Cesc Maymo/WireImage In 2024, it seems as though Teddy Swims achieved nearly everything that a newly minted pop star should. He sang on the MTV VMAs and American Idol, did a world tour, recorded some cool collabs, topped the charts and even scored a Grammy nomination. The only thing leftRead More →
It wasn’t just women who were topping the charts in 2014. Two male artists — who few people had heard of before this year — were riding high all year, and another one returned after more than a decade. Tattooed soul singer Teddy Swims, born Jaten Dimsdale, had first attractedRead More →
Legacy/Columbia Mariah Carey is spending another week at #1. The singer’s holiday classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You” tops the Billboard Hot 100 single chart for an 18th nonconsecutive week, putting her one step closer to a new chart record. Just a week ago, Mariah’s Christmas track surpassedRead More →
It was a day One Direction fans won’t soon forget — on Oct. 16, singer Liam Payne died after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Argentina. He was 31. He is survived by his 7-year-old son, Bear, with ex-girlfriend Cheryl Cole. – Just days before his death, Liam andRead More →
In 2024, for the first time in more than four years, we heard Céline Dion‘s legendary voice. The diva hadn’t performed since March 2020. She’d been forced to halt her tour due to COVID-19 and then cancel a planned return to Las Vegas due to her medical issues, revealing herRead More →
Like every year for, oh, the last 13 years or so, Taylor Swift dominated the music industry and seemingly the world. Here’s just a fraction of what she did in 2024. January: Taylor smooches boyfriend Travis Kelce on the field as the Kansas City Chiefs clinch the AFC Championship. February: TaylorRead More →
Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images You’ve heard of the Best Dressed list? Vogue now has the Most Dressed list, which features, as the mag puts it, “a list of the people who did the absolute, well, most with their fashion this year.” In other words, Vogue writes, “TheyRead More →
Ariana Grande was indeed “Popular” this year, topping both the charts and the box office. She released her seventh studio album, eternal sunshine, and took on her dream role as the pink and popular Glinda in Wicked. In between all that, she managed a memorable and hilarious SNL hosting gig andRead More →
2024 was a milestone year for Billy Joel, in more ways than one. It started in February, when he released “Turn the Lights Back On,” his first pop single since 2007’s “All My Life.” The ballad was cowritten by Billy, Freddy Wexler, Arthur Bacon and Wayne Hector, and was reminiscentRead More →
Massimo Insabato/Archivio Massimo Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images These days it’s commonplace for the ultra wealthy to hire big-name talent to perform at their events. For example, earlier this year Justin Bieber sang at several wedding events for the son of an Indian billionaire. But the price tag for some bigRead More →
