Tag: Kendrick Lamar

How Do Music Preferences Differ Place To Place? Pandora Shares State By State Data

How musical preferences differ from place to place? Who are the top ten top acts in California, and how do they compare to New York? Pandora analyzed mountains of listener. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/15/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: BET Awards, Beyoncé Knowles, Black Entertainment Television, Chris Brown (American entertainer), Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, Los Angeles, Pandora, Stevie Wonder, Tracee Ellis Ross

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Have We Reached Peak Festival Attendance? Bonnaroo 2016 Ticket Sales Down 46%

When a touchstone music festival has a 46% attendance drop, does it signal we've reached peak festival attendance? It's too soon to call it a trend, but a signification number. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/15/2016 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 19 Entertainment, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Intel, Kendrick Lamar, LCD Soundsystem, Manchester, music festival, Nashville, Rolling Stone, Tennessee, The Tennessean

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Grammy Nominees 2016 – The Full List

The 58th Annual Grammy Awards have named their full list of 2016 nominees. Kendrick Lamar, topped the list with 11 nominations and Taylor Swift and the Weeknd each received 7.

Bruce Houghton on 12/07/2015 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Academy Award for Best Original Song, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Eleveneleven, Ellie Goulding, Kendrick Lamar, Mark Ronson, Miley Cyrus, MTV Europe Music Awards, Taylor Swift

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7 Reasons Why You Should Be Pitching Smaller Music Blogs

While it may be the dream of many artists to end up on the front page of Rolling Stone or Pollstar, such a feat isn't only difficult to achieve, it's. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/17/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: 40 under 40 (Fortune magazine), Apple Inc., Bad Blood, Fortune (magazine), Jessica Alba, Kendrick Lamar, Ronda Rousey, Ryan Adams, Shake It Off, Taylor Swift

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Justin Bieber Dominates MTV European Music Awards 2015 [A Full List Of Winners]

Justin Bieber dominated MTV's European Music Awards last night with 5 wins. The show was broadcast on 60 channels globally. Ed Sheeran, Nicki Minaj, One Direction, Rihanna, Macklemore & Ryan. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/26/2015 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Academy Award for Best Original Song, Ed Sheeran, Eleveneleven, Ellie Goulding, Justin Bieber, Kendrick Lamar, Miley Cyrus, MTV Europe Music Awards, Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift

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TIDAL Passes 1 Million Subscribers, Announces Benefit Concert with Jay Z, Prince, Beyonce, More

As the music industry goes into overdrive trying to figure out how many people are still using Apple Music now that their 90 day free trials are up, TIDAL has. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/01/2015 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Barclays Center, Beyoncé Knowles, Dr Dre, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, Macklemore, Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dogg

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20 Richest Hip Hop Stars 2015 [Forbes]

The annual Forbes Hip-Hop Cash Kings: The World's Highest-Paid Rap Acts is out for 2015, Doddy tops the list again followed by Jay Z, Drake and Dr. Dre. But furthers down. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/23/2015 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Dr Dre, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, Macklemore, Nicki Minaj, Pharrell Williams, Sean Combs, Snoop Dogg

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BET Hip Hop Awards 2015: A Full List Of Nominees

The 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards nominations are out and Drake leads the nominations with 12. Big Sean follows with 10, Nicki Minaj has 9 and Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole are. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/17/2015 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: BET Hip Hop Awards, Big Sean, Drake (entertainer), J. Cole, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video, Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dogg

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Straight Outta Compton, Dr. Dre Dominate Weekend Film, Music Sales

Straight Outta Compton dominated movie screens this weekend, launching with an impressive $56 million in ticket sales. Dr Dre's album inspired by the film sold 276,000 downloads on iTunes since. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/17/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, Apple Inc., Cold 187um, Dr Dre, Eminem, For the Love of Money, Ice Cube, iTunes, Kendrick Lamar, Luke Bryan

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Indie Labels, Musicians Score MTV Video Music Award Nominations

Independent labels are continuing to prove that they are a forced to be reckoned with on every level. Even MTV's VMAs, once totally dominated by the majors, is recognizing indie. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/22/2015 in Conventions & Awards | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Academy Award for Best Production Design, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Eleveneleven, Kendrick Lamar, Mark Ronson, MTV Video Music Award, MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video, MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video, Taylor Swift

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