After spending 8 years with Tap Management, the superstar fired the management company and hired her dad.

Apparently it was a dispute over money with the management team that helped turn her into a global international pop star.

The singer, signed with the company in 2013 while working as a waitress. According to the Daily Mail, bosses were shocked when she said she no longer wanted them to represent her.

Supposedly, she didn’t like the split she received from commercial deals.

Dua Lipa’s earned nearly $50 million last year and the 26-year-old also has $28 million of assets in her touring company Dua Lipa Live LLP.

Daily Mail says ‘Tap have taken her from an unknown teenager to the most successful female artist in the world. When you look at it like that, you can’t help but think something quite bad has happened.’

Look out for Restless Modern and the new track I Hate being addicted to the internet which was co-produced Co-produced with Peter Thomas (P!nk, Betty Who, Allie X).

The 25 year-old Wisconsin-based indie artist released several singles that has garnered over 30 million streams on Spotify and were highlighted by Billboard, Lyrical Lemonade, MTV and Atwood. Playlist include Spotify’s Fresh Finds, Pop Rising, young & free, sad hour, and Good Vibes.

He is set to release an EP called Complicit in early 2022.

Halifax alt-pop duo Neon Dreams dropped their new single “Little Dance.” Fans of AJR and X Ambassadors will enjoy.

The band notes: “After finishing our first tour of South Africa we decided to go shark diving. I had a phobia of drowning but felt it was time to face my fears.I jumped in the water and opened my eyes. There was a shark staring right at my face, my heart was pumping so I panicked. As I was collecting my breath I started hearing this melody my head that kept getting louder..I left the Ocean to grab my phone and record the melody which eventually become the chorus of ‘Little Dance.’

The duo  picked up gold and platinum singles and garnered  over 50 million streams. The performed internationally off of the success with their single “Life Without Fantasies”  and won the Canadian JUNO Award.

Look out for Rachael Kathryn Bell aka Little Luna and the track under the wave. In the first few seconds of the track, I thought I was listening to Gotye’s Somebody I Use To Love, but it quickly ventures into new territory.

Little Luna says “This song, to me, is about how I feel in meditation. Sometimes my mind present and floating, Sometimes my thoughts tossing me around.”

The LA based artist has landed on Spotify’s New Noise and Fierce Femmes. 

The best music cities in the U.S.?

Nashville, Tenn is the clear the winner according to recent data.  It’s the music capital of the U.S., ranking No. 1. Nashville also tops the charts as the best city for working musicians. Career performers can expect to earn an average of $28.81 hourly. Cities following Nashville include Indianapolis, Portland, Austin, Louisville, and Texas.

The worse cities? Miami and Las Vegas

The metrics used for the study were working musicians, affordable shows, and the amount of shows booked. The top 15 cities have an average of 39 professional musicians per capita. The top 15 cities have an average of 3.86 small concert venues per capita versus 2.90 venues per capita in the average city. The top 15 cities consistently come out on top for Google Trends and music searches for all genres and rank 11% higher across every genre than the average city