Japanese stayer Mer De Glace and European import Constantinople have been installed as favorites for Tuesday's Melbourne Cup as horse racing in Australia faces surging image problems. First staged in 1861, the "race that stops a nation" has been a fixture on the first Tuesday ...
Taylor Swift helps Alibaba plug world's biggest shopping spree
Taylor Swift will headline Alibaba's Singles' Day next month in Shanghai, turning her considerable star wattage on the world's largest annual online shopping spree. By most measures the biggest recording star on the planet, Swift is the highest-profile act to feature at Alibaba Group Holding ...
Singer Taylor Swift helps boost voter registrations after endorsing Democratic candidates
Pop music luminary Taylor Swift's decision to wade into electoral politics for the first time on Sunday has driven a spike in online voter registration, particularly among young people, according to the website Vote.org. The nonprofit site, which helps people register online, reported 240,000 new ...
AKB48 sets a chart record, but Daoko and Kenshi Yonezu are playing the long game
Call it the end of an era. Last week, AKB48's 49th single "#Sukinanda" sold over 1 million copies to take the top spot on the Oricon singles chart. Besides being the first song in the No. 1 position to feature a hashtag in its ...
After 'bare buttock grab,' judge tosses DJ's claim in Taylor Swift groping case trial
Pop star Taylor Swift on Friday won an important ruling in the trial stemming from her allegation that she was groped by a Colorado disc jockey, with the judge dismissing the DJ's rival claim accusing the singer of wrongfully getting him fired. The ruling by ...
Sean 'Diddy' Combs ousts Taylor Swift as highest-paid global entertainer
Rapper and music producer Sean "Diddy" Combs was named the world's highest-paid entertainer on Monday, ousting pop singer Taylor Swift who fell to 49th place on the Forbes annual list. Beyonce moved into the second spot with $105 million, courtesy of her best-selling "Lemonade" album ...
Taylor Swift returns to Spotify after almost three-year boycott
Taylor Swift is releasing her entire catalog on all streaming services, ending the pop star's boycott of Spotify Ltd. over her ability to limit her songs to paying subscribers. The albums will become available at midnight New York time Thursday night, Swift's management said on ...
Big in Japan? Artists from abroad may find it more difficult to draw a crowd
There are now just three major record labels left on the planet: Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group. These three companies control as much as 80 percent of the music that is commercially available in the world — and not just ...
Music streaming services face new test as Coldplay snubs Spotify
First Taylor Swift kept "1989" off free music streaming services and scored the best weekly album sales in more than a decade. Then Adele spurned Spotify and Apple Music with her new "25" and did one better: She shattered the record for opening week ...
Katy Perry tops Taylor Swift as highest female music earner
She didn't make as many headlines, nor sell as many albums, but Katy Perry handily beat Taylor Swift to become the highest-earning woman in music this year, according to Forbes. Perry, 31, earned $135 million in the past 12 months, thanks to a huge worldwide ...
Lower sales affected acts worldwide
The Japanese music market has faced hard times as of late. Starting with an announcement from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in March that the country's music sales dropped 16.7 percent in 2013, the past 12 months saw no particular upswing in ...
Taylor Swift regains top spot on revamped Billboard 200 chart
Taylor Swift climbed back to the top spot on the newly revamped U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, in a list that the trade magazine believes now more accurately reflects present-day music consumption. Swift's "1989" jumped from No. 2 to No. 1 this week ...
