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Collaborations with Dolly Parton, Lady A, Jimmie Allen, Brett Young, Russell Dickerson, Little Big Town and Mitchell Tenpenny are featured on the new album by Cheat Codes. The project called One Night in Nashville- Presented by the Cheat Codes, is the EDM DJ trio's first foray into Country music. The project is due out early next year, and their first single, "I Remember," with Russell Dickerson will be released on Friday (August 26th).

Cheat Codes orignally turned to Little Big Town to add their vocals on a song while making their last album, Hellraiser PT 3. They loved the results, saying, "We had set out to make a dance song and the vocals were so right it just made sense. We didn't know if anyone would want to do this with electronic artists but we found that they were just as keen to work with us as we were to work with them and that comfort set the tone for the type of album we wanted to make and who we wanted to work with moving forward."

Shortly thereafter the members of Cheat Codes made their first trip Nashville. They said, "Going to the coolest city ever after us making one song turned into us wanting to make an entire album. We knew it was a different world musically from the one we lived in but we knew we wanted to be a part of it."

Ozzy Osbourne has opened up about the songs on his upcoming album Patient Number 9, saying that some may be controversial. He told Classic Rock Magazine that on his song "One of Those Days," he sings "One of those days that I don't believe in Jesus." He told the magazine, "That's going to cause sh*t, I suppose. It's not an 'I am an anti-Christ song. It's about those days when everything goes f*cking wrong, and you're going nuts trying to fix everything up."

Osbourne revealed that when Eric Clapton, who plays guitar on the track, first heard the line, he was apprehensive. "He said, ‘Oh, I'm not sure about that lyric.' So we tried to replace it with some alternatives. We did 'One of those days where I don't believe in Christmas,' but it didn't sound right. Losing faith in Jesus makes much more sense when the world is turning to sh*t."

Patient Number 9 Is Due Out On September 9th.

RM of BTS has a book project about to launch. The group announced that the book of photography will be called Me, Myself, and RM: Entirety.

The images follow RM's solo trip to Switzerland, where he attended his very first Art Basel.

He isn't the only member of BTS with a photo book. Jung Kook has been teasing about one online with a similar title, Me, Myself and Jung Kook: Time Difference. His book will have a vampire theme with him pictured with blood-red lips and pale skin.

No release dates were mentioned.

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In the cover story interview with Rolling Stone, Harry Styles revealed that he's already working on his next album.

Although it's only been 3 months since the release of Harry House, he's already collaborating with musicians and coming up with ideas.

He's so serious about it, that he extended his tour to have residencies in L.A., New York, Austin and Chicago in order to accommodate the studio time to write and record it.

He said, "I'm always writing. I think all of us are so excited to get back to it, which feels insane because we've just put an album out."

His latest single, "As It Was," is in it's 10^th week at #1 on Billboard.

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Billie Eilish and her mom, Maggie Baird will be honored by the Environmental Media Association at the upcoming EMA Awards gala.

They'll receive the EMA Missions in Music Award for their work as "role models for sustainable behaviors."

Together, they created an organization called Overheated, and produced climate-focused activities for her tour to encourage fans to participate and learn about the environment.

Maggie Baird, who's been a climate and animal advocate for more than 40 years says she's so proud of her daughter for using her voice to inspire a younger audience in a good way.

She stated: "Billie and I share the same passion in tackling the climate crisis. We are stronger together and I know that she'll continue to make a tremendous impact on this earth for the next generation."

Past honorees include Willie Nelson, Don Henley, Diane Warren, Alanis Morissette, Dave Mathews, and Adam Levine.

The 32nd annual gala will take place on October 8.

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• Billie Eilish and her mom, Maggie Baird, are to be honored by the Environmental Media Association at the upcoming EMA Awards gala.
• They'll receive the EMA Missions in Music Award for their work as "role models for sustainable behaviors."
• The 32nd annual gala will take place on October 8.

Camila Cabello and Hans Zimmer have teamed up to write and record a song called, "Take Me Back Home." It'll be used for Frozen Planet II and premiers on BBC One this Friday August 26.

In making the announcement on social media, Cabello wrote that her life "is a dream."

She told the BBC, "To be able to combine my passion for the planet we live on and my music is a dream come true – never mind also getting to work with the legend that is Hans Zimmer."

Frozen Planet II is a powerful look at the world's ecosystem and how it can be protected from global warming.

The first of the series was released in 2011 and the new series has six-episodes.

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The Weeknd appeared in a new teaser for HBO's upcoming series, The Idol.

Its a drama that takes place inside the Los Angeles music industry and features Lily-Rose Depp as an up-and-coming pop singer.

The short glimpse at the series shows that The Weeknd has a substantial role and looks to be a love interest to Depp's character.

Other cast members include Dan Levy, Suzanna Son, and the late, Anne Heche.

HBO is yet to announce a release date but stated that it was coming soon.

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• The Weeknd appeared in a new teaser for HBO's upcoming series, The Idol.
• Its a drama, set in the Los Angeles music industry.
• The Weeknd has a substantial role and stars alongside Lily-Rose Depp.

Silk Sonic has reached Platinum status for their debut album, An Evening With Silk Sonic. And their first #1 single, "Leave The Door Open" has now certified 2x Platinum.

The superstar duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak recently picked up Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year at the 64^th Grammy Awards.

With the success of their music not slowing down, they're now slated to release a vinyl version of the album. It will be available on Friday, August 26.

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• Silk Sonic has reached Platinum status for their debut album, An Evening With Silk Sonic.
• They will release a vinyl version on Friday, August 26.

Cardi B clapped back at UFC star Jake Shields for dragging her while defending Andrew Tate. Last week, Tate was banned by Meta from using their platforms due to violations of their policies on "dangerous organizations and individuals." Shields compared young boys looking up to Tate with young girls looking up to Cardi and The Kardashians, saying, "Tate's main message is stop being lazy and making excuses and go work hard and get in shape and make money. Cardi's is go do drugs, f*ck random men, and go through life as a brain dead moron."

Cardi responded, "I'm married, I don't smoke weed, I don't pop pills, I don't do coke, I'm a mom of 2 kids and I do a lot of charity work.. but hey let me put cardi into it to defend a man who defend misogyny and rape"

BLACKPINK's Jennie is continuing her collaboration with Calvin Klein. As part of her responsibilities, she'll appear in a new campaign for the Fall 2022 season. In the first images released, she's seen wearing black jeans and a black sports bra. The campaign has launched on billboards throughout New York City and Los Angeles with more to be revealed later this month.

Now that Demi Lovato has released her new album, HOLY FVCK, she's looking ahead to singing the new songs on the road. She'll be in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia through mid-September and will be in the states following that. She'll kick of the U.S. leg of her tour in Sacramento, California on September 22.

Dove Cameron, Yung Gravy, and Saucy Santana are set to perform during next week's pre-show for the MTV Video Music Awards. The show will air live on August 28 and will be hosted by Nessa and Kevan Kenney.

Travis Barker has tested positive for Covid. The Blink-182 drummer made the announcement on Instagram over the weekend and included a photo of himself jamming on the floor with some drumsticks.

He wrote "Covid sucks I'd rather be playing drums."

Just last week, his buddy Machine Gun Kelly announced that despite his doctor's orders, Barker was touring with him and his band.

There was no mention of test results for Barker's wife, Kourtney Kardashian.

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Britney Spears dropped another dance video over the weekend.

Wearing black strappy high heels and a very revealing, red, one-piece swimsuit, she danced to "Feel It Still."

She wrote, "Just playing around in the studio!!!."

Being the perfectionist that she is, she posted it a second time to make sure the music was heard correctly.

Aside from the dance video, Spears has a new song coming out this week (8-26). She recently teamed up with Sir Elton John to rerecord his 1972 classic, "Tiny Dancer." This will mark her official return to music since her 13-year conservatorship ended.

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Four years after their first hit collaboration, "The Middle," Maren Morris has again joined forces with Zedd along with Beauz. They released a new single and video on Thursday (August 18th) called "Make You Say."

Maren teased the collaboration on social media several days ago by posting a picture of her and Zedd writing, "Round 2?"

Maren's Humble Quest Tour continues out west with multiple shows this week in both Washington and Oregon.

At one of their concerts this week in Asia, Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas found they have big fans in K-Pop supergroup BTS.

RM and J-Hope were among the 25,000 audience members. Fans caught them on video dancing through-out the show and jumping up and down and throwing their hands in the air to the music.

One video captures them moshing to Eilish's 2018 hit "You Should See Me In a Crown," and another shows them bopping along to an album cut from Happier Than Ever.

After the show, RM and J-Hope ended up backstage and later posted photos and videos from the night.

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Jack Harlow, LL Cool J, and Nicki Minaj will all split emceeing duties at this year's MTV Video Music Awards.

The trio will replace a traditional host as seen in the past, and they'll introduce the night's biggest moments, performers, presenters, and winners.

LL Cool J last appeared as a presenter in 2000 and three years earlier he received the Video Vanguard Award. Five-time VMA winner, Minaj is set to receive that same award this year.

Harlow is up for seven trophies this year and will make his VMA solo performance debut.

The show takes place on August 28 at the Prudential Center in New Jersey and will air on MTV.

TL;DR:

• Jack Harlow, LL Cool J, and Nicki Minaj will all split emceeing duties at this year's MTV Video Music Awards.
• LL Cool J last appeared as a presenter in 2000
• The show takes place on August 28 and will air on MTV.

Cardi B has a new tattoo and it's on her face.

A video was posted online of her on a tattoo bed, getting red ink done along her jawline, just below her left ear.

Robinson De Los Santos, the tat artist who gave her the ink, shared a selfie with Cardi to his own Instagram.

It's unclear exactly what the tattoo says. Fans believe that she might have gotten her son's name, Wave, inked on her face. Back in January, she wrote in a tweet that she wanted to do that. She posted, "Random but ….I'm 1% close too tatting my sons name on my face….I really really wanna do it!"

Cardi B and her husband, Offset also have a four-year-old daughter, Kulture Kiari Cephus.

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Mariah Carey is looking to trademark the title "Queen of Christmas," but she's getting some pushback.

Singers Darlene Love and Elizabeth Chan, who each have their own valid claim to the crown are looking to prevent a monopoly on the term.

After Carey's March 2021 trademark claim was recently made public, Chan filed a formal declaration of opposition in court, and Love has hinted at doing the same, especially since she was given that title on The David Letterman Show.

Chan exclusively composes and performs Christmas music and she was first dubbed the "Queen of Christmas" by All Access in 2014. The New Yorker has also called her that.

Chan isn't looking to legally stake claim to the moniker, but rather prevent Carey from solely holding it herself.

Chan said, "Christmas is for everyone. It's meant to be shared; it's not meant to be owned." She went on to explain it with clarity: "It's not just about the music business. She's trying to trademark this in every imaginable way… Clothing, liquor products, masks, dog collars, it's all over the map. If you knit a ‘Queen of Christmas' sweater, you should be able to sell it on Etsy to somebody else so they can buy it for their grandma. It's crazy that it would have that breadth of registration."

Back in 2019, her classic song "All I Want for Christmas Is You" reached # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 25 years after its release. Since then, it has become the first holiday song to reach one billion streams on Spotify.

Along with "Queen of Christmas," Carey also filed for exclusive rights to three other titles "Princess of Christmas," "QOC," and "Christmas Princess."

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• Mariah Carey is looking to trademark the title Queen of Christmas, but she's getting some pushback from Darlene Love and Elizabeth Chan, who each have their own valid claim.
• Chan isn't looking to legally stake claim to the moniker, but rather prevent Carey from solely holding it herself.
• Chan said, "If you knit a ‘Queen of Christmas' sweater, you should be able to sell it on Etsy to somebody else so they can buy it for their grandma."

Selena Gomez announced online that she has a new collaboration on the way with REMA. She posted a black-and-white snapshot of herself smiling ear to ear with the rising Nigerian star. The only detail she gave up was that it would be "Coming soon."

SEVENTEEN's Dino has tested positive for Covid and had to step away from the groups appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday evening (7-18). He's experiencing a mild sore throat and is under self-quarantine and will skip upcoming concerts. Dino's positive result marks the fourth case of the coronavirus to hit the K-pop group this year.

BTS has reached yet another career milestone with 70 million YouTube subscribers. That number surpasses Justin Bieber, making them the second most followed artist page on the streaming platform.

The #1 act right now is BLACKPINK, the group has nearly 77 million subscribers.

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• BTS has reached 70 million YouTube subscribers.
• BLACKPINK has nearly 77 million subscribers.

Demi Lovato says her new album is filled with songs she wrote about personal experiences. 2021 was a difficult time for her and was also the year she completed a rehab program. Those times inspired the album titled, Holy FVCK.

At the time, she was dealing with lingering effects of an overdose from 2018 and said. "I had all of this unresolved trauma that I hadn't dealt with, or that I started to deal with in treatment. And then, when I came out, I was like, 'It's OK to be angry and feel those things.' I had a lot of anger, and I think it showed in a lot of the songs.

Her new single, "29" was just released and the album will be out this Friday, August 19.

In other Demi Lovato news… Her boyfriend is no longer just a rumor. People.com reports that she was photographed leaving a restaurant with him for the first time. His name is Jutes and he's a musician.

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• Demi Lovato says her new album is filled with songs she wrote about personal experiences.
• She completed a rehab program and those times inspired the album titled, Holy FVCK.
• It will be out this Friday, August 19.

After keeping the specifics of her relationship quiet for months, Adele has opened up about boyfriend Rich Paul. In an interview with Elle Magazine, she said she is as happy as she'll ever be and totally in love.

She also put an end to the unrelenting rumors that she and the high-profile sports agent, who manages Labron James, have no plans to tie the knot.

It was only after being asked flat out whether or not she was engaged several different times that Adele finally gave the publication a straight answer and said no, they are not engaged. She did admit that she's totally obsessed with him.

They have been dating since May of last year.

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Kid Cudi says it would take a miracle for he and Kanye West to be friends again. He told Esquire, "I've watched so many people throughout the years that are close to him be burned by him doing some f**ked-up sh*t. And then they turn around and forgive him. And there's no repercussions. You're back cool with this man. He does it over and over."

He continued, "I'm not one of your kids. I'm not Kim. It don't matter if I'm friends with Pete or not friends with Pete. None of this sh*t had anything to do with me. If you can't be a grown man and deal with the fact that you lost your woman? That's not my f**king problem. You need to own up to your sh*t like every man in this life has. I've lost women, too. And I've had to own up to it. I don't need that in my life. I don't need it."

He continued, "With all due respect, I'm not Drake, who's about to take a picture with him next week and be friends again, and their beef is squashed. That's not me. What I say, I mean. I will be done with you. It's gonna take a motherf**king miracle for me and that man to be friends again. I don't see it happening. He gon' have to become a monk."

KID CUDI SUFFERED A STROKE

Meanwhile, Cudi also revealed that he suffered a stroke two weeks in rehab back in 2016. He said that his speech and movement were slowed down for a time as a result. He explained, "Everything was f*cked."

Kid Cudi's new visual album and animated series, Entergalactic, streams on Netflix on September 30th.

TMZ reports that despite earlier stories, Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox are still together. They were spotted in public having lunch in Brentwood, California on Tuesday (8-16).

Sources close to the couple say they're doing just fine -- no big issues. They obviously can't be together 24/7 because both of them work and have kids, but they're solid.

Suspicions began when Megan started posting pics online without MGK. And their last upload together was way back in June. She also didn't show up to his hometown show in Cleveland over the weekend, and that fueled the breakup rumors.

At the concert, MGK told the audience that he just talked to Megan before he got on stage, calling her his wife.

And in what seems to becoming a habit of his, earlier in the show, he got so amped up that he smashed a wine glass on his face, creating a bloody mess.

TL;DR:

• TMZ reports that despite earlier stories, Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox are still together.
• They were spotted in public having lunch in Brentwood, California on Tuesday (8-16).
• Suspicions began when Megan started posting pics online without MGK. And their last upload together was way back in June.