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      Taylor Swift Joins Forces With First Female-Led Music Publishing Company in New Universal Deal

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      Extending her partnership with the Universal Music family, the ‘Lover’ singer expresses her appreciation for the opportunity to work with ‘advocate for women’s empowerment’ Jody Gerson.
      Feb 7, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Taylor Swift has signed a new deal with Universal Music Publishing Group executives as her feud with former label bosses rumbles on.
      The 30-year-old singer has inked an exclusive global publishing agreement with Universal heavyweight Lucian Grainge and his company, cementing her place as one of the group’s biggest acquisitions following her departure from Big Machine – the label she signed with when she was a teenager.
      “I’m proud to extend my partnership with Lucian Grainge and the Universal Music family by signing with UMPG, and for the opportunity to work with Jody Gerson, the first woman to run a major music publishing company,” Swift said in a press release. “Jody is an advocate for women’s empowerment and one of the most-respected and accomplished industry leaders.”

      Gerson, the chairman and CEO of UMPG, added: “We are honored to welcome Taylor Swift to UMPG. Using her power and voice to create a better world, Taylor’s honest and brave songwriting continues to be an inspiration to countless fans. We look forward to further amplifying Taylor’s voice and songs across the globe.”

      Swift’s new deal will mean she will continue to work with Troy Tomlinson, the chairman and CEO of UMPG Nashville, calling him “an amazing part of my team for over half my life and a passionate torchbearer for songwriters.”
      Tomlinson adds, “I’ve had the distinct pleasure of working with Taylor since she was 14-years-old, and she still amazes me daily. The true definition of a multigenerational artist and songwriter, Taylor’s songs, vision and unwavering determination have always been an inspiration. I am so happy and so proud to continue representing Taylor and her music, and I am confident that UMPG will be the best, most creative partner in providing unparalleled opportunities for her songs.”
      According to a UMPG press release, the new deal “strengthens the partnership between Swift and the Universal Music family”. The singer already has a multi-album deal with Universal Music Group and its offshoot, Republic Records, for her recorded music.
      The agreement comes as Taylor continues to battle Big Machine’s Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta over the rights to her past work.
      Borchetta sold Big Machine to Braun last year (19) without consulting Swift or offering her the chance to buy back her hit recordings. She has since announced plans to re-record her pre-Universal albums.

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      Nicki Minaj Sparks New Outrage as She Denies Saying She Meant No Disrespect to Rosa Parks

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      The ‘Anaconda’ hitmaker says she doesn’t care and has no plan to address the controversy surrounding her problematic Rosa Parks lyrics in new song called ‘Yikes’.
      Feb 7, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Nicki Minaj doesn’t care about controversy surrounding her new song “Yikes”. She is accused of disrespecting the late civil rights icon Rosa Parks, but she has no plan to explain herself.
      On February 3, one day before what would have been Parks’ birthday, she released a snippet of the song featuring lyrics, “All you b**ches Rosa Parks / Uh oh, get your a** up.”
      Sources connected to the “Pink Friday” rapper previously claimed she meant no disrespect to the activist who defiantly stayed seated when asked to relinquish her seat to a white passenger in 1954. The sources additionally said the timing was just an unlucky coincidence.
      However, Nicki denied ever making such comments. “Never said this,” she wrote on her Instagram Story. “Had no clue anyone was mad. Don’t care. #Yikes.”

      Nicki Minaj doens’t care about controversy surrounding her new song
      Her remarks added fuels to the criticisms. “You know it’s sad when the black people don’t even care about the black people in black history month,” one lamented. Another commented, “One minute she claim to be a victim, next she don’t care?” One other added, “Maam we don’t care either that you cried abt getting yo a** beaten. #YIKES.”
      Meanwhile, a different individual brought up her brother’s legal woes, “I mean was else do you expect from a rape apologist? The bar was already low so I’m not shocked by anything this woman does anymore. Ignoring her is free.”
      Her fans were quick to jump in her defense. One said, “Everybody so sensitive now. Nicki Minaj Rosa park lyric not that outrageous.” Another claimed, “It doesn’t matter,,y’all will always still be mad with her.”

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      Selena Gomez Admits to Cringing Over Her Previous Music

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      During an interview with Billie Eilish’s brother Finneas, the former Disney darling also confesses to feeling scared that her new album ‘Rare’ could have ‘completely flopped.’
      Feb 6, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Selena Gomez is impartial when it comes to her style of music in the beginning of her career. Fronting the Spring 2020 issue of Dazed, the “Lose You to Love Me” hitmaker answered a series of questions from her famous colleagues, and shared her thoughts on the one thing that made her cringe when she looked back at her career.
      In response to the question thrown by music producer Finneas, the 27-year-old songstress candidly admitted, “My style of music and my style in general. It was just not a great combination.” She added, “I’m proud of all the music I released, of course, but it was just such a different time that sometimes when I hear it, I’m like, ‘Oh no!’ ”
      The older brother of Billie Eilish has also quizzed the ex-girlfriend of Justin Bieber, “As a musician who has now been performing professionally for over a decade, what is one thing you look back on in your early career and love?” To which, she simply pointed out, “I would say that (I love) my innocence.”
      Elsewhere in the interview, the Alex Russo of “Wizards of Waverly Place” weighed in on the scariest part of releasing an album after four years. “That no one would like it and my career as a singer would be over,” she confessed. “I genuinely thought that. I worked so, so hard on this album.”
      “It could have come out and completely flopped, and then it’s like, well, where do you go from here? I would have questioned everything because I doubt myself and that’s where I would have ended up – in a spiral,” Gomez confided. “So I’m glad that it’s doing well. But I did everything I could to make it as personal and real (as possible).”
      When Bad Bunny brought up her Latin root and asked if she feels like she represents Latinos, the “Come & Get It” singer responded, “One thousand per cent.” She explained, “I’m always very vocal about my background, as far as me talking about immigration, and my grandparents having to come across the border illegally.”
      “I wouldn’t have been born (otherwise). I have such an appreciation for my last name,” she continued on. “I’ve re-released a lot of music in Spanish as well, and that’s something that’s gonna happen a bit more. So there’s a lot more I would love to do because I don’t take it lightly, I’m very honored.”

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      Bebe Rexha Rips Billboard Hot 100 for Lack of Female Representation

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      Bemoaning the male-to-female ratio on the chart, the ‘Meant To Be’ hitmaker stresses in a series of tweets that female artists ‘need to get fair playlist on streaming and radio.’
      Feb 6, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Bebe Rexha took to social media to bemoan the disproportionate amount of men on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2020.
      The “Meant To Be” star highlighted the male-to-female ratio in a string of tweets on Tuesday, February 04, writing, “Man man man man man woman man man man man man,” alongside a list shared by the charts company of the acts with the most Hot 100 entries of the year so far. Eminem topped the tally with 12, followed by DaBaby and the late Mac Miller with 10 apiece.

      Bebe Rexha pointed out the disproportionate amount of men on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
      “Thank god for Camilla (sic). I’m like yes a female,” she added, when one fan pointed out former Fifth Harmony star Camila Cabello was on the list, with four entries.

      She showed support for Camila Cabello.
      Dismissing suggestions that female artists hadn’t been delivering enough of a musical output, she insisted: “Don’t come to me saying women should make better music. They need to get fair playlist on streaming and radio.”

      Bebe insisted that her points were valid.
      “You have Ariana, Halsey, Dua, Demi so many more incredible females,” she continued, adding, “Rosalia, Taylor, Camilla, cardi….. on and on and on.”

      Bebe named ‘incredible’ female singers.

      She praised some ‘dope female artists’ in 2020.
      As other users threw names like Selena Gomez and Normani Kordei into the mix, Bebe added: “So many dope female artists right now I’m excited for 2020.”

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      Bad Bunny and Ozuna Dominate Nominations for 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards

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      Fresh off his guest performance at the Super Bowl halftime show, Bad Bunny along with Ozuna leads the pack at the Billboard Latin Music Award nominations with 14 nods.
      Feb 6, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Bad Bunny and Ozuna have scored 14 mentions apiece ahead of the 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards.
      The pair will compete for Artist of the Year, alongside J Balvin, who has picked up 12 nominations, and Romeo Santos.
      Daddy Yankee has also scored 12 nods, while Anuel AA has 11 and Farruko 10.
      Bad Bunny and Ozuna will also fight it out for Hot Latin Song of the Year, Vocal Event, Digital Song of the Year, and Hot Latin Songs Artist of the Year, Male honours, while Bad Bunny is up for Tour of the Year, alongside Chayanne, Jennifer Lopez, and Marc Anthony.
      The Billboard Latin Music Awards will take place in Las Vegas in April 2020.

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      Jessica Simpson Spills the Reason Why She Botched Dolly Parton Tribute

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      The pop star was invited to perform a cover of ‘9 to 5’ at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington D.C. back in 2006, but she flubbed the lyrics and cut short her performance.
      Feb 5, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Jessica Simpson has hidden away a photo of herself posing with “country goddesses” Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, and Shania Twain because she is so ashamed of botching a 2006 tribute to the “Jolene” legend.
      The pop star was invited to perform a cover of “9 to 5” at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. to celebrate Parton’s career in front of guests including then-U.S. President George W. Bush, but Simpson flubbed the lyrics and cut short the song, before running offstage.
      Now, in her new memoir, “Open Book”, Simpson reveals she was a mess that night because she had just been dumped again by her on/off boyfriend, rocker John Mayer, and had tried to drown her sorrows in alcohol right before hitting the stage.
      “It was the Kennedy Center Honors, and he broke up with me – our third break-up or something,” she recalls on U.S. breakfast show “Today”.
      “It was right before I was gonna do this huge thing. Dolly Parton is my idol; I love Dolly, and I drank before I went on stage. That is not John’s fault; I’m the one that drank. I just tried to numb myself.”
      “I was just out there and I tried to sing and I froze. I honestly didn’t think about the drinking, I felt like what kept me from singing was heartbreak.
      “I said I was sorry, and that Dolly deserved better,” Simpson remembered of the performance fail.
      The event was commemorated with a backstage photo of the singer surrounded by Parton, McEntire, Twain, and actress Reese Witherspoon, who had all been in attendance at the high-profile gig – but Simpson cannot bear to look at the image.
      “This (is a) picture that most people would hang in their house; it’s like, mentors of mine who are country goddesses,” she shares. “And the story behind it, I can’t even look at the picture, I can’t even look at my face because I know the pain that I was having and I didn’t feel worthy of being in that photo.”
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      In the same chat, Simpson, who is now sober, reveals she and Mayer split “close to nine times” during their “very complex” on/off five-year romance. The relationship finally came to an end in 2010.

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      Nicki Minaj Meant No Disrespect to Rosa Parks Amid Backlash Over New Song 'Yikes'

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      The ‘Anaconda’ rapper is accused of disrespecting the late African-American civil rights icon as snippet of her new track is revealed on what would have been the activist’s birthday.
      Feb 5, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Nicki Minaj has been left red-faced by a backlash against a new track referencing civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
      Nicki teased a snippet of her new song “Yikes” including the line, “All you b**ches Rosa Parks / Uh oh, get your a** up,” on Monday, February 3, 2020 – the day before what would have been Park’s birthday.
      The lyrics prompted a backlash on Twitter, however, with many accusing the “Anaconda” hitmaker of disrespecting the African-American icon.
      Sources connected to the rapper tell TMZ.com Nicki’s aware of the backlash but that she meant no disrespect to the civil rights activist, who passed away in 2005, and that the timing of its debut was an unlucky coincidence as she was merely trying to give fans a taste of her new music.
      Twitter users had expressed anger, however, with one writing, “Nicki Minaj need to leave Rosa Parks (alone),” and others pointing out that the civil rights figure famously did not get up, but in fact stayed seated, when asked to relinquish her seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama in 1954 – sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott protests.
      “Rosa Parks would have been 107 years old if she was still living to see her birthday today,” journalist Ernest Owens pointed out. “Y’all go remind Nicki Minaj that. Quick history lesson: She never got up, she stayed seated. The lyric makes no sense.”
      However, others were amused or impressed by the lyrics, with one fan writing, “Thinking about Nicki Minaj coming back from a hiatus and being talked about for ONE BAR she wrote about Rosa Parks. This is IMPACT. This is POWER. She’s a GENIUS.”

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      Noel Gallagher Assures He Did Not Turn Down $130 Million Offer for Oasis Reunion Tour

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      Responding to Liam Gallagher’s accusation of him being a ‘greedy soul,’ the former lead guitarist of the rock band insists he was not aware of any offer to reform the group.
      Feb 5, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Noel Gallagher has denied his estranged brother’s claims he turned down $130 million (£100 million) to reform Oasis.
      Frontman Liam Gallagher alleged “greedy soul” Noel had snubbed a reunion tour earlier this week (begins February 03), but the Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds star has assured fans that’s not true.
      “I am not aware of any offer from anybody for any amount of money to reform the legendary Mancunian Rock’n’Roll group Oasis,” a statement from Noel reads. “I am fully aware though that someone has a single to promote so that’s maybe where the confusion lies.”
      The Gallagher brothers have been feuding in the press and on social media since Noel quit the band during a European tour in 2009, following a fight backstage at France’s Rock En Seine festival.

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