What Happened April 16 In Music Entertainment and News History: Music History Today Podcast April 16

About this episode

The episode discusses significant events in music history that occurred on April 16, including tributes, awards, and artist birthdays.

On today's show, Nelson Mandela gets a tribute concert, Kendrick wins an award, & happy birthday to Selena & Chance the Rapper. For more music history, subscribe to my Spotify Channel or subscribe to the audio version of my music history podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts from ALL MUSIC HISTORY TODAY PODCAST NETWORK LINKS - https://allmylinks.com/musichistorytoday Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:32 What happened on this date in music history 03:17 Music award ceremonies that were held on this date in music history 03:50 Albums released on this date in music history 06:24 Singles released on this date in music history 06:46 Birthdays of music artists on this date in music history 08:44 Passings of music artists on this date in music history 10:43 What's on tomorrow's episode

Topics covered

• music
• history
• entertainment
• awards
• birthdays

Keywords

• Nelson Mandela tribute concert
• Kendrick award
• Selena birthday
• Chance the Rapper birthday
• music history

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