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Justin Bieber's "Swag" album has been problematic all summer. This past week, according hitsdailydouble.com, "Swag" sold just 246 paid downloads. That's it. Everything else came from streaming -- 32,941. That Bieber's reliable old crowd has moved on ...

Few music stars like Donald Trump to play their music at his rallies. But they want to be paid for it. It seems Trump is blasting music at the White House on the ugly new plaza where he's paved over the beautiful Rose Garden. We've seen clips of him ...

So many box sets, anniversary remixes, and so on. It's hard to believe there was one song left that Bruce Springsteen left off the original "Born to Run" 50 years ago. But here it is, today: "Lonely Night in the Park." It's very catchy but you can .. ...

I told you two days ago this news was coming: The Beatles' landmark "Anthology" documentary series has been restored and remastered. There is now a completely new Episode Nine, including unseen behind-the-scenes footage of Paul, George and Ringo ...

Atlantic Records is in a hot mess. Last week, four main promo execs were laid off. But they weren't alone. I'm told the company was gutted with 30 to 40 laid off throughout the staff. This really hurts because Atlantic has had one bright spot all ...

Morgan Wallen is certainly the outlier in popular music. The country star sells millions and millions of streaming music but is not taken seriously by anyone. His latest album, "I'm the Problem," has steamed the equivalent of almost 4 million copies. ...

CBS has not a good year. There's been so much chaos with the Skydance merger, fighting in house at the News department, the settlement with Donald Trump, and so on. Last fall -- October 2024 -- the network lost the deal for the Grammy Awards, which . ...

Once upon a time, the Beatles had their "Anthology" series. There were three double CD albums that featured outtakes and songs never heard, different takes of hits. Now it seems they're teasing a fourth Anthology set because you know, Christmas is .. ...

Barbra Streisand's latest duets album, "Partners II: The Secret of Life," has zoomed back up the charts. It's number 5 on iTunes and number 2 on amazon.com. The album was released June 27th and fell flat. Streisand did no direct promotion for the ...

Holy moly! Cameron Crowe has found two major stars for his Joni Mitchell biopic. Scoopster Jeff Sneider reports that "Both Sides Now" will star Meryl Streep as Joni now and Anya Taylor Joy as Joni in her heyday. That's a movie I want to see@ The ...