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Ethiopia Habtemariam returns to the music C-suite as HYBE America’s new President of Music. Veteran music executive Ethiopia Habtemariam is making her return to the industry after a brief hiatus, ...

HYBE America has appointed veteran music exec Ethiopia Habtemariam as its new President of Music. Habtemariam, known most recently for having headed up Universal Music Group’s Motown Records, will ...

It’s been 10 years since Bruno Mars‘ seminal record, 24K Magic — and now, his highly anticipated fourth solo album, titled The Romantic, is finally ready. On Wednesday, Jan. 7, Mars revealed the album ...

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Ethiopia says it reached an agreement in principle with bondholders over the restructure of a $1 billion bond on which it defaulted in 2023, and sees progress in efforts to revamp the debt this year.

It's a slow release day to start the new year, so this week NPR Music's Stephen Thompson brings us an abbreviated episode highlighting a few of the new albums you might have missed in December.