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CMA Awards: Beyoncé Snubbed; Morgan Wallen, Post Malone Earn Multiple Nominations
The 2024 CMA Awards have showered Morgan Wallen and Post Malone with multiple nominations but heavily snubbed Beyoncé, though she had one of the year’s biggest country albums with Cowboy Carter and biggest country songs with “Texas Hold ‘Em.” Wallen leads the way at the CMAs with seven nominations. He’s followed by Chris Stapleton and […]
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Kendrick Lamar to Headline 2025 Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show
Kendrick Lamar is set to headline the 2025 Apple Music Super Bowl LIX halftime show. Roc Nation, NFL and Apple Music made the announcement on Sunday, and the big game will take place on Feb. 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. It will air on Fox. Lamar previously performed at the hip-hop […]
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LL Cool J on the Challenges of Finding the “Right Balance” Between His Acting and Music Careers
LL Cool J is opening up about learning how to balance his acting career with his passion for music. The Grammy-winning rapper got candid in a recent interview with The Independent about feeling conflicted once his acting career took off in the 1990s. “The more successful I became in acting, the less I wanted to […]
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Screamin’ Scott Simon, Longtime Sha Na Na Performer, Dies at 75
Screamin’ Scott Simon, who spent 52 years as the pianist of the energetic rock ’n’ roll and doo-wop group Sha Na Na, died Thursday in Ojai after a long battle with sinus cancer, his daughter Nina Simon announced. He was 75. A member of Sha Na Na from 1970 until they quit touring in 2022, […]
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Twice’s Tzuyu on Her Passion for Releasing a Solo Album and Her Advice to Aspiring K-Pop Idols
“I always had a curiosity of what it would be like to work as a solo artist and create my own music and do my own stage performance, and that curiosity kind of developed into a certain level of passion for it,” Tzuyu explains through a translator on Zoom with The Hollywood Reporter. The 25-year-old […]
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Linkin Park Reunites With New Music and Singer, Seven Years After Chester Bennington’s Death
Linkin Park has returned with new music and a new vocalist, seven years after the 2017 death of lead singer Chester Bennington. The rock band debuted new singer Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain on a livestream Thursday. The pair will be joining returning members Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Phoenix and Joe Hahn, with Armstrong […]
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Halsey Says Acting Helped Her Disconnect From Her Stage Name: “It’s Nice to Be New at Something”
Halsey says her recent pivot to acting helped her disconnect from the stage identity she inhabits as a singer. Though her real name is Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, the singer releases music and performs under the stage name Halsey. In an interview with Paper, she spoke about her experience stepping away from the identity for her […]
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Rich Homie Quan, “Type of Way” Rapper, Dies at 33: Report
Rich Homie Quan — born Dequantes Lamar — died Thursday (Sept. 5) at 33 years old, the Fulton County medical examiner confirmed to Billboard. “On Thursday, 5 September 2024, the Fulton County Medical Examiner was notified by Grady Memorial Hospital of the death of Dequantes Devontay Lamar,” a statement from the medical examiner reads. “An autopsy has been […]
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‘Short N’ Sweet’ Is Officially Sabrina Carpenter’s First No. 1 Album
Sabrina Carpenter officially has her first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. On Tuesday, Billboard announced that the 25-year-old singer’s latest release, Short N’ Sweet, had debuted at No. 1 on this week’s chart. The accomplishment marks Carpenter’s first No. 1 album of her career. Carpenter’s latest single “Taste” debuted at No. 2 on […]
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NCT’s Jaehyun on Making His Solo Album “Feel Classic,” Excitement Over Singing A Babyface Track
Editor’s Note: Yesterday, SM Entertainment announced in a social media post that NCT member Taeil had departed from the group after learning he was “accused in a criminal case related to a sexual crime.” Jaehyun was interviewed before this news broke. “Jump in if you feel it,” Jaehyun jokes to The Hollywood Reporter to kick […]
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Louis Theroux-Produced Series ‘Boybands Forever’ With Simon Cowell, Robbie Williams Set for BBC
BBC Two will air a new series on the boy band mania of the 1990s and 2000s featuring interviews with Take That’s Robbie Williams, Westlife’s Brian McFadden, and music mogul Simon Cowell. Boybands Forever, a three-episode series, will air later in 2024. Produced by Mindhouse Productions (Louis Theroux Interviews, Lockerbie) and from producer/husband-and-wife pair Louis […]
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Christina Aguilera on Why It’s “Corny” When Celebrities “Do Things Intentionally” to Stay Relevant
Christina Aguilera is “really proud” of the “risks and chances” she’s taken throughout her 25-year career in the music industry, no matter how they may be received by the public. In a recent interview with Paper magazine, the pop icon opened up about the thoughtful decisions behind each of her projects over the years, noting […]
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