New Music Friday: John Legend, Shakira, BTS & More of the Hottest Songs and Albums of the Week

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Venice, Toronto, Telluride and New York Film Festivals have joined forces in an alliance that will see the prominent fall events, all positioned six weeks from each other, collaborate rather than compete in a spirit of post-pandemic solidarity.The statement announcing this alliance provides scant details of what concrete form it will take, beyond saying that they “are offering our festivals as a united platform for the best cinema we can find.” But

Chrissy Teigen posed topless in a new photo that she shared on her Instagram account where she has 30.5 million followers. Chrissy is currently vacationing in Mexico with her husband John Legend and the couple’s children Luna and Miles Stephens.

John Legend brought his emotional ballad "Never Break" to the 2020 Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular on NBC on Saturday (July 4).

Kanye West is back on the scene in a big way, with a heavy-hitting Travis Scott collab, as well as a passionate, political verse on Ty Dolla $ign's new single. And Pop Smoke joins a too-long list of young rappers to put out an already-legendary album after his untimely death.Plus, Ellie Goulding plots her return to pop with a Lauv collab, and that song from that you can't get out of your head.

The Album That Honors a Fallen Rap Hero: Pop Smoke, Shoot For The Stars Aim For The MoonEyeballing the star-studded track list of the Pop Smoke posthumous album, Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon, reveals how deeply invested the entire hip-hop world was in the Brooklyn drill king: DaBaby, Future, Quavo, Lil Baby, Swae Lee and Roddy Ricch are among the major names to appear on what should have been Pop Smoke’s coronation.

TESUQUE PUEBLO, N.M. -- A small northern New Mexico Native American tribe has opened a movie studio in a former casino that it hopes will lure big productions.

Although the coronavirus has made it so the annual “Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular” will look a little different in 2020, NBC announced it's enlisting some serious star power to help make it a worthwhile celebration all the same.

John Legend, The Black Eyed Peas, Lady A and many more are set to take the stage during NBC's upcoming 44th annual Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular.Hosted by Jane Lynch and Today anchor Craig Melvin, the annual Independence Day event will be broadcast live from New York City.

This year's BET Awards was next level! If you missed it, watch all of the 2020 BET Awards performances below.Being a virtual awards show this year didn't keep the show from pretaping a slate of fiery, energetic and deeply moving musical appearances from artists like Megan Thee Stallion, Jennifer Hudson, DaBaby and Roddy Ricch, John Legend, and Alicia Keys, to name a few.From songs that addressed the painful realities of police brutality to music videos that captured the spirit of this moment in

Tekashi 6ix9ine is in the headlines almost every day. In case you’ve never heard his name, Daniel Hernandez, also known as Tekashi 6ix9ine, is a New York rapper who created a reputation as a social media troll due to his attention-grabbing behavior on Instagram.

Natanael Cano, Trap Tumbado (Rancho Humilde)Natanael Cano’s jump to trap was only a matter of time and today, the 19-year-old Mexican singer-songwriter released his first-ever bilingual trap album titled Trap Tumbado. An explosive eight-track set that features collaborations with Lil Tecca, Tyan G, JohnnyX and Ovi.

Demi Lovato dropped a soaring new anthem from the soundtrack, Megan Thee Stallion channeled NWA to take us into Hot Girl Summer pt.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorSinger Big Freedia uses her platform to raise awareness on gun violence in New Orleans. In her new doc, premiering at AFI Docs, she shares her personal and heartbreaking story of losing her brother, Adam Ross, to gun violence.

John Legend offered a different type of love album, Victoria Monet teamed up with Khalid and SG Lewis for a song to dance to, and BTS gifted their fans with a new track. The Black Eyed Peas added some Latin flair to their latest project, Teyana Taylor unveiled her first album since 2018, and J.

performances, summits and panels from Bruno Mars, John Legend, Patti Labelle, Swizz Beatz, Estelle, Doug E Fresh, BBD, Nas, Andra Day, Master P, Tank and The Bangas, PJ Morton, India.Arie, Kelis, Kirk Franklin, The Clark Sisters, Egypt Sherrod and more.Leading a special tribute to the city of New Orleans will be Mayor LaToya Cantrell,PJ Morton, Big Freedia, Irma Thomas, Tank and The Bangas and Big 6 Brass Band.

The Album That Rises to The Moment of Its Release: John Legend, Bigger Love“Actions speak louder than, speak louder than love songs,” John Legend sings on “Actions,” an early highlight on his seventh studio album. It’s a telling statement from a singer-songwriter who could, conceivably, keep cranking out soulful ballads and engineer a highly successful career -- after all, one of those ballads, “All Of Me,” spent a few weeks atop the Hot 100 chart in 2014.

John Legend is back with new music!

NEW YORK -- John Legend has formed a musical version of The Avengers to help his new album marvel. “We’ve got some musical superheroes with superpowers in here,” Legend said with a laugh.