Rappers Kendrick Lamar (left) and Drake have released a series of diss tracks attacking each other recently as part of a growing feud.
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The diss tracks released by rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar raise interesting questions about defamation in music lyrics.
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The temporary boycott led to the removal of music from artists including Harry Styles Adele, Billie Eilish, Drake, Post Malone, Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West.
Could this be the start of a golden era for Spotify?
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Commentators have been asking for years when the streaming giant will turn profitable – that time may now have come.
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As a woman who has been working in the ‘boys club’ of the UK music industry for over 30 years I can say it’s been, at best, frustrating and exhausting.
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Many artists are expected to organise their own ticket sales and event promotion. This is coupled with low pay from venues and having to juggle music with other full-time jobs.
Taylor Swift vinyl on display at a record store in Tokyo.
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The loyalty of fans has been exploited ever since big business realised music could be commercialised.
Kurt Cobain in his now-iconic white sunglasses.
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Cobain was very much the anti-superstar of his time.
Tanner Adell is one of the four Black, female country singers featured on ‘Blackbiird.’
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To truly appreciate the track, it’s important to go beyond the long shadow of the Beatles’ version.
Country musician Linda Martell at her home in South Carolina in 2021.
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Confinement was the essence of Linda Martell’s brief career as a country star in the 1970s – and it’s the exact sort of fate that Beyoncé has sought to avoid.
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Perth has had as many as five tributes to Oasis in recent years. As large concerts get more expensive and inaccessible, tributes will become even more important.
Thomas Raggi of the band Måneskin performs a concert that streamed live on TikTok in 2021.
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For some musical artists, TikTok has become a beacon in an otherwise dismal digital streaming landscape.
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Cancellations of Australian music festivals, such as the abrupt end to Pitch Music Festival due to extreme heat, have become all too familiar.
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Groovin’ the Moo is the latest in a long line of Australian music festivals to be cancelled. It is the new normal in our age of ‘deep uncertainty’.
Bob Marley performs at a ‘Viva Zimbabwe’ independence celebration in April 1980.
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How did a musician whose songs were suffused with messages of anti-capitalism and anti-imperialism become so commercialized?
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Gender discrimination permeates every layer of the music industry.
Miriam Makeba was the first African to win a Grammy, but only when she partnered with a US star, Harry Belafonte.
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African artists with major US industry support have the advantage - now more than ever.
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GQ magazine and its obviously gendered remit doesn’t seem like an obvious home for Pitchfork. Nearly 44% of its readers are women.
Shakira en un concierto de Rock in Rio en septiembre de 2019.
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AI can predict the success of artist collaborations, with implications that could go far beyond the music world.
The Prodigy have changed the controversial lyrics to their song Smack my Bitch Up to reflect current social mores.
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Lyrics have changed for a myriad of reasons, including evolving social mores and sometimes simply because the artist wants a change.
Delta Goodrem at the 2003 ARIA awards.
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Delta’s music defined the lives of teenage girls like me – but she is still waiting to join the hall of fame.