Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for EBONYUsher continues to celebrate 30 years of his music career with The Last Showman, the latest installment of Audible’s Words + Music series.The episode will find Usher discussing the “inspirations, heartache and personal growth” that led to his 2004 album, Confessions, breaking down some of its popular tracks, and sharing the…… Read More…
InterscopeLady Gaga and Bruno Mars are still alive on the Billboard Hot 100.Their Grammy-nominated duet “Die With a Smile” is #1 for a second week on the tally. Billboard notes that this makes Gaga only the second artist ever to have two #1 hits featuring a male and a female solo artist singing together without…… Read More…
CBS/Recording AcademyAfter much speculation, the Grammys, scheduled for Feb. 2, will proceed as scheduled despite the deadly LA wildfires.In a letter sent out to Recording Academy members on Jan. 13, Academy executives confirmed that the awards show telecast on CBS will “proceed as planned.” However, the letter notes that the telecast will “carry a renewed sense…… Read More…
4 Non Blondes circa 1990; Paul Natkin/WireImageHey-yay, what’s going on? Well, 4 Non Blondes are reuniting to appear at this year’s installment of BottleRock Napa Valley music festival, scheduled for May 23-25 in California.The lineup for the festival was announced on Jan. 13 and headliners include Justin Timberlake, Noah Kahan and Green Day; Benson Boone is also…… Read More…
Ignat/Bauer-Griffin/GC ImagesJustin Bieber’s most recent album was 2021’s Justice, but an industry insider is predicting that this will be the year he finally returns to music.Puck’s Matthew Belloni writes in his What I’m Hearing column, “Despite the $200 million sale of his catalog in 2023, I’m told Bieber needs the money and wants to work.”Belloni…… Read More…
Katia Temkin/RepublicAfter mentioning in a red carpet interview that she has an “an attachment of eternal sunshine” that she plans to release at some point, Ariana Grande revealed more details of the project to Variety — including the fact that we’ll have to wait for it.Speaking to the publication’s Awards Circuit Podcast, Ari says the attachment is essentially…… Read More…
XO/RepublicThe Weeknd has hinted in the past that he doesn’t want to record as The Weeknd anymore, and now the artist born Abel Tesfaye is saying straight up that he wants to eradicate his alter ego for good.Speaking to Variety, Weeknd is asked what he means when he says “closing this chapter.” He clarifies that…… Read More…
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty ImagesIn 2018, the home that Miley Cyrus shared with her then-husband Liam Hemsworth burned down in the Woolsey wildfires in Los Angeles. On Saturday, she took to Instagram to share her feelings as the current LA wildfires cause widespread destruction and loss of life.Miley posted an image on her Instagam Story…… Read More…
Ian and Chad LLCAs A Great Big World once sang, “This is the new year,” and a new year means new music.The duo, who released a Christmas single with Pentatonix over the holidays, has now put out a song called “then there were sparks.” It’ll be included on an EP of the same name, due…… Read More…
Erika Goldring/WireImageAs if we didn’t already know it, Chappell Roan has won an award given out annually to artists identified as “music’s biggest rising stars.”Chappell has been honored with BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2025, and she was awarded the title by a panel of more than 180 musicians and experts, including Dua Lipa, Elton…… Read More…