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Songs starting to disappear from TikTok
TikTok may look (or sound) a little different when you scroll through the app going forward.
Earlier this week, Universal Music Group, which represents big-name artists like Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Drake, said that it would no longer allow its music on TikTok following the Wednesday expiration of a licensing deal between the two companies.
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Justin Bieber sells music rights for $200 mn
Pop juggernaut Justin Bieber has sold his music publishing and recording catalog shares to the Blackstone-backed Hipgnosis Songs Capital for $200 million, the company said ON Jan. 24, marking the industry's latest blockbuster rights deal.
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Mixed fortunes of celebrities who leapt on NFT craze
Sports, film and music stars have all flocked to the NFT market to buy pictures of apes, endorse corporate partners or even launch their own art collections.
Even as the crypto sector suffers a rout with sales and values plunging and scams proliferating, celebrities continue to sign up to the craze for so-called Non-Fungible Tokens.
Ramsay Hunt, the disorder paralyzing Bieber’s face
Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS), which has forced singer Justin Bieber to cancel his world tour, is a rare and painful complication of the virus that causes shingles and chickenpox.
RHS was discovered in 1907 by the neurologist of the same name. It is a rare neurological disorder that can inflame and then paralyze the facial nerve and cause a painful rash around the ear or mouth.
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Justin Bieber reveals rare disorder behind facial paralysis
Justin Bieber says a rare disorder that paralyzed half of the superstar performer's face is the reason behind his tour postponement.
The multi-Grammy winner is suffering from Ramsay Hunt syndrome, he said in video he posted Friday on Instagram. The syndrome causes facial paralysis and affects nerves in the face through a shingles outbreak.
Grammy Awards set sights on Las Vegas for first time
The top names in music will gather on April 3 to honor their own at the Grammys, now in its 64th edition, with pop juggernauts joining jazzman Jon Batiste as the leading nominees.
People spend fortunes on pricey pixels, NFT
Thousands of artists beaver away every day creating images to sell as digital tokens (NFTs) in online exchanges. The market is booming, the most popular pieces can sell for millions, but outsiders may wonder why anyone would pay anything at all.
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Postponed Grammys move to Las Vegas, set for April
The Grammy music awards will be held in Las Vegas for the first time this April after being postponed because of the surge of Omicron-variant COVID-19 cases across the United States.
The 64th annual Grammys, featuring nominees including Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo, had been due to take place in Los Angeles on Jan. 31.
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Swift wins top prize at AMAs, says she’s re-recording music
Taylor Swift won her third consecutive artist of the year prize at the American Music Awards, but she missed the show for a good reason: She said she's busy re-recording her early music after her catalog was sold.
Petition to make Bryant the new NBA logo nears two million signatures
Nearly 2 million people have signed an online petition to use Kobe Bryant's image as the new logo for the National Basketball Association following the death of the Los Angeles Lakers great.