Random music news for Wednesday, January 20, 2021
No more Trump. I still can’t believe he was ever president. Here’s music news for a brand new era started on January 20, 2021 Here is everything we know about the arrest of
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2020
MCR/Nielsen’s year-end report for music in Canada has arrived. (There is a LOT of data here!)
MCR/Nielsen spends all its time looking at charts, sales, streams, and the music consumption habits of fans all over the world. The company has just released its year-end look at music in not
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Elvis Costello’s new song says goodbye to 2020
Good riddance. The song is good, though. Sounds like old Attractions stuff. UPDATE: The video has been taken down. Everyone who posted it has been similarly affected.
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If 2020 was a song, it would sound like this
This video was released back in May and could use an update. But Mr. Grande does hit all the key talking points.
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If you’re going to be celebrating New Year’s, enlist the Ramones
As reader Tom says “This should be mandatory.”
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Twitter Canada’s 2020 in review report is here
Around this time each year, Twitter sends out stats about who tweeted what, who followed whom, and what trended big over the last twelve months. Here’s what 2020 looked like. (A deeper dive
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Apple Music’s year-end chart highlights are here
Like every other music streaming platform, Apple Music keeps meticulous records of who streams what. Here are their year-end lists for 2020. Top 25 Songs of 2020 The Box – Roddy Ricch, Song was first Shazamed
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The Juno Awards return for 50th-anniversary event May 16, 2021
After being forced to cancel the Junos this year–sorry Saskatoon–and moving to a virtual sort of thing, CARAS today (Dec 1) announced that the 50th-anniversary Juno Awards will be held in Toronto on
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Spotify’s year-end streaming stats are here.
With so many people stuck inside because the pandemic, Spotify saw some big gains in subscriber numbers. But what were they listening to? That’s the point of their annual Wrapped campaign. Most-streamed artist:
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This may be the most honest song about the sh*tshow that is 2020.
In fact, it’s called “Well, This is Shit.” And it is, isn’t it? (Via Sean)
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Backxwash wins the 2020 Polaris Music Prize
It came a month late and had to be done in a virtual setting, but we finally have a winner of the $50,000 Polaris Music Prize. After much deliberation by the Grand Jury,
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