• Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Mark Ronson Drive Huge UK Streaming Numbers

    If you want a primer on how music streaming is taking off around the world, consider the year-to-year numbers from the UK, stretching from 275 million plays last July to 500 million through the tracking period that ended July 16, 2015. That's not exactly the "double" that Billboard's headline claimed (math, guys) but that is a remarkable jump. Residents of the UK have streams more than 11.5 billion songs, an 80 percent increase on the first six months of 2014, thanks to Mark Ronson, Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith.

  • Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran "Feud" on Twitter Over VMAs Video of the Year Nominations

    Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift aren't the only pop stars who are getting heated over the nominations for this year's MTV VMAs - Video of the Year nominees Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran are getting into it too, WWF style. After Minaj slammed the award show and (sort of) Swift on Twitter, the two male nominees for the illustrious VOTY award joked about getting into a spat ahead of the Aug. 30 air date.

  • Billboard's 50 Acts for 50 States: Taylor Swift, Eminem, More Rep Hometowns

    Billboard came up with a fun project for the July 4th holiday, assigning a music performer that best represents each of the 50 states. According to the site, final decisions were largely based on sales results from its charts, but a performer's deception to their home state via its lyrics also made a difference. Check out what performer made it for your state and let us know if Billboard chose well.

  • Spotify Charts Most Popular Keys in 30 Million Song Catalogue (Hint: It's Major)

    Spotify's Insights blog took to the streaming service's massive music catalogue with the intent of figuring out what keys were most popular among the 30 million tracks. Every song is based around one of 12 possible notes, as well as a mode (generally major for "happier" music and minor for "sad"). That results in nearly every piece of Western music being played in one of 24 possible keys. Jazz pianist Kenny Ning moonlights as a data analyst for Spotify and he charted the results of what he found. So what key was most popular?

  • Wiz Khalifa 'See You Again' Holds No. 1 on Hot 100: The Weeknd, Ed Sheeran See Gains

    After a few weeks of gains, losses and shakeups on the Billboard Hot 100, this week (May 13), things return to business as usual with a largely stagnant chart. For the fifth week in a row, Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's Furious 7 single "See You Again" owns the charts, with releases from Fetty Wap, Mark Ronson and Walk The Moon holding tight onto their top five posisions.

  • Mark Ronson, Mystikal 'Feel Right' Music Video: Elementary School Goes Crazy for Talent Show

    After "Uptown Funk" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks earlier this year, it's just a matter of fact that the music of Mark Ronson's music can bring the whole world to its dancing feet. And, in the new music video for the Mystikal featuring track "Feel Right," a down and out "nerd" wins over his ambivalent elementary school classmates by rapping the latest funk-fueled fiery track from Ronson's album Uptown Special.
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