Cardi B joined James Corden on a segment of Carpool Karaoke that tested the limits of how much you can swear on a late night show. The rapper, clad head-to-toe in yellow in honor of the song that started it all, “Bodak Yellow,” which was the first of many Invasion …
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Miley Cyrus’ last album, the rootsy Younger Now was widely known as a departure from her 2013 pop record Bangerz. But the release of her new single “Nothing Breaks Like a Heart” alongside Mark Ronson signals that the singer is ready to return to full-on pop. For the Matt Damon-hosted …
Read More »Christina Aguilera to Headline 'New Year's Rockin' Eve' in Times Square
Christina Aguilera will perform before the ball drops on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, The Associated Press reports.The show will air live December 31st from Times Square in New York City and starts at 8 p.m. on ABC. Along with Aguilera, the New York portion of the show – …
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Steven Van Zandt was passing through Morgantown, West Virginia last month on tour with his band, the Disciples of Soul, when something went amiss. The singer-guitarist was staying at a Marriott hotel when, much to his dismay, his room service breakfast was delivered to him entirely in disposable plastic containers. …
Read More »Watch Alessia Cara Perform Emotional New Album Cut 'Out of Love' on 'Fallon'
Alessia Cara returned to the Fallon stage in her oversized men’s suit, sneakers and pink tie to perform her emotional ballad, “Out of Love.” Unlike previously released singles “Growing Pains” and “Trust My Lonely,” “Out of Love” is a deep cut from her new albumThe Pains of Growing. The performance …
Read More »This Week in Music: Kendrick, Pharrell, Betty Who, Eric Church
Listen to this week’s YouTube Music playlist here. Mike Will Made-It featuring Pharrell and Kendrick Lamar, “The Mantra” Sounds like: A great way to cap off an excellent year for film soundtracks Perfect for: Boxing the son of your father’s nemesis Kendrick Lamar is quickly becoming the king of blockbuster …
Read More »Farewell, Frank Mullen: Suffocation's Death-Metal Maestro Goes Out on Top
Frank Mullen didn’t want the moment to end. After several years of scaled-back commitments with his band Suffocation, retirement was finally in sight for the 48-year-old, who during the past three decades has garnered a reputation as not only one of the most ferocious vocalists in the death-metal subgenre but …
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Speedy Ortiz singer-guitarist Sadie Dupuis has one of the most distinct lyrical voices in indie rock. Over the last seven years, she’s filled albums like 2015’s Foil Deer and this year’s Twerp Verse with sharp, funny, surprising words that are impossible to mistake for anyone else’s. In fact, Dupuis trained …
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Up-and-coming Detroit rapperTee Grizzley is off parole. His time in prison has been the central theme of his career to date, and his biggest song — and the first to bring him national attention — was “First Day Out,” a furious, Meek Mill-reminiscent track about his first day as a …
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Metro Boomin‘s surprise, guest-filled Not All Heroes Wear Capes debuted atop the Billboard 200 to give the hit-making Atlanta-based producer his first Number One album. Not All Heroes Wear Capes moved 99,000 total copies in its debut week, the bulk of which came from streaming equivalent albums (SEAs); of the …
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