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Beyond Movietown: Derek Jarman’s lost ‘novel’ echoes through his oeuvre

Published for the first time, Through the Billboard Promised Land Without Ever Stopping, chimes with many of the obsessions the director carried through his films

The Guardian - UK

Takeoff, member of Atlanta rap group Migos, has died at 28

The rapper, part of Migos, the Atlanta group that was hugely commercially popular and both formally and culturally influential, was reportedly shot and killed in Houston on Tuesday.

WEKU

Call It 'Karma' - Taylor Swift Passes Kanye West In Terms Of Net Worth

Pop star Taylor Swift made Billboard history this week when the "Anti-Hero" singer became the first artist to notch all top 10 slots on Billboard’s Hot 100.

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Swifties, rise! Taylor Swift is taking ‘Midnights’ on the road with US stadium tour

Taylor Swift is taking “Midnights” on the road.

Los Angeles Times

The Rock Hall of Fame opens to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year will induct Eminem, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon and two guys in sunglasses who have scored more No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 than all of those others combined

The Independent UK

Perfect 10: Taylor Swift Sets Billboard Hot 100 First

Taylor Swift scored a 10 out of 10 as she became the first artist in history to claim the top 10 slots of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with tracks from her new record “Midnights.” Billboard reported Monday that Swift surpassed Drake, who had held the previous record with nine…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taylor Swift becomes the first artist in history to have 10 singles in the Billboard Top 10

Her 10th album ‘Midnights’ has had one of the biggest release weeks on record

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Taylor Swift makes Billboard Hot 100 history by claiming all top 10 spots

"10 out of 10 of the Hot 100??? On my 10th album??? I AM IN SHAMBLES," Swift said.

Axios

Taylor Swift smashes records with 10th album

Taylor Swift's Midnights broke records the first day it dropped. Now the singer occupies the top 10 spots on the Billboard chart.

The New Daily

Perfect 10: Taylor Swift sets Billboard Hot 100 first

“Midnights” became a perfect 10 for Taylor Swift as she is the first artist to claim the top 10 slots of the Billboard Hot 100 chart

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift becomes first artist to sweep the entire Top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100

Swift surpasses Drake's feat from September 2021 when he captured nine of the top 10 spots on the Hot 100 chart.

WEKU

Is this the year Brenda Lee's rockin' holiday hit goes to No. 1? It should be

As Halloween comes to a close, the candles are blown out inside the pumpkins on your porch and the trick-or-treaters are safely tucked in bed, Mariah Carey will be waiting in the wings somewhere, ready to kick off Christmas season once again.

Tribune News Service

The first televised World Series spurred America's television boom, 75 years ago

Boston Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk desperately waving at his home run to stay in play. Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson pumping his arms as he hobbles around second base after muscling a home run off Dennis Eckersley, the Oakland A’s dominant closer. The ground ball hit by New…

The Conversation

Adidas ends partnership with Kanye West over antisemitic comments

Adidas ended a partnership that helped make the artist formerly known as Kanye West a billionaire and lent the German sportswear an edgy appeal, but ultimately couldn't survive a mounting outcry over the rapper's offensive and antisemitic remarks.

France 24

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Sam Smith, Kim Petras make history as first nonbinary and trans artists to reach top of Billboard Hot 100 chart

Kim Petras and Sam Smith are making music history in a big way.

WEKU

Sam Smith and Kim Petras make LGBTQ history on Billboard's Hot 100 chart

"Unholy" earned both artists their first No. 1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100, making them the first openly non-binary solo artist and first openly transgender solo artist to hit the top of the chart.

Evening Standard

Kim Petras becomes first trans singer to have a No.1 song on the Billboard Hot 100

The German’s smash hit with Britain’s Sam Smith, Unholy, has taken the charts by storm

Tribune News Service

Gospel music great CeCe Winans returns: 'Going back out on tour is not something I thought I'd be doing'

It may not top her 15 Grammy Awards or 23 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, but in late 2020 CeCe Winans became the first gospel vocal star to record a live worship album during the COVID-19 pandemic — albeit for a very small, invited audience.

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Evening Standard

Taylor Swift reveals her second Midnights lyric – and it is on a London Spotify billboard

‘I polish up real nice’ follows reveal at midnight on Sunday at Times Square of ‘I should not be left to my own devices’, the first lyric shared from Midnights

WEKU

AMAs creates the first K-Pop category in a major U.S. music award show

Nominees for Favorite K-pop Artist are BLACKPINK, BTS, SEVENTEEN, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, and TWICE. The AMAs have been dubbed the world's largest fan-voted awards show.

Los Angeles Times

Led by a surprise No. 1 hit, Steve Lacy redefines the rock star for Gen Z

LOS ANGELES — In September, Steve Lacy sauntered into the glassy upstairs lounge at the Novo in downtown L.A. bearing some remarkable news. The 24-year-old, Compton-raised singer-songwriter, dressed in a flowy trench coat, shoulder-length braids and imposing full-face sunglasses, had just learned that "Bad Habit," his bummed-out yet deliriously horny…

The Conversation

Can big data really predict what makes a song popular?

Music is part of our lives in different ways. We listen to it on our commutes and it resounds through shopping centres. Some of us seek live music at concerts, festivals and shows or rely on music to set the tone and mood of our days.

Tribune News Service

Keeping up on Lizzo: 8 highlights from the singer's eventful year since lockdown

During the seven years she lived in Minnesota, Lizzo occasionally would do something wild to get the local gossip mill spinning with that question. In the year and a half since emerging out of COVID-19 lockdown, the singer and rapper has frequently drummed up international headlines essentially asking the same…

Tribune News Service

Genesis sells music for $300 million, report says

Genesis is selling its song catalog for a reported $300 million.

Tribune News Service

Harry Styles’ song ‘As It Was’ sets new record with another chart-topping week

It’s a new record for Harry Styles.

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