Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ hit collaboration, “Die With a Smile,” spends a fourth consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. This marks Gaga’s second-longest run at No. 1 in her career, following her six week rule in 2011 with “Born This Way.” This is Mars’ 38th career week at…… MORE
On Monday night (January 27), NBC aired Questlove’s new documentary, Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music. The 3-hour program started with a brilliantly edited montage of hosts and musical guests throughout Saturday Night Live’s iconic 50-year history. The doc featured clips of memorable live performances from throughout the show’s 5-decade run, including the…… MORE
Gracie Abrams recently announced that Dora Jar will be the opening act on her upcoming Secret Of Us European tour. One particular fan, using the pseudonym Dexter Morgan, wasn’t pleased with that pairing, and started an online petition on Change.org to replace Jar as the opener. “Many fans, including myself, are baffled by the recent…… MORE
Details of Sinéad O’Connor’s final will has been revealed by the U.K. tabloid newspaper, The Sun. The Irish singer, who died at the age of 56 in July 2023, is survived by three children, and she wants her fortune to be split equally between them. O’Connor’s ex-husband John Reynolds was named as executor of her…… MORE
The soundtrack to Robbie Williams’ recent biopic, Better Man, has just reached No. 1 on the U.K. albums chart. With his new chart-topping record, Williams achieved a significant milestone by tying the Beatles for the most all-time No. 1 albums in the history of the U.K. The Better Man Soundtrack compiles updated versions of Williams’…… MORE
Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos is No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the second straight week. Bad Bunny has had four chart-topping albums in his career, and his new record is the second to spend multiple weeks at No. 1, joining 2022’s, Un Verano Sin Ti, which spent 13 consecutive weeks…… MORE
On Friday (January 24), the Recording Academy announced the first round of live performances scheduled to take place at the 2025 Grammy Awards ceremony on February 2. Pop superstars Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, and Charli XCX – who are all multiple nominees on the night – top the initial lineup of performers. The…… MORE
Chari XCX continues her recent musical supremacy by topping the list of nominees at the UK’s prestigious BRIT Awards. Charli received a total of five nominations overall, getting nods for Artist of the Year, Best Pop Act, Best Dance Act, Album of the Year for Brat, and Song of the Year for “Guess,” her collaboration…… MORE
On Thursday (January 22), Kid Cudi shared a personal statement on his Instagram Story and X about a bizarre break-in that took place at the rapper’s Los Angeles home earlier this month. Cudi heard that people were making jokes about the incident, so he took to social media to set the record straight. “The person…… MORE
On Thursday (January 22), the first trailer arrived for the new documentary, Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music, ahead of its premiere on NBC on January 27. The three-hour film, directed by Academy Award-winner Questlove, captures the memorable musical performances on Saturday Night Live over the past 50 years, from Billie Eilish, Adele,…… MORE
Philadelphia singer-songwriter Shamir has announced the upcoming release of his final solo album, Ten, which is due out this spring via Kill Rock Stars. Shamir also shared the collection’s lead single, “Neverwannago,” which was written by the Portland, Oregon, musician Andrew Harmon, and is accompanied by a Matthew Ober–directed music video co-starring musician August Nandé.…
In a new interview with Barbra Streisand‘s A&R rep, Jay Landers, he revealed that during the making of Babs’ 1993 Back to Broadway album, a remarkable collaboration with Madonna and Bette Midler was planned. The diva-filled trio were going to take part in an updated rendition of the Annie Get Your Gun classic, “Anything You…
Filming has commenced in London for Charli XCX’s new A24 film, The Moment, with four new actors joining the project including Rish Shah, Isaac Cole Powell, Kate Berlant, and Jamie Demetriou. They join previously-announced cast members Alexander Skarsgård, Rosanna Arquette, and Trew Mullen. The movie is based on Charli’s original idea and features the Brat…
In Billboard’s current Women In Music feature, it’s revealed that Erykah Badu is currently working on a new album, which would be her first since 2010’s New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh). Not much else is known about the unnamed project other than the fact that it is being produced by the Alchemist,…