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Jessie Ware Talks 'Imagine It Was Us' Song & A$AP Rocky Collaboration
April 18, 2013 2:24 PM EDT 169 66 1 0 Within nine-months of the U.K. release of her debut album, "Devotion," Jessie Ware has found herself in a whirlwind of praise for her lush vocals and throwback R&B sound. "A lot has changed in a year. It's been really fu ...
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Outside Lands 2013: Paul McCartney, Phoenix and Nine Inch Nails Top Lineup
April 16, 2013 12:00 PM EDT 198 42 78 0 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, D'Angelo, The National, Willie Nelson are also going to San Francisco, Aug. 9-11 Paul McCartney is adding to his busy summer with top billing at the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, which wi ...
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Backbeat: MTV’s Artists To Watch With Jessie Ware, Zedd, Twenty One Pilots, Robert DeLong
January 26, 2013 7:15 AM EST 3 3 0 To kick off its biggest artist-discovery campaign in years, MTV held a special showcase at New York's Highline Ballroom on Jan. 17 featuring four of the program's 13 spotlight artists — Glassnote's EDM singer Robert Delong, Atlanti ...
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PIX OF THE WEEK: Bieber, Beyonce, Shuggie, More
January 25, 2013 9:43 PM EST justin_bieber_atlanta_hawks.jpg Justin Bieber Atlanta Hawks justin_bieber_atlanta_hawks.jpg Bieber Balling: Justin Bieber performed to a sold-out crowd at Philips Arena in the ATL on Jan. 23. The venue's Katie Root and Kevin Preast and Bob Wi ...
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Emeli Sande, Mumford & Sons Lead BRIT Award Nominations
January 10, 2013 7:05 PM EST British music stars Emeli Sande, Mumford & Sons, Alt-J and Rita Ora lead the nominations for the 2013 BRIT Awards, which were announced on Thursday (Jan. 10). The annual salute to U.K. artists will be held on Feb. 20, with performances from One ...
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Jessie Ware Plays U.S. Debut In New York, Talks Meeting Katy Perry
December 12, 2012 11:30 AM EST Jessie Ware , a 28-year-old U.K. soul singer, may be popping up all over critics' year-end lists for 2012, but her debut U.S. gig at New York's The Box Monday night (Dec. 10) gave a glimpse into why the rest of America will be raving about ...
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Michael Kiwanuka, Jessie Ware Talk Mercury Prize Noms: 'Pleased, Surprised, Ecstatic'
September 13, 2012 9:15 AM EDT Plan B, Richard Hawley Favorites for Album of the Year Award British urban artist Plan B and Sheffield-based singer-songwriter Richard Hawley, a onetime member of Britpop band Pulp, lead the betting for this year's Barclaycard Mercury Prize for ...
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Jessie Ware, Michael Kiwanuka Talk Mercury Prize Noms; Plan B, Richard Hawley Favorites For Award
September 12, 2012 4:20 PM EDT British urban artist Plan B and Sheffield-based singer-songwriter Richard Hawley, a onetime member of Britpop band Pulp, lead the betting for this year's Barclaycard Mercury Prize for Album of the Year. Register today for the Billboard Hollyw ...
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Single Reviews: Maroon 5, Jessie Ware, Future & Brandi Carlisle
August 30, 2012 12:45 PM EDT FLYING LOTUS FEATURING ERYKAH BADU See Thru to U (2:24) Producer: Steven Ellison Writers: S. Ellison, E. Badu Publishers: Divine Pimp Publishing/Universal Music Warp Experimental electronic auteur Steve Ellison, better-known as Flying Lotus, has r ...
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Album Reviews: Little Big Town, Dwele, Dispatch & Jessie Ware
August 30, 2012 12:45 PM EDT LITTLE BIG TOWN Tornado Producer: Jay Joyce Capitol Nashville Release Date: Sept. 11 This co-ed Nashville quartet turned in one of the strongest-and most polished-performances on Lionel Richie's recent country duets album, "Tuskegee" ...
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Emeli Sande Has Adele in Her Sights After Scoring 5th No. 1 in U.K.
August 27, 2012 8:35 AM EDT "Events" is now within 6,000 copies of overtaking Adele's "21" as the U.K.'s bestselling album of 2012 As Emeli Sandé 's "Our Version of Events" started a fifth non-consecutive week atop the U.K. album ch ...
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Jessie Ware Talks Breakthrough 'Devotion' Debut & 'Wildest Moments' Single
August 23, 2012 11:05 AM EDT Jessie Ware 's debut album "Devotion" had been available for free via live-stream on The Guardian's web site for no less than three hours before she got a fan tweet guaranteed to disturb any new artist. "I love the album! I ...
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Backbeat: The Weeknd's London Debut, With Katy Perry, Florence Welch, Barry Weiss, David Joseph, More
June 07, 2012 7:24 PM EDT London's Wilton Music Hall hosted The Weeknd 's debut London show earlier tonight (June 7). Rumored to have sold out within two minutes, the gig lasted just an hour, but equally interesting as the vocal acrobatics taking place onstage wa ...
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SBTRKT Catches 'Fire' with Drake Remix, Self-Titled Debut
June 25, 2011 11:00 AM EDT For European dance music producers looking to broaden their audience in the United States, it's hard to beat a Drake remix. The platinum-selling rap superstar is known for hopping on songs by artists that fall far outside the confines of rap- L ...
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Billboard Bits: Cee Lo Thanks Volunteer Firefighters, The Cure to 'Reflect' on Classic Albums
May 06, 2011 6:36 PM EDT Billboard Bits serves up the best bite-sized nuggets of music news and gossip. Cee Lo Green Thanks Volunteer Firefighters Cee Lo Green, in conjunction with a Duracell campaign, has reworked his mega-hit "F**k You" in honor of volunteer fir ...
