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...But as you’d expect in a cultural climate where Nike’s “playful update” of the St George’s Cross on the England football kit — a dash of purple — can cause collective convulsions, Beyoncé’s reworking has...
...One was the backlash she faced in 2016, when she released a country music adjacent song, “Daddy Lesson”....
...And Universal Music filed a complaint and got it removed very swiftly from Spotify and Apple....
...For the tune, I turn to Boomy, an AI music creator....
...YouTube Music was “becoming to Gen Z what Spotify was to millennials half a decade ago”, said Mark Mulligan from Midia Research, an industry consultancy....
...Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4, £999 Oh so quiet The marketplace is awash with wireless earbuds at every price point, but these ones don’t play music....
...You heard original tunes this week by Metaphor Music....
...He is also name-checked in songs by Jay-Z and John Legend. “I feel like a young kid at a big company that I know actually cares about where my music is going, even though I’m 74,” says Elton John....
...Jay Z, to lead a charm offensive....
...Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, is also in a dispute with Spotify, pressing it to amend the free tier in order to speed up the conversion of customers to the paid service....
...The event closed with the premiere of an original song by the R&B artist The Weeknd. The reaction from the crowd was muted. It had not been a great presentation....
...Morris, who is 74, co-wrote “Sweet Talkin’ Guy” for the Chiffons in 1966, and has run all the remaining “big three” music companies: Warner Music, Universal Music and now Sony Music....
...Over the course of five days, he recorded 13-14 of his songs in a small studio near his house, playing all the instruments and singing every song....
...David Joseph, chief executive and chairman of Universal Music UK, says: “The music industry has woken up to a dramatically different retail landscape amid an economic downturn....
...This surveys the lyrics of the Billboard top 20 song and builds a snapshot of the brands that music loves....
...But perhaps the archetypal hip-hop entrepreneur is Shawn “Jay–Z” Carter, who won Best International Male last week, alongside Best Song and Best Video for his collaboration with his fiancée, Beyoncé....
...MUSIC FOR CROCODILES Susheela Raman EMI/Narada Slinky jazz ballads interwoven with devotional Sri Lankan songs centuries old....
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