DAMN.—receiving accolades for his new album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. It will also be Madonna's 69th time being nominated for the award and 26 musicians will be first-time nominees.
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Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. It’s been an exhilarating summer for music fans as some of the biggest artists across the country return to the stage after more than two years of postponed and cancelled concerts.
Just last weekend, more than 200,000 people attended Glastonbury to see stars such as Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Leon Bridges and Kacey Musgraves, among dozens more — many of which are on their own solo tours this summer, too.And the music isn’t quieting down any time soon. Festivals such as Lollapalooza and Outside Lands are coming up, and artists such as The Weeknd and Lil Nas X are kicking off highly anticipated tours.
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.DAMN.—receiving accolades for his new album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. It will also be Madonna's 69th time being nominated for the award and 26 musicians will be first-time nominees.
Kendrick Lamar, Jack Harlow and Lil Nas X lead the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards nominations with seven each, MTV announced today. Closely following the top three are Doja Cat and Harry Styles (6 nominations each), and Billie Eilish, Drake, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd (5 each).
Pet of the week: Meet Purin, the athletic beagle breaking multiple recordsWatch the 10 best celebrity TikToks of the week: Kim Kardashian, Drew Barrymore, Ryan Reynolds, and more“Sin Señal” will have you ready to dance in the mirror with a fun music video. The Chainsmokers‘ “Time Bomb” has a fun and catchy beat.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorKobalt, one of the world’s largest music publishers, has removed its entire 700,000-song catalog from Facebook and Instagram in the United States, a rep for the company confirms to Variety.The company’s U.S. licensing contract with Meta, parent of the two social-media giants, has expired and the two parties have failed to reach a new deal.
It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.
DEALSPulse Music Group has renewed its publishing deal with Brent Faiyaz. “With Brent and [manager] Ty [Baisen], we found kindred spirits”, Pulse co-CEOs Scott Cutler and Josh Abraham say. “They are working towards the highest artistic bar.
Sabrina Carpenter just released her new album Emails I Can’t Send and it’s getting some of the best reviews of her music career.
Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson’s baby news, to the death of Ivana Trump, the headlines have been busy.
Supportive sister. Alana Hadid had nothing but sweet things to say about her half-sister Gigi Hadid’s parenting skills.
Sabrina Carpenter has a very different view of events from most people.
Bella Hadid is stepping out to support her family.
Sabrina Carpenter is telling her side of the story.
Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran have scored the biggest singles and albums in the UK in 2022 so far.Styles’ long running Number One hit ‘As It Was’ is the biggest single of the year beating Sheeran and Fireboy DML’s single ‘Peru’ into second place.The track, which has topped the charts for 10 weeks, racked up 95 million streams and was also the most physically purchased (11,000 units) and digitally downloaded (33,000 units) song of the year so far in the UK, according to the Official Charts Company.Meanwhile, ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ from the Disney movie Encanto came in at Number Three.It is the most-streamed track of the year to date in the UK with 110 million streams overall, including 36 million video streams, the most for any song so far in 2022.The best singles of 2022 so far are:1. Harry Styles – ‘As It Was’2. Fireboy DML and Ed Sheeran – ’Peru’3. Encanto soundtrack – ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’4. Ed Sheeran – ‘Bad Habits’5. Lost Frequencies and Calum Scott – ‘Where Are You Now’6. Ed Sheeran – ‘Shivers’7. Cat Burns – ‘Go’8. Glass Animals – ‘Heat Waves’9. Belters Only featuring Jazzy – ‘Make Me Feel Good’10. Dave – ‘Starlight’In the albums chart, Sheeran took the top spot with his 2021 album ‘=’ after clocking up 689,000 combined UK chart sales.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticThe story of women in country music is being written anew every day, but it needs its actual scriveners, too, to keep a record of what progress is or isn’t being made in a genre that sometimes has wavered between nourishing and ignoring its queens. That role has been well-filled in recent years by music journalist Marissa R.
JLo ripping her pants to Bella Hadid’s confusing video, check out the 10 best celebrity TikToks of the week.JLo shares a hilarious video of an embarrassing incident that happened while performing, just wait until you see it. Bella Hadid shares this video straight out of a fever dream.This audio is what plays in the background of your nightmares ❤️Paris Hilton confirms that she decided to attend Britney Spears’ wedding and canceled on President Joe Biden.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson and JoJo Siwa.The Disney+ meta-comedy, which returns Wednesday, July 27, will welcome Ferguson and Siwa as guest stars in the upcoming eight-episode season.Set at summer camp, season 3 finds the Wildcats and their fellow campers primed for a summer filled with romance, curfew-less nights and a taste of the great outdoors. With a high-stakes production of and a behind-the-scenes “docuseries” of the production in the works, the Wildcats will attempt to show who is “best in snow” without leaving anyone out in the cold.
Kate Moss, Stella McCartney, Noel Gallagher, Bruce Springsteen, and Cara Delevingne looked to be having a ball at Glastonbury, and oh to be part of that iconic crew. The legends of fashion and music posed together in a totally star-studded snap after Bruce joined headliner Sir Paul McCartney for an epic performance. Noel, who also performed with his band the High Flying Birds, took a moment to appreciate his fellow musician, giving us an (almost) smile in the incredible snap posted to Stella’s Instagram.
Ben Affleck’s 10-year-old son had an experience that he might never forget. Over the weekend, the actor and his soon-to-be wife, Jennifer Lopez, took Samuel along while testing luxury cars in Los Angeles.