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Courtesy Janet Jackson / AEG Presents Las Vegas Janet Jackson is giving fans more opportunity to see her perform with the extension of her residency, JANET JACKSON: LAS VEGAS. She’s added six new dates to her schedule, bringing her to a total of 16 shows. She will now have shows through the end of May, taking place at the […]
Blair Caldwell Beyoncé is officially postponing a major announcement she had planned to release today, Jan. 14. “The January 14th announcement will be postponed to a later date due to the devastation caused by the ongoing wildfires around areas of Los Angeles,” the singer wrote in a message shared on Instagram late Monday. “I continue […]
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 […]
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 […]
Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for EBONY Usher continues to celebrate 30 years of his music career with The Last Showman, the latest installment of Audible’s Words + Music series. The episode will find Usher discussing the “inspirations, heartache and personal growth” that led to his 2004 album, Confessions, breaking down some of its popular tracks, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Julian Dakdouk Beyoncé, or should we say Cowboy Carter, took the stage at NRG Stadium on Christmas Day performing the halftime show at the Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens game, live on Netflix. The 32-time Grammy-winning artist began the performance by singing “16 Carriages” while riding a white horse into the stadium. She was joined […]
LEONARDO MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images Rihanna may be a billionaire, but she’s still just a “soccer mom” — so she posted a video on Instagram showing how she combined her two identities into an unexpected TikTok-trending snack. In the video, Rihanna and her BFF Jennifer Rosales are sitting at a dining room table scarfing down […]
