The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has officially certified The Weeknd’s hit singles “Blinding Lights” and “Starboy” diamond. The RIAA confers diamond certification to a song when it moves 10 million units, with one equivalent song unit equal to a single digital song sale or 150 on-demand audio and/or video streams. “Blinding Lights” is…
Nicki Minaj joined James Corden for the first “Carpool Karaoke” segment on “The Late Late Show” in two years on Wednesday (April 6) and performed some of her biggest hits. Minaj belted out songs such as “Anaconda,” “Super Bass,” “Starships” and “Chun-Li,” plus two of her newest Billboard Hot 100 entries “Do We Have a…
Hip-hop music festival the Summer Smash Festival has announced a star-studded lineup for the 2022 edition with Post Malone, Playboi Carti, Young Thug and Gunna confirmed as headliners. This year’s three-day music festival will take place between Friday, June 17 and Sunday, June 19 in Chicago, Illinois. Three-day GA and VIP tickets will be available…
Coachella festival organizers have tapped in The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia as the last-minute replacement for Kanye West, who pulled out of the festival on Monday. The California-based music festival released a new poster on Instagram that lists The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia as the headliners. Ye was previously scheduled to perform on…
Doja Cat has earned her third No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart after “Woman,” a track from her most recent album Planet Her, topped the chart dated April 9. “Woman” is the third single to top the tally after “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA, and “Need to Know.” Planet Her, the third studio album…
The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) has announced the nominees for the 26th Annual Webby Awards. The nominees include some of the year’s most talked-about personalities, such as Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stalion, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Jon Stewart, Laverne Cox, Lilly Singh, Anthony Anderson, LeVar Burton, Questlove, Cynthia Erivo,…
The Weeknd recently released a music video for “Out of Time,” featuring Jim Carrey and “Squid Game” star HoYeon Jung. The Cliqua-directed visual shows The Weeknd and HoYeon meeting up in an elevator and then spending the evening drinking and dancing, enjoying a lively round of karaoke until the evening winds down. Later, when the…
Tory Lanez was hand-cuffed and detained during a court hearing in Los Angeles on Tuesday for violating court orders in the criminal case over his alledged shooting of Megan Thee Stallion in 2020. According to Billboard, Judge David Herriford ruled that certain social media posts from Lanez had breached court orders that required him to…
Music superstar and fashion and beauty mogul Rihanna has joined Jay-Z and Kanye West on Forbes’ Billionaires List. The 34-year-old Rihanna has assets worth $1.7 Billion, according to Forbes. Her stakes in the Fenty Beauty cosmetics line and the Savage X Fenty lingerie business helped make her Barbados’ first billionaire. The musician-turned-cosmetics mogul became the…
Cardi B has won the legal battle against YouTube blogger Tasha K after a federal judge ordered Tasha to delete defamatory videos and social media posts. Judge William M. Ray issued a permanent injunction against the YouTuber requiring her to pull down 21 videos within the next five days and to avoid certain statements going…