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Beyoncé. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Parkwood Beyoncé continues to be a trailblazer as she became the first Black woman to have a No. 1 hit country song. Billboard revealed on Tuesday, February 20, that Beyoncé’s new single “Texas Hold ‘Em” reached the top of the Hot Country List. Her second song “16 Carriages” also made […]
After more than a decade of research and teaching in the United States, Chinese-born maths star Sun Song has joined a university in eastern China as a full-time professor. The 36-year-old geometer started his role as a permanent faculty member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics (IASM) at
Thirty-five years after Tracy Chapman’s iconic track was first released, the singer-songwriter became the first Black artist to win Song of the Year at this year’s Country Music Awards on Wednesday night. Meanwhile, country music star Luke Combs won the CMA for Single of the Year for his recent cover of “Fast Car.” In March […]
The recently-released film Sound of Freedom has also become an unlikely US hit, with some critics taking its anti-child-trafficking story at its word, while others suggested it echoed the unfounded QAnon conspiracy theory about liberals condoning sex crimes against children. Alejandro Monteverde, the director of Sound of Freedom, has given interviews saying how heartbroken he […]
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Scientists have trained a computer to analyze the brain activity of someone listening to music and, based only on those neuronal patterns, recreate the song. The research, published on Tuesday, produced a recognizable, if muffled version of Pink Floyd’s 1979 song, “Another Brick in […]
A U.S. nurse who was released by kidnappers in Haiti last week says a Christian song called “See a Victory” became her battle cry after she and her young daughter were abducted August 13, 2023, 2:08 PM ET • 2 min read PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A U.S. nurse who was released by kidnappers in Haiti […]
A version of Chapman’s song Fast Car – which she solely wrote – has reached number one on US country chart, making history. “You’ve got a fast car. I want a ticket to anywhere.” So goes the opening line of US singer Tracy Chapman’s 1988 hit song Fast Car, a wistful and terse folk ballad […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by website Genius to revive its lawsuit accusing Alphabet’s Google of misusing its transcripts of song lyrics in search engine results without a license. The justices turned away an appeal by Genius of a lower court’s decision blocking its breach-of-contract claims against Google. Genius […]
The former president has repeatedly used the disco group’s songs in his campaign rallies – but a video of a tribute act playing at a Mar-a-Lago party has reportedly prompted a cease and desist letter from the band’s manager. By James Robinson, Sky News reporter @thejournojames Tuesday 16 May 2023 09:54, UK Legendary US disco […]
Popular American rapper Kodak has been trending on Nigerian social media spaces after a clip of him vibing to a gospel song went viral In a viral clip from the American rapper’s IG live session, Kodak was seen flowing in the spirit as he sang the lyrics of a Nigerian gospel song word for word […]