Our guide to this week's (and last week's) album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like MØ, Dawn Richard, and Merchandise, plus brand new streaming music from Descendents, Sleigh Bells, DJ Shadow, case/lang/veirs, and more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic

Apple Music was supposed to be a streaming music titan, the Spotify killer the company needed. Instead it was just more or less Beats Music with a few different logos and a handful of tweaks. All that, however, is changing, as Apple is making a major bid for your eardrums.

A new industry report has revealed that wet British weather is threatening the future of the country's music festivals reports NME. Industry researchers ParcelHero have detailed in their latest report the effect of the rainy British weather on the country's festivals, reporting that during the particularly wet summer of 2012, 57 festivals were cancelled in total, representing 5.9% of the 929 festivals that were due to take place. Festivals still remain a large part of the UK's music culture however, with the report also confirming that over 14 million UK residents are planning to attend one or more of the 1,000 festivals taking place during 2016, with the industry now worth a huge £2.3 billion a year.

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John Legend and Imagine Dragons are among the musicians showing their support after a mass shooting killed 50 and injured 53.

“The damn music follows me everywhere. It was playing in the operating room when I went in for my colonoscopy,” said Harrison Ford at the AFI Gala of Williams’ ‘Indiana Jones’ theme song.

These professional musicians spill on the methods to their madness, including “crash courses” in baroque Parisian music and using clarinets to evoke the voice of Kerry Washington.

Two California songwriters claim Ed Sheeran lifted music from their song, “Amazing,” for his own hit song, “Photograph.”

Tim McGraw won Video of the Year honors for “Humble and Kind.”

The singer took home the Video of the Year award for “Humble and Kind.”

There's no denying that Carrie Underwood was queen of the 2016 CMT Music Awards. The singer took home two wins for Performance of the Year and Female Video of the Year for her song "Smoke Break." But it was her heart-stopping performance of "Church Bells" that truly stole the show. Check out … Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Carrie Underwood Thomas Rhett Blake Shelton This article, CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood Wins the Night, originally appeared on TVGuide.com.