Courtesy Apple MusicWhose songs will you be Shazaming in 2023? The music identification app has released its annual Predictions playlist via Apple Music, featuring 50 artists it predicts are “poised to have a breakthrough year.” But you’re probably already familiar with some of the five artists the app says have “global breakthrough potential” for 2023: Rosa Linn, charlieonafriday and Benson Boone. …… Read More…
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…
ABC/John ArguetaJax certainly started off 2023 on a high note: Not only did she perform on ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest on December 31, her boyfriend popped the question and now they’re engaged. But the “Victoria’s Secret” singer has a few other goals for 2023 — though none of them, as she puts it, are “too…… Read 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…
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for ABAAs an arena-headlining, Grammy-winning global music superstar, Billie Eilish has accomplished a whole lot in her young career. Now, she can cross another dream off her list: re-enacting a scene from The Office. The “bad guy” artist — and well-known The Office fanatic — guests on the upcoming episode of the Office Ladies…… Read More…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…