#DMTBeautySpot #beauty While we’ve all been tucked away in our homes with our streaming music platform of choice to keep us going, women on country radio have been having a huge few months. First, Maren Morris improbably crossed over from the pop to the country charts, landing her song “The Bones” in the No. 1 slot on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart and becoming the first woman to have...

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#DMTBeautySpot #beauty Ever since my first job at MTV working as a music programmer, I can’t stop trying to match people with music they might like. So, I wrote a book called Record Collecting for Girls and started interviewing musicians. The Music Concierge is a column where I share music I’m listening to that you might enjoy, with a little context. Get everything I’ve recommended this year on Spotify, follow me on Twitter or Facebook, and...

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#DMTBeautySpot #beauty Ever since my first job at MTV working as a music programmer, I can’t stop trying to match people with music they might like. So, I wrote a book called Record Collecting for Girls and started interviewing musicians. The Music Concierge is a column where I share music I’m listening to that you might enjoy, with a little context. Get everything I’ve recommended this year on Spotify, follow me on Twitter or Facebook, and...

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#DMTBeautySpot #beauty Jennifer Lopez walked into Hard Rock Stadium in Miami tonight with something big to prove. After being snubbed by the Oscars for her work in Hustlers, she still had the Super Bowl halftime show to show her haters, doubters, and the entire Hollywood establishment who refuse to accept her that she is a force. So, she brought a stripper pole. Two of them, in fact. Going...

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#DMTBeautySpot #beauty Former NBA player Kobe Bryant has died following a helicopter crash in Calabasas, CA. The Los Angeles Times reported that a helicopter crashed into a hillside above the city of Calabasas on Sunday morning, resulting in multiple fatalities. TMZ was the first to confirm Bryant was on board and one of several passengers who were killed. Bryant was 41. The crash occurred just before 10 a.m....

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#DMTBeautySpot #beauty Once again, the Grammys have a woman problem. It’s the third year in a row that I’ve written about this and, somehow, the problem not only persists but gets bigger each year. 2020 finds the Recording Academy’s board facing their biggest woman problem yet: their newest CEO and president, Deborah Dugan. Dugan was placed on administrative leave 10 days before the 2020 Grammy Awards following allegations...

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#DMTBeautySpot #beauty New year, old you? When it comes to music and soundtracking a celebration, you probably don’t want to blast brand new songs they’ve never heard to a room full of people who just want to dance. So why not look back at the best songs of the year, the ones everyone loved and nearly everyone can get down to, for your New Year’s Eve playlist? We...

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