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Nielsen Soundscan rolled out its third quarter report for the music industry last week and, as you may have guessed, things continue to look bad. -
Ed Sheeran, Calvin Harris and Clean Bandit Help Brits Make Up Nearly 20 Percent of All Music Streams in 2014
Brits have found a new way to stay relevant: Streaming. New numbers from BPI indicate that nearly 20 percent of all music streamed via major services such as Spotify is from a UK performer. Among those adding to the high total are Ed Sheeran, Coldplay and Calvin Harris. -
Kings of Leon Host Chris Martin as Piano Player for Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl Appearance (Yeah...Jennifer Lawrence Was There Too)
It's almost part of the fabric of arena-sized shows nowadays that guest appearances be built in, thanks to The Rolling Stones, Arcade Fire and a litany of other groups that have brought unlisted acts along with them for individual shows. The most recent instance was during the Kings of Leon's Hollywood Bowl show in Los Angeles when the group brought out Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin toward the end of the set. -
Chris Martin, Kings of Leon Perform Together at the Hollywood Bowl [WATCH]
When Kings of Leon devised their current tour, they decided to add a wrinkle: They would play one unique song in every city, christened the "Song for the City." -
Coldplay's 'Ghost Stories' Finally Available for Streaming...Did Holding Out Boost Album Sales?
Notice anything new on streaming services this week? Of course you did: Spotify and others are adding new albums on a weekly basis. One new listening opportunity caught our eye this week however: Coldplay's Ghost Stories. It's an album that was released for purchase more than four months ago but was withheld from streaming services until now (although it did go up on Beats Music last month as part of an exclusive deal with Apple). -
Stream iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas: Taylor Swift, One Direction, Weezer, Lorde and More Live
This weekend, Las Vegas will be taken over by the power of pop music. And rock. And country. And hip-hop. Tonight (Sept. 19) and tomorrow (Sept. 20), the iHeartRadio Music Festival will rock the Vegas strip, with performances from some of the biggest acts in music, such as Taylor Swift, One Direction and Nicki Minaj. And for those of you who are unable to travel to the City of Sin can stream the concert from the comfort of your own home. -
Miranda Lambert on Way to 'Platinum' Status
This week's Top 10 of the Billboard 200 featured somewhere between two and five new entries, depending on how you define "new entry." Stay tuned for the solution to the riddle. -
Coldplay and Brantley Gilbert Top Mariah Carey in Largely Stagnant Week on Billboard 200
Normally we look to the Digital Downloads chart when we want stagnancy, but this week's Billboard 200 Top 10 was happy to provide in a week lacking in big name debuts. -
Coldplay Have Highest-Selling Debut of 2014 with 'Ghost Stories'
Anyone worried about the continuing degrading of album sales can breathe easy this week. Two huge releases didn't quite compete for the top spot, but they did set a Billboard total sales mark for 2014. -
Junk Mail: Coldplay's 'Ghost Stories' Reviewed Via Email
Music Times writers share an office area of roughly 45 sq. ft, which makes having face-to-face conversations totally impossible. Junk Mail is these millennials attempt to discuss and review the week's hottest album releases... without needing to look at each other. This week: Ryan Book, Caitlin Carter, Joey DeGroot, and Carolyn Menyes e-mail back and forth about Coldplay's Ghost Stories. -
Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea Remain on Top of Digital Downloads Chart
There was plenty of big news on the Billboard 200 this week but the Digital Downloads charts have returned to the stasis we came to expect...but hopefully not for long. -
Ariana Grande Makes Huge Downloads Debut with 'Problem'
Last week we wept and gnashed our teeth at the long-running lack of diversity on the Digital Downloads charts and the music gods responded to our prayers. There were huge shifts of direction in this week's Top 10. -
Pharrell Williams Doubles Downloads of No. 2 Spot on Digital Downloads Chart with 'Happy'
Two headlines dominate the Top 10 of this week's Billboard Digital Downloads chart. One involves Pharrell Williams domination of downloads, and the other is the emergence of two new tracks in the Top 10. -
Coldplay's Tour Cost More Than Your Tour
As the Christmas season encroaches, we all know the feeling of someone not giving due diligence to the gift that we spent so much on for them. Coldplay hopes you enjoy the color-changing wristbands it gave you while on the 'Mylo Xyloto' tour. Because they spent nearly $7 million on them. -
Chance The Rapper Covers Coldplay's 'Fix You' at Syracuse Show
The downside to being a rapper is that pulling off covers is difficult. It's not like metal, where you can take any given song, down-tune your guitar and create something that sounds totally different. It's tough for rappers to make a rap sound different, hence all the remixes on the market featuring new verses from performers not featured on the original. The good news is that rappers have arresting enough personalities that, if they want, they can cover anything else and fans won't complain.
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