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Calvin Harris has kept his title as the world’s highest-paid DJ for the third year in a row. Harris made £41.8 ($66m), according to Forbes’ latest rich list – the electronic cash kings 2015. For the last two years the 31-year-old’s earnings have totalled the same amount. In second place is David Guetta on around […]

Jay Z is not one for writing a lot of tweets – but he’s just put out a “stream of consciousness” defending his music streaming service, Tidal. Launched last month with some very high profile backers, critics have said that the company has been a bit of a flop, with low subscriber numbers. But Jay […]

Beyoncé has surprised fans with a new single and video, released on Saturday to the Tidal streaming service, in which she is a co-owner. Die With You is a simple ballad, which the superstar performs alone, seated behind a black baby grand piano. “I wake up just to sleep with you,” she sings to the […]

Musicians including Kanye West, Jack White, Rihanna, Madonna and Coldplay are uniting behind Jay Z’s “artist-friendly” streaming site, Tidal. They all turned their Twitter profiles teal blue, to reflect Tidal’s branding, on Sunday night. The site launches on Monday, promising CD-quality streaming and thousands of music videos, for a subscription fee. Taylor Swift, who pulled […]

US music mogul Shawn Carter, also known as Jay Z, has bought the Armand de Brignac champagne brand. New York wine and spirits company Sovereign Brands said it had sold the luxury brand to the rapper for an undisclosed amount. The champagne, also known as “Ace of Spades”, is produced in the French town of […]

Beyoncé is in the running for eight prizes at the MTV Video Music Awards including video of the year, best female and best choreography. Her song Drunk in Love, performed alongside husband Jay-Z, is up against rivals including Pharrell Williams’ Happy for best video. Rappers Eminem and Iggy Azalea scooped seven nods apiece in key […]

Pharrell Williams has taken home two gongs at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. The rapper was named best R&B artist and also took home the award for video of the year for Happy at Sunday night’s ceremony. Nicki Minaj claimed the title of the best female hip-hop artist for the fifth year in a […]

US musician Jay Z and his sister-in-law Solange Knowles are trending worldwide after a video was posted online apparently showing them having a fight in a lift. Hundreds of thousands are taking part in a global conversation online about #WhatJayZSaidToSolange after the footage was published to the US celebrity website TMZ. The incident happened at […]