Courtesy of YouTube Music Music videos from Cyndi Lauper, Harry Styles, Justin Timberlake and more joined YouTube’s exclusive Billion Views Club in 2022. Cyndi enjoyed her first-ever Billions Club video after her 1983 hit “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” which was first uploaded to YouTube in October 2009, was watched over 1.13 billion timesRead More →
Not everything that happened in the music world in 2022 was earth-shattering, but there were plenty of notable news events that made headlines. Here are just a few of them: — Maroon 5‘s Adam Levine, who’s married to Behati Prinsloo and expecting his third child with her, found himself inRead More →
ABC Taylor Swift was seemingly everywhere in the latter half of 2022 — and now her lyrics are part of the final words coming from the White House. Susan Rice, who is the director of the United States Domestic Policy Council, shared her closing thoughts on 2022 and started off by citing aRead More →
BMG Among the many hits on the soundtrack of the 1984 smash hit film Footloose is “Holding Out for a Hero,” by Bonnie Tyler. Now, Adam Lambert’s done his own version of the song as the latest release from his upcoming covers album, High Drama. In an email to fans,Read More →
Beth Garrabrant/TAS Rights Management You can credit Taylor Swift for a 30-year high in sales of vinyl records last week. Billboard reports that for the week ending December 22, 2.232 million vinyl albums were sold, according to data from Luminate. That marks the largest sales week for the format sinceRead More →
Raven B. Varona Since she became a global superstar, Adele has rarely put a foot wrong. But in 2022 she experienced backlash after abruptly canceling her Las Vegas residency — something she called “the worst moment in my career, by far.” –The saga started in November 2021 when, shortly after telling Rolling Stone that sheRead More →
Universal Music Group Sam Smith‘s name trended on Twitter Thursday after fans clashed with several body-shamers. The incident sparked after the “Unholy” singer shared a carousel of photos of them lounging on a boat. Sam is wearing bikini bottoms in the photos and is posing comfortably. But some followers were apparently put off byRead More →
Courtesy XO Records The Weeknd reflected on his ultra busy 2022 and teased 2023 will be even greater. Taking to Instagram, the singer shared a collage of all the projects he took on over the past year. Among the many achievements he enjoyed in 2022, highlights included him releasing his Dawn FM album, his cameoRead More →
Aside from their professional lives, it was a big year for some of your favorite artists in their personal lives: There were marriages, babies, new romances and more. Here’s a look back at some of them: — The Jonas Brothers welcomed some Jonas babies this year. In January, Nick andRead More →
Kevin Winter/Getty Images Thank goodness for Harry Styles‘ mom — otherwise, we wouldn’t have know that the singer happily spent the holidays with his family, and not moping over his split with Olivia Wilde. On Wednesday, Harry’s mom, Anne Twist, posted a slideshow titled “Christmas 2022.” In addition to someRead More →
