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5 Things We Want to See From Olivia Rodrigo on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Olivia Rodrigo is zooming to her Saturday Night Live debut this weekend straight from releasing her new song “Good 4 U,” which dropped Friday (May 14). She’ll live-debut “Good 4 U” — the third song she’s released ahead of her highly anticipated debut album Sour, due May 21 — on SNL for the first time while performing alongside host Keegan-Michael Key. […]

Inside Track: UMG’s Executive Pay; Clive Davis Interviews Joni Mitchell

Edited by Dan Rys UMG Executive Committee’s Big Payday Universal Music Group’s 11-person executive committee was paid a total of $128.4 million in short-term employee benefits — most likely salaries and bonuses – in 2020, according to financial information released by the music group’s parent company Vivendi. When post-employee benefits and share-based payouts are added, […]

Jesy Nelson Debuts Icy Blonde Hair: See the Pics

Jesy Nelson is turning over a new page after departing from Little Mix, and it comes with a new hair color: She debuted her platinum locks Friday (May 14). The 29-year-old singer showed off her new icy color in three Instagram pictures, captioning the first picture “No rain no flowers” before feeding her fans with […]

Universal Music’s Spotify Stock Could Be Worth $2B

Universal Music Group still owned 6.487 million shares of Spotify — or 3.37% of outstanding shares — on Dec. 31, according to detailed financial results the company disclosed Wednesday in anticipation to being publicly traded by the end of September. On Dec. 31, 2020, Spotify closed at $314.66 per share but has fallen since and […]

Mally Mall Sentenced to Prison in Las Vegas Prostitution Case

Hip-hop music figure Jamal “Mally Mall” Rashid was sentenced Thursday (May 13) in Las Vegas to 33 months in federal prison for owning and operating a prostitution business disguised as an escort enterprise, federal prosecutors and his defense attorneys said. Rashid, 45, sought leniency from U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro with an apology “to the […]