Pop

“Yo Kat, I heard you can do that opera thing!” In the spring of 2007, a new pop singer named Kat DeLuna burst onto the scene with her debut single “Whine Up.” Thanks to Def Jam’s smash success two years prior with a little track called “Pon De Replay” by a then-unknown Barbadian singer by

Spotify has a new most streamed artist, and that person just nabbed the largest amount of listeners in one month in the platform’s history. Coming in with 83.3 million monthly listeners — marking the most monthly listeners on the streaming platform — is none other than… Justin Bieber! Chart Data unveiled the new statistic on Saturday

Ever since they made their mainstream pop breakthrough between 2016 and 2017, thanks to their omnipresent Chainsmokers collaboration “Closer” (a quintessential radio smash if ever there was one) as well as their hit-spawning sophomore concept album, hopeless fountain kingdom, Halsey has ruled the charts and airwaves, becoming one of the music industry’s most ubiquitous modern

Kanye West‘s got a lot on his mind: an ongoing divorce (maybe…?), an imminent album, questionable new digs, massive listening events… the list goes on. He must be very distracted because on Thursday (Aug. 26) night, he didn’t even notice when he caught on fire. As flames engulfed the rapper on stage, he couldn’t even

Spencer Elden, the man who was photographed as a nude, four-month-old baby and pictured on the cover of Nirvana‘s Nevermind album, is now suing the band for child sexual exploitation and also claims that the image is deemed child pornography. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court in the Central District of California

Late last year, pop star Halsey shared her desire to eventually release a rock album, and with each new morsel of news about the upcoming If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power set, it appears as though she’s heading in that direction. The latest piece of intel reveals some of the album’s guests, which include

In a pop-punk twist of seemingly epic proportions, Paramore singer Hayley Williams and the band’s former guitarist Josh Farro have suddenly appeared among the credits of pop star Olivia Rodrigo‘s smash hit “Good 4 U” as co-writers of the song with Rodrigo and her producer. Williams hipped her social media followers to the change on Tuesday

Lady Gaga is headed back to Sin City! Mother Monster is reviving one of her two Las Vegas residencies, Jazz & Piano. The show, which originally launched in 2019, features re-imagined versions of her greatest hits alongside material from The Great American Songbook. The show will return to Park MGM’s Park Theater Oct. 14, with

Kacey Musgraves is leaning into the art form of tragedy with her new album, Star-Crossed. When announcing the details of the record on Monday (Aug. 23), Musgraves also announced that she’ll be releasing a film of the same name. Both the album Star-Crossed and Star-Crossed: The Film are due out on Sept. 10. The title track — which the

Former Little Mix member Jesy Nelson revealed the reasons why she decided to leave the group. On Saturday (Aug. 21), Nelson spoke to The Guardian about her departure from the girl group and her mental health struggles that led her to go solo. She called the time at home during lockdown “the happiest I’ve ever

After more than a year of waiting to see what would come of their highly-anticipated Map of the Soul World Tour, BTS have unfortunately canceled the concert tour due to COVID-19 concerns. BTS’ music company Big Hit Entertainment made the official announcement via Weverse on Thursday (Aug. 19). “Our company has worked hard to resume preparations

There’s no doubt SOMI was born to be a star. Her journey to stardom began when she was just a tween. After making several appearances in variety shows and competing on popular music survival shows such as SIXTEEN and Produce 101, in 2016 she made her debut as a member of K-pop girl group I.O.I. Following

Will Britney Spears ever perform a concert again? On Wednesday (Aug. 18), the “Toxic” singer’s boyfriend, Sam Asghari, was leaving after a workout at Los Angeles’ Bass Rutten’s Elite MMA Gym, where TMZ stopped him to ask some questions about his famous pop star girlfriend. When asked if Brit will ever perform again, he said “absolutely” — before then

Sorry not sorry for party rocking! No one captured the sound of the early 2010s quite like LMFAO. With hedonistic yet harmless anthems to partying like “Shots,” “Party Rock Anthem” and “Sexy and I Know It,” the duo’s brand of electronic-influenced hip-hop provided the soundtrack inside clubs the world over at the turn of the

In 2021, out musicians like Lil Nas X are carving out a space for themselves in mainstream culture. Case in point: The “Old Town Road” rapper holds the record for the longest-running number one on the Billboard Hot 100. He also cinched another chart-topper with “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name),” and its very, very gay

Lorde combatted the sexist claims that her upcoming third studio album is another ”Jack Antonoff record.” On Thursday (Aug. 12), The New York Times published an interview with the “Solar Power” singer who addressed the social media sexism that she’s faced while co-producing alongside a male producer. Lorde fired back and said that she does not want to be