Sparks fly as Democrats try to cap event ticket prices

State lawmakers are proposing legislation that cracks down on ticket scalping in Maryland.

Taylor Swift is successfully ‘shaking off’ her old record label with her new re-records

This past summer, Taylor Swift released a re-recording of that album, entitled Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). The decision to re-record her albums is an attempt to have ownership over her songs and devalue her original work following the announcement in 2019 that the original masters rights to her songs were sold when Big Machine Label Group, which includes Swift’s old record label, Big Machine Records, was bought by Scooter Braun’s company Ithaca Holdings for around $300 million.

Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny top Spotify in DC this year

The top five artists were Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Drake, Kanye West and The Weeknd. The top genres in Washington were pop, rap, hip hop, dance pop and trap, according to Spotify Wrapped.

Adele’s “25” Made Sales History in a Declining Industry

Adele’s new album “25” sold 3.38 million copies in the U.S. in the first week, the highest number of albums sold in a single week in history.