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Drake Is the Most Streamed Artist on Spo...

Spotify has released their year-end charts, presenting the most streamed artists, songs, albums, and genres throughout 2016. For the second consecutive year, Drake tops the most-streamed artist list, with over 4.7 billion streams (more than doubling his 1.8 billion from last year). His album Views is the year’s most streamed album and its single “One Dance” is the year’s top song.  Rihanna, Kanye West, Justin Bieber all appear behind Drake on the lists, and Zayn is designated the year’s top “Breakout Artist.” Check out the full “2016 Wrapped” details. Drake’s dominance on...
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Kanye West Out of Hospital: Report

Kanye West was hospitalized on November 21, when he was willingly taken to the UCLA Medical Center “for his own health and safety.” After a week, reports emerged that he was going to remain admitted without a release date because he was “still not stable.” He is now reportedly back home in the care of his wife Kim Kardashian West and his personal physician, TMZ reports. Pitchfork has reached out to West’s representatives for more information. Following his initial hospitalization, West’s doctor told TMZ that the artist “suffers from temporary psychosis due to sleep...
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Hamilton Leithauser and Rostam Cover Bob...

Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij and the Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser have shared a new two-song session recorded at Spotify Studios NYC. In addition to a new rendition of their I Had a Dream That You Were Mine track “The Morning Stars,” they delivered a cover of the Bob Dylan classic “Mr. Tambourine Man.” Listen to both below. Read Pitchfork’s feature, “Rostam’s Next-Level Art Music.” Watch Hamilton and Rostam perform “1959” in a Pitchfork.tv...
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Jamie Foxx Producing Marvin Gaye TV Seri...

Jamie Foxx will executive produce an upcoming TV series about Marvin Gaye, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He will produce the series alongside Passe Jones Entertainment’s Suzanne de Passe and Madison Jones, and it will be the first series to be authorized by the Gaye family. Marvin Gaye’s son Marvin Gaye III (also an executive producer on the project) says the series will be “a powerful and definitive telling of Marvin Gaye’s life story.” Jones and de Passe are currently talking to Sony/ATV about using Gaye’s music for the series.  Read our feature “I Want You...
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Lincoln Center to Host Leonard Cohen Mem...

Lincoln Center has announced a Leonard Cohen memorial that will take place on December 5 from 12 p.m to 4 p.m. The event is an “informal gathering” at the outdoor Hearst Plaza, and will feature “recordings of Cohen’s vast body of work, chosen by friends and fans,” according to a description on the Lincoln Center’s website. There will not be any speakers or live performances at the event, which takes place rain or shine. Find more information here. Earlier this week, San Francisco’s the Chapel hosted a Leonard Cohen tribute show that featured Mark Kozelek, Christopher...