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Aretha Franklin is the Queen of Soul with a new album of covers coming out, but the R&B icon doesn't mince words when asked what she thinks about today's music stars. In an interview with the "Wall Street Journal," Aretha gave her thoughts about some of the biggest acts in music today including Taylor Swift, Adele and Nicki Minaj. Her answers weren't the most flattering toward them: On Adele: "Young singer, good singer." On Alicia Keys: "Um, young performer, writer/producer." On Taylor Swift: "Okay. Great gowns. Beautiful gowns." On Whitney Houston: "Whitney was a talent. Definitely a talent. She had a gift. And Cissy's baby." On Nicki Minaj: "Nicki Minaj ... Hmm ... Now I'm going to pass on that one." In another interesting tidbit, the "Respect" singer was questioned about her impressions about Auto-Tune, a device used by many in the industry to enhance their voices. Read More »
Taylor Swift is riding high as the biggest music artist today with 1.3 million sales of her new album '1989' in its first week of release, but it's her controversial decision to take her music off of streaming site Spotify that's had people talking lately. Read More »
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Teri Agins is one of the best-sourced journalists in fashion. In her 25-year career at "The Wall Street Journal," she broke some of the biggest stories in the industry: the dispute between designer Gordon Henderson and his backer, former Theory CEO Ricky Sasaki, in 1990; Calvin Klein's near-bankruptcy in 1991; and that "LVMH" was paying Marc Jacobs less than $1 million a year as recently as 2004. In her new book, she calls the Kardashian Kollection "cheap" and tacky." Read More »
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