Tag: music

Sony nine-month net profit soars on games, music

Japanese electronics giant Sony said on Friday that nine-month net profit jumped 63.2 percent on-year, led by its games and music divisions, while tax benefits allowed the firm to raise its annual forecast. But the electronics and entertainment giant lowered its annual sales forecast, citing slower-than-expected sales in a range of fields including the key semiconductor unit. The company said its April-December net profit reached 828.4 billion yen ($7.6 billion), while operating profit rose 13.9 […]

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Beyonce, Jay-Z offer chance of lifetime tickets to fans who go vegan

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Music’s first couple Beyonce and Jay-Z are encouraging fans to go vegan for a month with a contest to give one lucky winner a lifetime of free tickets to their shows. Queen Bey announced the challenge to her 123 million Instagram followers late Wednesday, saying it was in support of the Greenprint Project that promotes adopting even a partial vegan diet to limit environmental footprints. Fans can sign up […]

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Fans call out Ariana Grande for misspelled Japanese tattoo

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Too bad pop star Ariana Grande is vegan — she just tattooed an accidental homage to a Japanese barbeque grill on her palm. The American singer’s attempt to ink an ode to her hit single “7 Rings” backfired Wednesday, after social media quickly chimed in to tell her the characters actually translated to “shichirin” — a small charcoal grill. Grande, 25, had posted a now-deleted photo of the new […]

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Grammy-winning R&B singer James Ingram dies at 66

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — James Ingram, a Grammy winner known for his soulful R&B hits, has died, his friends and colleagues said Tuesday. He was 66 years old. “I have lost my dearest friend and creative partner James Ingram to the Celestial Choir,” performer Debbie Allen tweeted. “He will always be cherished, loved and remembered for his genius, his love of family and his humanity.” A native of the US state of Ohio, […]

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Chris Brown’s accuser files complaint after police photo leaked

PARIS, France (AFP) — A woman who accused US singer Chris Brown of rape has filed a new complaint in France after her police photo was leaked on the internet, a judicial source said Monday. The 25-year-old woman, identified in media reports as “Karima”, alleges that the image, taken by police as she filed the complaint, was posted on social media. An investigation for violation of judicial secrets, violation of a professional secret and distribution […]

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Razorback drummer dies in apparent suicide

(Eagle News) — The drummer of Filipino rock band Razorback died in an apparent suicide on Wednesday, Jan. 16. Brian Velasco took a Facebook video of himself as he plunged to his death from a condominium in Malate, Manila, at 9:45 a.m. “Here I go,” he said on the video, which has since been taken down by Facebook. The police have said his family has asked for privacy. Velasco, a drum instructor at RJ Guitar Center, […]

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‘Stye with me’: Sam Smith has eye surgery in New Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — British pop singer Sam Smith has revealed he underwent an eye operation while holidaying in New Zealand on Wednesday. He took to Instagram to announce he was about to have surgery for an eye infection in Auckland and then documented the procedure with a series of pictures. Doctors had decided the painful stye on his right eye needed to be operated on, the 26-year-old said. “I’m getting it operated on […]

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R&B star Alicia Keys to host 2019 Grammy Awards

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — American singer and songwriter Alicia Keys will host the Grammy Awards next month, she announced Tuesday, one year after the gala came under fire over diversity concerns. Keys — herself a 15-time Grammy winner — will be the emcee for music’s biggest night, which this year features a diverse slate of women and hip hop artists as leading contenders. “I know what it feels like to be on that […]

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NY rapper tops charts with less than 1,000 sales

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A Bronx rapper has snagged the top spot on the US Billboard 200 chart after selling just 823 albums — and posting 83 million on-demand streams. Industry tracker Billboard, whose chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the United States, said Monday that A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s album “Hoodie SZN” climbed to the top with the equivalent of 58,000 sales for the week ending January […]

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Queen guitarist Brian May releases tribute to NASA spacecraft

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Jamming and astrophysics go hand-in-hand for Queen lead guitarist Brian May, who announced Wednesday he is releasing a musical tribute to a far-flung NASA spacecraft that is about to make history. The US space agency’s New Horizon’s spacecraft will soon make the most distant flyby of a cosmic object ever, zipping by an object called Ultima Thule — a billion miles (1.6 billion kilometers) beyond Pluto, on January 1. A […]

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K-pop’s BTS ‘worth $3.6 billion a year’ to South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean boyband BTS are worth more than $3.6 billion to the country’s economy every year — equivalent to the contribution of 26 mid-sized companies — a research institute said Tuesday. The floppy-haired songsters were also the reason that one in every 13 foreign tourists visited South Korea in 2017, the Hyundai Research Institute said. Known for their boyish good looks and meticulously choreographed dance moves, BTS — short for […]

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UNESCO adds reggae music to global cultural heritage list

  PORT LOUIS, Mauritius (AFP) — Reggae music, whose chill, lilting grooves found international fame thanks to artists like Bob Marley, on Thursday won a spot on the United Nations’ list of global cultural treasures. UNESCO, the world body’s cultural and scientific agency, added the genre that originated in Jamaica to its collection of “intangible cultural heritage” deemed worthy of protection and promotion. Reggae music’s “contribution to international discourse on issues of injustice, resistance, love […]

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