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Ryley Walker Signs with AD 93, Releases New Song

“I was thinking of people in my hometown of Rockford, Illinois. Wearing SpongeBob pajama pants to a funeral-type heads.”

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Kim Deal Announces Live Album

Watch a trailer for Live at the Barbican’s accompanying concert film

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Father John Misty Releases New Single

“The X-panded Universe” accompanies the news of a West Coast tour, Josh Tillman’s first without a full band in over a decade

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David Bisbal on Paying Tribute to the ‘Best Era of Romantic Pop in Spanish’ with ‘Eternos’

The new album, featuring covers of classics popularized by Nino Bravo, José José and others, arrives on Thursday (Oct. 1).

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‘Janice STFU’ Is Now Drake’s Longest-Leading No. 1 on Hot Rap Songs Chart

The single passes "Hotline Bling" for the most weeks at No. 1 in his catalog.

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Mining Metal: Acausal Intrusion, Barrow Lord, Cartilage, Fluisteraars, Miscreance, Pakosteň, Sněť, unknindness

Highlighting standout underground metal releases each month. Mining Metal: Acausal Intrusion, Barrow Lord, Cartilage, Fluisteraars, Miscreance, Pakosteň, Sněť, unknindness Langdon Hickman and Colin Dempsey

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Questlove on the History of Sampling, From Public Enemy to Today: ‘I See AI as a Parallel to Sampling Culture’

On the latest episode of Billboard On the Record, the multi-hyphenate talks his new Earth, Wind & Fire documentary, sampling's evolution and the birth of hip-hop.

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Rauw Alejandro Crashes Back Into Hot Latin Songs Top 10 With ‘GTA VI’ Track ‘Macacoa 2000’

The soundtrack’s “Sexy Magic” from Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso, PinkPantheress, Fred again.. & Étienne de Crécy also debuts.

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How Big a Deal Is Miley Cyrus’ ‘Bass Persuades’ Scoring Her First No. 1 Album Since 2013?

This week's Five Burning Questions looks at Cyrus' first album on her new label becoming her first Billboard 200-topper in over a decade.

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New York AG Sues Evolutions Festival Over Unrefunded Tickets

The lawsuit says 521 customers were left without refunds after the electronic music festival was canceled just days before opening. New York AG Sues Evolutions Festival Over Unrefunded Tickets Alex Krinsky

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Earth, Wind & Fire’s ‘September’ Is Back on the Hot 100 For First Time Since 1979

The R&B classic is the group’s first appearance on the chart in 33 years.

Industry Complete Music Update

Oasis ticket touting prompts calls for government ban

Touts were selling tickets for next year’s Oasis shows at nearly £3000 a piece on Friday, even though the band say touted tickets are “liable to be cancelled”. The UK government has promised to ban fo

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L'Objectif releases new single 'Walking Home (From The City)'

Leeds four-piece L'Objectif make high adrenaline post-punk with New Order propulsions and vocals that dacne somewhere between Morrissey and Jarvis Cocker. New single 'Walking Home (From The City)' is

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News organizations dispute DoJ's 'fair use' stance on AI training data

Many of the music industry’s AI legal battles swing on whether or not AI training is ‘fair use’ under US copyright law. Donald Trump’s DoJ recently intervened in a dispute between newspapers and OpenA

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Steve Stevens on toning down guitar playing

But he remembered a similar thing happening during punk

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Alice Cooper discusses near-fatal crack cocaine use

The shock rocker's new memoir Devil on My Shoulder will be released on October 6th. Alice Cooper Says Crack Cocaine “Almost Killed” Him Back in the Day Spencer Kaufman

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Former "American Idol" Singer Convicted of Murder

The former music pastor appeared on the talent show in 2013, when he credited Ashley Flynn with encouraging him to audition

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Asian Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

The honorees "are role models whose endearing legacies advance culture, commerce and community for generations to come," the organization's CEO said in a statement.

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Meta and Best Buy's In-Store Experience

Here's how to demo at the new Meta Lab at Best Buy locations, nationwide.

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Ryley Walker's New Music and Record Deal

“I was thinking of people in my hometown of Rockford, Illinois. Wearing SpongeBob pajama pants to a funeral-type heads.”