The Weeknd performs onstage during the Michael Rubin REFORM Alliance Casino Night Event on September 13, 2025, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for REFORM Alliance) In honor of its 20th anniversary, Spotify announced its most-streamed artists in the history of the platform. Drake, The Weeknd, Eminem and Kanye West are among…
Live Nation Summer of Live 2026 (Courtesy Live Nation) Live Nation has announced its Summer of Live promotion, offering tickets for the all-in price of $30 to over 4,000 shows. Among those are shows that are part of tours for Ari Lennox, Kid Cudi, Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo and Akon, and Summer Walker. Ari will be…
BossMan Dlow performs live during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on August 02, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois. (photos by Ryan Bakerink) (Photo by Ryan Bakerink#877342#51A ED/WireImage) BossMan Dlow released his album Chicken Talkin Bastard earlier in April, and he tells XXL, “I’m feeling good right now. I’m back.” He says the album’s title, also a track title,…
Ne-Yo at 59th Annual CMA Awards (Disney/Michael Le Brecht) Ne-Yo has been exploring his music as a country artist, an experience he says has been much better than he expected. He tells Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast that he was prepared to enter a world that might not be very welcoming. “It came with all these…
The booking photo for the singer D4vd — whose real name is David Burke — is shown during a press briefing in Los Angeles on April 20, 2026. (LAPD) The 14-year-old girl whose dismembered remains authorities say were found decomposing in the singer D4vd’s towed Tesla last year died by “multiple penetrating injuries,” according to the newly…
Chris Brown and Usher at Cafe Iguana Pines on January 29, 2016, in Pembroke Pines, Florida. (Photo by Thaddaeus McAdams/WireImage) Usher and Chris Brown are meeting fans’ demands for their R&B tour with the addition of seven new dates. Second shows have been scheduled in Charlotte, Chicago, San Francisco, Houston and Tampa. A third show is now set…
Alicia Keys attends LACMA’s Opening Gala For The David Geffen Galleries at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on April 16, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for LACMA) Following Jennifer Hudson’s return to American Idol, the show has secured another powerhouse vocalist to help mentor the finalists. Accompanying the top…
Artwork for Tyla’s ‘A*Pop’ (Epic Records) If you love Tyla, put her in Chanel and on your calendars, too: her sophomore studio album, A*Pop, is set to arrive on July 24. Tyla announced the news via a trailer on social media, which describes A*Pop as “dance,” “African,” “unapologetic,” “fun,” “for you,” “for me,” “confident” and “global.”…
Artwork for PJ Morton ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’ (Morton Records / SRG-ILS Group) PJ Morton has announced a tour in support of his upcoming double album, Saturday Night, Sunday Morning. The Saturday Night, Sunday Morning Tour will include 30 headlining shows across North America, during which he will perform songs from the project and his catalog alongside…
Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in the upcoming film ‘Michael.’ (Lionsgate) If you’re wondering why no one portrays Janet Jackson in the upcoming movie Michael, Latoya Jackson has offered an explanation. During the U.S. premiere at Dolby Theatre, she revealed that her sister declined to participate. “I wish everybody was in the movie,” Latoya told Variety.…