ABCKaty Perry was overwhelmed by grief when an American Idol contestant revealed they are a survivor of the Santa Fe High School shooting. Trey Louis, who is now 21, performed a soulful rendition of “Stone” by Whiskey Myers for his audition, and he advanced to the next round. While all three judges were impressed by his vocals, he brought them to tears when describing what…… Read More…
Big Hit EntertainmentBTS member j-hope is following his group mate Jin into the South Korean military. On Sunday, the group’s record label, Big Hit Music, announced on the social media platform WeVerse, “j-hope has started the process for fulfilling military service obligations.” It’s not clear how quick the process will be, but meanwhile, j-hope is…… Read More…
ABC AudioLooks like the headlines Pink made for referring to her long-ago feud with Christina Aguilera really bothered her. To recap: When Pink was asked to rank her videos for Buzzfeed UK, she put the clip for “Lady Marmalade” last and intimated that not everyone involved was “nice.” Christina fans felt Pink was shading their…… Read More…
Top Dawg/RCASZA’s SOS album doesn’t need anyone to rescue it: It’s just notched its 10th week at number one on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. The last woman to have an album spend that many weeks at number one was Adele, whose album 25 did it between 2015 and 2016. SOS has the most…… Read More…
Atlantic RecordsAva Max is known for interpolating famous songs in her music, which has seemingly earned her some backlash. Despite that, Ava says she won’t change how she makes music. “The comments online have been kind of mean,” she told NYLON. “[But] this music is helping so many people, I can never stop. No matter how many haters there are out there, or people…… Read More…
BMGAdam Lambert just released his covers album, High Drama, which he says is something he put out to “entertain people with” while he works on his next big project: an original musical. “The process of putting a musical together is a longer timeline,” Adam told USA Today. “I said to my team, ‘I wish I had new music…… Read More…
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording AcademyMadonna is mourning her older brother Anthony Ciccone, who has passed away at age 66. The sad news was announced by Madonna’s brother-in-law, musician Joe Henry, who’s married to Madonna’s sister Melanie. On Instagram, he wrote, “My brother-in-law, Anthony Gerard Ciccone, exited this earthly plane last evening. I’ve known…… Read More…
ABCRihanna will be performing “Lift Me Up” at the Academy Awards next month, and one of the artists she’s going head-to-head with in the Best Original Song category says he’s dying to meet her. M.M. Keeravani co-wrote the Oscar-nominated song “Naatu Naatu,” which won the Golden Globe in January. At age 61, he’s been making music…… Read More…
Ellie Goulding said she was traumatized by the rumors she cheated on Ed Sheeran with Niall Horan after people suggested Ed wrote “Don’t” about her. Daily Mail posted her interview with YOU Magazine, in which she says the backlash “caused me a lot of trauma … I was made to feel like a terrible person and I really struggled with that because I know I’m…… Read More…
Joseph Okpako/WireImageThe copyright case against Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” is heating up, with both sides battling over a YouTube clip. Ed is being sued for allegedly stealing elements of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” to make his 2014 hit. Billboard reports the case was brought on by the heirs of singer Ed Townsend, who co-wrote “Let’s Get It On”…… Read More…