Alicia Keys’ Delayed Album Is Dropping on Friday

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMariah Carey has always been about control: over her career, sure, but also over her extraordinary voice, which is her greatest asset as a performer. And that voice is in full bloom on “The Rarities,” her new compilation of previously unreleased and low-profile B-sides.Although releasing an album of rarities and outtakes can be like sharing baby pictures with the world, based on the evidence presented here, Mariah never really had much of an awkward stage.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTrey Anastasio and MSG Entertainment have announced “The Beacon Jams,” an eight-week virtual residency to be streamed for free exclusively on Twitch, live from New York City’s historic Beacon Theatre every Friday at 8 p.m.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBack in February, Billie Eilish dropped “No Time to Die,” the theme song from the James Bond film of the same name.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter several days of online hints and teasers, Australian high-volume rockers AC/DC have confirmed their return to active duty by announcing that veteran singer Brian Johnson, drummer Phil Rudd and bassist Cliff Williams have rejoined the band after several years’ absence.A new photo of the band finds them looking older but energized, with lead guitarist Angus Young, now 65, still rocking the schoolboy outfit.The term “Pwr Up” featured in several of the teasers is

2020 Billboard Music Awards were postponed in April, the annual awards show will be back on Oct. 14.

Alicia Keys and Post Malone are among the stars set to perform on the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, it was announced today. Bad Bunny and Luke Combs will also take the stage during the Kelly Clarkson-hosted awards show set to broadcast live from Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre on Wednesday, Oct.

Alicia Keys, Bad Bunny, Luke Combs and leading nominee Post Malone will perform at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards.

2020 Billboard Music Awards were postponed in April, the annual awards show will be back on Oct. 14.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorK-pop titans BTS have announced the release of their new album “BE (Deluxe Edition)” slated for November 20.According to the announcement, “The new album imparts a message of healing to the world by declaring, ‘Even in the face of this new normality, our life goes on.’”It also notes that “For this album in particular, the septet took a step further and was involved not only in the music making process, but also in the overall production: concept, composition,

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRapper Tory Lanez, who Megan Thee Stallion has accused of shooting her in the foot in an unexplained incident in July, dropped a 17-track album Thursday night in which nearly every song addresses the incident and its fallout, and what Lanez apparently perceives as betrayal from nearly all quarters.The new album, “Daystar,” may forever remain most famous for asking the musical question: “How the f— you get shot in your foot, don’t hit no bones or tendons?”The album

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhen you love something — a person, a dessert, a hat, or in this case, an album — you tend to want more of it. Usually, in the case of albums, there are some leftover songs that are not-quite-as-good as the ones that made the cut, and occasionally there are great ones.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBruce Springsteen has released “Ghosts” from his new album, “Letter to You,” which is out October 23 on Columbia Records.

Alicia Keys has shared the tracklist for new album ALICIA, set for release this week (September 18). Keys' seventh studio effort will feature a range of guest vocalists, with Sampha and Tierra Whack both featuring on the 15-track set.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSomehow, the mysterious British R&B/electronic-ish combo Sault has managed to drop four richly diverse, socially confrontational albums, all of them good and two of them absolutely great, in just 18 months.

Alicia Keys is revealing one of her beloved songs almost went to Christina Aguilera.

15-time Grammy winners can be fan-girls.Clearly, that is the case with Alicia Keys. Her seventh studio album, which dropped on Friday, may be titled simply “Alicia,” but there is another R&B queen who gets a song named after her on the LP: Jill Scott.A great Scott, she must be.“Jill Scott,” featuring the titular singer herself, is a sensual slow jam that might have you wonder who’s actually singing.

Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper teamed up for a righteous collab, Pink joined Keith Urban on his anthem to brokenhearted overindulgence and Anitta recruited Cardi B and Myke Towers to drop some scorching verses on her new song, «Me Gusta.»Plus, Alicia Keys dropped her seventh studio album, featuring a groovy minimalist track with Tierra Whack, and Sam Smith announced their upcoming album, with a shimmering new single, «Diamonds.» Read on for some of our favorite recommendations for new songs

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAlt-rock veterans the Smashing have announced a new double album, “Cyr,” is dropping on November 27.The 20-track album was recorded in the band’s home base of Chicago with frontman and chief songwriter Billy Corgan producing.The group has also created a new five-part animated series called “In Ashes,” the first two episodes of which will including music from the album and will premiere on September 25 — watch the trailer below.“ ‘Cyr’ is dystopic folly,” Corgan has

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBruce Springsteen has dropped a new song and video called “Letter to You,” the first track from his new album of the same name, which is arriving on Oct. 23.