Madonna’s tribute to the late Prince at Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards apparently failed to pass muster with the BET Awards. Shortly after Madonna (with an assist from Steve Wonder) wrapped her moody, somber “Nothing Compares 2 U”/”Purple Rain” tribute to the fellow music legend, the BET Awards Twitter account sympathized with those who felt […]
Spotify today reduced the cost of its family plan and made it competitive with offerings from Apple and Google. Moving forward, the Spotify family plan costs $14.99 per month and supports up to six individual users. Each user is able to create and manage their own playlists. The old plan cost $30 per month for […]
Singer-songwriter Sia is on board Disney•Pixar’s Finding Dory, performing the film’s end-credit, “Unforgettable.” American songwriter Irving Gordon wrote the song in 1951, and in 1992 won a Grammy for it when Natalie Cole included the tribute to her late father on her album of duets. “Unforgettable” remains revered worldwide today. Watch her perform the song […]
Walt Disney Pictures has released two new Alice Through the Looking Glass clips and the P!nk music video for “Just Like Fire” from the movie! In Disney’s Alice Through the Looking Glass, an all-new spectacular adventure featuring the unforgettable characters from Lewis Carroll’s beloved stories, Alice returns to the whimsical world of Underland and travels […]
The latest album from Drake, titled Views, was streamed some 250 million times in its first week as an Apple Music exclusive, according to label Republic Records. The album, which was released last Thursday, topped a streaming record previously held by Justin Beiber of 205 million streams across all the popular streaming services in its […]
Composer Michael Giacchino has taken to Twitter to announce that he will be providing the score for Marvel’s upcoming Doctor Strange movie! This marks Giacchino’s first superhero film in quite some time, though he previously composed the music for The Incredibles and Sky High. Giacchino won the Academy Award for Best Original Score with 2009’s […]
The Apollo Theater in Harlem is set to honor Prince and induct him into its “Hall of Fame.” Theater officials say the music icon will be officially inducted during its 11th annual Spring Gala on June 13. A plaque will be installed beneath the theater’s famous marquee, near other honorees such as Aretha Franklin and […]
20th Century Fox has released a new X-Men Apocalypse featurette focusing on Oscar Isaac’s title villain, which you can check out below! In addition, director Bryan Singer (via IGN) has addressed initial fan concerns about Isaac’s voice not being “godly” enough. “[The first X-Men: Apocalypse trailer] was simply Oscar using his normal voice — which […]
Streaming music service Pandora today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2016, posting a loss of $28.9 million, an improvement from the $48.3 million loss it showed in the year-ago-quarter. Total consolidated revenue was $297.3 million, growing 29 percent year-over-year. Total listener hours grew 4 percent to 5.52 billion for the first quarter […]
Rhapsody International, parent company of music streaming services Rhapsody and Napster, recently named Mike Davis as its new CEO and announced new data showcasing its highest user engagement in company history. Driven by recent product innovation and global partnerships, average user playback worldwide increased by more than 15 percent in the last 90 days. A […]