Hot AC

Alessia Cara has a great Valentine's Day present for you.

Her new album, Love & Hyperbole, arrives Feb. 14, 2025. The Grammy-winning Canadian singer writes on Instagram, "I’m so happy to finally share this with you and I can’t wait for you to hear the rest of what I feel is my best work to date—or at least my personal favorite. welcome to the L&H ERA IM BEAMING!!!!!!"

The second single from the album, "(Isn't It) Obvious," has also just been released; it features a guitar solo by John Mayer. It's the follow-up to the first release, "Dead Man." Alessia says in a statement, "If ‘Dead Man’ is about emotional distance, then ‘(Isn’t It) Obvious’ is about being physically apart from someone but reminding them how much you love them."

Love & Hyperbole is Alessia's fourth full-length album and the follow-up to 2021's In the Meantime.

Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Shakira is adding even more dates to her world tour. A run of stadium and arena shows across North America have been added to her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour, which will take place in spring 2025. The general sale starts Friday at 12 p.m. local time, with other presales running throughout the week.

Once upon a time, two years ago, the planets and the fates and all the stars aligned when Taylor Swift released her 10th studio album, Midnights. To celebrate, she's brought the Midnights Cardigan back to her online store for 72 hours. "When we think of the #TSmidnighTS era, we think of the sleepless nights (one in particular ... ) and all of the delusional parties we threw together," Taylor Nation wrote on Instagram. "Today is #2YearsofTSmidnighTS and it has us feeling grateful for our closest friends."

Addison Rae's next single is coming soon. You'll be able to stream her new song, "Aquamarine," on Friday. "Aquamarine. October 25th," Addison wrote alongside a mermaid emoji on Instagram Monday.

Shaboozey stays on top. The singer just earned his 15th spot at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for his hit "A Bar Song (Tipsy)." The song now ties Harry Styles' "As It Was" for the second-longest reign on the chart this decade.

Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

In case you didn't check in over the weekend to see who Halsey decided to impersonate in her countdown to the release of her new album, The Great Impersonator, we've got a roundup for you.

On Oct. 19, Halsey transformed herself into Aaliyah, who died in a plane crash in 2001. Halsey wrote, "THE GREAT IMPERSONATOR #13: queen baby girl Aaliyah." She also revealed Aaliyah's influence on the song "Letter to God" on her new album, writing, "Fun fact: I layered this song with vocals from my son when he was a baby, inspired by 'Are You That Somebody.'"

On Oct. 20, Halsey dressed up as legendary singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell. She wrote, "THE GREAT IMPERSONATOR #14: my favorite lyricist of all time, Joni Mitchell. I saw Joni at the [Hollywood] bowl last night and it was one of the greatest privileges of my life." She said her song "The End" was inspired by Joni.

On Monday, Halsey became Fiona Apple. "THE GREAT IMPERSONATOR #15: FIONA APPLE," Halsey wrote, followed by "TRACK 13: ARSONIST."

"Chief inspo for my entire life," she said of the "Criminal" singer. "But the influence especially shows up in this song (and a few others on this album)."

The Great Impersonator comes out Oct. 25.

Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Liam Payne's sister found out about his death the way most of us did: in the news.

Nicola Payne wrote on Instagram, "When I saw the news pop up on my phone that you had left us I went cold, I wanted so much for this to be untrue. ... You were truly too good for this earth, you are an angel who just lived for making people smile and happy."

She continued, "You led your life with a motto of why bother doing something unless you are brilliant at it, and Liam you were certainly brilliant at everything you did! Unfortunately this cruel world is always quick to judge someone from a few 5 second clips, then they think it entitles them to be able to speak like they know you."

"I hope you have finally found peace up there," she wrote, adding that she'll make sure Liam's son, Bear, "knows about his daddy."

Meanwhile, Bruce Springsteen has remarked on Liam's death at age 31 as just another example of how the music business is, as he puts it, "a death cult." He tells The Telegraph, "That’s not an unusual thing in my business. It’s a normal thing."

"It’s a business that puts enormous pressures on young people. Young people don’t have the inner facility or the inner self yet to be able to protect themselves from a lot of the things that come with success and fame," he continues.

"So they get lost in a lot of the difficult and often pain-inducing [things] … whether it’s drugs or alcohol to take some of that pressure off. I understand that very well."

Liam died Oct. 16 after falling off a hotel balcony in Argentina.

Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Jimmy Fallon has been talking about his new Christmas album for a while, but on Oct. 21 he revealed the track listing and which stars will be joining him for the project.

The album, called Holiday Seasoning, is made up of all original songs. Among the artists joining him are the Jonas Brothers for a track called "Holiday" and Justin Timberlake for a song called "You'll Be There." Also performing with Fallon are "Weird Al" Yankovic and the Tonight Show band The Roots on the song "New Year’s Eve Polka (5-4-3-2-1)." The Roots also join Fallon for the song "Hey Rudy."

Other guests include Will Ferrell on the song "One Glove," Chelsea Handler on the song "Merry Happy Christmas" and model/actress Cara Delevingne on "Hallmark Movie."

Holiday Seasoning also features the previously released single "Wrap Me Up" with Meghan Trainor, which was a radio hit last year. Other previously released tracks include the 2021 track "It Was A ... (Masked Christmas)," which Fallon recorded with Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion, and Fallon's 2022 duet with Dolly Parton, "Almost Too Early for Christmas."

Holiday Seasoning is out Nov. 1.

Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Barstool Sports creator Dave Portnoy has been one of Taylor Swift's staunchest fans and defenders, and now he knows just much she appreciates him.

The Barstool Sports podcast Instagram account posted a carousel of photos showing a handwritten note that Portnoy received when he attended Taylor's concert on Oct. 19. In the note, she thanked him for "being so supportive, so loyal and for having my back when a lot of people didn't."

She added that she was "so happy to have you at the show tonight" and that she hoped he'd have a blast. 

In a video recapping the show, Portnoy said the show as "spectacular," and shared that he met Taylor's mom, Andrea, and her brother, Austin, in the VIP section, and that Austin was the one who gave him the note. He then read the note to prove that those online who have called him a "performative Swifty" are wrong.

Portnoy, who was sporting an armful of friendship bracelets, concluded by saying that Taylor would want him to take the high road and not go off on the people who doubt his fandom. Instead, he said, "Let's practice love."

Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Billy Joel took his family to see Taylor Swift at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium over the weekend, which apparently helped Taylor break one of his attendance records.

Prior to the show, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer shared a Reel of the fam headed to the concert, with Billy wearing a T-shirt that read “I’m The Dad It’s Me,” a reference to Taylor’s song “Anti-Hero.”

On Monday he shared a photo of them at the concert with Taylor's mom, as well as an older photo of him with Taylor, his wife and his daughters, Della Rose, 9, and Remy Ann, who turns 7 on Tuesday. In the caption he gave the pop star props for breaking a record he had previously set with Elton John. 

“Our family attended the Taylor Swift concert at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami where Billy Joel/Elton John’s ‘Face to Face’ concert previously held the seating record,” he shared. “Taylor’s second concert at Hard Rock Miami set a new record and ushered in a new era at Hard Rock Stadium. We were so happy to be a part of this record-breaking concert!"

He also shared, “Celebrating someone’s success does not negate your own. She is showing our girls all that is possible. Onward and upward #swifties.”

Billy is set to play San Antonio with Sting on Friday. He also just added a new tour date to his schedule, March 15 at Toronto's Rogers Arena. A complete list of dates can be found at billyjoel.com.

Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Jelly Roll may sing "I Am Not Okay," but we bet he's feeling pretty good now that his album Beautifully Broken has debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200.

The singer's second top 10 album, following 2023's Whitsitt Chapel, sold 161,000 units, giving him his best sales week ever. It's also the third-largest sales week in units for any country album in 2024, following Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter and Post Malone’s F-1 Trillion, the latter of which Jelly Roll coincidentally appears on.

Beautifully Broken includes Jelly's hits "I Am Not Okay," "Liar" and his duet with mgk, "Lonely Road." Jelly also charted this year with collaborations with Eminem and Falling in Reverse.

Elsewhere on the chart, Charlie XCX's Brat jumps from #14 to #3, thanks to the release of the remix version, Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat.

Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Pink announced Saturday that she had to postpone four concerts: Oct. 20 in Lincoln, Nebraska; Oct. 21 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Oct. 23 in Milwaukee; and Oct. 24 in Des Moines, Iowa. She wrote on Instagram that the postponements were "due to reasons beyond my control" and added that she's "working on rescheduling each of these shows as soon as we can."

Justin Bieber returned to the stage for the first time since becoming a father: He was a surprise guest at Don Toliver's concert in LA on Oct. 19, and his wife, Hailey Bieber, shared footage of his performance on her Instagram Stories, according to E! Online. Justin danced around while Toliver performed his and Justin's 2023 song "Private Landing." Justin and Hailey welcomed son Jack Blues in August. Justin's last performance was in July in India, at a pre-wedding celebration for a billionaire's son.

Ariana Grande has responded to fan edits of the Wicked movie posters, one of which showed co-star Cynthia Erivo's eyes covered, and another that used AI to have Cynthia and Ariana's characters fight each other. Cynthia has blasted these creations on social media. Ari tells Variety, “I think it’s very complicated because I find AI so conflicting and troublesome sometimes, but I think it’s just kind of such a massive adjustment period. This is something that is so much bigger than us, and the fans are gonna have fun and make their edits.” However, she did agree that such edits can sometimes go too far.

Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

Lady Gaga said the first single from her long-awaited new album would be arriving in October, and it appears as though Oct. 25 may be the magic date.

That's based on a number of online clues, rounded up by Billboard, all pointing to the release date and the name of the song, which is evidently "Disease." First, Gaga's label has put up a presave page for the song, with the title written backward, as well as an Oct. 25 date.

There's also an 11-song playlist on Gaga's Spotify page, and the first letter of each song spells out "GAGA" and then "disease."

In addition, a new website, gagadisease.com, flashes the words "I could play the doctor" -- presumably a lyric in the song. If you visit icouldplaythedoctor.com, it flashes the words "I can cure your disease.”

If you keep on using each flashing phrase as a new URL -- like icancureyourdisease.com -- you'll reveal more lyrics: “If you were a sinner/ I could make you believe/ Lay you down like 1, 2, 3/ Eyes roll back in ecstasy/ I can smell your sickness/ I can cure ya/ Cure your disease.”

Gaga has confirmed that the new release, which will be a pop album, is due out in February. She's referred to the album as LG7, since it will be her seventh studio album, and her recent Joker-inspired album, Harlequin, as LG 6.5.

Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.