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5 Despite rumours of flopping, Jay-Z maintains that his new music streaming service Tidal is growing in business. Tidal – an app owned predominantly by artistes — was launched just a month ago. Since then, it has changed a CEO and laid off 12 workers. Competition for Tidal stems from other music apps like Spotify and Rhapsody, which have been around for a much longer time. In a series of Twitter posts on Sunday, Jay-Z attempted to assure the public that “Tidal is doing just fine.”Sound and Color, which is currently the #1 album on iTunes. It is expected to debut at the top of the Billboard 200 Album Charts on Wednesday.Vine sensation who became popular last year for posting song covers, now has the #1 album on the Billboard charts. No one knows how he did it, but his album Handwritten debuted at #1 this week, and he is now ranked second on the Billboard Artist 100 chart, only bested by Taylor Swift. The Canadian ‘boy wonder’ is already being labelled as the next Justin Bieber.Powerful, and will not be officially released until June 1, along with the rest of Major Lazer’s Peace is the Mission album. The compilation will also feature the voices of Arianna Grande, Elliphant, and Chronixx.
4 The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is now underway. The festival runs from the last Friday in April to the first Sunday of May annually. It features music, cuisine and craft from various cultures, with special emphasis on those indigenous to New Orleans — known as the birthplace of Jazz. Some of this year’s headliners are Jimmy Cliff, Hozier, Higher Heights Reggae Band, John Legend, Pitbull, Lady Gaga, Paloma Faith, Estelle, No Doubt, Ed Sheeran, T.I and Elton John.
3 Alabama based Blues-Rock/ Soul band Alabama Shakes is again making strides in music. After having received three Grammy nominations from their 2012 album Boys & Girls, the quartet has now released their second album
2 Shawn Mendes, a 16-year-old
1 Tarrus Riley has collaborated with Ellie Golding on a Major Lazer production. The intense love song is titled