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by the Beach Boys one of the world’s happiest songs, along with “I Got You” by James Brown, “Get the Party Started” by Pink, and “Uptown Girl” by Billy Joel.“Previous studies have found songs are perceived as happy if they are in a major key, with a sweet spot of approximately 137 beats per minute,” Bonshor said in a statement to media outlets.“We like ‘7th chords’ as they add interest; regular chords use three notes, whereas ‘7th chords’ add an extra note which provides a sense of musical ‘tension’ and ‘relief.’”The catchy tracks tend to be pop songs with repeated riffs, a strong beat and a bright tone.“We like high volume when it comes to how our happy songs are made, with notes played in a bright and bouncy way by instruments such as trumpets or electric guitars instead of mellower instruments,” Bonshor added. “Finally, a repetitive rhythm or guitar riff that people can latch onto and becomes memorable is the cherry on the cake.”To put the happiness formula to the test, producers Jamie P and Oliver Price created an upbeat track called “The Lighter Note,” which was commissioned by UK yogurt brand Müllerlight.

De La Soul co-founder, Trugoy the Dove, has died. He was 54. David Jude Jolicoeur, known as Trugoy the Dove, was one of the founding members of the famed Long Island hip hop trio.

Game Of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Romola Garai (Suffragette, Becoming Elizabeth) are set to star in Joanna Coates’s gothic horror Virtue, which Hanway Films will launch sales on at the EFM later this month.Set in England in 1350, Coster-Waldau will star as heroic knight St. Peter who returns from war with his teenage son to discover a plague-ravaged homeland riven by social unrest, superstition and fear. 

An improved St Johnstone performance was not enough to avoid exiting the Scottish Cup at the fourth round stage.

The James Brown estate and Primary Wave have been sued by an entity called The Pullman Group over the big deal that was announced last year around the late musician’s song rights, recording royalties and brand.Primary Wave announced its deal with the Brown estate last December. It saw the music rights firm acquire a stake in the James Brown songs catalogue, as well as securing involvement in the musician’s recording royalties, plus Brown’s name and likeness rights.

EXCLUSIVE: The ensemble for Greg Berlanti’s mysterious Apple Original Project Artemis has continued to expand, with the addition of up-and-comer Donald Elise Watkins (Emergency). The anticipated film scripted by Rose Gilroy will have Watkins star alongside the previously announced quintet of Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Jim Rash, Ray Romano and Anna Garcia.

Callum Davidson laughed he hadn’t even seen James Brown hit the net in training before.

Zuri Craig, who once was a finalist on the reality show America’s Got Talent as part of the Craig Lewis band, has died. He was 44 and no cause was given by his family, who confirmed he died on Friday and issued a tribute post on his website.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan selling their catalogs for $600 million, Genesis and Phil Collins for $300 million, Stevie Nicks for $100 million — over the past few years dozens of artists have sold the rights to their music catalogs for eight or nine figures. There are all kinds of reasons why this is happening: Artists are getting older and are basically estate planning, the pandemic proved that copyrights can be a great investment, and the booming market is bringing more and more buyers and sellers to the table. But what do you do with that catalog once you’ve bought it? The old approach was to basically to sit and wait for the songs to make money — through radio, sales, use in films or TV shows or advertising campaigns, Broadway shows and lots of other ways.

EXCLUSIVE: The story of popular UK lads magazine Loaded, which covered the 1990s Cool Britannia era in all its glory, is to be told in a TV series from Channel 4-backed Spirit Studios.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Primary Wave Music has acquired a major stake in Joey Ramone’s music-publishing assets for around $10 million, according to people close to the transaction. Terms of the deal include non-exclusive rights to license Joey Ramone’s name and likeness, as well as income for songs across the band’s repertoire of music; the news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. While the music-catalog market has been booming for the past several years, with blockbuster deals for catalogs by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen (both for around $600 million), Neil Young, Stevie Nicks, James Brown (all around the low nine figures) and more, this is possibly the first such deal for a punk-era artist, and could open up a new field of opportunity in a rapidly narrowing market.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Primary Wave Music, a top player in the music-catalog and publishing boom, has joined forces with Brookfield Asset Management in a $2 billion deal to invest in music copyrights, the companies confirmed. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Brookfield, which is new the space, will take a significant minority interest in Primary Wave, and commit $1.7 billion to fund a permanent capital vehicle focused on acquiring music rights from top acts. Primary Wave Music is primarily a music publisher but has become a leader in the catalog-acquisition business with its ability to market those catalogs biographical films, Broadway shows, song interpolations and brand deals. Its assets include interests in the catalogs of Whitney Houston, James Brown, half of the Prince estate, Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and more.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Drake, arguably the biggest rapper in the world, will play a special concert at the legenday Apollo Theater in New York’s Harlem neighborhood that will be broadcast on SiriusXM, he and the network announced on Tuesday. Details on the show were slim — “Drake will perform at the world-famous Apollo Theater in New York. The exclusive SiriusXM concert marks the first time that Drake will perform at the iconic theater,” the announcement reads — but the concert will be the latest in a long series of special, intimate gigs the network has staged at the 1,500-capacity venue. Fans should head here to score tickets, but act fast.

EXCLUSIVE: The MGM Snoop Dogg sports comedy The Underdoggs has added Tika Sumpter, Mike Epps, Andrew Schulz and George Lopez while casting the kid team of actors which includes Jonigan Booth, Adan James Carrillo, Kylah Davila, Caleb Dixon, Alexander Michael Gordan and Shamori Washington.

Rita Ora appears to be completely besotted by her new husband Taika Waititi after gushing about her “fairytale” ending in a recent interview.The songstress, 31, tied the knot in an “intimate” ceremony in central London earlier this year, and although the star never actually confirmed the nuptials, her friend and celeb hairstylist James Brown congratulated the couple in an Instagram post. Speaking on Jaime Winstone's Greatest Night Ever podcast, the hitmaker said: “I'm in love. I'm very much in love.

Rita Ora has been spotted looking incredible as she stepped out after her daily workout in London. The singer-songwriter, 32, was snapped on Wednesday in a black crop top showing off her toned abs and tiny Nike cycling shorts, paired with long white socks and white trainers.

Rita Ora has shared several photos of her latest trip to New Zealand, sparking rumours she is currently on her honeymoon with her reported new husband Taika Waititi. The 31 year old is speculated to have had a ‘secret wedding’ with film director Taika, 47, earlier this month, which was seemingly confirmed recently by Rita’s friend and celeb hairstylist James Brown in a congratulatory Instagram message.

Leighton Clarkson’s stunning second half free-kick stung St Johnstone and sent Aberdeen home with three points.

The New York Times, Pitman died on Thursday August 11 at his home in La Quinta, California. No cause of death has been revealed, however the guitarist and bassist reportedly spent the last month of his life recovering from an accident that left him with a fractured spine.Born on February 12, 1920, Pitman was raised in a musical household, as his father worked as a staff bassist for programming at NBC.

STYLEMusic is woven into the very fabric of the building. Metal ropes run from floor to ceiling in the lobby atrium mimicking guitar strings, soundwave patterns are built into the marble flooring and even the push buttons in the lifts look like tiny cymbals. But the big attraction for music fans is the wealth of memorabilia on display.

Rita Ora's wedding to Taika Waititi seems has been confirmed after her friend and celeb hairstylist James Brown congratulated the couple.There had been speculation that the couple had tied the knot in a secret ceremony and the London-based stylist, 53, now appears to have confirmed those rumours in his latest Instagram Story. Sharing a picture of himself alongside the 31 year old singer, he wrote: "Congratulations Mrs Waititi Ora." He then tagged the pair before added: "Love you," with a love heart emoji.The couple have been sparking wedding rumours ever since the 46 year old New Zealand director Taika appeared to show off a ring.

Beyoncé's new album Renaissance has arrived. The project sports 16 tracks including its lead single "Break My Soul," a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

Beyoncé has shared new a capella and instrumental versions of her recent single ‘Break My Soul’ – you can listen to both below.The original track is the first taste of the singer’s seventh studio album ‘RENAISSANCE’, which comes out next Friday (July 29). This week, Bey’s revealed the full tracklist and composer credits for the record.Today (July 22), the pop star has released both a capella and instrumental takes on ‘Break My Soul’. Tune in here:Released last month, Beyoncé’s dance-influenced comeback tune samples the songs ‘Show Me Love’ by Robin S and ‘Explode’ by Big Freedia.

Beyoncé has today (July 22) shared a video showing more details of her cover art for her upcoming new album, ‘RENAISSANCE’.The video, which was shared on Instagram, was soundtracked by her recent single ‘Break My Soul’ and showed the album’s internal sleeves and alternative cover art.Check it out here:A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce)Yesterday (July 21), the official composer credits for Beyoncé‘s upcoming seventh album were also revealed.As Uproxx noted, the full list of contributors on the record can be seen by viewing the page source of its listing on Apple Music. The information was also shared on the Twitter fansite @BeyLegion.The acts listed include Nile Rodgers (on ‘Cuff It’), Pharrell Williams and Skrillex (both on ‘Energy’), Drake (‘Heated’), A.G.

Beyoncé‘s upcoming seventh album ‘RENAISSANCE’ have been revealed.As Uproxx notes, the full list of contributors on the record can be seen by viewing the page source of its listing on Apple Music. The information was also shared on the Twitter fansite @BeyLegion.The acts listed include Nile Rodgers (on ‘Cuff It’), Pharrell Williams and Skrillex (both on ‘Energy’), Drake (‘Heated’), A.G. Cook (‘All Up In Your Mind’) and BloodPop (‘All Up In Your Mind’ and ‘Pure/Honey’).Additionally, Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z is credited as S.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBeyonce has revealed the credits for her forthcoming seventh full-length solo album “Renaissance,” and they’re every bit as star-studded and envelope-pushing as you’d expect, a mixture of household names like Drake, Jay-Z and Pharrell, veteran hitmakers like The-Dream, Raphael Saadiq, Hit Boy, Mike Dean and Nova Wave, and some unknowns who are having their first entries on Genius.com.Based on the songwriting credits revealed in Apple Music — with a few typos — collaborators include:Drake, on the song “Heated,” Jay-Z, with credits on three songs, Pharrell Williams, likely in collaboration with his Neptunes partner Chad Hugo (the name “Chad” appears at the end of the credits for song “Energy”), Nigerian singer Tems, Solange/ D’Angelo collaborator Raphael Saadiq, R&B chanteuse Sabrina Claudio, Longtime Beyonce collaborator The-Dream (“Single Ladies,” “Who Run the World (Girls)”) on multiple songs, Longtime Jay-Z/ Kanye West collaborator No I.D., Songwriting/production duo Nova Wav (Denisia “Blu June” Andrews and Brittany “@Chi_Coney” Coney), PC Records founder and Charli XCX collaborator A. G.

A gangland hitman who murdered T2 Trainspotting star Bradley Welsh attacked a prison guard while awaiting trial. Sean Orman head butted James Brown, causing a cut that required two stitches and has left the victim with a scar.

Continuing its strong ties to the entertainment industry, Howard University will be the host of the new “Disney Storytellers Fund,” which will “create opportunities for historically underrepresented students to have future careers as storytellers and innovators in media and entertainment,” according to a joint release.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticBoxed sets are typically compiled for the music fan that wants a lot of just one thing. But the Hollywood Bowl’s tens of thousands of repeat customers every summer tend to be musical omnivores.