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Lily Allen is continuing to gear up for her return to music. After dropping her patriarchy challenging single "Hard Out Here" in November, the British pop darling has now dropped a second track from her yet-to-be titled third studio album. Today (Jan. 13), Allen released the fittingly light song "Air Balloon" on her official YouTube page. -
Daft Punk, Mumford & Sons top year end vinyl sales charts
Every news service has been eager to tell you that vinyl sales continued to show huge gains, even as CD sales and digital music sales slumped in the United States. Sales of the 12" format increased by 32 percent, jumping from about 4.5 million in sales during 2012 to 6 million units moved during 2013. One piece of information not being shared as readily: What performers are dominating the vinyl resurgence? Nielsen Soundscan recently released its list of the Top 10 bestselling vinyl records of 2013. -
Jenny Lewis debuted new song, 'Completely Not Me,' on the season three premiere of HBO's 'Girls' [LISTEN]
Last night, Girls season three premiered on HBO. As we reported earlier, the show's music supervisor secured some exclusive tracks for this season from artists including Beck, Miguel and Lily Allen as well as Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis, who debuted an new song for the season premiere called "Completely Not Me." -
Review: Shakira, Rihanna collaborate on hoppy 'Can't Remember To Forget You' [LISTEN]
What do you get when you mix together one of Latin music's biggest female stars with R&B's reigning singing queen? The answer is: the Shakira/Rihanna collaboration "Can't Remember To Forget You." After only a week of officially waiting, the genre-bending song finally debuted online today (Jan. 13) in all its glory. -
Canada sees increase in digital music sales; Eminem and Celine Dion top best-selling albums list
Music Times reported as the new year began that digital music sales had decreased for the first time ever in the United States...a fairly dire report. The good news however is that digital sales are up for our favorite neighbor up north, Canada. -
Beyoncé pens essay on gender inequality for 'The Shriver Report'
Beyoncé has always been a champion for "woman-power" and expressing femininity, now the superstar has penned an essay for The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink, a 400-page comprehensive investigation into "the millions of women who are doing it all and barely scraping by, struggling to provide and parent in a nation that hasn't kept pace with the modern realities of their lives." -
Jason Aldean announces what MLB stadiums he'll play; Music Times was wrong about all of them
We at Music Times may not always be right, but we're willing to acknowledge (and be publicly humiliated) when we're wrong. Last week, we came up with a list of five MLB parks that were likely candidates to host Jason Aldean when he embarked on his 2014 "Burn It Down" tour. All five of our suggestions turned out to be incorrect. -
Oasis catalogue available on Spotify, Deezer, other streaming services
Notice anything different when you turned on Spotify today? Of course you didn't. Nonetheless, a momentous breakthrough came for listeners, especially listeners of the British variety: Rockers Oasis finally made its catalogue available for the service. Fans can now check out classics such as Definitely Maybe and [What's The Story] Morning Glory. -
U2 win Best Original Song at Golden Globes for 'Ordinary Love'
The Golden Globes may be the award show best known for television and film trophies, but that doesn't mean music is completely out of the picture. Tonight (Jan. 12), among some of the biggest names in movie music, legendary rock band U2 took home the Golden Globe for Best Original Song for its contribution to the Nelson Mandela biopic "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom." -
Justin Bieber possibly facing felony over egging neighbor's house in California
2013 didn't necessarily treat pop superstar Justin Bieber particularly well, and it looks like this year is going to be just as controversial for him. Once again, the "All That Matters" singer is in trouble with the law for allegedly egging his neighbor's house. -
Pusha T confirms new Clipse album via Twitter: 'It's coming.'
Music Times reported on Tuesday that rumors of a new Clipse album were thick. Member Pusha T confirmed via social media on Friday that the gossip was true. -
Beats Music to launch subscription streaming service January 21st
Beats Music announced yesterday on its website that it will be launching itsnew music streaming subscription service in the U.S. on January 21. The service (formely dubbed "Daisy") was developed by Interscope/Geffen/A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine along with Dr. Dre, Beats Electronics president Luke Wood and Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor. The subscription offers a catalog of more than 20 million fully licensed songs from both major and independent labels.
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