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Beyoncé sets new record at Grammies

Beyoncé set a new record at the Grammies,winning an impressive total of 32 awards. This year, she was awarded best R&B song, best dance/electronic recording, best dance/electronic album and best traditional R&B performance for the album Renaissance. “I’m trying not to be too emotional,” the 41-year-old told the audience in Los Angeles. “I’m trying to […]

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Justin Bieber sells rights to his music for $200m

Singer Justin Bieber has struck gold – again. In a deal worth up to $200m, Justin Bieber sells rights to his music such as “Baby” and “Love Yourself”. This makes Bieber one of the youngest superstars to sell their lifetime’s work for a multi-million sum. The 28-year-old has sold all the rights to the 291 […]

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Bieber: Justice vs Justice

The new album from Justin Bieber, “Justice”‘, is in hot water just after being released. His lawyers have received a cease-and-desist letter from the French band Justice, claiming infringement of their trademarked name. According to a report in Rolling Stone, the problem lies in the graphic design of the word. In both cases, the central […]

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Beyoncé honored at Grammies

It was ladies night at the the 2021 edition of the Grammy Awards, as it honored a number of female artists. On Sunday 14 March 2021, American singer Beyoncé broke the record for most career awards for a female artist at the Grammy Awards, with 28 trophies. Clearly, Beyoncé at Grammies was a big night […]

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Rihanna closes her Fenty luxury brand

Rihanna is closing her Fenty luxury brand. Launched as part of a broader range of products that includes lingerie and cosmetics, Fenty fashion label never met with the success she and her partners LVMH had hoped for. Unlike her other ventures, Fenty (which is her family name) was a luxury brand and not widely available. […]

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Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin to get church wedding

This will most likely be one of the most anticipated pop celebrity events of 2019. After a discreet civil wedding in New York in September 2018, Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin are set to get a church wedding , surrounded by their friends and their families. Originally planned for February 28th, it has been put back again. According to a report in TMZ, the couple will now […]

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Were Jay-Z and Beyonce’s streaming figures inflated?

It seems like a strange situation. The authorities in Norway have opened an investigation to see if the streaming figures of Jay Z, Kanye West and Beyoncé were over-estimated on the Tidal site. The only reason to do this would be to inflate their earnings from the site.  The Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv published a report accusing […]

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Dua Lipa covers Drake’s One Dance

Rising Brit singer Dua Lipa covers Spotify hit We always like a good cover. So we were glad to see the British singer Dua Lipa cover “One Dance” by Drake at the Jingle Bell Ball 2016,  organized by Capital FM in London. The line-up included Martin Garrix, Shawn Mendes, Ellie Goulding, Calvin Harris, James Arthur, […]

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Filmmakers challenge new Beyoncé Formation video

Beyoncé “Formation” video in hot water The video for Beyoncé‘s “Formation” video has dropped, and is the subject of a little misunderstanding. Within a day or two of the clip hitting the networks, two American film-makers, Chris Black and Abteen Bagheri, were on social networks claiming it used large extracts of their documentary on the […]

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Is Adele’s “Hello” actually a love song?

  What makes us think “Hello” is a love song? Adele has made a sensational return to the charts with the single “Hello”. It has all the hallmarks of her best music: a  restrained backing track, an orchestral feel at the right moment, her voice that goes from cool and controlled in the verse to […]