Canadian rapper Drake was the best-selling recording artist of 2016, beating the late rock icon David Bowie to the top spot, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry said on Wednesday. The ranking by the global industry body showed Drake scored worldwide success with his fourth album "Views" — an ode to his native city of Toronto. "'Views' became the first album to reach one billion streams on Apple Music, while 'One Dance', the album's second single, was the first song to be played one billion times on Spotify," IFPI said in a statement.

Canadian rapper Drake was the best-selling recording artist of 2016, beating the late rock icon David Bowie to the top spot, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry said on Wednesday. The ranking by the global industry body showed Drake scored worldwide success with his fourth album "Views" — an ode to his native city of Toronto. "'Views' became the first album to reach one billion streams on Apple Music, while 'One Dance', the album's second single, was the first song to be played one billion times on Spotify," IFPI said in a statement.

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It’s no secret that Apple is looking to move into the television market, but a new interview with Jimmy Iovine, one of the executives in charge of Apple Music, said the company isn’t looking to create a subscription-based video streaming service akin to Netflix. Instead, Iovine told Variety that Apple’s venture into original television programming will exist within the confines of Apple Music. Iovine did not offer any hint that Apple will increase the cost of a plan based on whether or not users wanted access to original programming, but it’s clear the move into TV is on the forefront of Apple’s mind.

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Singer-songwriter Sting and saxophonist Wayne Shorter have been named this year's laureates of The Polar Music Prize. 

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — British musician and singer-songwriter Sting and American jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter have won the 2017 Polar Music Prizes.

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The Tribeca Film Festival will open this year with a documentary and concert to celebrate Clive Davis, the legendary music executive who signed stars from Janis Joplin to Whitney Houston. The screening at Radio City Music Hall will be followed by a concert by artists signed by Davis including Aretha Franklin, Jennifer Hudson and Earth, Wind & Fire, the festival announced Thursday.

Nigerian police said Thursday they would not allow an anti-government protest planned in the commercial hub Lagos by music star 2Face. The popular Afro-Pop artist, whose real name is Innocent Idibia, called on Nigerians earlier this week to march on February 6 in protest of the government's handling of the country's economic crisis. "Information reaching us revealed that some hoodlums are planning to hijack the peaceful protest.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — The last-minute cancellation of a well-known music festival in Timbuktu that had drawn thousands of foreigners marks a missed opportunity to bring hope to a former tourist hub struggling to recover after years of extremist threats, organizers said.

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