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Third Man Records Announce New Dead Weather, Raconteurs Releases

Two of Jack White's bands are back with new releases coming down the line. White's Third Man Records announced today the newest of its Third Man Vault packages, including material from The Dead Weather and The Raconteurs, two bands of which the alt-rocker claims membership.
Lorde: Topping Hot 100 'Feels Like Christmas'

Lorde: Topping Hot 100 'Feels Like Christmas'

"It feels like a combination of my birthday, Christmas and washing my hair after a month of not doing so," Lorde beamed to Billboard exclusively upon learning of her coronation.
Nicholas Megalis

Vine Star Nicholas Megalis Releases New Single "Forget It in a Day"

The king of Vine is a dude named Nicholas Megalis, a 24-year-old musician and comedian from Brooklyn, New York who has the biggest following on the Twitter-owned micro-video sharing network. And now Megalis has just released a single, "Forget It in a Day," available now on iTunes , as well as a video for it.
Coroner: Cory Monteith Died of 'Intravenous Heroin Use' and Alcohol

Coroner: Cory Monteith Died of 'Intravenous Heroin Use' and Alcohol

The late "Glee" star Cory Monteith died of a mixed drug cocktail involving "intravenous heroin use combined with the ingestion of alcohol." That finding was part of the final B.C. Coroner's report on the July 13 death of the Hollywood actor in Vancouver that had previously been ruled accidental.
Lorde's 'Royals' Crowns Hot 100

Lorde's 'Royals' Crowns Hot 100

Lorde leaps to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with her breakthrough hit "Royals," which claims the summit from Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" after the latter song led for two weeks.
Go Behind Badfinger's 'Breaking Bad' Moment

Go Behind Badfinger's 'Breaking Bad' Moment

"Baby Blue," the Badfinger song that closed out the finale of AMC's "Breaking Bad" on Sept. 29, sold 5,000 copies in handful of hours after it aired, according to SoundScan.
Drake Leads Debut-Filled Top Four On Billboard 200

Drake Leads Debut-Filled Top Four On Billboard 200

The Billboard 200's top four albums are all debuts this week, led by Drake's "Nothing Was the Same," which launches at No. 1 with 658,000 sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Last Friday, industry sources forecast that the set would start with around 660,000-670,000.
The Winery Dogs, 'Time Machine': Exclusive Video Premiere

The Winery Dogs, 'Time Machine': Exclusive Video Premiere

Listening to music from The Winery Dogs is like entering a time machine, with a back-to-basics rock sound and input from three masters of the genre. So it's fitting that the band's newest video, premiered today (Oct. 2) on Billboard, is for the song entitled just that: "Time Machine."

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