Mariah Carey (shown performing in New York City in 2014) released “All I Want For Christmas Is You” in 1994, but it took 25 years for the song to reach the top of Billboard‘s Hot […]
Indian tabala virtuoso Ustad Zakir Hussain performs at a concert at the Indian Music Experience (IME), Indias first interactive music museum, in Bangalore on July 27, 2019. Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle […]
Billie Eilish is the latest artist to grace NPR’s well-loved Tiny Desk concert series. On December 12th, Eilish visited the Washington, D.C. set to perform four re-imagined tracks from her 2024 album Hit Me Hard […]
A single Black Friday title — Taylor Swift’s Target-exclusive physical editions of The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology — has sent TTPD soaring back to the top of the Billboard 200. Kevin Winter/TAS24/Getty Images for […]
Italian pop singer Mina in 1961, Cremona, Italy. Sandro Rizzi/AP hide caption toggle caption Sandro Rizzi/AP Mina, one of the bestselling Italian musical artists of all time, just dropped a new album — at the […]
Olivier Latry, Notre Dame’s longest-serving organist, poses beside the refurbished instrument, ready for the reopening ceremonies after the destructive fire in 2019. Philippe Guyonnet/Notre Dame Cathedral hide caption toggle caption Philippe Guyonnet/Notre Dame Cathedral Notre […]
Elton John said his eyesight is so limited that he could not see the musical performance for which he scored. He gave a speech Sunday in London, during the opening night of the musical adaptation […]
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Members of the group ATEEZ pose in Los Angeles in April. In a little over two years, the K-pop group has released six new EPs that have reached the top 10 of Billboard‘s album chart. […]
Drake poses at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 1, 2019. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Drake has filed a petition against Spotify and Universal Music Group, accusing the […]
Kendrick Lamar, seen here performing at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif. on June 19, dropped his sixth album, GNX on Friday, Nov. 22, without any advance warning. Timothy Norris/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Timothy […]
Gracie Abrams performs in Los Angeles earlier this month. Abrams, who released her album The Secret of Us in June, has been opening for Taylor Swift on the most recent leg of Swift’s Eras Tour. […]
Selena Gomez plays the wife of a Mexican cartel boss in Emilia Pérez. Shanna Besson/PATHÉ FILMS/Netflix hide caption toggle caption Shanna Besson/PATHÉ FILMS/Netflix Actor, musician and entrepreneur Selena Gomez grew up speaking Spanish, but says […]
Beyonce, left, accepts the Innovator Award during the iHeartRadio Music Awards, April 1, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Beyoncé will perform at a halftime […]
Juan Luis Guerra won both record and album of the year at the Latin Grammy Awards Thursday in Miami. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images The 25th annual Latin Grammy Awards […]
Shaboozey, seen here performing in Las Vegas on Sept. 20, now holds the record for the longest-running No. 1 song on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart in the 2020s. His “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has held […]
Roy Haynes, performing at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2002. Peter Van Breukelen/Redferns hide caption toggle caption Peter Van Breukelen/Redferns Roy Haynes, performing at the North Sea Jazz Festival in […]
Known as “the first lady of children’s music,” Ella Jenkins performed on all seven continents. Courtesy of the artist hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the artist Known as “the first lady of children’s music,” […]
Sabrina Carpenter, seen here at Coachella earlier this year, is nominated in each of the big four categories at the 2025 Grammy Awards: album, song and record of the year, plus best new artist. Frazer […]
Beyoncé, seen here accepting the best dance/electronic music album award for Renaissance during the 65th Grammy Awards in 2023, is nominated for 11 awards at the 2025 Grammys. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption […]