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Halsey is the latest musician to let the world know how she feels about this year’s Grammy nominations. She joins the supporting chorus of The Weeknd who, after being shut out of the noms, took to Twitter to call the Grammys “corrupt.” He garnered support from fellow musicians like Drake, Elton John, Charlie Puth and…

UPDATE: The Weeknd continues taking shots at the Recording Academy with a new social media post on Wednesday. This time the singer, whose hit numbers including “Blinding Lights” have scored the past year, accused the Grammys ruling board for supposedly not inviting him to the 2021 awards ceremony. “Collaboratively…

Tencent Music Entertainment Group acquired an undisclosed minority stake in LA-based Wave and the two have inked a strategic partnership to catapult the interactive virtual entertainment company into China. The agreement calls for TME, China's leading online music platform, to air Wave experiences on all its…

The Weeknd has been confirmed as the halftime performer at Super Bowl LV. The game is scheduled for February 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida. It isn’t clear yet how many fans will be in the stadium, but the CBS telecast is expected to be the usual TV draw for viewers as well as advertisers. Pepsi is…

Pop singer Dua Lipa revealed the nominees in three categories for this year’s American Music Awards (AMAs) on ABC’s Good Morning America. Additional nominees were announced via the AMAs Twitter account. The ceremony is set to take place live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on November 22 at 8pm EST/PSTon…

UPDATED, Aug. 24: Roddy Ricch and J Balvin will no longer will perform at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. The two singers, who were announced to perform earlier this month, have dropped from the performance lineup citing COVID-19 concerns. On an Instagram story, the “Rockstar” singer announced that he could not make…

Spotify shares jumped more than 12% Wednesday morning on strong quarterly numbers that showed a shift in listening patterns fueled solid subscriber growth last quarter amidst a global pandemic. The Stockholm, Sweden-based music streaming giant said monthly average users jumped 31% to 286 million, including 130 million…

Father’s Day is coming a little early this year. TBS said today that Seth MacFarlane's top-rated adult animated comedy American Dad! will return with new Season 16 episodes at 10 p.m. Monday, April 13. Watch the first promo above. The toon, which scored a two-year renewal in January, is marking its 15th anniversary…

While his new movie No Time To Die was delayed at the last minute because of the coronavirus outbreak, Daniel Craig proceeded with his hosting duties on NBC’s Saturday Night Live where he got to spoof his last James Bond film. The March 7 episode, featuring musical guest musical guest The Weeknd and appearances by…