NEW YORK (AP) — The red carpet just keeps rolling out for singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton: After dominating at last month's Country Music Association Awards and watching his album jump from nowhere to No. 1, he's now a top nominee at the 2016 Grammy Awards.

The company has raised $18.2 million from investors that also include Samsung, Sequoia Capital and Intel Capital.

Our guide to this week's (and last week's) album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like Run the Jewels, The Libertines, and Bjork, plus brand new streaming music from Sleigh Bells, Glassjaw, Bloc Party, and more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland is set to receive colorful rock ‘n’ roll-themed sculptures that play snippets of songs from its rock hall inductees at regular intervals.

It also marks the return of Tetsuya Mizuguchi, producer on the original Rez and classic titles such as rhythm game Space Channel 5, to full-time work in the game industry. For almost 10 years, he served as the public face and creative lead at Q Entertainment, a studio he co-founded. The team earned a reputation for music games that have become Mizuguchi’s trademark, but as time went on it began to shift focus towards casual online games, leaving less room for Mizuguchi to do what he wanted.

It had been several years since we'd heard anything from Adele, and four years since the launch of her last album "21" which sold over 30 million copies. The record was previously held by Taylor Swift, who clocked up 20.1 million views in 24 hours for "Bad Blood". The cherry on the cake: Adele broke several sales records in the UK, and her track was the fastest selling digital single in its first week with over 1 million downloads in the US.

Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland died at the age of 48 last night and almost immediately, former bandmates and fellow musicians took to social media to give condo

CHICAGO (AP) — Lollapalooza is adding a fourth day to the 2016 music festival to mark its 25th anniversary.

The author’s ‘The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto’ and Janice Y.K. Lee’s ‘The Expatriates,’ a follow-up to her 2009 best-seller ‘The Piano Teacher,’ are both generating buzz.

Screaming fans turned out in Hong Kong Wednesday for one of the biggest events on the K-pop calendar, the Mnet Asian Music Awards. Among the performers at the annual awards ceremony were South Korea's Psy, known for his hit song "Gangnam Style", and UK electronic band the Pet Shop Boys. Big Bang, a K-pop boyband, took home many of the night's most coveted awards including "Artist of the Year", "Worldwide Favourite Artist" and "Song of the Year" for their dance tune 'Bang Bang Bang'.

Over the next month, we'll be collecting year-end top 10 album lists from over 140 music critics, publications, record stores, and other sources. Find individual lists and this year's cumulative rankings inside. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic

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