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Music in 2013: Purchases Down 6%; Timberlake Tops Album Sales
In another grim year for the music business, sales lost further steam in both the physical and digital realms, according to 2013 year-end figures from Nielsen SoundScan. The only positive news for the...
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Macklemore, Daft Punk Early Winners at the Grammys
Top nominees Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Daft Punk were among the leading winners at the pre-telecast Grammy Awards ceremony at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday afternoon. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis...
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‘Frozen’ Soundtrack Takes Back No. 1 Spot, Grammys Artists See Lifts
The soundtrack for “Frozen” re-ascended to No. 1 on the U.S. album chart as other titles saw their first lifts in the wake of the Grammy Awards telecast. The Disney title returned to the apex for a...
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Electronic Dance Music Makes Big Splash at Grammy Awards
Electronic dance music made a major incursion into the musical mainstream at the 2014 Grammys, as the cryptic, helmeted French duo Daft Punk reaped two of the night’s biggest honors and rang up four...
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Toronto Film Review: ‘Eden’
Mia Hansen-Love’s “Eden” would make for a wonderfully eye-opening anchor on a double bill with the Coen brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis.”
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Daft Punk Tops Billboard’s U.S. Hot 100 Singles for the First Time with The...
Daft Punk hath risen. The veteran French EDM band — who rose to popularity in the ’90s — top this week’s Billboard U.S. Hot 100 Singles chart with The Weeknd’s “Starboy” after spending eight weeks at...
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The Weeknd, Daft Punk Sing ‘I Feel It Coming’ at 2017 Grammys
The Weeknd and Daft Punk teamed up at the 2017 Grammys on Sunday, singing their hit “I Feel It Coming.” They were introduced by Paris Jackson, the daughter of Michael Jackson. The Weeknd’s vocals have...
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Album Review: Arcade Fire’s ‘Everything Now’
Arcade Fire “Everything Now” (Everything Now/Columbia) To put it in the corniest possible terms, artistic progression can be a stairway to heaven or a slippery slope. The Beatles in the 1960s, David...
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Nile Rodgers Hospitalized, Misses Concert in Toronto
Chic cofounder and Daft Punk collaborator Nile Rodgers has been hospitalized with an undisclosed ailment that caused him to miss a concert in Toronto Sunday night. “I’ve never missed one gig in my...
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Daft Punk Unveil Awesome 2017 Holiday Season Swag
Daft Punk have unveiled their 2017 holiday-season swag, and there’s little question this collection is their best yet. There’s a glow globe, a glass ornament set, a puzzle and lots more — all done in...
View ArticleDaft Punk to Score New Dario Argento Film, ‘Black Glasses’
Along with Sade albums, new Daft Punk music is among the rarest of the rarities in contemporary music — and while it’s not a new album proper, Italian film director Dario Argento revealed in an...
View ArticleVideo Premiere: ‘Daft Punk Suite’ Is an Unrobotic, Symphonic Salute from Nu...
When you think of the electronically inclined duo Daft Punk, two things that assuredly don’t come to mind first are (a) a personnel count that requires more than half of one hand and (b) violins. But...
View ArticleBono Celebrates 60th Birthday With 60-Song Playlist, Writes ‘Fan Letters’ to...
Bono celebrated his 60th birthday Sunday by posting a playlist of what he described as “60 Songs That Saved My Life,” with the promise to write a “fan letter” to all 60 artists. He posted the first six...
View ArticleDaft Punk Has Split Up, Publicist Confirms
Daft Punk, one of the most influential and popular groups to emerge in the past 30 years, have announced their retirement via a video titled “Epilogue” posted Monday morning. The duo’s longtime...
View ArticleDaft Punk Talks Kanye West, Coachella and That Wild Pyramid Stage in...
The groundbreaking French duo Daft Punk stunned the music world Monday morning by announcing their breakup via an elaborate video. The announcement was all the more surprisingly because the has been...
View ArticleThe Weeknd Recalls Working With Daft Punk: ‘They’re One of the Reasons I Make...
The Weeknd is one of the great serial collaborators of this era, and he is generous with his praise about the artists he’s worked with, who range from Ariana Grande and Lana Del Rey to Travis Scott and...
View ArticleDaft Punk Sees Huge Streaming Surge After Breakup Announcement
Is breaking up good for business? It can be, at least in the short term, as the members of Daft Punk are (separately) finding out. On the day the duo’s split was announced Monday, total single-day...
View ArticleDaft Punk Is the Soundtrack for the Dazzling Olympic Skate Routine From...
It’s cool enough that U.S. Olympic skaters Madison Chock and Evan Bates chose Daft Punk for their performance on Sunday — but even cooler was the music they chose: One would expect maybe one of their...
View ArticleDaft Punk Surprise-Releases ‘Homework’ 25th Anniversary Boxed Set, Streams...
In celebration of Daft Punk’s 25th anniversary of their groundbreaking debut album, “Homework” comes the surprise release of “Homework Digital Deluxe.” The physical boxed set arrives in April; the...
View ArticleDaft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Announces Solo Album — and Reveals His Face for...
Thomas Bangalter, half of the pioneering French electronic duo Daft Punk, who announced their split in 2021, has announced his first orchestral solo album — and has revealed his face for the first time...
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