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Columbia Records/Erskine Bad Bunny, Harry Styles and Taylor Swift were among the top artists of 2022 on Spotify, according to the streaming platform’s annual “2022 Wrapped” report. Bad Bunny and his album Un Verano Sin Ti were, respectively, the Most-Streamed Artist and Most-Streamed Album globally.  Taylor Swift was the second Most-Streamed Artist globally, followed by Drake, The Weeknd and BTS.   In theRead More →

Columbia Records Harry Styles’ “As It Was” is the most-streamed song of 2022, according to music tracker Luminate. In a Tuesday press release, the music sales data giant crowned this year’s most-streamed hits and noted that 2022 marked a historic first in the music streaming industry.  For the first time ever,Read More →

ABC More senators are seeking answers in the Taylor Swift ticketing fiasco. Connecticut Democrat Richard Blumenthal and Tennessee Republican Marsha Blackburn called upon the Federal Trade Commission to investigate. Variety reports the two senators serve on the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security. Both raised concern over Ticketmaster’s claim that a “staggering number of bot attacks” was partially to blame for theRead More →

Jo Hale/Getty Images The intimate performance Sam Smith held at Royal Albert Hall is finally available to stream on Apple Music. “I definitely wanted this to be different to my other shows,” Sam told Apple Music ahead of the release. “I come from a theatre background and really missed that feeling onRead More →

ABC/Randy Holmes Police recovered two diamonds that had been stolen by a man posing as an executive working for Justin Timberlake, reports the Miami Herald. Con artist James Sabatino reportedly duped jeweler Forevermark in 2017. He reportedly passed himself off as a Universal Music executive and claimed he needed jewelry for a music video featuring Justin and his wife, Jessica Biel, whichRead More →

Kevin Winter/Getty Images Harry Styles momentarily shut down his concert in Colombia after multiple fans fainted in a crowd surge. British publication Daily Mail reports the singer was performing Sunday in Bogotá, Colombia’s Coliseo Live when fans began rushing the stage. Concertgoers in the first row reportedly were crushed against the handrails and called out to Harry forRead More →

Courtesy of A Boy Band Christmas Members of 98 Degrees, O-Town, All-4-One and more are about to launch A Boy Band Christmas tour. 98’s Jeff Timmons told ABC Audio plans originally featured just his group, but Nick Lachey‘s hectic schedule forced them to change course. That’s when they revisited the fun they had with the A Very Boy Band Holiday specialRead More →