Oh, you don’t have an Apple Music or a Tidal subscription? Then you probably initially missed out on some of the most buzzworthy albums of the year. Luckily for you, most of these were only exclusive for their first few weeks of release and are all — save one — now available for everyone to …
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Heartbreaking messages are coming out of Aleppo as civilian deaths keep rising amid Syria’s war. Many who believe their lives are about to end are sending posts to social media in a desperate but mostly futile plea for help. Twitter is also focused on former Texas Gov. Rick Perry becoming President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Energy. …
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When MTV launched on August 1, 1981, the world watched a now classic video: A rocket sits ready to blast off from its launchpad as a voice from NASA Mission Control counts down to T-minus one. The voice-over fades, the rocket fires and we cut to an astronaut planting a flag with the network’s logo on the moon’s surface. “Ladies …
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Remember when the internet went crazy over Adele rapping to Nicki Minaj’s verse on the Kanye West track “Monster”? Of course you do. Because the video, from the “Carpool Karaoke” segment on “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” was YouTube’s top trending video this year. That’s according to the Google-owned video site itself, which on Tuesday evening released its …
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It’s not too late for this year to make a comeback. With many social media users down in the dumps about 2016, a trending hashtag suggests how to put the brakes on this runaway train of a year. Also making waves: Rapper J. Cole’s unexpected music video release and his even-more-surprising disses. Social Cues is our guide on what’s trending …
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Kanye West is as notorious a beatmaker, record producer and rapper as he is a narcissistic rant-monster. His most recent diatribes included controversial remarks about Donald Trump, Google, racism, and business partners Beyonce and Jay Z. To make things worse, at his own concert in Sacramento he ended the show three songs into his set after starting it 90 minutes …
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New exclusives Tidal livestreamed an Emilie Sande concert in London, released another music video from Bon Jovi’s latest album, a single from Brazilian pop star Claudia Leitte and an excerpt from a book about influential Iggy Pop-fronted punk band The Stooges. Apple Music will exclusively host “808,” a documentary on the evolution and influence of the iconic 808 drum machine. …
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Kanye West’s dark fantasy came true: Donald Trump is president-elect. The rapper was the top trending topic on Twitter on Friday after a rant revealing his support for the incoming president. Trump’s administration also announced its pick for the next attorney general — and Twitter isn’t happy about it. Social Cues is our guide on what’s trending across Facebook and …
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Following her performance at the Country Music Awards with the Dixie Chicks and an exuberant sax player, Beyoncé has officially released the music video for the song “Daddy Lessons.” It’s available to stream exclusively on Tidal, the streaming-music service she co-owns with her husband, Jay Z, and a slew of other big name celebrities, like Kanye West and Nicki Minaj. …
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