Eminem will be the opening performer at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony, which will take place live on Wednesday, September 11 at 8 p.m. ET from New York’s UBS Arena. The Detroit rap legend will give his first TV show performance featuring material from his 12th studio LP, The Death of Slim Shady…
Former *NSYNC member JC Chasez is finally ready to release his first album in two decades. Surprisingly, it is a musical theater-style concept album that is inspired by Mary Shelly’s 1818 gothic-horror novel, Frankenstein. Golden Globe-winning musician Jimmy Harry shared with Chasez a theatrical adaptation of the book by his late mother, playwright Barbara Field.…
At the end of August, Mariah Carey disclosed that her mother and sister died on the same day. At the time, the 5-time Grammy Award-winning singer asked for privacy while she dealt with the tragic events and grieved the loss of her beloved family members. Now, Carey has revealed that she has started rehearsing once…
Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” sits at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a ninth nonconsecutive week, extending 2024’s longest stint at the top of the singles chart. Shaboozey’s crossover chart-topping hit became the singer-songwriter’s first career No. 1 back in July. “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” also extends its rule over the Hot…
Will Jennings, a distinguished Grammy and Oscar-winning songwriter and lyricist, has died at the age of 80. No cause of death was publicly announced, although Jennings had apparently been ill for quite some time. Jennings will be remembered for co-writing two emotional Academy Award-winning anthems, “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic that was recorded…
On Friday (September 6), Jennifer Hudson revealed the details of her first-ever holiday album, The Gift of Love, which will be released on October 18. The 42-year-old EGOT winner made the announcement with a holiday-themed Instagram video that features Hudson singing a soulful rendition of the Christmas classic, “Jingle Bells,” while placing presents under the…
Travis Scott‘s team is publicly disputing the overall chart placement of the rapper’s mixtape Days Before Rodeo, which came in at No. 2 behind Sabrina Carpenter‘s No. 1 album Short ‘n Sweet on last week’s Billboard 200. Scott’s team says that Billboard and Luminate’s sales measurement is “unreliable and incomplete,” while alleging that nearly 1,300…
Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet remains on top of the Billboard 200 chart for a second week, after debuting at No. 1 a week ago. Short n’ Sweet had a big second week, with the album earning 159,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. Only three other albums have topped Carpenter’s second week sales total…
Following his guest appearance during Dr. Dre’s Super Bowl halftime performance in Los Angeles in 2022, Kendrick Lamar will now headline his own halftime show during Super Bowl LIX at the Superdome in New Orleans on February 9, 2025. The announcement was made by the NFL, Roc Nation, and Apple Music only hours before the…
During a recent episode of Nova 96.9’s Fitzy and Wippa with Kate Ritchie in Sydney, Australia, Keith Urban was busy praising Miley Cyrus when he paid the Grammy-winning singer a strange compliment. Urban had just performed a cover of Cyrus’ hit song, “Flowers,” on the show, and the 56-year-old country superstar then gushed about how…