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2015

Music Industry 

Here are the Top 10 Finalists for The Prism Prize in the Search for the Best Canadian Music Video

March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2015, A Tribe Called Red, Braids, Death from Above 19, Drake, Elwins, Fast Romantics, Grimes, Harrison, Kalle Mattson, Monogrenade, Prism Prize

After polling 120 music industry types across Canada, jurors have finally settled on these ten finalists in The Prism Prize,

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Music News 

Short List Announced for the 2016 Prism Prize

February 10, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2015, 2016, Music Video, Prism Prize

The Prism Prize is an annual award that acknowledges excellence in music video production. More than 120 Canadian music, film

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Music News 

Musicians We Lost in 2015: This Year’s Book of the Dead

December 31, 2015December 31, 2015 Alan Cross 8 Comments 2015, Musicians Who Died, People Who Died

It’s customary in some circles on the last day of the year to remember those who have passed on. Here’s

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Music History 

Keep This in Mind as You Browse Through All The Year-End Lists

December 28, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2015, End-of-the-Year, Year-end

‘Tis the season of the year-end list. With so many people on holidays, year-end lists–articles put to bed and scheduled

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Music Industry 

How Good a Year Did Taylor Swift Have? Michael Jackson-Good

December 27, 2015December 27, 2015 Alan Cross 3 Comments 2015, Taylor Swift

Lost in the noise of Adele’s late-year achievements with 25 are the accomplishments of Taylor Swift in 2015. Medium.com has

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music New for Thursday, December 24, 2015

December 24, 2015December 23, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2015, Chris Martin, Coldplay, iTunes, Jack Black, Kim Dotcom, Madonna, Tenacious D, Top Albums, Top Songs, U2

Christmas Eve, the night that Tim Hortons closes. That just seems…spooky. And now, the music news. Coldplay’s Chris Martin has

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Recommended Music 

Dine Alone’s Free Winter Sampler is Now Available

December 13, 2015December 13, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2015, Dine Alone Records, Winter Sampler

Dine Alone Records is offering its free annual winter sampler. Learn about the 28 free tracks here.

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Music News 

YouTube Rewind 2015

December 10, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment 2015, Rewind, YouTube

‘Tis the time of year when people look back on what happened over the last twelve months. YouTube would like

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Music News 

The Best-Selling Music on iTunes in 2015 Was…

December 10, 2015December 10, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2015, Biggest-Selling, iTunes

So who sold the most on iTunes in 2015? Here are some numbers from the US and the UK. (I

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Music News 

YouTube’s Top-Trending/Top Music Videos of 2015

December 9, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2015, Top Music Videos, Top Trending Videos, YouTube

You know YouTube, always gathering data from the people who uses its services. Crunching all the numbers for 2015, they’ve

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Music News 

Here are the Nominations for the Grammy Awards

December 7, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment 2015, Grammy Awards

Never take the Grammys too seriously because they never have been about honouring excellence in music. They are (a) a

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