Music streaming soared last year as more people consumed their favourites songs amid the lockdown

Music streaming soared by 8% last year as more people consumed their favourites songs amid the lockdown blues Some 155 million albums or their equivalent were streamed or bought in 2020   There were also 139 billion audio streams, British Phonographic Industry said Come as streaming giants come under pressure to increase pay to musicians By Bhvishya Patel … Read more

From Paul McCartney to Billie Eilish and Joan As Police Woman: The best songs of 2020 

From Paul McCartney’s tune of the year to Therefore I Am by Billie Eilish and a sensuous cover by Joan As Police Woman, the best songs of 2020 By Tim De Lisle for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 GMT, 26 December 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 26 December 2020 In a year of living anxiously, music … Read more

Pop songs will get shorter this decade because of faltering attention spans

Pop songs will get shorter on average by the end of this decade because of faltering attention spans and ‘skipping culture’ on streaming services, experts say.  Attention spans of music fans has dropped from 12 seconds to eight since the year 2000, according to research from Samsung.  As a result it’s more important than ever for … Read more

Mariah Carey reveals favorite Christmas songs while promoting new book during talk show appearance

Mariah Carey reveals favorite Christmas songs while promoting new book during talk show appearance By Paul Chavez For Dailymail.com Published: 08:21 GMT, 8 December 2020 | Updated: 08:21 GMT, 8 December 2020 Mariah Carey revealed her favorite Christmas songs Monday during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The 50-year-old singing superstar looked … Read more

Kate Garraway has been playing Elton John’s songs to husband Derek Draper in hospital

Kate Garraway has told how she has been playing her husband Derek Draper Sir Elton John’s songs while he continues his coronavirus recovery in hospital. The Good Morning Britain presenter, 53, said the songwriter has been so ‘personally kind’ to her during Derek’s battle with the disease, after he offered to help the couple when … Read more

Dalmatian is caught in the act by his owner as he ‘plays’ the piano and howls his favourite songs

Ain’t nothing but a hound dog! Music-loving Dalmatian caught ‘playing’ the piano and even howls along Dexter, two, was filmed standing on his hind legs, playing the piano and ‘singing’ His owner Esther Mason, 43, from Jersey, filmed his performance last week  Normally the young dog stops playing whenever his owners walk in the room … Read more

British pop group Steps gush about recording one of singer Sia’s songs in interview on The Project

‘The news she had written it sealed the deal’: British pop group Steps gush about recording one of singer Sia’s songs in interview on The Project By Jabeen Waheed For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:13 GMT, 2 December 2020 | Updated: 10:14 GMT, 2 December 2020 They have just released their sixth studio album, What … Read more

Taylor Swift confirms Joe Alwyn co-wrote songs on Folklore… after album receives SIX Grammy nods

She’s riding high on the success of her latest album, Folklore, which received six Grammy nominations on Tuesday. And Taylor Swift confirmed what many fans had already assumed by revealing that boyfriend Joe Alwyn co-wrote a few songs on her melodic catalog. While discussing the song Exile in her new film dedicated to creating the … Read more

Hipgnosis music fund boss has splashed out millions on hit songs

Nowhere is Britain’s creative genius more in evidence than in recorded music. The global success of artists such as Adele, Ed Sheeran and Stormzy, who have picked up the baton from The Beatles, Elton John and Pink Floyd, is a testament to the talent on these islands. Yet, largely as a result of the takeover … Read more