“I want to be a billionaire so freakin’ bad,” is one line Calvin Harris no longer has to sing. He may not be a billionaire financially, but his video for “This Is What You Came For” has hit billionaire territory on YouTube. “This Is What You Came For” feat. Rihanna (and co-written by his ex-girlfriend Taylor Swift) is the third ...

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UPDATE: We called it–this is definitely The Chainsmokers‘ year. On Sunday night, the duo managed to take home an American Music Award for Favorite Artist – Electronic Dance Music (EDM). They beat two other nominees, Calvin Harris and Major Lazer. They lost out in three other categories, but still, any win is a good win. Read more to hear about ...

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We’re almost sick of talking about The Chainsmokers. Can’t they give it a rest? What’s with all the new music, awards and insane chart records they keep getting? Who are we kidding, we could never be sick of news about The Chainsmokers. These guys are on fire this year, and every achievement is more and more exciting to watch. This ...

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The American Music Awards nominations are here, and EDM is getting some lovin’. At least, the Chainsmokers are. The duo were nominated for four different awards: New Artist of the Year, Collaboration of the Year, Favorite Duo of Group and Favorite Artist – Electronic Dance Music. Their nomination in the Collaboration category was for their song with Daya, “Don’t Let Me ...

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The VMAs may have been kind of lame this year, but at least there were a few EDM artists showing everybody how things are done. Of course, the Chainsmokers have been the talk of the year, but Calvin Harris also hit it big this time around. Harris wound up taking home two awards, one for Best Male Video and one ...

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There’s no denying that EDM is on the rise. Last week’s Billboard Top 10 is further evidencing bolstering EDM’s popularity–in just the last week alone, there were more EDM hits in the Billboard Top 10 than there were total in 2015. That’s right, last week’s top songs had four EDM hits included in the top 10. “This is What You Came For” ...

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House and electronic music has been around for ages now, and it tends to hold down the fort as its own genre. Though it’s easy to think of it as a standalone thing, all music evolves from somewhere. According to AraabMuzik, EDM owes its creation to hip-hop. In a recent interview with HipHopDX, AraabMuzik started out talking about how the ...

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Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris may have split, but remnants of their relationship still linger. Harris just released a new collaboration with Rihanna called “This Is What You Came For,” but fans are convinced that it isn’t just Rihanna we’re hearing in the chorus. Theories are going around that it’s actually Harris’ ex-girlfriend we’re hearing in the chorus, and that ...

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Rihanna and Calvin Harris‘ new song “This Is What You Came For” raced to the top of the iTunes charts, so naturally that means a music video is much anticipated. Given how successful Harris and Rihanna’s previous videos have been (Rihanna’s “Work” already has over 326 million views on YouTube), it’s no surprise that they’d combine forces to make a ...

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Calvin Harris and Rihanna‘s new song was just announced (and released!) last week, but it’s already hit number one on the iTunes charts in 15 different countries. Harris posted the following pic on Instagram earlier this week: Unbelievable on iTunes right now thank you ???????????? @badgalriri A photo posted by Calvin Harris (@calvinharris) on Apr 30, 2016 at 1:44pm PDT ...

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