As of Thursday (October 19), TikTok’s premium music streaming service, TikTok Music, is available to the public in Australia, Singapore and Mexico. The launch follows an initial beta roll-out in the three markets in July, which arrived two weeks after TikTok officially launched the service in Brazil and Indonesia. In Brazil and Indonesia, the TikTok…

Natalie Sanandaji, an American woman who escaped Hamas’ assault on an Israeli music festival October 7, recounted her harrowing experience to Fox News Digital and went on to say that although she’s back in the United States now, she does not feel safe seeing how easily “brainwashing” on social media is fueling antisemitism and anti-Israel…

Grupo Frontera — that is frontman Adelaido “Payo” Solís III, Juan Javier Cantú, Julian Peña Jr., Alberto “Beto” Acosta, Carlos Guerrero and Brian Ortega — have had a big year. After releasing their debut record “El Comienzo” earlier this August, Frontera scored their first Latin Grammy nominations — namely in the coveted song of the…

When Britney Spears kissed Madonna while performing onstage at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), it became the smooch seen ’round the world. Now, in her memoir, The Woman in Me, Spears is revealing new details about how the kiss—widely considered to be one of the most iconic moments in music award-show history—came to…

Virgin Music Group, the independent-music division of Universal Music Group, has announced the core members of its global leadership team. As part of a global reorganization, Virgin Music Group has integrated Ingrooves’ global platform and marketing technology with Virgin Music. The company has already begun to integrate operations among the teams in 32 countries around…

The 2023 MTV Europe Music Awards have been cancelled in France, with the “volatility of world events” and the Israel-Hamas war given as reasons. The annual ceremony, which celebrates music and artists from across the globe, was due to be held at the Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition centre, on 5 November, but will now be…

Luke Grimes may be known for his role as the confident Kayce Dutton on the popular television series Yellowstone, but the actor was equally enamored with music while growing up in Ohio, as he listened to the Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings records his Pentecostal preacher father played at home. Explore See latest videos, charts…

“God Bless the U.S.A.” singer-songwriter Lee Greenwood has chimed in on Maren Morris’ recent revelation to The Los Angeles Times that she is leaving the country music industry behind, and is responding to Morris’ recent comments regarding patriotism in country music. During a recent New York Times Popcast interview, Morris discussed songs that have recently…

Music Prep students qualifying for All Region Orchestra include, top, Will Sams, Kira Gallander, Jonah Raychev, Josue Morales; middle, Hannah Trainoer, Melanie Walburn, Grace Hao; bottom, Abigail Hendricks, Fernando Ramires, Leah Hendricks. NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Several students in the Music Preparatory Division of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music secured positions on…

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