music

YouTube Music gets Smart Downloads, seamless music-to-video playback

YouTube Music is getting two new features this week, one concerning seamless video-to-music switching, and another called Smart Downloads. Let’s start with the latter….

Where to find the late Johnny Clegg’s music online

Johnny Clegg may no longer be with us, but his music will live on forever in the hearts of South Africans and the internet….

Johnny Clegg has died: South Africa mourns the man with the ‘Great Heart’

Johnny Clegg, one of South Africa’s most influential musicians of the late 1980s, has died. The news broke on Tuesday, however Clegg has been…

Spotify Lite is now officially available in South Africa

Spotify Lite has officially launched in 36 countries around the world and will now be available in South Africa too. The 10MB app is…

Lil Nas X comes out as gay on Twitter and everyone’s loving it

American rapper and singer Lil Nas X on Sunday revealed his sexuality in a tweet asking fans to listen carefully to the lyrics of…

Spotify shares your data when you pre-save albums, report reveals

A report by Billboard on Thursday revealed that Spotify shares user data with music labels when users pre-save music, effectively giving the companies access…

Spotify now allows advertisers to target ads based on podcasts you listen to

Spotify on Monday revealed that it will now allow advertisers to target ads based on what podcasts users listen to. In a report by…

Beyonce, Jay Z will give you free concert tickets ‘for life’ if you go vegan

In an Instagram post on Thursday, Beyonce revealed that she and husband Jay Z are offering life-time concert tickets to those who them in…

Celebrities pay tribute to the late James Ingram on Twitter

Grammy Award winner and Oscar nominee James Ingram has died at the age of 66 after a battle with brain cancer. The R&B singer…

Twitter remembers Zim music icon Oliver Mtukudzi

Zimbabwean jazz musician Oliver Mtukudzi has passed away at the age of 66 after battling with diabetes. Mtukudzi rose to fame in the 1970s…

‘Leave Chris Brown alone’ rings across Twitter after Paris arrest

Recording artist Chris Brown has been detained in Paris on the suspicion of rape, according to French officials. The 29-year-old singer, as well as…

Spotify is testing an artist block feature

Spotify will soon allow you to block certain artists on playlists. According to a report by Thurrott, the company is testing a feature that…

Twitter shames Erykah Badu for praying for R. Kelly

A video of R&B singer Erykah Badu publicly airing her views on the R. Kelly drama has surfaced on social media. In the clip…

10 Christmas and holiday playlists you can find on Spotify

According to a few shopping malls, it’s been Christmas since the beginning of October. But seriously now, we’re just days away from the holiday…

These are the highlights from Kanye’s tweetstorm about Drake

Kanye West has tweeted more than 120 times in the past 12 hours, as the simmering rivalry between the Chicago-born rapper and Canadian rapper…

These were the biggest tracks and artists on Spotify in 2018

Before we mention anything else, yes, Drake was Spotify’s most popular artist globally. Now that that’s out of the way, the streaming music service…

Ariana Grande hits back at Piers Morgan for criticising Little Mix, Ellen and her mom

Good Morning America anchor Piers Morgan has once again found himself at the centre of a Twitter war between UK pop group Little Mix,…

South Africans just can’t stop listening to Drake on Spotify

Summer’s slowly slinking over the horizon, and the tunes will soon be bumping along beaches into the early hours of the morning. But tunes…

Halloween’s favourite boy band, the Slashstreet Boys, are back

Halloween is just a few days away, and if you were thinking of dressing as one of the Backstreet Boys, you might want to…

‘A talent has been taken’: South Africa pays tribute to HHP on Twitter

South African rapper Jabulani Tsambo, better know as Hip Hop Pantsula, and HHP, has died at the age of 38. The well-known musician was…

DStv subscribers can stream JOOX music at no additional cost

If you’re a DStv subscriber, and just happen to be looking for a streaming music service, you can now stream local and international music…

Twitter’s new favourite Ariana Grande song is ‘pete davidson’

Today on internet-famous-relationships-that-probably-moved-too-fast, recording artist Ariana Grande and SNL star Pete Davidson have called off their engagement. The news broke via TMZ late on…

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