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This Week in Music & Entertainment News Ending APRIL 23, 2021

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Ed Sheeran working on new music
Ed Sheeran is planning his music comeback. The 30-year-old singer has been on an 18-month hiatus to spend time with his wife Cherry Seaborn and baby daughter Lyra but he has been spotted filming a new music video in London this week.

DMX Music Streams Soar 928% Following Death
Streams of DMX’s music had increased leading up to his passing, following his hospitalization on April 2. In the days before April 2, his songs were streamed between 700,000 and 1 million times a day. Between April 3 and April 8, they rose to between 3 and 4 million per day.

BRIT music awards to host 4,000-strong audience in UK pilot event
Some 4,000 people will attend the BRIT Awards next month, in what organisers of Britain’s pop music honours said would be the first major indoor music event with a live audience as the country emerges from COVID-19 lockdown.

Paul McCartney and Kate Bush lead call for change to music streaming payments
British musicians including Paul McCartney, Kate Bush and Chris Martin have signed an open letter calling on Boris Johnson to enforce changes to the economic model of streaming. “For too long, streaming platforms, record labels and other internet giants have exploited performers and creators without rewarding them fairly.

SF’s Amoeba Music is experiencing a record-shopping renaissance
A year ago, Amoeba Music was in trouble. Though the 25,000-square-foot bowling alley-turned-vinyl collectors’ paradise on Haight Street had managed to withstand an economic recession, shifting listening formats and the rise in music streaming services, it was the first time the store would face an entirely new beast: the COVID-19 pandemic.

National Museum of African American Music Announces Star Studded Lineup For Rhapsody & Rhythm Award Honorees
This is going to be so good! The National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) announced a star-studded lineup for their Rhapsody & Rhythm Award honorees, The Root reports. The NMAAM announced the recipients of their 2021 Rhapsody & Rhythm Awards, including musical giants Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, and the Fisk Jubilee Singers.

Netflix needs new hits. The music biz is learning to live without them.
The MBW Review is where we aim our microscope towards some of the music biz’s biggest recent goings-on. This time, we delve into Netflix’s latest fiscal results, and compare them to the manner in which the music industry is developing its business. The MBW Review is supported by Instrumental.

Marvin Gaye’s revolutionary impact on music can easily be heard today
If called upon, an overwhelming majority of Americans would likely recognize their country’s national anthem. Not really by choice as the sluggish and stagnant tune of “The Star-Spangled Banner” is programmed into our brains through class assemblies and professional sports games before we even r

Canadian Government to Spend $56 Million This Year To Boost Music Economy
“This budget is about finishing the fight against COVID,” the government states in the foreword of its 725-page document. “It means providing Canadians and Canadian businesses with the support they need to get through these final, third-wave lockdowns, and to come roaring back when the economy fully reopens.”

Universal Music to Begin Reopening U.S. Offices in September
Universal Music Group will begin a “phased” reopening of its U.S. offices on Sept. 13, a source close to the situation confirms to Variety. The directive applies to the company’s main offices in Los Angeles (both the Capitol building in Hollywood and the UMG mothership in Santa Monica), New York and Nashville; the announcement was made via a memo from UMG’s Chief People & Inclusion Officer Eric Hutcherson.

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ZipLINES for the Week Ending April 23, 2021.

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Kevin James

Kevin James has over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry in various facets. He has worked as a recording artist, songwriter, producer, on-air radio personality, background actor and film director. Kevin is a Member of the National Writer's Union.

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