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Earlier this Summer, Drake traveled out to Atlanta for six days to hit the studio with hometown native Future . The duo now gift fans with a listen to what they cooked up during their sessions with the release of a joint project entitled 'What A Time To Be Alive'. The much-anticipated release…

On September 20th, Drake and Future released their joint mixtape 'What A Time To Be Alive' by way of iTunes. The project, which comes with a total of eleven tracks, closes out with a solo record from Drake entitled '30 For 30 Freestyle'. '30 For 30' is produced by Noah "40" Shedib. The track spans…

The iHeartRadio Festival held its 2015 edition in a two-day event on September 18th and 19th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. And as every year, many stars of today's Top 40 radio scene hit the stage to entertain the fans with 20-minute electrifying live sets. Who were this year's…

Sounds like a natural fit for her! Ariana Grande has recorded a cover of "Zero to Hero", one of the legendary songs from Disney's "Hercules" movie, and this will be included on the upcoming compilation album "We Love Disney", which will feature classic Disney movie songs covered by current pop…

Ellie Goudling has kicked off the 2015 Apple Music Festival, which will host concerts at The Roundhouse in London, England from September 19th to September 28th. The British singer-songwrited performed a lengthy show last night in front of 3000 fans, who were fast enough to get the hot tickets…

Major surprise! Ariana Grande debuted a remix of Justin Bieber's latest hit "What Do You Mean", now featuring new vocals from her, at her "Honeymoon Tour" concert last night (Sept. 18) at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas before 19.000 fans! Check out fan-recorded footage below of 1) Ariana…

Sara Bareilles was given the job to write all of the songs for the newest Broadway play "Waitress" (starring Tony-winner Jessie Mueller), which debuted only last month in NYC. And apparently either the play has been an outstanding success or Sara's connection to "her" songs is so powerful because…

Only a few days ago we had the privilege of doing an interview with rising county star Canaan Smith to talk about his debut album "Bronco", going #1 on the US Country Airplay chart with his single "Love You Like That", among other things; and since the reception for this interview has been so…

The 5th annual Streamy Awards (for real!?) were held last night (Sept. 17) LIVE at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. If you're just as surprised as me, here's the thing; these awards "honor the best in online video and the creators behind it". Just that you get the idea, Vine star Cameron…

What kind of unexpected fabulous dancehall jam!? Tamar Braxton's upcoming album "Calling All Lovers" is going to be an eclectic one and I had no idea! The youngest Braxton sister released by surprise last night (Sept. 17) on VEVO a music video for his album song "Angels and Demons". This music…

It's pretty scary this is the reality in many college campuses across the US. I just didn't know the rape rate in these places were so high. "The Hunting Ground" is a documentary film directed by Kirby Dick that was released in select theaters early in 2015. This eye-opening documentary "presents…

Don't ask me how, but he's done it! British producer Naughty Boy - famous for his Twitter beefs with Louis Tomlinson of One Direction and for having produced the 2013 hit "La La La" featuring Sam Smith - premiered tonight (Sept. 18) a brand new single titled "Runnin' (Lose It All)", which features…

Oh my god. Can Selena Gomez please release her new album "Revival" like tomorrow? I really need it badly now. I just know it's going to be her best body of work yet, and I haven't heard the full set yet! But considering the slaying snippet of the title track she played at a fan event last night…

Beautiful landscapes and what a moving story about friendship! The music video for the massive MNEK and Zara Larsson collaboration "Never Forget You" is now available on VEVO, and let me just say, what a storyline! MNEK is one creative man and I just knew he wouldn't for an easy treatment for this…

The new Chris Brown single "Zero" has been released on iTunes! (have your credit card ready? Go and get it now!) "Zero" is the official lead single from Breezy's forthcoming seventh studio album "Royalty", named after his 1-year-old daughter apparently, which will be released in stores later in…

A brand new 5 Seconds of Summer song titled "Money", off the band's forthcoming second studio album "Sounds Good Feels Good" (out October 23rd), was premiered on Australian radio Nova 96.9's "Smallzy's Surgery" show. This is the same show where the past two 5SOS "buzz" singles ("Jet Black Heart"…

Carly Rae Jepsen was today’s (Sept. 17) Live Lounge special guest. She’s currently in the UK promoting her new single “Run Away With Me” and her management thought that there was no better place to start her promo tour than with an appearance and performance on the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, hosted…

Not only did Ellie Goulding premiere her new single “On My Mind” today (Sept. 17), she also took this perfect moment when everyone’s talking about her and her new music to unveil the official cover art for her upcoming album, confirmed to be titled “Delirium”, and its 22-song tracklist. Yes, 22 I…

When is Island going to release Madison Beer’s debut album for real? It’s been 2 years already since “Melodies” came out! (the alleged “lead single” from the long-delayed debut album of Madison’s). The 16-year-old singer with a stunning face, and Justin Bieber’s protégée, will release on digital…

The Band Perry came on stage at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis last night (Sept. 16) to surprise the 19.000 Taylor Swift fans that gathered in said arena to enjoy her “1989 World Tour” concert with a performance of their “If I Die Young” hit, which they performed alongside Tay-Tay of…

Ian Axel and Chad King of A Great Big World live in a utopian reality in their newly-premiered music video for their song “Hold Each Other”, which is the lead single from the duo’s upcoming yet-untitled second studio album that is expected to come out later this year via Epic Records. With this…

“It’s different but good different” were the words of a radio executive who had heard Ellie Goulding’s new single “On My Mind” a few days ago. But today, September 17, we don’t need to “imagine” how the song would sound like anymore as Ellie’s “On My Mind” world premiered this morning on the BBC…

Disclosure and Sam Smith performed a Live Lounge acoustic session today (September 16) on the BBC Radio 1. The English electronic music production duo will be releasing soon, in just one week actually, their second studio album "Caracal" and this Live Lounge acoustic set is one of the first…

Jamaican singer Omi premiered today (Sept. 16) the official music video for his new single "Hula Hoop", which is lifted from his forthcoming debut album "Me 4 U", due in stores on October 16th via Ultra Records/Sony. "Hula Hoop" is the official follow-up single to Omi's US #1 hit "Cheerleader".…

Exactly one week after delivering the first televised performance of her newest single "Body On Me" on "Jimmy Kimmel Live", British singer Rita Ora has offered TV performance number two. This new one took place this morning of September 16th on ABC's "Good Morning America". This time,…

Later in the same day Ariana Grande gave her first sit-down interview to talk about "donutgate" on GMA - although the real purpose of her visit was to promote her debut fragrance "Ari" - the pint-sized singer paid Jimmy Fallon a visit on his "Tonight Show" to continue her first fragrance promotion…

Lana del Rey's "Honeymoon" album may have leaked over the weekend but this isn't stopping the New York singer from premiering new "buzz" singles on radio. She gave BBC Radio 1 in the UK the green light to world premiere her song "Salvatore" last night (Sept. 15). It was introduced by Huw Stephens…

THAT FACE! OMG! There's no denying Tamar Braxton is an incredible vocalist and live performer. She owns every stage she has to perform at, makes great eye contact with the camera in front of her and she always mesmerizes the crowd watching in the studio and from home with her emotional vocals.…

Ariana Grande's sit-down interview on "Good Morning America" this morning (Sept. 15) had the main purpose of promoting her recently-launched first fragrance "Ari" but the clever journalist who had the privilege of interviewing the "Break Free" singer knew this was the perfect moment to get a few…

More like Funk-DNCE? Joe Jonas is returning to the music scene but he's not doing it as a soloist anymore (as that proved to be a failure in the past) but as part of a band where he is, of course, the frontman. The band's name is DNCE, and they're signed to Republic Records. The debut single of…

Truth is I don’t understand how Austin Mahone’s label keeps allowing him to release songs for free? And it’s not just like you can stream it for free, you can actually download it cost-free too! Have they parted ways already or what? Why don’t they just compile all of these free songs Austin’s…

Ellie Goudling's era #3's kick off is around the corner. The British singer posted on Instagram today (Sept. 14) a GIF-like moving image that is said to be the cover art for her upcoming single, confirmed to be titled "On My Mind" - as announced by her label during the latest iHeartRadio Summit.…

For those who thought Miley Cyrus was undeniably over after hearing that atrocious "free album" of hers that she dropped on the 2015 VMAs night a couple of weeks ago, I must say; put your ultimatums on Miley on hold as it seems there's still "hope". Miley's recorded a brand new song titled "Hands…

Damn. It really is his new single. What a bad choice! If you still had doubts, everything was cleared up today. "One Call Away" is indeed the second single from newcomer Charlie Puth's debut album "Nine Track Mind", which he will release in stores on November 16th via Atlantic Records. So, the…

Ty Dolla Sign goes back to the VHS days in his "Blasé" music video. The DJ Spinz-produced urban track is the latest official single from the rapper's forthcoming album "Free TC", in stores this November. The Alex Bittan and Tyrone Griffin co-directed "vintage-y" visual for the Future & Rae…