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      Alicia Keys Surprises BTS' ARMY With English Cover of 'Life Goes On'

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      The ‘If I Ain’t Got You’ songstress shows her love for the K-pop sensation by posting a mini piano version of the group’s latest single off their new album ‘BE’.

      Nov 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Alicia Keys is apparently one of BTS’ (Bangtan Boys) stans. On Wednesday, November 25, the R&B singer surprised fans of the seven-piece group, collectively called ARMY, by sharing an English cover of their latest single “Life Goes On”.
      In the less-than-50-second clip, the Grammy Award-winning artist sat in front of a piano while wearing a white turtleneck top, with her hair being parted in the middle and styled in two braids. “I bet y’all didn’t think I would play this one. Tell me if you know it,” she opened the video, which she captioned with “Can ya’ll guess this??”
      She then belted out the song’s chorus in English. “Life an echo in the forest/ The day will come back around/ As if nothing ever happened/ Yeah…life goes on,” she sang soulfully while playing the piano. “Like an arrow in the blue sky/ Another day flying by/ On my pillow, on my table/ Yeah…life goes on/ Like this again.”
      It didn’t take long for BTS to catch Alicia’s cover, replying via their official joint account, “Thank you.. such a big honor” with a smile and a purple heart emoji.

      BTS replied to Alicia Keys’ video.

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      Fans were excited to see Alicia’s video, with one loving their interaction, “this is so cute, legends supporting legends. a collaboration would be ART.” Another has a similar wish, tweeting, “WE NEED A COLLAB.”
      It’s not the first time for Alicia and BTS to show their support for each other. Earlier this month, V, a member of the K-pop group, posted a video of him listening to Alicia’s song “Love Looks Better” in the car. “love looks better,” he captioned it.
      Alicia then returned the love by hyping up the anticipation for BTS’ then-upcoming new album “BE”. “Big love!!! Good morning. Ya’ll ready for BE?!?” she replied.

      Alicia returned the love to BTS.
      “Life Goes On” is lifted off “BE” which debuted on November 20. BTS recently made history as the first-ever K-pop group to be nominated at the Grammy Awards. They are up for the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance award for their hit song “Dynamite”, which was released in August and is also included in the new album.

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      Megan Thee Stallion Gives Middle Finger After Ex-BFF Kelsey Nicole Debuts Diss Track

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      Kelsey claims that she has been threatened with the release of a sex tape if she tells the truth and accuses Megan of betraying her by hooking up with her man behind her back.

      Nov 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – It seems that there’s no way no turn back their friendship now after Megan Thee Stallion and Kelsey Nicole publicly traded jabs at each other. After the former took aim at her former BFF and Tory Lanez in “Shots Fired”, the latter has now told her side of the story in her own diss track, “Bussin Back”.
      Released on Wednesday, November 25, the song finds Kelsey rapping, “Who I’m taking shots at?/ B***h I’m busting you.” She alludes to the shooting incident in her lyrics, “Couldn’t control your little feelings/ Look what d**k is costing you/ It was all good yeah about a week ago/ Shout out Bobby Shmurda but this b***h is really tweaking tho/ If I was the one with the gun you woulda heard about a murder/ Said her back was turned but the girl know who really hurt her.”
      In the song, Kelsey also claims that Megan or her team threatened to leak her sex tape if she ever tells the truth about the July shooting incident. She insinuates that Meg lied to her label about the shooting, rapping, “Are you lying to your label/ Do they really know what happened/ (Who shot ya)/ ‘Cause you know it wasn’t me.”
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      Prior to debuting the track, Kelsey seemingly warned the “Savage” raptress about her impending retaliation as posting on Instagram about the song, “Y’all talked y’all s**t, let my ‘SHRIMP’ a** talk my s**t too.” She added, “I was built for this no weapon formed against me shall prosper #BUSSINBACK out now.”

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      Kelsey also went on Instagram Live prior to releasing the diss track, during which she accused Megan of betraying her by hooking up with someone Kelsey was seeing first, seemingly confirming that Tory slept with both girls. “Your a** was f**king on a n***a that I had first,” she said in the expletive-filled rant.

      Megan has seemingly responded to Kelsey’s diss track and latest claims as she took to Twitter to post several face with tears of joy emojis. She also shared a video of her and her gal pals flashing their middle fingers to the camera, writing along with it, “GN from thee besties.”

      Previously in her song “Shots Fired”, Megan describes her former friend a “goofy-a** b***h” who’s jealous of her success. “Watchin’ me succeed from your knees, suckin’ d**k,” the Grammy-nominated artist raps on the track. “I know you want attention from the n***as that I get/ I’m a steak, you a side plate, shrimp, stay in your place.”
      Megan’s “Shots Fired” samples Notorious B.I.G.’s “Who Shot Ya?” while Kelsey’s diss samples Tupac Shakur’s “Hit ‘Em Up”.

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      Drake Suggests It's Time to Start Something New in the Wake of The Weeknd's 2021 Grammys Snub

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      The ‘Toosie Slide’ rapper publicly voices his support to the ‘Blinding Lights’ hitmaker shortly after the latter branded the prestigious music awards ‘corrupt’ for failing to give him a single nomination.

      Nov 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Drake has voiced his support for The Weeknd after the latter got snubbed at the 2021 Grammy Awards. Upon learning that the “Blinding Lights” hitmaker did not receive any nominations for the 63rd annual music awards, the “Toosie Slide” rapper suggested it is a “great time for somebody to start something new.”
      The 34-year-old offered his two cents on the drama via Instagram Story on Wednesday, November 25. “I think we should stop allowing ourselves to be shocked every year by the disconnect between impactful music and these awards and just accept that what once was the highest form of recognition may no longer matter to the artists that exist now and the ones that come after,” he began.
      “It’s like a relative you keep expecting to fix up but they just can’t change their ways. The other day I said @TheWeeknd was a lock for either Album or Song of the Year along with reasonable assumptions and it just never goes that way,” the MC continued. “This is a great time for somebody to start something new that we can build up over time and pass on to the generations to come.”

      Drake supported The Weeknd after the latter got snubbed at the 2021 Grammy Awards.

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      Drake’s support came after The Weeknd and his latest album “After Hours” failed to land nods at the upcoming Grammys despite it being commercially successful. The Canadian star himself has called out the Recording Academy on Instagram and Twitter for the snub. “The Grammys remain corrupt. You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency,” he declared in the Tuesday, November 24 posts.
      The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Makkonen, additionally revealed that he was preparing a performance for the awards show, which had been scheduled a week before his half-time show at the 2021 Super Bowl. He tweeted, “Collaboratively planning a performance for weeks to not being invited? In my opinion zero nominations = you’re not invited!”
      Reacting to The Weeknd’s jab, Recording Academy chief Harvey Mason Jr. insisted that his lack of nominations had nothing to do with his upcoming Super Bowl gig. “We understand that The Weeknd is disappointed at not being nominated,” he said in a statement. “I was surprised and can empathize with what he’s feeling. His music this year was excellent, and his contributions to the music community and broader world are worthy of everyone’s admiration.”
      “We were thrilled when we found out he would be performing at the upcoming Super Bowl and we would have loved to have him also perform on the Grammy stage the weekend before…unfortunately, every year, there are fewer nominations than the number of deserving artists,” he continued. “But as the only peer-voted music award, we will continue to recognize and celebrate excellence in music while shining a light on the many amazing artists that make up our global community.”
      Harvey concluded by stating, “To be clear, voting in all categories ended well before The Weeknd’s performance at the Super Bowl was announced, so in no way could it have affected the nomination process.”

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      Taylor Swift Reveals Mysterious 'William Bowery' in 'Folklore' Is Boyfriend Joe Alwyn

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      The ‘Cardigan’ singer confirms her British boyfriend Joe Alwyn is indeed the mystery collaborator who helped her co-wrote songs for her lockdown studio album.

      Nov 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Taylor Swift has confirmed her boyfriend Joe Alwyn co-wrote two tracks on her surprise album “Folklore”.
      Swift, 30, stunned fans in July (20) by dropping a new album recorded during the Covid-19 pandemic and, in an Instagram post, credited the mysterious “William Bowery” with helping her pen the songs.
      The fact Bowery did not appear to be a registered songwriter or producer sparked speculation “The Favourite” star had turned his hand to music – a rumour she has now confirmed on her Disney+ concert film, “Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions”.

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      “There’s been a lot of discussion about William Bowery and his identity because it’s not a real person… That would have gone on forever,” she says, according to the Press Association, before going on to explain how he had helped with her duet with Bon Iver – “Exile”.
      “William Bowery is Joe as we know and Joe plays piano beautifully and he’s always just playing and making things up and kind of creating things and (her song) Exile was crazy because Joe had written that entire piano part and it was, singing the Bon Iver part, ‘I can see you standing honey…’ ”
      “He was just singing it the way that the whole first verse is and so I was entranced and asked if we could keep writing that one. It was pretty obvious that it should be a duet because he’s got such a low voice and it sounded really good sung down there.”
      “Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions” was filmed in New York in September and premiered on Disney’s streaming service on Wednesday (25Nov20).

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      Radiohead's Ed O'Brien Calls for Law Change Over Miniscule Payments From Streaming Sites

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      Ed O’Brien is joined by Nadine Shah and Guy Garvey as he appears in front of U.K. parliament, calling out streaming services from putting artists on the ‘breadline.’

      Nov 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Radiohead rocker Ed O’Brien has led a host of musicians criticising streaming services for putting artists on the “breadline” with miniscule royalties payments.
      Ed, and fellow rockers Nadine Shah and Guy Garvey appeared in front of the U.K. parliament’s culture select committee on Monday (23Nov20), to call for changes to how musicians are paid by firms like Spotify.
      They are leading the Broken Record campaign, which claims artists receive about 16 per cent of the income from streams, compared to record companies’ 41 per cent and the services taking 29 per cent themselves – a split far worse than the 50/50 they receive for radio play.
      In his evidence the “Pyramid Song” hitmaker said it has “always been tough for artists,” but, “It is even more murky now with the lack of transparency, with the opaqueness in the system. Some partners, the labels, are making huge amounts of money (but) artists are really on the breadline.”

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      Nadine, a Mercury Prize nominated musician whose latest LP “Kitchen Sink” has been named as one of BBC 6Music Radio’s albums of 2020, told committee members her streaming earnings are so paltry she is battling to pay her rent.
      “I’m an artist with a substantial profile, a substantial fanbase and who is critically acclaimed but I don’t make enough money from streaming,” she explained. “I’m in a position now where I’m struggling to pay my rent. Money to an extent is an indication of success but here that is not the case because I am a successful musician but I’m not being paid fairly for the work I make.”
      She went on to add, “I think there are darker powers at play. I don’t want to speculate too much on certain artists and deals with certain labels and how Spotify may favour them.”
      Committee members are now “seeking the perspectives” of record labels and streaming platforms before recommending any changes to U.K. law.

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      The Killers Channel Donald Trump as They React to 2021 Grammy Nomination Snub

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      The rock band fronted by Brandon Flowers poke fun at the MAGA leader as they respond to the Recording Academy after being snubbed in the 2021 nominations.

      Nov 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – The Killers poked fun at U.S. President Donald Trump while addressing their lack of Grammy nominations.
      The rockers failed to pick up any nods for their 2020 album “Imploding the Mirage” when the nominations were announced on Tuesday (24Nov20), prompting the group to take to Twitter with a tongue-in-cheek response.
      Jokingly mirroring the American leader’s unwillingness to concede the U.S. election following Joe Biden’s victory earlier this month, as well as his unfounded accusations of voter fraud, they quipped, “OBSERVERS WERE NOT ALLOWED INTO THE COUNTING ROOMS.”

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      “WE WON THE GRAMMYS, GOT LOADS OF LEGAL VOTES,” they added. “BAD THINGS HAPPENED WHICH OUR OBSERVERS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE. NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.”
      “DOZENS OF BALLOTS WERE SENT TO PEOPLE WHO NEVER ASKED FOR THEM,” concluded The Killers, adding the hashtags “#RIGGEDGRAMMYS #WEWON.”
      The “Mr. Brightside” stars weren’t the only ones left disappointed by the Grammy nominations – Canadian star The Weeknd has demanded answers after he failed to be nominated for a single prize, despite landing critical and commercial success with album “After Hours” and one of the biggest-selling songs of 2020, “Blinding Lights”.
      After The Weeknd accused the Grammys’ organisers of being “corrupt,” officials responded by insisting they are “surprised” he wasn’t recognised. They also noted there are “fewer” nominations to award than there are “deserving artists.”

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      Grammy Boss Denies Snubbing The Weeknd Due to Clash Over Super Bowl Gig

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      The Recording Academy official insists the ‘Blinding Lights’ hitmaker’s absence from the 2021 Grammy nominations list has nothing to do with his upcoming Super Bowl performance.

      Nov 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – The Weeknd has attacked the Recording Academy’s Grammy voters again a day after he missed out on a mention for the 2021 prizegiving.
      Despite his record-breaking year on the charts and critical and commercial acclaim with the album “After Hours” and hits like “Blinding Lights”, the Canadian hitmaker failed to land a single nomination on Tuesday (24Nov20) when the Grammy nods were announced.
      Calling voters “corrupt” in a tweet on Tuesday, the singer has now revealed he was working on a performance at the Grammys, which had been scheduled a week before his half-time show at the Super Bowl in February (21).
      “Collaboratively planning a performance for weeks to not being invited? In my opinion zero nominations = you’re not invited!” he wrote.

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      The comment has sparked speculation The Weeknd and Grammy bosses clashed over his decision to headline the Super Bowl, but Recording Academy chief Harvey Mason, Jr. insists that’s not the case.
      “We understand that The Weeknd is disappointed at not being nominated,” he says in a statement. “I was surprised and can empathize with what he’s feeling. His music this year was excellent, and his contributions to the music community and broader world are worthy of everyone’s admiration.
      “We were thrilled when we found out he would be performing at the upcoming Super Bowl and we would have loved to have him also perform on the Grammy stage the weekend before… unfortunately, every year, there are fewer nominations than the number of deserving artists. But as the only peer-voted music award, we will continue to recognize and celebrate excellence in music while shining a light on the many amazing artists that make up our global community.”
      “To be clear, voting in all categories ended well before The Weeknd’s performance at the Super Bowl was announced, so in no way could it have affected the nomination process.”

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      Tame Impala Wins Big With Five Gongs at 2020 ARIA Awards

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      The ‘Slow Rush’ star dominates this year’s Australian music awards with a total of five prizes including the coveted Album of the Year and Producer of the Year.

      Nov 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Tame Impala were the big winners at Australia’s ARIA Awards on Wednesday (25Nov20), taking home five prizes including the coveted Album of the Year gong.
      Kevin Parker’s psychedelic group’s LP “The Slow Rush” won the biggest accolade of the night, while it also earned them the Best Group and Best Rock Album awards. Tame Impala was also named Engineer of the Year and Producer of the Year.
      Rapper Sampa the Great also won three gongs, with her album “The Return” bagging her the Best Female, Best Hip Hop Release, and Best Independent Release awards.
      Aboriginal musician Archie Roach also enjoyed success, receiving the Best Male and Best Adult Contemporary Album prizes for “Tell Me Why” as well as being inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

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      Amy Shark took home two awards as her track “Everybody Rise” was named Best Pop Release, and she also bagged the Best Australian Live Act prize.
      Pop duo Lime Cordiale were selected as this year’s Breakthrough Artist while Harry Styles was named Best International Artist.
      Other winners at the ceremony included 5 Seconds of Summer, whose track “Teeth” won the Song of the Year gong, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, whose “Chunky Shrapnel” won Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album.
      Acts whose performances were beamed remotely into the audience-less ceremony at The Star Event Centre in Sydney, where Delta Goodrem acted as host, included Tame Impala, Sam Smith, amd Billie Eilish.
      The main winners of 2020 ARIA Awards are as follows:
      Album of the Year: Tame Impala – “The Slow Rush”
      Best Male Artist: Archie Roach – “Tell Me Why”
      Best Female Artist: Sampa The Great – “The Return”
      Best Dance Release: Dom Dolla – “San Frandisco”
      Best Group: Tame Impala – “The Slow Rush”
      Breakthrough Artist: Lime Cordiale – “14 Steps To A Better You”
      Best Pop Release: Amy Shark – “Everybody Rise”
      Best Hip Hop Release: Sampa The Great – “The Return”
      Best Soul/R&B Release: Miiesha – “Nyaaringu”
      Best Independent Release: Sampa The Great – “The Return”
      Best Rock Album: Tame Impala – “The Slow Rush”
      Best Adult Contemporary Album: Archie Roach – “Tell Me Why”
      Best Country Album: Fanny Lumsden – “Fallow”
      Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – “Chunky Shrapnel”
      Best Blues & Roots Album: The Teskey Brothers – “Live at the Forum”
      Best Children’s Album: Teeny Tiny Stevies – “Thoughtful Songs for Little People”
      Best Comedy Release: Anne Edmonds – “What’s Wrong With You?”
      Best Video: Guy Sebastian – “Standing With You”
      Best Australian Live Act: Amy Shark – “Amy Shark Regional Tour”
      Song of the Year: 5 Seconds of Summer – “Teeth”
      Best International Artist: Harry Styles – “Fine Line”
      Producer of the Year: Tame Impala – “The Slow Rush”
      Engineer of the Year: Tame Impala – “The Slow Rush”

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