Robbie Robertson on Instinct, Influence and Modern Music – Variety

NEW YORK -- The show won't go on for the Academy of Country Music, after all.

Britt Robertson is sentimental — she always carries a memento from one of the best days of her life. “I have a receipt my friend gave me years ago,” says the actress, 29. “It was from a lunch [we were at] when I got a part I really wanted. He calls it ‘the moment of happiness.’ ”

After winning the 2019 Latin Grammy for best new artist, New York-based Venezuelan singer Nella has signed to Sony Music Latin, Billboard has learned.At the time of signing with Sony Music Latin’s president Alex Gallardo, she was accompanied by her mentor, Grammy and Latin Grammy-winning producer Javier Limón.“Nella is a unique voice,” Gallardo said in a statement. “She was born in Margarita, Venezuela, but it could well have been in Seville or Cádiz.

When Chris Taylor talks about Entertainment One Music (also known as eOne) becoming Hasbro's new plug-and-play music team, he sounds like a kid in a toy store. "The amount of opportunity that I was hoping would result from this deal

The Tupac Estate and Soundgarden have pulled out of a lawsuit against Universal Music Group that was filed by five artists last year over damage the artists’ musical recordings suffered in a 2008 fire that destroyed many assets in the company’s vaults.

In late 2019, Billie Eilish unveiled "everything i wanted," her tribute to her brother Finneas. The tune features sweet lyrics in the chorus, "As long as I'm here / No one can hurt you," but in a New York Times profile, the teen superstar admits that the song wasn't always so reassuring.Eilish got inspiration for the song a year prior, when she had a dream about taking her own life.

In late 2019, Billie Eilish unveiled "everything i wanted," her tribute to her brother Finneas. The tune features sweet lyrics in the chorus, "As long as I'm here / No one can hurt you," but in a New York Times profile, the teen superstar admits that the song wasn't always so reassuring.Eilish got inspiration for the song a year prior, when she had a dream about taking her own life.

Sounds born at DIY warehouse parties are already fueling big-ticket events in dance music’s capitals. But these smaller cities are the underground’s next big scenes, launching inventive artists, DJs and new sounds.

It seems like Tekashi 6ix9ine, 23, isn’t letting prison stop his creative juices from flowing. The rapper’s lawyer, New York attorney Lance Lazzaro, spoke EXCLUSIVELY to HollywoodLife about how he’s continued to make music a priority while serving out his 24-month sentence and that he’s already planning to get right back into recording when he’s released on July 31.

MUMBAI – Indian-American rapper and singer-songwriter Raja Kumari has signed to Mass Appeal India, the label announced Monday (March 9). Kumari, aka Svetha Rao, is one of India's biggest hip-hop acts and among the few female English-speaking artists to have made a mark in the genre here.The California native follows rapper and frequent collaborator Divine to Mass Appeal India, a partnership between Nas-owned U.S.-based entertainment company Mass Appeal and Universal Music India.

Warner Music India officially launched today, as the company announced its newest affiliate with former Sony Music India executive Jay Mehta as managing director. His purview will also cover the other markets in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Mass Appeal India has announced the signing of Grammy-nominated Indian-American rapper-singer-songwriter-dancer Raja Kumari, the first female rapper to sign with the label.

Just over 18 months ago, a New York Times article stated that the damage Universal Music Group’s archives suffered in a 2008 fire was far greater than originally revealed — while lacking specific details, the article estimated that around 500,000 masters by some of the greatest artists of the past century were destroyed.

Mischa Barton has denied a report claiming she has been axed from the second series of The Hills reboot.

Lady Gaga lives for the applause, applause, applause — and her Little Monster fan base is certainly clapping now.

Universal Music India has promoted Vinit Thakkar from senior VP to the newly created position of COO, India and South Asia. Thakkar was instrumental in the launch of the VYRL Originals label, alongside Bollywood filmmaker Mohit Suri.

I know I speak for a majority of women in Hollywood — and certainly the dozens of survivors who were abused by Harvey Weinstein over the years — when I say, thank goodness he was not absolved of the heinous crimes he was proven to have committed.

NEW YORK -- New York prosecutorsare hailing Harvey Weinstein's conviction as a pivotal moment that could change the way the legal system views a type of sexual assault case historically considered difficult to prove.