• Miley Cyrus SXSW: 'Bangerz' Singer Joins Rae Sremmurd, Mike WiLL Made It For '23,' 'Throw Sum Mo,' & 'We Can't Stop' Performances

    Miley Cyrus surprised fans at SXSW when she made an unannounced appearance at the Fader Fort in Austin. She came out at the end of Mike WiLL Made-It's set and launched into her rap verse on their collaborative single "23" before singing her own hit "We Can't Stop." WiLL's EarDrummer label protégés Rae Sremmurd joined Future their SremmLife track "Throw Sum Mo," with Cyrus rapping along to Nicki Minaj's verse. Riff Raff and Two-9 also made appearances, Rolling Stone reports.

  • Marvin Gaye Wins on Billboards as Well after 'Blurred Lines' Suit, as 2007 Greatest Hits Album Charts for First Time

    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 Number 1's, a collection of hits from Marvin Gaye that cracked the Billboard 200 for this first time last week, and whether a certain lawsuit involving a certain Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams single had something to do with it.

  • Metallica's Been Suffering From Financial Risks Since 2010, According to a New Book

    The members of Metallica haven't exactly been cashing in on their status of heavy metal royalty. A new book titled Into the Black claims that since 2010, the "Enter Sandman" group has most likely lost more money then its made. The authors cited the band's two Orion festivals and the 2013 movie Through the Never as reasons for Metallica's poor financial state.

  • Jessie J Dismisses Rumors She'll Have to Lip Sync Live Due to Her Heart Condition

    Fans of Jessie J, worry not - the "Masterpiece" singer will still be belting out her high notes live for quite some time. Despite rumors that her heart condition, Wolff-Parkinson-White syn­­drome, may cause her to cease singing live, J herself has dismissed the stories in papers like The Sun and The Mirror as pure hogwash.

  • RIAA Reports Streaming Service Revenues Brng in More Cash than CD Sales for First Time Ever; Digital Downloads Still Dominant

    Music trends are often not as dramatic as we make them out to be. For example, the resurgence in vinyl still only accounts for 2 percent of all album sales...not exactly as earthshaking as coverage might suggest. Up until this point, streaming has somewhat been in the same boat, but a new report from the Recording Industry Association of America shows that during 2014, for the first time ever, revenues brought in from streaming accounted for more than the sales of CDs. Streaming services brought in $1.87 billion during 2014, compared to $1.85 billion for compact discs.

  • A$AP Rocky's New Album To Feature FKA Twigs, Lykke Li, Juicy J & More

    A$AP Rocky has revealed in a new interview with Billboard that upcoming album will feature Lykke Li, FKA Twigs, Juicy J (who appears on "Multiply") and Clams Casino. There are potentially other artists on the project, however, at this point he could only speak to those four. The as-yet-untitled album will follow up 2013's breakout Long.Live.A$AP, which was executive produced by Danger Mouse and the late A$AP Yams, whose death was ruled an accidental drug overdose this week.

  • Sam Cooke's Family Denies Support for Proposed 'Murder-Mystery' Biopic on Iconic Soul Singer

    Music Times reported earlier this week that an authorized biopic of R&B icon Sam Cooke, focusing on his murder at the age of 33, would be entering production soon. Turns out that project might not be as "authorized" as initial reports suggested. The Cooke family told Rolling Stone that they had no involvement in that film, and that in fact they had been working with ABKCO Films to create their own biopic.
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