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Leading streaming network Spotify charged with copyright lawsuit worth $1.6 billion
A music publisher is seeking at least $1.6 billion from Spotify for alleged copyright violations, the latest lawsuit to hit the fast-growing streaming company

Coachella music festival: Beyoncé, Eminem, The Weeknd to headline the event
This year's Coachella — 13-15 April and 20-22 April — marks the first concert scheduled by Beyoncé since the pop superstar had twins in June with her husband Jay-Z.

Justin Timberlake's fifth solo studio album Man of the Woods to release on 2 February
Pop superstar Justin Timberlake on Tuesday (2 January) announced his first album in nearly five years, promising more 'personal' songwriting inspired by his home and family.

Popular Telugu singer Ghazal Srinivas arrested on charges of sexual harassment
Ghazal Srinivas shot to fame after his much celebrated Guinness Book of World Records feat in 2008 for singing in most number of languages in a concert.

Caraoke Episode 8: Fukrey Returns stars venture out on Mumbai roads; sing, dance to film's tunes
Fukrey Returns star Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal, Varun Sharma, Pulkit Samrat and Manjot Singh appear on the latest episode of Caraoke with Renil Abraham.

From 'Zaalima' to 'Swag Se Swaagat': What Bollywood music was like in 2017
The music of Bollywood films in 2017 has been rather eclectic, inclusive and interesting. #YearInReview

Rajesh Khanna-Kishore Kumar collaborations: From 'Mere Sapno Ki Rani' to 'Hamein Tumse Pyaar Kitna'
Rajesh Khanna's collaboration with Kishore Kumar is widely considered to be the real and most important factor behind the superstar's pan-Indian appeal.

Aiyaary song 'Lae Dooba' is a soothing romantic melody featuring Sidharth Malhotra, Rakul Preet Singh
Aiyaary' song 'Lae Dooba' adds the apt amount of a soothing relief to the action-packed crime thriller.

Bangladesh music fest to have Pt Jasraj, Ustad Rashid Khan enthrall audiences this year
Bangladesh music fest, dubbed as the 'biggest classical music festival in the world', will be held at the Abahani Grounds in Dhanmondi, Bangladesh.

The Sound of Music star Heather Menzies-Urich, who played Louisa von Trapp in film, dies aged 68
Heather Menzies-Urich, then a teenager, had the role of Louisa von Trapp, one of the children of Captain von Trapp in the 1965 film The Sound of Music.

Watch: Akshay Kumar plays an unconventional 'superhero' in The Padman Song
Akshay Kumar plays the role of Arunachalam Muruganatham, a social entrepreneur who invented low cost sanitary pads.

Yo Yo Honey Singh will return to Bollywood with remix of Hans Raj Hans' Dil Chori Sadda Ho Gaya for T-Series
Yo Yo Honey Singh, who was on an over a year long hiatus, will make his return with a song in Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety.

Javed Akhtar elected as chairman of newly registered Indian Performing Rights Society
Javed Akhtar hailed the long drawn battle of getting the Indian Performing Rights Society registered as a Copyright Society.

Watch: Guru Randhawa's song 'Lahore' is all about being smitten in love
The song Lahore — written, composed and sung by Guru Randhawa himself — has the emotions of a Punjabi boy smitten in love.

Woofer: Snoop Dogg, Dr Zeus, Nargis Fakhri unite their creative energies for this stylised Punjabi number
Snoop Dogg returns to recording an Indian track almost 10 years after he crooned the title song of Akshay Kumar's Singh Is Kinng.

Diljit Dosanjh to release single on American reality TV star Kylie Jenner in January
Diljit Dosanjh has confessed his love for Kylie Jenner multiple times in the past and has also admitted that he is her ardent Instagram follower.

Beyonce tops Billboard Hot 100 chart for her duet song 'Perfect' with Ed Sheeran
'Perfect' is Beyonce's first tune to lead the Hot 100 since December 2008 with 'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),' her blockbuster dance anthem of female empowerment.

JIC Goa International Jazz Live Festival: Karan Joseph tribute to Jojo Mayer, gigs you shouldn't miss
Noteworthy acts at the Goa Jazz Festival this year are Erik Truffaz, Vasundhara Vee, and Kefaya

Eminem reveals details about new album Revival; Alicia Keys, Pink, Ed Sheeran to collaborate
The top-selling rapper of all time, Eminem, revealed details of Revival, his ninth studio album and his first in four years.

Brett Ratner and Russell Simmons accused of working together to commit sexual assault
Brett Ratner and his mentor Russell Simmons have been accused of working like a tag team to sexually intimidate and coerce various women.

Tiger Zinda Hai song Swag Se Swagat accused of plagiarism; Vishal-Shekhar trolled
Allegations of plagiarism form DJ KATCH's 'The Horns' have now come to haunt Tiger Zinda Hai's first song and smash hit 'Swag Se Swagat'.

Michael Jackson's Thriller turns 35: How it shaped the artist, industry and MTV generation
For those of us who lived through the genius of Thriller, the album is an indelible part of our life’s soundtrack. It gave us the Michael Jackson we want to revere.

Grammy Awards 2018 nominations: Jay-Z leads with 8 nods, Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars follow
The Grammys will air live from Madison Square Garden in New York City on 28 January, 2018.

Channel V to go off air: A look at some of the most memorable shows
Channel V shuts shop this week; a new Kannada sports channel (Star Sports 1 Kannada) replaces the popular music channel of the nineties.

Padmavati song 'Ghoomar' banned from playing at school functions; circular withdrawn later
Padmavati, featuring Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh, has been facing the wrath of various Rajput groups and political leaders, who have accused filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali of distorting history.

Della Reese, noted jazz singer and actor, passes away aged 86
In 1969, Della Reese started hosting her own TV show Della, making her the first African-American woman to do so.

AMAs 2017: Selena Gomez accused of lip-syncing during her performance at the award show
Selena Gomez performed live at the AMAs 2017, teasing her collaboration with DJ Marshmello Wolves, in Los Angeles.

Watch: Tiger Zinda Hai song 'Swag Se Swagat' is all about Salman and Katrina's moves
'Swag Se Swagat', the recently-launched song from the upcoming sequel Tiger Zinda Hai, takes the hotness-quotient a couple of notches higher

AMAs 2017: Bruno Mars sweeps top honours; Despacito wins Best Song title
The 45th AMAs saw Dianna Ross win the Lifetime Achievement Award and the late Chester Bennington honoured with a Best Artist - Alternative Rock.

Ed Sheeran is a bad concertgoer, and other things we learned while watching him perform in Mumbai
Ed Sheeran was in his element on Sunday night, 19 November, when he took to the stage at the Jio Garden, BKC.