10 AAPI Music Executives Making an Impact in 2023

iHeartRadio has announced the exciting lineup for the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Festival, which is going to take place in Las Vegas in September.

As Filipino Heritage Month rolls into motion, the dynamic Canadian duo Manila Grey, composed of Blame Soliven and Ghostride Neeko, recently shared their experiences as Filipino artists and their deep connection to their heritage in an interview with ET Canada’s Keshia Chanté.

McKinley Franklin editor Fall Out Boy, Kelly Clarkson, Kane Brown and Lil Wayne are among the several acts set to perform at this year’s iHeartRadio Music Festival, scheduled for Sept. 22 and 23 in Las Vegas. The two-day festival will be hosted by Ryan Seacrest and will be broadcasted live via iHeartMedia radio stations. Also joining the lineup are Foo Fighters, Lenny Kravitz, Miguel, Public Enemy, Sheryl Crow, Tim McGraw, TLC and Thirty Seconds to Mars. A post shared by iHeartRadio (@iheartradio) “We’re particularly excited about this year’s lineup,” said Tom Poleman, chief programming officer for iHeartMedia. “This is the only festival in the world with this range of genres – spanning all the styles you hear on our 860 stations and the iHeartRadio app. Each performer can sell out on their own, so it’s incredibly rare that you can see them all together on the same stage.”

Coldplay have made it back home.

Nelly Furtado’s return to music was partially inspired by fellow Canadian, Drake.

Music lovers, unite! The iHeartRadio Music Festival is back for 2023 — and it’s gearing up to be a weekend of epic proportions.

Fall Out Boy, Foo Fighters, Kane Brown, Kelly Clarkson and Lenny Kravitz among the acts announced on Tuesday. Lil Wayne, Miguel, Public Enemy, Sheryl Crow, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Tim McGraw and TLC are also on the bill for the epic two-day fest, which will be hosted by Ryan Seacrest. The iHeartRadio Music Festival is scheduled for September 22 and 23 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Grammy-winning Songwriters Hall of Fame member Cynthia Weil — who co-wrote “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling,” “On Broadway,” “Make Your Own Kind of Music,” “On Broadway,” “Walking in the Rain,” “You’re My Soul and Inspiration,” “Uptown,” “Kicks,” “Here You Come Again,” “Through the Fire,” “Somewhere Out There” and many other hits with her husband and Brill Building colleague Barry Mann — has died, her daughter confirmed to TMZ on Friday morning. No cause of death was announced; she was 82. “My mother, Cynthia Weil, was the greatest mother, grandmother and wife our family could ever ask for,” Jenn Mann said. “She was my best friend, confidant, and my partner in crime and an idol and trailblazer for women in music.”

Currently, Queen’s catalogue is owned by Disney Music Group which purchased the rights for a reported $10 million in 1991. 

A version of this story about “Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed” first appeared in the Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.The latest installment in the HBO Max Music Box series created by Bill Simmons, “Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed” finds director Sam Jones (“Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off,” “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco”) following the writing and recording of singer Jason Isbell’s 2020 album “Reunions.” But the film is about far more than one of the gifted musician and writer’s best albums, delving into his self-destructive days with drugs and alcohol and his marriage to fellow singer Amanda Shires, a charged creative and personal partnership that nearly fell apart while Jones’ cameras were rolling.Sam, why a film about Jason Isbell?Sam Jones: He was on my interview show (“Off Camera With Sam Jones”), and once I chatted with him, I felt like not only did he have an interesting story, but he was good at telling it. So I flew to Nashville and I asked him a couple hours before he went on stage at the Ryman.

Lizzo has addressed the body shaming and online bullying she receives on social media, saying that she’s close to quitting music.The pop singer took to Twitter to address a video of her tribute to Tina Turner that was posted by YouTuber Layah Heilpern in which she commented about Lizzo’s weight and diet. Lizzo quote tweeted the video and replied: “I just logged on the app and this is the type of shit I see about me.”“It’s really starting to make me hate the world,” she continued.

Sophia Scorziello editor To ring in Black Music Appreciation Month, Audiomack is pairing with the Black Music Action Coalition to offer paid internship and mentorship programs for Black music industry executives in the making. The new initiative is an addition to the “Black Music Executives Are the Future” program launched last year, which aims to create more opportunities for Black executives in music. Six Black undergraduate students or recent graduates will be offered a three-month paid summer internship in a number of music business departments, including finance, technology development and marketing. The deadline for candidate applications is June 8.

Coldplay have made it back home.

Coldplay have made it back home.

EXCLUSIVE: Ming-Na Wen yesterday received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and today she’s teamed with Compelling Pictures on a doc series about Asian-American food culture.

Patrice Evra dressed as Tina Turner to pay tribute to the late music icon. The former Manchester United player, 42, put on a wig and circular red-tinted sunglasses to sing along to Tina’s ‘Simply the Best’ in the hope he would “make people smile” after the singer’s death was announced on 24 May after she passed away from natural causes at her Swiss compound with her second husband Erwin Bach, 67, by her side. He captioned the clip, which also featured him making a heart sign with his hands: “R.

ESS SEE released her catchy single, «Thirsty» — and the accompanying music video certainly lives up to the name. Directed by Jonathan Frey, the video opens with a life-size soft drink, played by ESS SEE herself, out on the streets of Brooklyn, New York, in search of companionship. The beverage doesn't have to go too far before she runs into a life-size beer bottle (Joe Schumacher), and immediately becomes smitten — and intimate — with the ale.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Let’s travel back to the summer of 1989. I’m 15 years old and have just put two large movie posters on my wall: One for Tim Burton’s game-changing take on “Batman,” starring Michael Keaton, and the other for “UHF,” the theatrical comedy debut for the one and only “Weird Al” Yankovic. It’s now 2023. Keaton is back as Batman in next month’s “The Flash.” And Weird Al (always Weird Al, not just Al Yankovic!) is the front-runner for this year’s TV movie Emmy, thanks to the Roku Channel parody biopic “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.” “1989 is back again! It’s all cyclical,” Yankovic says in his signature cheery, upbeat tone. Tell my 15-year-old self that one day he’ll be recording a podcast with Weird Al, and first he’d say, “what’s a podcast?” But after explaining that it’s essentially a radio show, my 15-year-old self would lose his mind. And ask about 2023’s flying cars. Sorry kid.

2023 MTV Video Music Awards will return to the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on September 12, where the star-studded award show will once again air live at 8 p.m.«We're thrilled to be returning to the Prudential Center in Newark for this year's VMAs!» Bruce Gillmer, President of Music, Music Talent, Programming & Events, Paramount and Chief Content Officer, Music, Paramount+, said in a statement.

“American Idol” has crowned its newest winner in Hawaii native Iam Tongi, whose victory as the first AAPI winner of the ABC competition still has not fully hit him.“It’s unreal,” Tongi told TheWrap just two days after Ryan Seacrest announced his name on the big stage. “It’s weird to be here [as] the winner, because … it was going so slow during the competition, but out of nowhere it was finished and I was like ‘that went by so fast.'”While several AAPI contestants have climbed their way to the top three finalists, including fan-favorite Jasmine Trias of the show’s third installment, Tongi noted that this milestone achievement happening during national AAPI month in May gives the win an even bigger significance, saying “it feels really good to be representing why Polynesian people during this month.”Originally from Kahuku, a town in O’ahu, Hawaii, Tongi noted the challenge of saying goodbye to his friends back home to come compete on the show, where his talents were recognized early on by judges with some early successes, including being chosen to sing out the group after the judges narrowed the contestants down to the top 24 with an emotional rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”Tongi also experienced a personal accomplishment when he worked with guest mentor and country legend Keith Urban, whose music marked a distinct memory in Tongi’s upbringing as his father, who has since passed away, adored Urban’s music.