Julien’s AuctionsMusiCares, the charitable arm of the Recording Academy, has been working hard to help those in the music industry affected by the deadly LA wildfires, so maybe you’d want to consider bidding during its annual pre-Grammy auction of memorabilia from music’s top stars.This year’s MusiCares Charity Relief Auction will take place Feb. 2 at…… Read More…
Courtesy Janet Jackson / AEG Presents Las VegasJanet Jackson is giving fans more opportunity to see her perform with the extension of her residency, JANET JACKSON: LAS VEGAS. She’s added six new dates to her schedule, bringing her to a total of 16 shows.She will now have shows through the end of May, taking place at the same venue: Resorts…… Read More…
Beth GarrabrantLuminate, the company that provides the sales and streaming data that powers the Billboard charts, is out with its 2024 Year-End Music Report — and Taylor Swift has a new entry for her résumé. According to the company’s data, not only was Taylor the top streamed songwriter of the year and the artist with the…… Read More…
Disney/Chris WillardAriana Grande and Selena Gomez are continuing their hot streak when it comes to award nominations.Both stars have received nods for Best Supporting Actress at the BAFTAs, the U.K. equivalent of the Oscars. Ari is nominated for Wicked, while Selena’s nod is for Emilia Pérez. Both women were also nominated for Best Supporting Actress at…… Read More…
Emma McIntyre/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights ManagementTaylor Swift is having a marvelous time expanding everything.Taylor is adding on to Holiday House, her home in Rhode Island that inspired her folklore song “the last great american dynasty.” The Providence Journal reports that according to a building permit issued in December, the home, which is already 11,000 square feet,…… Read More…
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicMany of David Guetta’s hits have been reworkings of past tracks, and his current one, “Forever Young,” is no exception — but this one has led him to a milestone chart record.”Forever Young,” credited to Guetta, Ava Max and Alphaville — the German band who originally wrote and recorded the song in 1984 — is…… Read More…
The Grammy Awards will go on as scheduled Feb. 2, but most of the parties surrounding them will not. All three major record labels — Universal, Warner and Sony Music Groups — have canceled Grammy-related events due to the LA wildfires and will instead redirect those funds toward relief efforts.Early 2000s hitmakers O-Town want you…… Read More…
John Shearer/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights ManagementLA native Gracie Abrams is the latest celebrity to share her feelings about the deadly wildfires that have destroyed so much of the area, especially LA’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood, where nearly 24,000 acres have burned.In a handwritten note she posted on Instagram, Gracie wrote, “What has happened in LA…… Read More…
Disney/Randy HolmesIt was reported last year that Lady Gaga was planning to perform a free concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2025 — similar to the one that Madonna did in 2024. Now a Brazilian paper is reporting that the date for the event has been set.The paper O Globo reported that the show, called…… Read More…
Disney/Randy HolmesBillboard already has countless charts, so what’s another one?The publication has just launched a new tally called the Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart, which it says is for “songs with dance-centric vocals, melody and hooks by artists not rooted in the dance/electronic genre.” The first #1 song on the new chart is “It’s ok I’m ok”…… Read More…