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By The Way: Tiktok vs Universal Music Group, Smashing Pumpkins Overwhelming Applications for New Guitarist and The Weeknd's Blinding Light First Song to Hit 4 Billion on Spotify.

31-Jan-24 22:00

By The Way: Tiktok vs Universal Music Group, Smashing Pumpkins Overwhelming Applications for New Guitarist and The Weeknd's Blinding Light First Song to Hit 4 Billion on Spotify.

By The Way is a monthly rapid-fire segment that gives you a snapshot of developing stories in the music world. This month, stories on TikTok's disagreement to renew a licensing deal with Universal Music Group, Smashing Pumpkins receives over 10,000 applications for new guitarist and The Weeknd's Blinding Light is the first song to hit four billion streams for a single track on Spotify.

Produced by: Daryl Ong

Presented by: Daryl Ong


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Categories:  music

Tags:  the pulse,  by the way,  music news,  the weeknd,  universal music group,  tik tok,  smashing pumpkins, 


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