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Russia Blocks SoundCloud Over ‘False’ Content About Its Ukraine Invasion

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Richard Smirke
13 hrs ago

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Here Are the Biggest Music NFTs in September: David Bowie, OMGKirby and Blocktones

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Benjamin James
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Bad Bunny Enters the Record Books With World’s Hottest Tour

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Steve Knopper
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Total on-demand streams week over week

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Charts

Billboard Global Excl. US

1

Unholy

Sam Smith & Kim Petras

2

I'm Good (Blue)

David Guetta & Bebe Rexha

3

Shut Down

BLACKPINK

Emerging Artists

1

Jelly Roll

2

Tems

3

Alex G

Top Album Sales

1

5SOS5

5 Seconds Of Summer

2

Born Pink

BLACKPINK

3

Dirt

Alice In Chains

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