Grammys change rules for album of the year award

When Jon M. Chu stepped outside to film “In the Heights” on the streets of Washington Heights, New York, he found another certain movie filming on the same streets: Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” happened to film at the same time, in the summer of 2019, and at the same place as “In the Heights.” “We were right there in each other’s back some days,” Chu told TheWrap.

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NEW YORK -- When Danny Elfman started creating music during quarantine, what came out was a surprise even to him.“When I opened my mouth to sing more venom than I ever knew that I had in me came pouring out,” he said recently. “I didn’t really know what I had to work with other than a lot of frustration and anger.

NEW YORK -- In a designation that feels a little less significant every year, CBS has finished the 2020-21 television season as the nation's most-watched television network for the 13th consecutive time.CBS averaged 6.28 million prime time viewers in the Nielsen company's measurement of live-plus-seven viewing, which includes everyone who watched a particular program live and within the next week.

Sinéad O’Connor has provided an update on her upcoming eleventh studio album.

Mary J. Blige’s latest project focuses on her 1994 album, My Life.

NEW YORK -- After experimenting with different types of music, Juanes returns to his roots with “Origen,” a covers album in which he pays tribute to the most influential artists in his life and career, from Joe Arroyo and Bruce Springsteen to Bob Marley and Juan Luis Guerra.Through 12 songs including Carlos Gardel's “Volver,” Joaquín Sabina's “Y Nos Dieron Las Diez” and Bob Marley's “Could You Be Loved,” the Colombian rock star travels to his childhood and adolescence in “Origen”, his 10th

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt’s hard not to listen to DMX’s posthumous album “Exodus” — which the rapper completed just weeks before his death on April 9 — without feeling wistfulness, but there are many classic moments on the set.One in particular is a rare team-up between DMX’s fellow New York rappers Jay-Z and Nas, bringing three of the greatest MCs of all time — not to mention one of its legendary producers in album executive producer Swizz Beatz — on a single track.Over rich, thumping

NEW YORK -- Megan Thee Stallion and DaBaby are the prom queen and king of the 2021 BET Awards.The chart-topping rappers each scored seven nominations at the show airing live on June 27 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.Megan Thee Stallion, who won three Grammys this year, is up for best female hip-hop artist, album of the year for “Good News” and video of the year for “WAP,” her No. 1 hit with Cardi B.

Eminem beat.In the track, assisted by Irish producer Garraí Mac (aka GMCBeats), the 12-year-old MC Abdul delivers impassioned bars over the beat of Eminem’s ‘Cleanin’ Out My Closet’.The young MC raps for about a minute about the violence the territory has experienced throughout the crisis, which according to the New York Times has killed at least 227 people in Gaza and 12 in Israel.“Palestine’s been occupied for decades, but a home for centuries / This land has generations of my family’s

A$AP Rocky has said that both Rihanna and Morrissey have worked on his upcoming new album.The New York rapper is currently putting the finishing touches to ‘All Smiles’, which will be the follow-up to his 2018 album ‘Testing’.Speaking to GQ, Rocky explained that he recorded new music for ‘All Smiles’ last summer while on a cross-country trip of the US with Rihanna, who he is currently dating.

Josh Duhamel relishes the fact that Ashton Kutcher lives in the shadow of his modelling career.

Goo Goo Dolls have announced a career-spanning ‘Rarities’ LP, made up of unreleased gems, remixes, and more.Formed in 1985, the New York rock group’s new collection will feature 20 songs released between 1995 to 2007.Due out on June 25, the album includes live versions of ‘Let Love In’ and ‘Listen’ recorded at the legendary Capitol Studios in Hollywood, plus acoustic recordings of ‘Iris’, ‘Slide’, and ‘Name’.Giving fans a taster of the new collection, Goo Goo Dolls have accompanied the