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Jeff Bezos Gives Singer Dolly Parton $100 Million Award. This Is Why
Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, recently named country singer Dolly Parton as the latest recipient of his Courage and Civility award. Bezos has awarded the music legend $100 million to direct to any charities she chooses.
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Case Against Qawwali Singer For "Provocative" Remarks Against Country, PM
The Madhya Pradesh police have booked an Uttar Pradesh-based qawwali singer for allegedly making provocative remarks against the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah during a musical event in Rewa recently, an official sa
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Latin Grammy-Winning Singer Marilia Mendonca Dies In Brazil Plane Crash
Marilia Mendonca, one of the hottest young stars of Brazil's answer to country music, died in a plane crash on Friday, officials said.
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US Country Music Star Charley Pride Dies At 86
US country music star Charley Pride, a pioneering Black singer who racked up 29 number one hits, died Saturday of Covid-19 complications. He was 86.
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Country Music Star Joe Diffie Dies Of Coronavirus
Joe Diffie, a Grammy award-winning country music singer who had several chart-topping hits in the 1990s, has died of coronavirus. He was 61.
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First Woman To Win 'Afghan Star' TV Show To Fight Taliban With Music
The first woman to win the Afghan version of American Idol says she will fight the Taliban with her music, embracing a victory rich in symbolism as her country faces an uncertain future.
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10 Things To Know About Bhupen Hazarika, Bharat Ratna Awardee
Music maestro from Assam, Bhupen Hazarika, has been posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, along with former President Pranab Mukherjee and social activist Nanaji Deshmukh. Bhupen Hazarika was a singer, balladeer, poet, lyricist and film maker who was widely admired not only in native Assam but across the country.
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Padma Vibhushan For Ilaiyaraaja, Ghulam Mustafa Khan
Music composer Ilaiyaraaja was selected for the country's second highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan
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Katy Perry Unveils Her Rio Olympics Anthem Rise's Music Video
"I was inspired to finish it now, rather than save it for my next album, because now more than ever, there is a need for our world to unite. I know that together we can rise above the fear, in our country, and around the world," Katy Perry said.
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Grammys 2016: Complete List of Winners
Country singer Taylor Swift scooped up Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for her record-breaking pop collection 1989. But the night's big winner was rapper Kendrick Lamar, the voice of the Black Lives Matter movement, who won five awards including Best Rap Album for To Pimp a Butterfly, Rap Performance, Rap Song, Rap/Sung performanc...
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David Bowie's Blackstar Poised to Be His First Number 1 Album in USA
Billboard, which will publish the benchmark US chart this weekend, said that Blackstar was expected to easily outsell ballad singer Adele's blockbuster 25, which has spent seven weeks at number one. i>Blackstar was the top-selling album on iTunes in all major developed countries on Monday
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Grammys 2016: Kendrick Lamar Storms Nominations, Taylor Swift Trails
Kendrick Lamar led the Grammy nominations with 11 nods, while Taylor and The Weeknd got seven nominations each. Kendrick will compete in the best album category with Taylor's 1989, The Weeknd's Beauty Behind the Madness, country singer Chris Stapleton's Traveller and rock band Alabama Shakes' Sand & Color
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Singer Little Jimmy Dickens Dies
The country music crooner famous for his novelty songs like I'm Little but I'm Loud and A-Sleepin at the Foot of the Bed
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Katy Perry Hits Back at Australian Media for Stalking Her
Singer Katy Perry has called the paparazzi in Australia "perverted" and "disgusting" for following her along the beach and for asking her to pose during her visit to the country for her Prismatic World Tour
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Taylor Swift Shakes Off Country Music, Goes Pop
Taylor Swift is saying goodbye to country music, for now: The singer says she's releasing her first full-length pop album on October 27.
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Jeff Bezos Gives Singer Dolly Parton $100 Million Award. This Is Why
Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, recently named country singer Dolly Parton as the latest recipient of his Courage and Civility award. Bezos has awarded the music legend $100 million to direct to any charities she chooses.
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Case Against Qawwali Singer For "Provocative" Remarks Against Country, PM
The Madhya Pradesh police have booked an Uttar Pradesh-based qawwali singer for allegedly making provocative remarks against the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah during a musical event in Rewa recently, an official sa
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Latin Grammy-Winning Singer Marilia Mendonca Dies In Brazil Plane Crash
Marilia Mendonca, one of the hottest young stars of Brazil's answer to country music, died in a plane crash on Friday, officials said.
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US Country Music Star Charley Pride Dies At 86
US country music star Charley Pride, a pioneering Black singer who racked up 29 number one hits, died Saturday of Covid-19 complications. He was 86.
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Country Music Star Joe Diffie Dies Of Coronavirus
Joe Diffie, a Grammy award-winning country music singer who had several chart-topping hits in the 1990s, has died of coronavirus. He was 61.
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First Woman To Win 'Afghan Star' TV Show To Fight Taliban With Music
The first woman to win the Afghan version of American Idol says she will fight the Taliban with her music, embracing a victory rich in symbolism as her country faces an uncertain future.
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10 Things To Know About Bhupen Hazarika, Bharat Ratna Awardee
Music maestro from Assam, Bhupen Hazarika, has been posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, along with former President Pranab Mukherjee and social activist Nanaji Deshmukh. Bhupen Hazarika was a singer, balladeer, poet, lyricist and film maker who was widely admired not only in native Assam but across the country.
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Padma Vibhushan For Ilaiyaraaja, Ghulam Mustafa Khan
Music composer Ilaiyaraaja was selected for the country's second highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan
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Katy Perry Unveils Her Rio Olympics Anthem Rise's Music Video
"I was inspired to finish it now, rather than save it for my next album, because now more than ever, there is a need for our world to unite. I know that together we can rise above the fear, in our country, and around the world," Katy Perry said.
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Grammys 2016: Complete List of Winners
Country singer Taylor Swift scooped up Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for her record-breaking pop collection 1989. But the night's big winner was rapper Kendrick Lamar, the voice of the Black Lives Matter movement, who won five awards including Best Rap Album for To Pimp a Butterfly, Rap Performance, Rap Song, Rap/Sung performanc...
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David Bowie's Blackstar Poised to Be His First Number 1 Album in USA
Billboard, which will publish the benchmark US chart this weekend, said that Blackstar was expected to easily outsell ballad singer Adele's blockbuster 25, which has spent seven weeks at number one. i>Blackstar was the top-selling album on iTunes in all major developed countries on Monday
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Grammys 2016: Kendrick Lamar Storms Nominations, Taylor Swift Trails
Kendrick Lamar led the Grammy nominations with 11 nods, while Taylor and The Weeknd got seven nominations each. Kendrick will compete in the best album category with Taylor's 1989, The Weeknd's Beauty Behind the Madness, country singer Chris Stapleton's Traveller and rock band Alabama Shakes' Sand & Color
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Singer Little Jimmy Dickens Dies
The country music crooner famous for his novelty songs like I'm Little but I'm Loud and A-Sleepin at the Foot of the Bed
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Katy Perry Hits Back at Australian Media for Stalking Her
Singer Katy Perry has called the paparazzi in Australia "perverted" and "disgusting" for following her along the beach and for asking her to pose during her visit to the country for her Prismatic World Tour
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Taylor Swift Shakes Off Country Music, Goes Pop
Taylor Swift is saying goodbye to country music, for now: The singer says she's releasing her first full-length pop album on October 27.
