Blink 182 Knocks Drake Off Top Of US Charts Ending His 9 Week Reign

Blink 182 ends Drake’s 9 week reign atop US charts. Blink-182 have knocked Drake’s Views album from the top of the US charts, where it claimed the number one spot on the Billboard 200 chart for nine weeks – that’s the third-most time at No. 1 on the Billboard albums chart for all hip-hop albums. Drake has spent […]

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Chaka Khan Addicted To The Same Drug That Killed Prince

First Prince, now Chaka Khan… Chaka Khan is addicted to prescription drugs and says Prince’s death helped her with the decision of entering rehab. The 63-year-old ten-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist confessed that she is now taking treatment for the same drug that Prince died from taking an overdose on. A recent autopsy confirmed that`t it was […]

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Led Zeppelin Won The ‘Stairway To Heaven Case’, Now Warner Wants $800K

Warner says why should they have to foot the bill… Warner/Chappell, the publisher of Led Zeppelin’s iconic ‘Stairway to Heaven’ song, is seeking $800K in fees after they won the copyright infringement case against Michael Skidmore – the trustee of Spirit band member Rande Wolfe. The fees are made up on $613,471 in attorney’s fees, and the rest […]

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Is There Any Point In Paying For SoundCloud Go?

What is the real difference between SoundCloud and SoundCloud Go? Prior to SoundCloud launching its paid subscription service – SoundCloud Go, the platform offered a catalog of over 100 million songs ad-free, and for free. SoundCloud has always been notorious for being a free, easy-to-use platform which provides unique content, and allows up-and-coming artists and DJs […]

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UK Artist Stormzy: ‘Stop killing my f*cking people’

Stormzy, a rising UK Rapper/Grime artist speaks out on police brutality. Stormzy, real name Michael Omari, says…”this isn’t me speaking out because it looks politically correct or because it’s the right thing to do coz I proper couldn’t give a flying f*ck tbh. this is coming from Michael a black man who has had enough of […]

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Beyonce’s Reaction To US Police Killing Alton Sterling and Philandro Castille

”We are sick and tired of the killings of young men and women in our communities. It is up to us to take a stand and demand that they ‘stop killing us. We don’t need sympathy. We need everyone to respect our lives We’re going to stand up as a community and fight against anyone who […]

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Chance The Rapper Speaks Out On Philando Castile Killing

Chance The Rapper asks ”Is there any situation where police get arrested? Or convicted?” Yesterday a video of a US police officer killing a young African-American man whilst his 4-year old daughter sat in the backseat of the car, and his girlfriend sat in the passenger seat, surfaced on the internet. The graphic video shocked […]

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Executive Shuffle: IFPI, Deezer, Apple Music, ADA…

The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has appointed Dr David Price as Director of Insights and Analysis. Price has worked for IFPI since 2014, and started in the role of Head of Anti-Piracy Research and Analysis. In his new role, Price will be responsible for managing the Insight team, […]

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UK Introduces 10 Year Prison Sentence To Combat Online Piracy

Want to Stop Piracy? Try 10 Year Jail Sentences… The UK’s current copyright legislation is set for an overhaul due to the introduction of the digital economy bill. This bill has been focused on implementing harsher sentences for online piracy. The current legislation states that the maximum prison sentence for online copyright infringement is two years, and […]

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StubHub Hacker Gets Up To 12 Years In Prison Over $1 Million Ticket Scam

StubHub hacker gets up to 12 years in prison… The ringleader of an international ticket scam who led a group of five men which targeted the online ticket exchange company, StubHub was sentenced to 12 years in prison by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. The ring of men hacked StubHub users, stole online personal information and credit […]

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