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Aya Nakamura has not yet been confirmed to sing at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, but reports that French President Emmanuelle Macron has sounded her out to headline the event have sparked a racism row in the country. The possibility that the French-Malian pop singer might perform from the repertoire of national treasure Edith Piaf has caused indignation among some far-right supporters. Nakamura is the most listened-to French artist in the world and the only woman to feature in the country’s top 20 bestselling albums of 2023. But the Olympics speculation has made her the target of ...
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"I die because dying makes days more human I live because suffering makes joys greater," so goes Angelina Mango's song, "La Noia (Boredom)" which won the 74th edition of the Sanremo Festival. With this song, the 22-year-old daughter of the late singer-songwriter Pino Mango, discusses her approach to life, acknowledging how it comprises both positive and negative moments, and how the full spectrum of emotions is part of existence. "The song highlights the way I look at life, smiling and dancing over the things that hurt me. It's a way to exercise the pain. I manage to see things with irony, and...
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Universal Music Group says TikTok had tried to "bully" and "intimidate" it into an offer which pays artists and songwriters a "fraction of the rate" offered by other platforms. With UMG's contract with TikTok set to expire within 24 hours, the group has threatened, in a scathing open letter, to pull its entire music catalog from the platform. This could mean users may no longer be able to access millions of songs by top artists, including Taylor Swift, via the app. "Ultimately TikTok is trying to build a music-based business, without paying fair value for the music," the letter reads. "We hono...
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Last week saw a surge in sexually explicit and abusive deepfake images of Taylor Swift circulating on X, formerly Twitter – making her the highest-profile target of a major problem that tech platforms and anti-abuse groups have struggled to fix. The deepfake-detection group Reality Defender reported a significant influx of non-consensual pornographic material featuring Swift, particularly on X. Some of these images also found their way onto Meta-owned Facebook and other social media platforms. When attempting to search for Taylor Swift's name without quotation marks on the platform on Monday, ...
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The legendary Spanish singer Julio Iglesias was briefly arrested this week at Punta Cana airport in the Dominican Republic for carrying a huge amount of food in his suitcases. According to Spanish media, Iglesias was arrested with 42kg of all kinds of fruits and vegetables and meat in his luggage, ranging from strawberries, cherries, tomatoes, spinach, lettuce and mushrooms. Spain's La Vanguardia reports that the 80-year-old singer regularly travels with abundant quantities of food in his luggage. It's understood he landed in the Dominican capital on January 10 having flown from the Bahamas. S...
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Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor died from “natural causes” in July, a coroner confirmed on Tuesday (9 January). London's Metropolitan Police had previously said the singer's death was not considered suspicious, after she was found unresponsive at a home in southeast London on 26 July. O'Connor was 56. The Southwark Coroner's Court said in their report that O'Connor died of natural causes, which means circumstances when an illness or condition is not linked to external forces. It did not provide further details. The story behind Sinéad O'Connor's 'Nothing Compares 2 U'Fans pay tribute t...
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2023 was a record-breaking year for female pop stars. Seven out of the top 10 UK singles of the year were performed by women, featuring hits like SZA's 'Kill Bill', Miley Cyrus' 'Flowers', and Taylor Swift's 'Anti-Hero'. This marks a stark contrast with 2022, where only two female musicians (Cat Burns and Kate Bush) secured spots in the top 10 songs, British talents such as UK dance music phenom PinkPantheress, and RAYE, whose album 'My 21st Century Blues' secured a place on our best albums of 2023 list, spent an unprecedented 31 out of 52 weeks at No. 1 on the Official Singles Chart in 2023. ...
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By The Conversation Leigh Carriage, Southern Cross UniversityFor singers – amateur and professional alike – the name Tina Turner evokes instant reverence: Turner is a singer’s singer and perhaps the performer’s performer. A highly successful songwriter, the consummate dancer and fittingly ranked as one of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine, Turner was the ultimate entertainer. Upon hearing of her death, I was deeply saddened. I immediately recalled the intoxicating power and timbre of her voice, her mesmerising energy and her commanding performances. I started singi...
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By Kirti Rawat Rapper Ye formerly Known as Kanye West has lost big brands collaboration with in two weeks due to his antisemitic remarks. Recently German sports multinational company Adidas terminated its partnership with rapper Ye. Watch this video to know how Kanye West lost money, brands and social media accounts in two weeks.
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