Adult Contemporary
XO/Republic While there have been many events canceled in LA due to the deadly wildfires, there haven’t been any album releases delayed — until now. The Weeknd has announced that his upcoming album Hurry Up Tomorrow, due out Jan. 24, has been postponed for a week, and the one-night-only show he was set to perform […]
CBS/Recording Academy After much speculation, the Grammys, scheduled for Feb. 2, will proceed as scheduled despite the deadly LA wildfires. In a letter sent out to Recording Academy members on Jan. 13, Academy executives confirmed that the awards show telecast on CBS will “proceed as planned.” However, the letter notes that the telecast will “carry a […]
XO/Republic The Weeknd has hinted in the past that he doesn’t want to record as The Weeknd anymore, and now the artist born Abel Tesfaye is saying straight up that he wants to eradicate his alter ego for good. Speaking to Variety, Weeknd is asked what he means when he says “closing this chapter.” He […]
Nesrin Danan Spotify isn’t normally the place you’d go to watch a movie, but the digital platform has just exclusively premiered its very first concert film, starring The Weeknd. Last year the singer did a special Billions Club concert with Spotify, celebrating the fact that he has more billion-streamed songs than any other artist: 25 […]
Legacy/Columbia Mariah Carey is spending another week at #1. The singer’s holiday classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You” tops the Billboard Hot 100 single chart for an 18th nonconsecutive week, putting her one step closer to a new chart record. Just a week ago, Mariah’s Christmas track surpassed “One Sweet Day,” her collab […]
Mariah Carey and Rihanna in 2009; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for VEVO The final show of Mariah Carey’s holiday Christmas Time tour took place Dec. 17 in Brooklyn, New York, and one of the people in the audience was none other than Rihanna — who had an unusual request for the diva. In a video posted […]
Legacy/Columbia Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” tops the Billboard Hot 100 again, and that puts her within striking distance of breaking her own record. The song has now been #1 on that chart for a total of 16 weeks. That matches the record she set in 1996 with “One Sweet Day,” […]
Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Mariah Carey‘s festive hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” appears to be the gift that keeps on giving. The song has garnered over 2 billion streams on Spotify, an accomplishment Mariah says is “beyond incredible.” “I’m honored to have ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ be […]
Penske Media (Host Michelle Buteau at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards) The 2024 Billboard Music Awards aired Thursday night on Fox and Fire TV Channels, and on-demand on Paramount+. Taylor Swift was the night’s big winner with 10 awards, giving her the most career wins of any artist with a total of 49. Here is the complete list of […]
Columbia Records Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” made its annual return to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 on Monday. Mariah found out the news that night in the best way possible: while she was performing a concert on her current Christmas tour. On Instagram, Mariah posted footage of the […]