicate that physical copies and downloads of the full records had the pair within 1,000 of each other. The other 26,000 can all be attributed to more single downloads and streams for Sean. It's a brave new music sales world...you may have heard. -
Lady Gaga Tells Taylor Swift Her "Prince Charming Will Come" After '1989' Singer Tweets Message Of Admiration
Lady Gaga is having a moment, and Taylor Swift has taken notice. Gaga recently got engaged to her longtime boyfriend Taylor Kinney, performed a breathtaking tribute to The Sound of Music at the Oscars, is set to star in the next season of American Horror Story, and is working on a new music. -
Taylor Swift Talks Love Life, Career, '1989' Follow-Up, Famous Friends & Swifties, Won't Comment on Katy Perry In Telegraph Interview
Taylor Swift has gone through a massive transformation in the public eye. She went from country to pop, from Nashville to New York, from serial girlfriend to single and proud, from media good girl to a feminist with complex views on the world. Basically, she's become a real woman — who also happens to be a global superstar. In a new interview with the Telegraph, she talks about the changes in her life, her expectations for her career, the follow-up to 1989, her friendships, her love life, her rumored feud with Katy Perry and more. Here's what she had to say: -
Taylor Swift Named Godmother To BFF Jaime King's Second Child With Kyle Newman [PHOTOS]
Taylor Swift is going to be a godmother! And who better for the role than "the Betty Crocker of friendships," as Lena Dunham fondly refers to her. Late Sunday night, Swift posted a photo to Instagram (see above) announcing that Hart of Dixie star Jaime King, 35, had named her the godmother to her unborn second child with filmmaker husband Kyle Newman. -
Madonna Has Advice for Kanye West on Awards Shows
Madonna said in a recent Rolling Stone interview that Kanye West should know what he's in for when attending an awards show. What advice did she have for the singer? -
YouTube Music Awards 2015: Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande & Taylor Swift Among 50 Honorees
As if they didn't already get enough viral music attention, the 50 biggest stars on YouTube will now be getting another special honor later this month. Today (March 2), the YouTube announced its second annual YouTube Music Awards, celebrating the site's biggest acts, including Ariana Grande, Beyonce, Ed Sheeran, Rihanna, One Direction, Taylor Swift and more. -
Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars 'Uptown Funk' Leads Hot 100 for Eighth Week as 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Bumps Up Ellie Goulding, The Weeknd
It seems like Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars are an unstoppable pop music force. For the eighth week in a row, their collaborative hit single "Uptown Funk" crowns the Billboard Hot 100, despite major gains from the release of Fifty Shades of Grey.
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