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The Ellen DeGeneres Show, recounted his own experience with the "toxicity" on set following his former colleagues' lead.Okungbowa, who famously went by DJ Tony on the show, wrote in an Instagram post posted Tuesday (Aug. 4) about how he worked as on-air talent from 2003-2006 and again from 2007-2013."I have been getting calls asking me about the Ellen Degeneres Show and I would like to address the time I spent there," he wrote alongside a photo of him DJing during an episode.

Top Livestream Artists (artists with 250,001 or more trackers on Bandsintown.com) and the Buzzing Livestream Artists (artists with 10,000 or fewer trackers) have featured a different chart-topper each week since the July 11 launch.But the Rising Livestream Artists chart (artists with 10,001-250,000 trackers) has been dominated by one act. After debuting at No.

Miley Cyrus is coming, according to her seventh album teaser, but who she's bringing along with her for the ride might surprise you.

Brandon Frankel is taking a new position overseeing strategic partnerships in music at Cameo, the app and tech company that allows users to send each other personalized video messages from celebrities.

Kirk Franklin scores his milestone 50th week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Gospel Songwriters chart (dated Aug. 8), thanks to his smash single “Love Theory.” “Love Theory” stands at No. 3 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart, after

Taylor Swift and Aaron Dessner top Billboard’s Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts (dated Aug. 8), respectively, powered by the former’s new surprise studio album Folklore. The set arrives at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 846,

Chicago is roughly 1,500 miles from Utah, but with the rules of space and time being made increasingly irrelevant during quarantine, Zhu was able to deliver a set from the western desert for this past weekend's online incarnation of the beloved Chicago festival Lollapalooza.

Ever since releasing her latest album Brava in 2018, Lali has flaunted her evolution in musical sounds, style and more. Now, with 2020 in full swing, the Argentine singer promises an even edgier dive for her forthcoming album.

Gabby Barrett brought out her husband Cade Foehner for an intimate Billboard Live At-Home performance Wednesday (Aug. 5) to raise money for MusiCares.Foehner played an instrumental part during the couple's set, when he sang alongside Barrett while playing the acoustic guitar, but he also played his part as her muse for her radio sensation "The Good Ones.""This song was written about this man beside me," the 20-year-old country star said.

LeAnn Rimes came to national attention at age 13, she embarked on a wildly successful streak, selling millions of albums loaded with songs featuring adult viewpoints, even though she was too young to vote.Rimes arguably found her adult voice at age 22 with This Woman, an album produced by Dann Huff (Keith Urban, Brantley Gilbert) that lobbed three singles into country radio's top five, a level she has not attained since.With "Never Have I Ever," Danielle Bradbery looks to flip the script on that

Marshmello has become a dominant brand not only in mainstream dance music, but in a grab bag of genres including hip-hip, rock, pop and country.Having worked with everyone from Tyga and Chris Brown to Chvrches to Svdden Death and Blackbear to Kane Brown to Bastille, the artist has scored hits on Billboard's Hot 100, Country Songs, Rap Songs, Alternative Songs, Rock & Alternative Songs, Dance/Electronic Songs and Dance Electronic Albums charts.

Former Machine Head/Crowbar drummer Tony Costanza has died at age 52.

Troye Sivan's new EP — and today, they got another surprise taste of the singer's new music.On Wednesday morning (Aug. 5), Sivan dropped his latest single "Rager Teenager," a moody song that sees Troye wistfully remembering his younger days of angst, hormones and bad behavior.In the one-shot video for his song, audiences see Sivan sitting in an empty bathtub as he sings along to the track.

Tainy and J Balvin made it work.“Agua,” released in July by Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon, and NEON16, laces the iconic SpongeBob intro with a party-starting reggaeton, bass, and flute melody, making it the go-to summer song for the entire family.

Katy Perry graced the cover of People's latest issue on Wednesday (Aug. 5), opening up about her journey to motherhood and creating her upcoming album Smile.

Spencer Lee to the added role of Asia Pacific President.In his current position, Lee oversees territories including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, India and The Philippines. With the addition of his new role, he will also oversee South Korea, which is the sixth largest music market in the world, according to the IFPI, and which peermusic says is now its third largest territory in terms of revenue.Peermusic has long had its eye on the South Korean market.

The Weeknd is teasing a posthumous collaboration with Juice WRLD that will bring a long-sought team-up to life. "Me and The Weeknd would make a diamond record..." The Weeknd tweeted on Tuesday night (Aug. 4), adding three prayer hands emoji to the throwback comment from Sept. 10, 2019, who died less than four months later of an accidental overdose at age 21.

Maddie & Tae unveiled a pair of Spotify Singles on Wednesday (Aug. 5), including a genre-bending cover of Harry Styles' "Watermelon Sugar."

Taylor Swift has spent over a decade giving us indelible singles across a variety of styles -- first in country music, next in a sugary brand of country-pop, then in radio-conquering pop, and most recently in an indie-rock mode that upended fan expectations. With the recent debut of Folklore yielding yet another No.

Chicago Sun-Times confirmed that "Slide" rapper FBG Duck (born Carlton Weekly), 26, was hit multiple times and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later from gunshot wounds in the chest, groin and neck.An unnamed 36-year-old man was taken to the same hospital in serious condition with gunshots wounds to his back and side and a 26-year-old woman sitting in a parked car was shot in the hand.

Tessa Lyons-Laing, "offers anybody the chance to become a creator and break out on a global stage, reaching the entire Instagram audience."Instagram first launched in 2010 as a place to share photos but expanded into video in 2014. Since then, it has launched Stories as a portal for more ephemeral posts and IGTV as a home for longer videos.Instagram users have long had the ability to post short videos.

Miley Cyrus is (finally) coming, y'all! On Tuesday (Aug. 4), the superstar took to social media to tease the forthcoming release of her long-awaited album She Is Miley Cyrus."Meet Miley Cyrus.....

Cyrano, a musical adaption of Edmond Rostand's 1897 verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac that will see Peter Dinklage reprise the role he played onstage in 2019.Joe Wright is set to direct a cast that also includes Haley Bennett, Brian Tyree Henry and Ben Mendelsohn. Erica Schmidt wrote the screenplay.

John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero, which told the life story of the Georgia lawmaker.

Legend: The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers on Amazon Music HD.“My father’s music has moved and inspired legions of fans around the word, and we’re thrilled Amazon Music has developed a campaign that celebrates the rediscovery of his classics while introducing new favorites to the next generation,” notes Cedella Marley in a statement.

Dua Lipa is bringing the heat on her upcoming Club Future Nostalgia: The Remix Album, which she revealed is coming out on Aug. 21. The singer dropped the news on Tuesday night (Aug. 4), also confirming that a remix of "Levitating" remixed by The Blessed Madonna and featuring Missy Elliott and Madonna will come out on Aug. 14.

The Tonight Show. If she was freaking out on the inside, she sure wasn't showing it.Armed with a keyboard and a microphone, the 20-year-old folk singer and songwriter Zoomed in from her bedroom for a virtual performance of "I Miss You, I'm Sorry."The emotional track is lifted from her debut EP Minor.The Los Angeles newcomer is, of course, the daughter of movie director J.J.

Wayne Connolly, the celebrated Australian producer, engineer and artist who has collected eight ARIA Awards -- and counting -- for his work, has launched his first label, Scenic Drive.

The 10-year anniversary celebrations for One Direction were a lightning rod for the pop band’s sales and streams in the U.K., new data reveals.

Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis Songs continues its spending spree with the acquisition of Blondie’s catalog.

Macy Gray is ramping up her nonprofit My Good.The organization, founded quietly earlier this year, seeks to help families and loved ones of victims of police violence with financial, emotional and mental health support.

When Taylor Swift’s surprise album Folklore blasted in atop the Billboard 200 chart with the biggest week of the year for any album, she not only did it without the benefit of any pre-release promotion, but also while taking a sonic left-turn away from pure pop and into a more alternative soundscape.

Taylor Swift’s new album Folklore would put her back in the album of the year finals at the Grammys for the first time since she won for 1989.

Alessia Cara says that her latest project, a live covers EP of her own material, This Summer: Live Off the Floor, “brought a whole new life” to her songs.

With the $600 weekly federal pandemic assistance program now expired, and any new stimulus package still in limbo, Garza found some contract work but is worried for the rest of the touring industry.

Anne Hankins' Willamette Country Music Concerts in 2018, keeping Harkins as an employee to produce its three festivals in Oregon -- the Willamette Country Music Festival in Linn County, the Country Crossings Music Festival in Central Point and the Cape Blanco Country Music Festival -- as well as the Mountain Home Country Music Festival in Idaho.But after the Country Crossings festival experienced low turnout in 2018 due to extreme heat and a nearby wildfire, and the company's main Willamette