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Beyoncé, Kendrick, Sabrina and more: AP predicts who will win at the 2025 Grammys
Beyoncé leads the 2025 Grammys nominee pack, but Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Charli xcx are vying for their moment in the spotlight. So who will take home those gramophone-shaped trophies on Sunday? Associated Press Music Writer Maria…
Lady Gaga announces March release for new album ‘Mayhem’
Expect some mayhem this spring, courtesy of Lady Gaga. The Grammy-winning songwriter and actor will release her seventh studio album March 7, which press materials say will explore “themes of chaos and transformation.” The 14-track album…
Movie Review: ‘The Colors Within’ is a gentle stunner
Kids movies so often bear little of the actual lived-in experience of growing up, but Yamada Naoko's luminous anime “The Colors Within” gently reverberates with the doubts and yearnings of young life.
Totsuko (voiced by Suzukawa Sayu) is a…
George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers, Mike Love and more get into Songwriters Hall of Fame
NEW YORK (AP) — George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers, Ashley Gorley, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, The Beach Boys' Mike Love and Tony Macaulay make up the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees — an inspiring mix of funk, rock, R&B,…
Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen lead the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Award nominations
Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen lead the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Award nominations with 10. They are followed closely by Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter and Post Malone with nine. The iHeartRadio Music Awards honor the most played artists…
Is that really a best new artist? The long and complex tale of a controversial Grammy category
When is something old considered new? If you’re talking about the Grammy Awards, that’s often whoever lands in the best new artist category, easily the weirdest of the races. Take Sabrina Carpenter, who finds herself nominated for best new…
Beyoncé at the Grammys: A timeline of the most-awarded artist’s historic run
Give Beyoncé a record and she’ll break it. She leads the 2025 Grammy Award nominations with 11, which brings her career total to 99. She holds the record for most wins and most nominations at the award show. Her career at the Grammys began…
Remembering David Lynch’s musical legacy: 10 songs to go beyond the films
NEW YORK (AP) — The loss of singular talent and visionary filmmaker David Lynch is not only felt in the world of cinema, but music, where he had inextricable influence on multiple generations of artists.
Lynch, whose death was announced…
Music Review: Mac Miller’s lost album ‘Balloonerism’ is airy and experimental
To coincide with what would have been Mac Miller's 33rd birthday, his estate has given us all a present — an unreleased album by the late hip-hop star.
“Balloonerism” was shelved around 2014 in favor of the album “Watching Movies With the…
Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish and Charli xcx are performing at the Grammys. Here’s what to know
The 67th annual Grammy Awards will still take place Sunday, Feb. 2, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The Recording Academy has refocused its aim to support relief efforts following the devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires. The main…
Music streams hit nearly 5 trillion in 2024. Women pop performers lead the charge in the US
More music, more listeners, no problems.
The global music industry hit 4.8 trillion streams in 2024, a new single-year record, Luminate’s 2024 Year-End Report found. That’s up 14% from 2023, which held the previous record.
If you streamed a…
Rock icon Jeff Beck’s guitars are going on display in London before they are put up for auction
Some of the most iconic guitars in rock history are going on display in London before they go under the hammer at auction. Auctioneer Christie’s held a preview on Tuesday for the collection of Jeff Beck, who died in January 2023. Starting…
Heidi Montag tops iTunes chart after losing house in Los Angeles wildfires
Reality television star Heidi Montag’s 2010 album “Superficial” has hit No. 1 on the iTunes’ all-genre songs and albums charts 15 years after its release and just after Montag and husband Spencer Pratt lost their home in the Palisades Fire.…
Timothée Chalamet returns to ‘SNL’ as host — and musical guest
Timothée Chalamet will return to “Saturday Night Live” for his third stint as a host. This time, he’ll be pulling double duty. NBC announced Friday that comedian Dave Chappelle will host the sketch show for a fourth time Jan. 18, with…
For Elton John, ‘Never Too Late’ isn’t just a documentary and song — it is a life mantra
Capturing Sir Elton John’s 50-year career is a herculean task. Good thing his husband David Furnish and filmmaker R.J. Cutler were up for the challenge. “Elton John: Never Too Late" was inspired by John’s final U.S. tour in 2022 but quickly…
