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  • Hillary Clinton 2016: Who's Choosing Presidential Hopeful's Music?

    Hillary Clinton spent more than $46 million on her campaign in pursuit of the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, so you can only imagine how much gets spent on every facet of the political trail, including music. Billboard published an interesting story today looking at Marmoset Music, a Portland-based music supervision agency that has been providing the former Secretary of State with tunes for her advertising purposes.

  • Wiz Khalifa Inches Toward History, Fetty Wap Tops Streams on Hot 100

    "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth spends a second week atop the Hot 100 during its second reign at the peak of popular songs. That makes it eight weeks in total for "Again," joining a rather elite clientele among hip-hop songs to top the list for that long (it's going to have to find five more weeks at no. 1 to grab the record however, a tie between Eminem's "Lose Yourself" and the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow"). Most of the Hot 100 love comes from the song's dominance on the radio airplay charts, where it received 171 million spins.

  • I The Mighty and 'Connector' Beg For Grander Prog-Rock Sound

    Society always celebrates the records that top the Billboard 200 album chart. Back of The Billboards is a Music Times weekly segment that looks at the opposite end: the new record that finished closest to the back of the Billboard 200 for the previous week. We hope to give a fighting chance to the bands you haven't heard of. This week we look at 'Connector,' the second album from alt-rockers I The Mighty.

  • Bill Murray, David Bowie and The Clash Hit 'Rock The Kasbah' Trailer [WATCH]

    Bill Murray is hilarious so we're glad that the trailer for his new film features David Bowie, Deep Purple, The Clash, Elvis Presley and Guns N' Roses, so we can write about it for Music Times. OK, so there are mostly just references to the aforementioned bands, but we're still pretty stoked to check out 'Rock The Kasbah,' a film starring Murray alongside Zooey Deschanel, Bruce Willis, Kate Hudson and more.

  • The Game Lawsuit: Cop Sues for $12 Million after Basketball Punch [VIDEO]

    The Game turned himself in after punching an off-duty police officer during a pick-up basketball game, but the debacle isn't over yet: The man is suing the rapper for $12 million in damages following the incident, according to HipHopDX. The officer, Onyebuchi Awaji, alleges that he may have suffered brain damage as a result of the blow. He also claims that Game threatened to kill him.

  • K-Pop's Big Bang Ties Psy Record with Singles "Bang Bang Bang," "We Like 2 Party"

    K-Pop standouts BIG BANG set a high mark this week as it joined Psy as the only performer to ever take both the no. 1 and 2 spots on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart at the same time. The newly released single "Bang Bang Bang" wise to no. 1 and the hype generated by the release also helped previous release "We Like 2 Party" to the runner-up spot.

  • Florence + The Machine Tops Album Charts; Merle Haggard Sets Career Mark

    The first sales week for Florence + The Machine's How Big How Blue How Beautiful was certainly the first (and possibly third) adjective featured in the album's title, as the third record from the songstress sold 128,000 copies and took the top spot on the Album Charts, holding off also-rans Taylor Swift and A$AP Rocky. It was the highest sales week of Welch's career.

  • Ornette Coleman's Best Albums by Decade: 'Shape of Jazz To Come,' 'Free Jazz' and More

    Ornette Coleman, one of the most innovative and influential figures in the history of jazz, died today of cardiac arrest and Music Times wants to revisit his catalogue across six decades and throw out the best of the bunch for those who haven't checked out his catalogue yet, including smashes such as The Shape of Jazz To Come and Free Jazz.

  • Branding Study Finds Country Women Like Carrie Underwood Resonate Most with Buyers

    A country radio DJ recently made headlines when he declared that if broadcasters were to feature less female-fronted music in their rotations, listener numbers would increase. That statement struck most decent human beings as stupid, and now a study from Creative Artists Agency—a company that specializes in branding—has given some solid proof that the statements were legitimately stupid. Turns out that three of the biggest six names among advertising's six biggest stars are country performers: Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire and Faith Hill.

  • Moog Music Selling Iconic Synth Company Back to Employees Over Six Years

    Moog Music, perhaps the most famous brand name in the synthesizer market, will be sold off to the company's employees over the next six years, according to current CEO Mike Adams. The plan comes in part as a way of fulfilling founder Robert Moog's dream for the ownership of the company.

  • Ornette Coleman, Saxophonist and Free Jazz Icon, Dead at Age 85

    Ornette Coleman, one of the most influential figures in jazz history, has died at the age of 85 from cardiac arrest, according to The New York Times. The saxophonist would make jazz history at the end of the '50s and during the early '60s with his audio experiments, which would form the foundation of what many now call "free jazz."

  • Is "New Romantics" The Next Taylor Swift Single? Singer Responds

    Taylor Swift has responded to rumors that "New Romantics," one of the three bonus tracks from the deluxe version of 1989, would also be the next single for the performer. Apparently a fan story on Tumblr suggested that Swift had recently wrapped up filming a music video for the track.

  • Carrie Underwood Wins 3 CMT Music Awards; Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean Place

    A good way to win a CMT Music Award might be to just stick Carrie Underwood in your video and run with it...nearly every nomination including the American Idol winner took home a prize on Wednesday night. Underwood herself won for Video of The Year with "Something In The Water" and Female Video of The Year for the same song, while her appearance helped Miranda Lambert to win the Collaborative Video of The Year with "Somethin' Bad." Underwood was also nominated for Female Video for her clip "Little Toy Guns," and alas, she couldn't win twice.
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