Harry Styles had the UK’s biggest single and album of the year

Harry Styles had the UK’s biggest single and album of the year

Columbia Records/ErskineIn 2022, Harry Styles pretty much conquered the world, but he didn’t too do badly at home, either. The U.K.’s Official Charts Company has released the final numbers for 2022, and Harry’s song “As It Was” and album Harry’s House were officially the biggest song and album of the year in the U.K., respectively. “As It Was” was the longest-running number-one song…Read More…

Music notes: BLACKPINK, Calvin Harris, Khloe Kardashian, Lewis Capaldi, Meghan Trainor and more

Music notes: BLACKPINK, Calvin Harris, Khloe Kardashian, Lewis Capaldi, Meghan Trainor and more

BLACKPINK’s Jisoo will release her first solo album this year, reports NME. She confirmed the news on Weverse, which YG Entertainment backed up by saying she is “working hard” on recording it. Calvin Harris and Rihanna’s “We Found Love” collab has been streamed 1 billion times on Spotify. Calvin celebrated the song hitting the milestone 12 years after it was released, adding, “Still can’t believe what…Read More…

Justin Bieber attends party without performers realizing it

Justin Bieber attends party without performers realizing it

Gotham/GC ImagesJustin Bieber showed off how incredibly stealthy he can be after hitting up a New Year’s celebration and partying it up to a Beyoncé song without the performers noticing. The moment was captured by the Nu-Disco band OneUpDuo while performing at a party in Aspen, Colorado. They were belting out Bey’s “Love on Top” and failed to notice a familiar face grooving in…Read More…

Camila Cabello urges fans to protect gorillas following trip to Rwanda

Camila Cabello urges fans to protect gorillas following trip to Rwanda

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty ImagesCamila Cabello urged her fans to protect gorillas after she visited a reserve in Rwanda. The singer took to Instagram to share a carousel of photos and videos of her admiring a family of silverback gorillas from afar at Volcanoes National Park. “I never imagined in my wildest dreams i could one day hike in the rainforest and…Read More…

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” passes Ed Sheeran’s “The Shape of You” as most-streamed Spotify song ever

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” passes Ed Sheeran’s “The Shape of You” as most-streamed Spotify song ever

XO/RepublicThe Weeknd rang in 2023 with some unexpected news: He now has the most-streamed song ever on Spotify. On New Year’s Eve, The Weeknd replied to a tweet informing him that Spotify’s Daily Global Chart had been updated to show that “Blinding Lights” had overtaken Ed Sheeran’s “The Shape of You,” long the title holder. Surpassing Sheeran by 918,000 streams, “Blinding…Read More…

Shakira seems to reference Gerard Piqué breakup in heartfelt New Year’s post

Shakira seems to reference Gerard Piqué breakup in heartfelt New Year’s post

J. Countess/Getty ImagesShakira seemingly opened up about healing from her breakup with soccer star Gerard Piqué. The two had been together for 12 years before going their separate ways in June. The singer took to Instagram to share her thoughts of heading into 2023, writing in Spanish, “Although our wounds continue to be open in this new year, time has…Read More…

Dua Lipa reportedly building “sprawling mansion” in Albania

Dua Lipa reportedly building “sprawling mansion” in Albania

Dave J Hogan/Dave J. Hogan / Getty ImagesIt looks like Dua Lipa is taking advantage of her newly acquired Albanian citizenship by building a new home in that country. A source tells Page Six that Dua is building a “sprawling multi-million-dollar mansion” in Sarande, Albania.  The city is on the coast, across the Ionian Sea from the Greek Island of…Read More…

Mariah Carey has led the ‘Billboard’ Hot 100 for record 19 distinct years

Mariah Carey has led the ‘Billboard’ Hot 100 for record 19 distinct years

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Global CitizenThanks to her 1994 smash holiday hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey has extended her record-smashing reign over the Billboard Hot 100. Her song closed out 2022 as the final #1 song of the year — and the first chart-topper of 2023 by notching its fourth consecutive week at the top. That ties…Read More…