Beth Garrabrant Taylor Swift‘s The Tortured Poets Department has only been available for a few days, but it’s already the bestselling album of 2024. Billboard reports that after one day on sale, the album sold the equivalent of 1.6 million units, including streaming and 1.4 million copies sold as digital downloads, CDs, cassettes and vinyl […]
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Emily Schur Before the winner of this season of American Idol is crowned, they’ll be getting advice from a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. Jon Bon Jovi will serve as a guest mentor for the contestants during the show’s “grand finale” on May 19 on ABC. He’ll be the second Rock & Roll Hall […]
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Dave M. Benett/Getty Images Victoria Beckham celebrated her 50th birthday over the weekend, including having the “best night ever” alongside her former bandmates. “Posh Spice” could be seen singing and dancing to the Spice Girls‘ smash hit “Stop” alongside former bandmates Melanie Chisholm, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell-Horner in a video posted by […]
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Beth Garrabrant On April 19, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department set a Spotify record for the most-streamed album in a single day, but it went on to set even more records as the day progressed. The surprise double album became the first one in Spotify history to rack up more than 200 million, and […]
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Amy Sussman/Getty Images As announced on American Idol on April 21, this year’s inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame are ageless diva Cher, R&B powerhouse Mary J. Blige, ’70s and ’80 rock hitmakers Foreigner, ’70s superstar guitarist Peter Frampton, jam band superstars Dave Matthews Band, R&B legends Kool & the Gang, metal […]
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Beth Garrabrant Taylor Swift‘s new video for “Fortnight,” which she wrote and directed, is a black-and-white fantasia of paper, rain and a dash of Poor Things. The clip starts with Taylor, in heavy makeup and a fancy gown, handcuffed to a hospital bedframe that’s affixed halfway up a wall in what looks like a mental […]
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Kelly Clarkson has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her self-named daily talk show. Kelly’s up for Daytime Talk Series Host, while the show itself is up for Daytime Talk Series, as well as for a bunch of technical awards. Selena Gomez is nominated in the category of Culinary Series for her 2023 […]
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Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images Pink and Pharrell Williams are at legal odds over the use of a name. According to legal documents obtained by ABC News, Pink’s lawyers have filed suit against the “Happy” artist because he’s attempting to trademark “P.Inc.” Pink’s camp argues that would “likely cause confusion, mistake and/or deception” among consumers who see it. […]
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ABC/Paula Lobo When you win an award and you don’t attend the ceremony, they mail you your trophy. Well, Ed Sheeran just received a special delivery. At the Creative Arts Emmys in January, Ed won his first Emmy for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for “A Beautiful Game,” the song he co-wrote for the show Ted Lasso. […]
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Beth Garrabrant The album was a surprise, but the Spotify record isn’t. Taylor Swift‘s double album, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, has broken the streaming platform’s record for the most-streamed album in a single day, ABC Audio has confirmed. The 31-track album has taken the title from the previous most-streamed album of 2024, Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter. […]
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