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Taylor Swift, Rita Ora, Ella Henderson and Florence and the Machine definitely were the most interesting acts to see perform at the 2015 edition of Radio 1’s Big Weekend festival that took place last weekend from Friday to Sunday at Earlham Park in the city of Norwich, England. Why them four only…

Dr. Dre becomes the latest victim to have unreleased music leak onto the Internet as a track entitled '2Nite' featuring Kendrick Lamar and Jeremih has hit the e-streets. The slow tune was most likely recorded with the intention to end up on Dre's long-awaited solo LP 'Detox'. '2Nite' is a bit…

This too? Come on Nicki! Stop with the TIDAL foolishness! The hit rapper limits once again the viewership of a new music video of hers by premiering it on Jay-Z’s music streaming service TIDAL thus only allowing fans subscribed to watch it. This is the second time in less than a week that Nick…

Fabolous has been keeping busy every Friday night for the past couple months but brings his 'Friday Night Freestyles' series to a close tonight with the release of a mixtape. The tape is compiled of all the freestyles the Brooklyn native has dropped as well as a few additional previously…

Jeezy surprises his fans with the release of a new mixtape 'Gangsta Party' hosted by DJ Drama. The tape, which comes right in time for Memorial Day Weekend, comes packed with ten new tracks from the Atlanta veteran and guest features from Rich Homie Quan, Kevin Gates, YG, Shy Glizzy, 2 Chainz, and…

A$AP Rocky continues the roll out for his highly anticipated sophomore LP ‘A.L.L.A.’ with the release of ‘Electric Body’ featuring TDE artist ScHoolboy Q . The trippy tune spans a length of just over four minutes and is positioned at the no. 8 spot on the album tracklisting. 'Electric Body' is the…

I expected better from you CL. I’m not going to get tragically disappointed or anything though because I know “Doctor Pepper” is just a “taste” of what’s to come from the South Korean bad ass singer’s forthcoming English language debut album. And by “taste” I hope she means “the sound” and not the…

We met Becky G as a rapper, and although she’s been favoring her singing side more these days in order to make radio-friendlier songs, the cute Inglewood, California native isn’t forgetting about her roots. In two 15-second clips she recently uploaded to her Instagram account, Becky G previews a…

Any Adam Lambert fan in here? The American vocal powerhouse released today (May 22) not one but TWO new tracks from his forthcoming third studio album “The Original High” (out on June 16th) as the latest ‘countdown singles’ and not feeling satisfied about making them available for individual…

Coming off the release of his 12-track project 'Intermission' and new single 'About You', Trey Songz continues to pump in the fresh material with a freestyle over Future's 'Real Sisters' and a collaboration with Chisanity entitled 'Married To The Money'. Trey is having himself a busy 2015. In…

Juicy J continues to push his current mixtape 'Blue Dream & Lean 2' with the release of a music video for 'Already' featuring Mississippi duo Rae Sremmurd . Produced by Mike Will Made It, the club-friendly track is positioned at the no. 5 spot on the tape tracklisting. Directed by Gabriel Hart ,…

Before the arrival of his highly anticipated LP ‘A.L.L.A. (At. Long.Last.A$AP)’ on June 2nd, A$AP Rocky gives fans an idea of what to expect with the reveal of the official cover and tracklisting. Followers of the A$AP movement will take notice of the cover (see above) as it pays homage to A$AP…

50 Cent is ready to put the focus back on his solo music career. The veteran New York artist has re-launched the campaign for his long-awaited LP ‘Street King Immortal’ with the release of a new single titled ‘Get Low’. Produced by Remo The Hitmaker, the track features guest assistance from…

Hunter Hayes is back! Just one year after releasing his second album “Storyline”, the young country singer returns to the scene with the follow-up album that he plans to drop through Atlantic Nashville later this summer. The first single from album #3 is the Dallas Davidson-written uplifting song…

This song “Good Thing” is going to smash soooo hard! I can’t even deal. Why couldn’t Sage the Gemini avoid the B.S and had released his Nick Jonas-assisted multi-format smash “Good Thing” as the lead single from his forthcoming second studio album instead of that nonsense that was “Guantanamera”…

Ella Henderson is apparently not releasing more singles from her “Chapter One” debut album (last one was “Mirror Man”) but knowing she has to remain ‘active’ in this business so her popularity doesn’t fade away, the British singer-songwriter has agreed to record a collaboration with drum and bass…

This “carpool karaoke” series is already a new “it” thing to do, isn’t it? ‘Cause it seems everybody wants to be in one episode with James Corden. Last night, May 20, Justin Bieber was the latest guest to go on a “carpool karaoke” ride with the CBS “The Late Late Show” British host. Watch JB sing…

Little Mix’s era number 3 hasn’t gotten off on the right foot; the title of the lead single was leaked, the cover art was leaked, and yesterday the full single “Black Magic” was leaked as well, but the British four-piece female band is quickly trying to fix the course of things. Today, May 19,…

Drama in Drake’s camp. The much-anticipated Drake and Beyoncé collaboration titled “Can I?”, which will supposedly appear on the rapper’s forthcoming “Views from the 6” album, has leaked online in its demo/unfinished form (in high quality). The person to blame? A guy named Sal Houdini who recorded…

Sawyer Fredericks was crowned winner of Season 8 of “The Voice” last night (May 19) during the grand finale episode but we don’t really care about that, do we? We care about the guest performers that took the NBC talent show’s stage on Tuesday. They were: Maroon 5, Ed Sheeran, Kelly Clarkson,…

Huge day today for Florence and the Machine fans. Two songs from the British singer’s forthcoming third album “How Big How Blue How Beautiful” (out May 29) surfaced on Tuesday night. The first, “Delilah”, which world premiered on BBC Radio 1 in the UK in the “Hottest Record” segment on Annie Mac’s…

This may not be winning any BRIT or Grammy award any time soon but it’s Alesha Dixon’s best song since 2008 (remember the days of “The Boy Does Nothing” and “Breathe Slow”?) and we need to celebrate it. It’s truly been a lifetime since I had heard a good song from Alesha (her last album, 2010’s…

Much better than her Billboard Music Awards performance the previous day but not yet up to the level that we all expect from Mariah Carey. She may be 45 years old now but we all know she can still SUNG. She must still be recovering from that bronchitis that forced her to cancel a few dates from…

Prepare yourselves to be taken to a magical realm when you hear Christina Aguilera’s new ballad “Anywhere But Here” that will be featured on the “Finding Neverland” ‘soundtrack’ album, out June 9 – a compilation of the songs from the new Broadway musical of the same name that opened in NYC last…

Jason Derulo has recruited legendary musician Stevie Wonder and country star Keith Urban to help him out in his song “Broke” that will appear on his forthcoming album “Everything is 4”, due in stores June 2. “Broke”, an urban-influenced “Senorita”-esque (Justin Timberlake) track, was released…

R&B crooner Trey Songz is to drop late next month his “Trigga Reloaded” album (re-release of his sixth studio album that he put out last year) and the song “About You” is one of the few new ones that the 30-year-old is including. The laidback synth-R&B number was released digitally today (May 19)…

Tyga gets back to pushing his oft-delayed solo LP 'The Gold Album' with the release of a new single entitled 'Hollywood N****z'. The Last Kings founder responds to hate and recent criticism by way of rhymes over a Jess Jackson-engineered instrumental. Tyga has a lot to say on 'Hollywood N****z'…

Surprise! Nicki Minaj broke the Internet moments ago by unexpectedly premiering the music video for her Beyoncé collaboration and stand-out cut from her “The PinkPrint” album, the Hit Boy-produced “Feeling Myself”. The visual, that Nicki and Bey shot during Coachella week, exclusively world…

I just don’t know where Rita Ora is heading with her career. She seriously puzzles me. She’s like the new Nicole Scherzinger. Rita’s yet to define her sound, she’s sleeping on her laurels but continuing to record music that other people write for her - not making the slightest attempt to get…

Without any warning, Trey Songz released the complete version of his 'Intermission I & II' project onto iTunes last night. The 12-track project is now available to stream courtesy of Spotify, which you can find below. 'Intermission I & II' is a combination of his two EP’s 'Intermission 1' and…

Meek Mill voiced his thoughts on the passing of Coke Boy rapper Chinx via social media yesterday and then shortly followed up with a tribute track titled ‘Miss My Dawgs’. The emotional and heartfelt tune features additional vocal assistance from Travis Scott and Strap . In addition to paying…