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  Adele's Bond Theme 'Skyfall' Wins Best Song Golden Globe

  January 13, 2013 – It's a victory for classic themes recycled and retooled with 77-piece backing orchestras and the world's most beloved vocalist! As with all awards she's been nominated for since 21, Adele of course won the 2013 Golden Globe for Best Song for "Skyfall," her theme to the James Bond film of the same name. …
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  'The People' Chose Katy Perry, Rihanna, Taylor Swift Last Night

  January 10, 2013 – There's no denying it: the "People" love Katy Perry. The "Wide Awake" singer hasn't released a proper studio album since 2010's Teenage Dream, but the California Gurl took home four trophies at the People's Choice Awards last night (January 9), more than any other musician. Perry collected awards for Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Pop Artist, Favorite Music Video ("Part of Me"), and Favorite Music Fan Following (the KatyCats). …
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  Grammys 2013 Performers: Rihanna, the Black Keys, and Taylor Swift, Obviously

  January 9, 2013 – Rihanna, Mumford & Sons, the Black Keys, Taylor Swift, and fun. will all hit the stage as performers at this year's 55th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, the Recording Academy announced today (January 9). Each of those acts is up for several statues, with Mumford & Sons, fun., and the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach leading the pack with six nominations apiece (Frank Ocean, Kanye West, and Jay-Z all received six nods as well). …
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  America Bought More Music Than Ever in 2012, Winners Include Vinyl and Adele

  January 4, 2013 – Nielsen, the numbers-crunching peeps behind the U.S. music-sales tracking system SoundScan, have released their year-end report for 2012 and the results are heartening. The big news: Overall purchases regardless of format (album vs. track) or delivery system (physical vs. digital) reached an all-time high of 1.65 billion units over the past 12 months. …
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  Who Charted? Taylor Swift and Adele Outsold Everyone in 2012

  January 3, 2013 – First! The Red dawn continues as Taylor Swift tops the Billboard 200 list for a seventh nonconsecutive week since its October 22 debut. Her fourth album did gangbusters (241,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan) in the days following the pre-Christmas shopping boom, losing only 12 percent in sales while the week overall saw a 23 percent dip. …
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  Dropping the Ball: 2013's New Year's Eve Concerts in Photos

  January 2, 2013 –  …
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  The Year In Taylor Swift

  December 28, 2012 – For Taylor Swift, the past 12 months have been the moment when the always crossover-hungry country singer finally and unabashedly embraced pop. She also issued what should be her ultimate statement on angry post-breakup songs, so she never, ever has to record one again (we hope — if only for her own sake!). …
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  Who Charted? T.I. Runs Into Taylor Swift-Sized Trouble, Bruno Mars Attacks

  December 27, 2012 – First! Taylor Swift picks up her sixth nonconsecutive No. 1 week for Red with a fat pre-holiday haul of 276,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan. No surprise there as hers was the obvious choice for Crossover Stocking Stuffer of the Year, plus was boosted by the Lana Del Lookalike music video for the otherwise awesome "I Knew You Were Trouble." Swift ever so gently wubs that victory in T.I.'s stoic face. …
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  Who Charted? Bruno Mars' 'Jukebox' Locked Out of Top Spot by Taylor Swift

  December 19, 2012 – First! Bruno Mars had his best sales week ever, but the catbird seat still belongs to Taylor Swift, whose record-crushing Red notches its fifth (non-consecutive) week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. SPIN's No. 39 album of 2012 sold 208,000 copies last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. …
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  Style in 2012: The Year Memes Hit the Streets

  December 18, 2012 – Style's been trending webward for a decade now, but 2012 was the year the memes really hit the streets. Tumblr reblogs and Pinterest boards actually shifted the way IRL kids dressed in a sort of moebius strip that stretched from candy-raver throwback jams to carefree beach beauties (not to mention the entire sordid Internet life, death, and resurrection of #seapunk). …
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