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Charli XCX dropped that kitty down low and Fall Out Boy electrified that stage at the 2015 MTV Movie Awards held at the Nokia Theater LA Live in Los Angeles, California on Sunday night (April 12). At this year’s edition, which saw Jennifer Lopez win an award for her acting again, British singer…

Florence and the Machine did something unique last night (April 12); to world premiere the official music video for her new song “Ship to Wreck” via the very own Coachella Festival 2015 live-stream. She served it before she hit the stage. The powerful and upbeat indie song will be included on…

Tyler, The Creator has decided to follow in the footsteps of Kendrick Lamar and others by releasing a full length LP on short notice. Titled ‘Cherry Bomb’, the project contains a total of thirteen tracks from the California-born artist; with several of them spanning over five minutes in length.…

British folk rock band Mumford and Sons was the musical entertainment on the 18th episode of season 40 of “Saturday Night Live” on NBC on April 11. Hosted by actress Taraji P. Henson, the Marcus Mumford-led band took this major gig to promote their upcoming third studio album “Wilder Mind” in…

3 long years have passed since Azealia Banks’ last Coachella festival but the b*tch has returned and stronger than ever. Earlier this week, during Day 1 of the 2015 edition of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, the Harlem raptress hit the stage (and utterly murdered…

After various snippets of Kendrick Lamar’s verse over Kanye West’s ‘All Day’ single surfaced on the web, it was only a matter of time till we received the full studio version. Here goes Kendrick’s verse over ‘All Day’ in its entirety available for streaming below. While many originally thought…

Fabolous continues his weekly series #FridayNightFreestyles with a remake of Mobb Deep’s classic ‘Murda Muzik’ album cut ‘Quiet Storm’. The release comes directly a week after his freeverse over Wu-Tang’s 'Aint Nuthin Ta F*ck Wit’. ”Got the twin nine milli's, my two nah nahs / Used to call them…

This won’t be of Brandon Flowers’ liking but this is what the Internet does; to “unveil” stuff that wasn’t scheduled to come out just yet. The Killers frontman Brandon F. has picked the follow-up to “Can’t Deny My Love” (so soon this amazing song dies. Why?) and therefore the second single from…

The Nick Jonas-assisted “Good Thing”, leaked last week, won’t be the first single from Sage the Gemini’s forthcoming second studio album in the end. For the Californian rapper premiered today (April 10) via SoundCloud the official first single which is a collaboration with another artist but not…

Nick Jonas made his first appearance as a solo artist on the legendary “Live Lounge” sessions of BBC Radio 1 on Friday, April 10 live from London. Nick had already been to the show a few years ago but when he was still part of the Jonas Brothers. During his segment, the muscular American…

Now this is what I call a simple but powerful music video. Well done, Kiesza! The super talented Canadian singer premiered on Friday (April 10) the music video for “Sound of a Woman”, the latest single and title track from Kiesza’s last year-released debut album (that included the smash hit…

One thing’s for certain with Madonna. She’s still full of life. The queen of pop acted as if she was still 26 during her live appearance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” on Thursday, April 9th. She was there to keep reminding American people that her new album “Rebel Heart” is…

British folk-rock band Mumford and Sons premiered a new song titled “The Wolf” from their forthcoming album “Wilder Mind” (out May 4th) online on Thursday, just two days away from their much-anticipated musical appearance on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”. Does this mean they’re considering…

Last week Ariana Grande invited Justin Bieber to actively participate at her “The Honeymoon Tour” concert in Miami, Florida, and the same repeated last night (April 8th) at Big Sean’s girlfriend’s concert in Inglewood, California. Scooter Braun is really trying hard to ‘prep’ the road for Justin’s…

Rapper Iggy Azalea, the male ‘Rihanna’ Jason Derulo, and country duo Florida Georgia Line were the stellar guest performers on last night’s results show of “American Idol” when the Top 7 was revealed. On Wednesday on the FOX talent show; I-G-G-Y looked très chic as she performed ”Trouble” with…

During his sit down with Red Bull Music academy earlier today, A$AP Rocky took the opportunity to premiere a new song simply titled ‘M’s’. The track, which is produced by Honorable C-Note , will presumably land on the Harlem native’s upcoming highly anticipated solo LP ‘A.L.L.A.…

Chris Brown and Tyga surprise fans today with a remix to Wiz Khalifa’s ‘Furious 7’ film soundtrack contribution ‘See You Again’. Produced by DJ Frank-E and Charlie Puth, the track hears Breezy replace Puth on the hook and Tyga contribute an introspective verse. Chris and Tyga’s remix of ‘See You…

Florence and the Machine reflects on her own life in the new single from her upcoming third studio album “How Big How Blue Beautiful”, the upbeat, guitar-driven “Ship to Wreck”. The song was premiered tonight (April 8) on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show and was immediately uploaded to VEVO right…

Right on time. The one and only Madonna premiered moments ago (at 1pm EST sharp) via new live-streaming app ‘Meerkat' (following in the footsteps of the music industry’s deals with Snapchat or Tinder for exclusive premieres) the music video for her new “Rebel Heart” single, the Billboard-produced…

Will “Sugar” finally de-throne Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson from the #1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 and save Mariah Carey’s record in the process? Adam Levine stood up from his red coach chair to join his Maroon 5 buddies on stage to perform their pop smash hit (from the album “V”) on NBC’s…

Jason Derulo doesn’t like his girl pretty on the bed; he likes her ‘ugly’. The 25-year-old Miami singer released on iTunes at midnight (April 6) a brand new song called “Get Ugly” which serves as the first ‘countdown single’ from his upcoming album “Everything is 4” – in stores on May 29th via…

While MMG has been focused on pushing Wale's newly released solo LP 'The Album About Nothing', Rick Ross shifts some of the attention over to himself with the premiere of a new music video. The track, titled 'Phone Tap', is taken from his latest solo LP 'Hood Billionaire' in stores since late…

They’ve got to stop with this TIDAL nonsense. The new Rihanna music video for “American Oxygen” just premiered online and, uh-huh, it was a TIDAL exclusive. The new Jay-Z music streaming service is really trying to give Spotify a run for its money with all these exclusives. About “AO”, you already…

Who’s going to buy Flo Rida’s “My House” EP, which drops tomorrows (April 7), I don’t know, if we already have heard 90% of its content, but the rapper keeps the new music coming! And that makes it 95% now. The last ‘countdown single’ from “My House” is the Chris Brown-assisted “Here It Is” which…

Jhené Aiko is incapable of giving us unoriginal music videos. She always pushes the envelope with each single. Just take a look at the newly premiered Jay Ahn-directed clip for “Eternal Sunshine” if you don’t believe me. Did anyone see a treatment like this coming? Of course not! The Key…

This is the song that should have been released from Day 1 in this ‘comeback’ era. “Chasing the Sun” and “All About You” look so ridiculous now. The new Hilary Duff song “Sparks” has just been released on iTunes (April 6) and it means that the time’s finally come to hear the Tove Lo-written pop…

Wasn’t the whole point of getting Iggy Azalea to jump on the “All Hands on Deck” remix to shoot a music video with her? Tinashe and RCA shocked a few minds this Monday morning (April 6) when the official “All Hands on Deck” music video was premiered on VEVO and there was no Iggy Azalea in sight.…