Getty Images/Getty Images for Global CitizenThe COVID-19 pandemic affected all areas of life this year, but the music industry was among the most impacted: The global concert business lost an estimated $30 billion as live events were completely shut down. Among the countless artists who had to cancel scheduled or ongoingRead More →
Norbert SchoernerWhile 2020 was pretty much a terrible year for everyone — especially the music industry, which lost billions due to the shutdown of live events — some artists not only survived, but thrived. In addition to Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Jon Bon Jovi and Stevie Nicks, here’s a roundupRead More →
Beth GarrabrantFor Taylor Swift, 2020 has evidently been un-“bear”-able. On New Year’s Eve, the star bid adieu to this horrible year by posting a photo of herself on Instagram wearing what appears to be some kind of bear robe: It’s brown and furry, and has fake eyes, a snout andRead More →
Interscope RecordsGwen Stefani will reintroduce herself visually Friday morning — if you’re not too hungover to tune in. The official video for her new song “Let Me Reintroduce Myself” debuts at 11 a.m. ET. From a teaser posted on Instagram, the video looks as though it’ll feature imagery from Gwen’sRead More →
ABCJennifer Lopez helped kick off 2020 at the Super Bowl, and now she’s closing it out by performing live in New York’s Times Square on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest, tonight on ABC. And afterward, she’ll meet you in the ladies’ room. According to People, J.Read More →
Amazon StudiosAmazon Prime’s just-dropped Yearly Departed is a series of eulogies for 2020, hosted by Two Dope Queens‘ Phoebe Robinson and featuring a line-up of all female comedians including Tiffany Haddish, Rachel Brosnahan, Ziwe, Sarah Silverman, Patti Harrison, and Natasha Leggero [lezh-AIR-oh]. Yearly Departed also features a show-stopping “In Memoriam” segment sung by Christina Aguilera, belting out “I Will Remember You,” as a scroll ofRead More →
dick clark productionsDespite the pandemic, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest will still air live from Times Square Thursday night on ABC. Many of the year’s biggest music stars will be performing, but according to Ryan Seacrest and his co-host Lucy Hale, the lineup doesn’t include 2020’sRead More →
Beth GarrabrantNo matter how productive you were in quarantine in 2020, Taylor Swift‘s got you beat. While Taylor started 2020 by losing the Golden Globe for “Beautiful Ghosts,” her song from the much-maligned movie CATS, she bounced back with the late January release of the critically acclaimed documentary Miss Americana,Read More →
ABC/John FleenorKaty Perry is one of the stars who had a jam-packed 2020, both personally and professionally. After traveling to Australia to perform at the Women’s T20 World Cup and a bush fire relief concert in March, Katy, who was pregnant at the time, rushed home right as the pandemicRead More →
hélène marie pambrunFans were sweet on Harry Styles’ “Watermelon Sugar” video this year. The beachy video took the number-one spot in a Billboard poll for favorite music video of 2020, nabbing 41.11% of the vote. Shot before social distancing was a thing and released in May, the visual features HarryRead More →
