15 years ago, Katy Perry kissed a girl…and we liked it

15 years ago, Katy Perry kissed a girl…and we liked it

CapitolFifteen years ago, Katy Perry kissed a girl…and launched one of the biggest pop music careers of the 2000s. Katy’s debut single, “I Kissed A Girl,” topped the Billboard Hot 100 on July 5, 2008, and stayed there for seven weeks. It also had the distinction of being the 1,000th number-one song of what Billboard…Read More…

All About That Baby: Meghan Trainor and hubby welcome second son

All About That Baby: Meghan Trainor and hubby welcome second son

Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC ImagesAnd baby makes four for Meghan Trainor. The singer and her husband Daryl Sabara welcomed their second son, Barry Bruce Trainor, on July 1, she announced on Instagram on Tuesday, July 4. “On July 1st (our 7 year anniversary of our first date) we welcomed Barry Bruce Trainor into the world,” she wrote,…Read More…

Music notes: Ava Max, Sam Smith & Calvin Harris and more

Music notes: Ava Max, Sam Smith & Calvin Harris and more

Ava Max wrapped up her North American tour dates on Friday and posted a thank-you message to fans over the weekend. “What an incredible life changing first tour,” she wrote. “I will cherish these memories forever. I already can’t wait for the next tour. I just wanna give a HUGE thanks to the fans for…Read More…

After BLACKPINK show, Hugh Grant says he’s a “rabid Blink”

After BLACKPINK show, Hugh Grant says he’s a “rabid Blink”

Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for CoachellaWho says K-pop is just for the youth? BLACKPINK has earned a new 62-year-old fan: actor Hugh Grant. Grant took to Twitter on July 3 to write, “Very grateful to three eleven year olds for taking me to see @BLACKPINK yesterday. Am rabid Blink now. Slept with my heart hammer.” It…Read More…

Adele reveals her pick for best karaoke track and her own go-to song

Adele reveals her pick for best karaoke track and her own go-to song

Raven B. VaronaNo doubt millions of people have attempted to perform Adele’s songs during karaoke, but Adele herself believes that it’s a song by another artist that’s the most “fun” to do during a night of drunken singing. In a fan-posted video taken at one of Adele’s recent Weekends with Adele shows in Las Vegas,…Read More…

Rihanna reacts to new, history-making Spotify milestone

Rihanna reacts to new, history-making Spotify milestone

ABCThe accolades just keep rolling in for Rihanna…even without releasing a new album in over seven years.  The Grammy winner made Spotify history July 1, becoming the first female artist to have 10 songs reach 1 billion streams on the music platform.  Rihanna reacted to the milestone by sharing the news with her 108 million Twitter followers and 152 million followers on Instagram. “Bad…Read More…

Kelly Clarkson scores ninth top 10 album with ‘Chemistry’

Kelly Clarkson scores ninth top 10 album with ‘Chemistry’

Brian Bowen Smith/AtlanticKelly Clarkson has good Chemistry on the charts. The Emmy and Grammy-winning star has grabbed her ninth top 10 album, as Chemistry debuts at number six on the Billboard 200.  It’s her first album of non-Christmas songs since 2017’s Meaning of Life. Billboard notes that Kelly has now officially been on the Top…Read More…

Olivia Rodrigo says she feels a different kind of pressure releasing her new album, ‘GUTS’

Olivia Rodrigo says she feels a different kind of pressure releasing her new album, ‘GUTS’

Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage via Getty ImagesOlivia Rodrigo says she feels an all-new kind of pressure releasing music after the success of her debut album, SOUR. The pop star dropped “vampire,” the lead single off her upcoming sophomore album, GUTS, on Friday, June 30. She told Billboard that while she felt some pressure releasing SOUR, it was completely different to how she feels now. “It’s…Read More…