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New data reveals Taylor Swift was the world’s ‘most influential’ artist of 2024New data reveals Taylor Swift was the world’s ‘most influential’ artist of 2024
Beth Garrabrant Luminate, 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…
Read MoreAriana Grande, Selena Gomez get BAFTA nominations for ‘Wicked,’ ‘Emilia Pérez’Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez get BAFTA nominations for ‘Wicked,’ ‘Emilia Pérez’
Disney/Chris Willard Ariana 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…
Read MorePacific Palisades native Gracie Abrams posts note mourning ‘heartbreaking’ loss of LA neighborhoodPacific Palisades native Gracie Abrams posts note mourning ‘heartbreaking’ loss of LA neighborhood
John Shearer/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management LA 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…
Read More‘Forever Young’ with Ava Max & Alphaville leads David Guetta to a new chart record’Forever Young’ with Ava Max & Alphaville leads David Guetta to a new chart record
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Many 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…
Read MoreTaylor Swift is expanding her Rhode Island ‘last great american dynasty’ houseTaylor Swift is expanding her Rhode Island ‘last great american dynasty’ house
Emma McIntyre/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management Taylor 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…
Read MoreMusic Notes: Grammys, O-Town and moreMusic Notes: Grammys, O-Town and 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…
Read MoreReport: Lady Gaga will perform free concert May 3 at Rio’s Copacabana BeachReport: Lady Gaga will perform free concert May 3 at Rio’s Copacabana Beach
Disney/Randy Holmes It 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…
Read MoreTate McRae’s latest hit tops ‘Billboard”s brand-new Dance/Pop chartTate McRae’s latest hit tops ‘Billboard”s brand-new Dance/Pop chart
Disney/Randy Holmes Billboard 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…
Read MoreColdplay details ’Moon Music’ visual companion, ’A Film for the Future’Coldplay details ’Moon Music’ visual companion, ’A Film for the Future’
Disney/Randy Holmes Coldplay has announced the full details of A Film for the Future, a visual companion to the band’s latest album, Moon Music. Previously teased in the lyric video for the single “feelslikeimfallinginlove,” A Film for the Future is a 44-minute collage of different pieces created by over 150 visual artists from 45 countries. “Each artist…
Read MoreMyles Smith shares ‘really freaking painful’ song that ‘brings up a lot of trauma’Myles Smith shares ‘really freaking painful’ song that ‘brings up a lot of trauma’
Jennifer McCord Many of Myles Smith‘s songs are romantic, but the “Stargazing” singer has now shared one that he says is so “painful” that just posting a little bit of it has sent his “anxiety through the roof.” On Instagram, he wrote of the song, called “My First Heartbreak,” “This one’s super close to my heart and my anxiety…
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