JMEnternational/JMEnternational for BRIT Awards/Getty Images The 2021 National Music Publishers’ Association honored Taylor Swift with the Songwriter Icon Award on Wednesday, and she took the moment to thank those who helped her along the way. “I want to take a moment to thank the people who were my professors, my teachers,Read More →
Ethan Miller/Getty Images Several months ago, the Backstreet Boys confirmed that, at long last, they planned to record their very first Christmas album. Now, AJ McLean tells Variety that the project is coming along even better than he’d hoped. The sessions for the album were the first time the group had been able to get togetherRead More →
Jimmy Fontaine Forest Blakk‘s ballad “If You Love Her” will no doubt be soundtracking many a wedding this summer, but now the Canadian singer/songwriter wants to help make one lucky couple’s marriage dreams come true — with cold hard cash. Forest is giving away $4,500 for you to use towardsRead More →
Roadrunner Records Richard Marx has collaborated with a lot of people in his long career — writing, producing and recording with everyone from ‘N SYNC and Josh Groban, to Barbra Streisand, Luther Vandross and Lionel Richie. But his latest collaboration is his most unexpected yet. Richard has teamed up withRead More →
Michael Tran/FilmMagic Lance Bass is among the eclectic lineup of celebrity guest hosts tapped to replace Chris Harrison for the new season of Bachelor in Paradise. ABC confirms the former NSYNC member, plus rapper Lil Jon, comedian David Spade and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt actor Tituss Burgess, will serve as rotatingRead More →
ABC Lewis Capaldi has joked about the pressure he feels to make his second album as good as his record-breaking debut. Now, he’s made a documentary about it. MusicWeek reports that Lewis and the making of his sophomore release are the subjects of the feature-length doc, which will be soldRead More →
Getty Images for dcp Move over Ed Sheeran: Dua Lipa has levitated right into your spot. Dua’s been named the U.K.’s most-played artist of 2020. It’s the first time since 2017 that Ed didn’t take that title, which is given out by the music licensing company PPL. It tracks playsRead More →
Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal The Gracie Awards, which honor programming created by, for and about women, have announced its annual list of honorees, and Kelly Clarkson is one of them. On the heels of its six Daytime Emmy nominations, The Kelly Clarkson Show is the Gracie Award winner in the Talk ShowRead More →
Charlotte Rutherford Ava Max warned fans on Tuesday that her new single “Everytime I Cry” is not the start of a new era, but a continuation of her debut album Heaven & Hell. However, in an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, she confirms that she does, indeed, have “anotherRead More →
Geffen/Interscope Now that we’re halfway through 2021, Billboard decided to rank all the music releases of the past six months to determine the 50 Best Songs of 2021…so far. Coming in at number one is, unsurprisingly, “Drivers License” by Olivia Rodrigo. The debut single by the singer/actress debuted at numberRead More →
