Kara Durrette/Getty ImagesSuper Bowl halftime performers don’t get paid — directly — but usually, the exposure gives a boost to their entire catalog. That’s what SZA and Kendrick Lamar are finding out now.As Billboard notes, Kendrick’s album GNX has returned to #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and SZA’s album SOS has returned to…… Read More…
Republic RecordsTaylor Swift has only been releasing albums since 2006, as opposed to Madonna, who’s been doing it since 1982 — but Taylor just passed the Queen of Pop to secure a major chart record in the U.K.Taylor’s latest release — the archival concert album Lover (Live From Paris) — has debuted at #1 on the U.K.’s album…… Read More…
Peacock Media LLCThe SNL50 Homecoming Concert special streamed live on Peacock Friday from New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, and, like January’s FireAid benefit concert, it featured a surprise Nirvana reunion, only this time, it was fronted by Post Malone.Posty, who covered multiple Nirvana songs for a livestream he did in April 2020, took on the role of the late Kurt…… Read More…
NBC UniversalFriday night at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, Miley Cyrus is scheduled to perform at SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, which is streaming live on Peacock. But it turns out she’ll be pulling double duty this weekend.Miley was scheduled to appear on SNL50: The Anniversary Special, which is airing live on NBC Feb. 16, but…… Read More…
Myles Smith is saying “‘Nice to Meet You,’ Lainey Wilson.” The “Stargazing” singer has released a new version of his recent single “Nice to Meet You” as a duet with the country music superstar. He says in a statement, “I have been a fan of [Lainey] for a long time! She has such a distinctive voice and an unreal…… Read More…
Maya Dehlin Spach/FilmMagicAfter Chappell Roan performed “Pink Pony Club” at the Grammy Awards, the song rose to a new peak of #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 — just in time to mark the sixth anniversary of Chappell writing it.Chappell wrote on Instagram Friday, “6 years ago pink pony club was born. We wrote it in 2 days…… Read More…
Petra CollinsSelena Gomez and her fiancé, Benny Blanco, have given their first joint interview to, appropriately, Interview magazine. They talk about their relationship, their day-to-day life together and their new album, but there are some things they’re keeping private.When asked how Benny proposed, Selena says, “That I want to save for our kids. It was really…… Read More…
Sony Music Italy/Arista RecordsMåneskin frontman Damiano David has shared a video for his cover of the Mark Ronson and Miley Cyrus song “Nothing Breaks Like a Heart.”The clip, streaming now on YouTube, finds David performing the track at the Forum Studio in Rome, where late Italian composer Ennio Morricone recorded.”Whenever I’ve had an urgent need to cut…… Read More…
Collier SchorrHappy Valentine’s Day! Here’s your present: Sam Smith has dropped a brand-new single, “Love Is a Stillness.” The romantic piano ballad finds Sam singing, “Love is a stillness I never knew/ you are the ground when I’m not strong/ even the silence remembers you /you’re like the rock in a rolling song/ for all my…… Read More…
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, a Program of Pride LiveAdam Lambert is reacting to the National Park Service eliminating references to transgender people from its Stonewall National Monument website on Thursday, which now only refers to those who are lesbian, gay or bisexual.The Stonewall Inn in New York City’s Greenwich Village…… Read More…