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"No Guidance" scores Top Hip-Hop/R&B & Rap Song; "Follow God" wins Top Gospel Song; Universal Music Publishing Group takes Publisher of the Year
ASCAP reveals the winners of its prestigious 2021 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards today through Thursday, June 24 on @ASCAP & @ASCAPUrban social media. The 34th annual event returns in ASCAP’s innovative virtual format for a second year, to recognize the distinguished songwriters, producers and publishers behind hip-hop, R&B and gospel music’s biggest hits.
Rapper Lil Baby is named ASCAP Songwriter of the Year, an honor most recently held by Cardi B, Quavo and Gucci Mane, for his songs including “Baby,” “The Bigger Picture,” “Emotionally Scarred,” “For the Night” and more. The Grammy-nominated songwriter and artist has been one of the most dominant and critically-acclaimed names in rap since his first release in 2017. His 2020 solo album My Turn debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Lil Baby was also named to Time Magazine’s 2021 “100 Next” List and earlier this month released a collaborative album The Voice of the Heroes with Lil Durk.
Grammy-winning songwriter-producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz; and rapper and DJ D-Nice will receive ASCAP’s Voice of the Culture Award, presented to ASCAP members who have had a major influence on music and culture. The award celebrates the music legends for their success as creators of Verzuz and Club Quarantine, respectively, two virtual events that became touchstones of empowerment for the community during the pandemic. Immediately following the award presentation today at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PT on @ASCAP YouTube, the trio will participate in a special 2021 ASCAP Experience conversation, Voices of the Culture: How Swizz Beatz, Timbaland & D-Nice United the World Through Music.
The Top Hip-Hop/R&B & Rap Song award is presented to writers Anderson “Vinylz” Hernandez, Che…
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A new era of hope, survival, and prosperity is here with the release of CRASH OF THE CROWN, STYX’s new studio album, which was written pre-pandemic and recorded during the trying times of the pandemic.
The legendary rockers–James “JY” Young (lead vocals, guitars), Tommy Shaw (lead vocals, guitars), Chuck Panozzo (bass, vocals), Todd Sucherman (drums, percussion), Lawrence Gowan (lead vocals, keyboards) and Ricky Phillips (bass, guitar, vocals)–released their 17th album today on the band’s label, Alpha Dog 2T/UMe, which is available as clear vinyl, black vinyl, CD, and on digital platforms and at Styxworld.com.
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Guetta has been one of the defining influences in electronic music and dance culture since the beginning of the millennium, as both a game-changing recording artist and record-breaking live performer. He has worked with some of the biggest artists in the world, including Bruno Mars, Jason Derulo, J Balvin, Justin Bieber, Little Mix, Martin Garrix, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Saweetie, Sia, and many more. His award-winning career includes two prestigious Grammy Awards. As of today, Guetta is the eighth-most listened-to artist in the world (by monthly listeners on Spotify).
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Jessica Lynn enlists StraxAR for groundbreaking, immersive ar content embedded in debut solo album
By Ryan Offman / Technology ReporterEmerging country music sensation, Jessica Lynn (“Run To”; “Let’s Don’t”; “Crazy Idea”) today announced that her upcoming new album, Lone Rider, will be completely embedded with immersive AR video content created by StraxAR™ – the augmented reality (AR) distribution platform that delivers custom content to the hands of consumers everywhere. The album, which Daydreamer Records will be releasing soon allows the emerging artist’s fans to utilize StraxAR to unlock custom programming on all 13 songs featured on Lone Rider – including videos, liner notes and additional original content Lynn created with StraxAR — to bring her fanbase even closer than ever through immersive programming.
Lynn, whose three nationwide concert television specials and pairings with country music legends including Loretta Lynn and Keith Urban cemented her status as bona fide sensation, enlisted StraxAR during the global pandemic as she turned her focus from live performances to cultivating AR content for her growing, international fan base. Lynn’s fans can now utilize the StraxAR app to “Strax” words inside from the album’s sleeve, front or back cover to gain instant access to each song’s AR video programming in which Lynn takes listeners behind the scenes to learn more about each song’s origin and other relevant information. Earlier collaborations with Lynn and Strax included immersive audience participation, livestreams, and custom AR in Lynn’s online store, which helped expand ticket and merchandise sales while routing increased traffic to her Spotify and YouTube content.
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