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Madonna wrapped her Celebration Tour with a massive free concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Queen of Pop closed her global trek with a record-breaking show at Rio’s Copacabana Beach on Saturday (May 4), drawing more than 1.6 million fans to the majestic site. Although Copacabana Beach has seen larger crowds during past New […]

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Usher is sharing his frustration over the cancellation of the Lovers & Friends Festival 2024 in Las Vegas. Shortly after organizers announced on Friday night (May 3) that the one-day music festival was called off due to dangerous weather conditions, the R&B icon shared a message with fans who were headed to the Las Vegas […]

Mere minutes after Drake’s “Family Matters” arrived, Kendrick Lamar returned fire with the blistering “Meet the Grahams.” As the clock struck midnight on the East Coast on Saturday (May 4), K. Dot released his third Drake diss track this week. Family seems to be the common theme as he calls out Drizzy for being a […]

Ashley Cooke notches her first top 10 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “Your Place” rises from No. 11 to No. 9 on the list dated May 11. It advanced by 5% to 17.9 million audience impressions April 26-May 2, according to Luminate. The song is the 26-year-old Parkland, Fla., native’s second Country Airplay entry […]

Taylor Swift notches a second successive chart double in Australia with The Tortured Poets Department and its lead single “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone. Swift’s record-breaking 11th studio album retains top spot on the ARIA Chart, published Friday, May, 3, ahead of SZA’s SOS, which is boosted by the U.S. R&B star’s Australian arena tour which wrapped […]

Bachata group Aventura has kicked off its Cerrando Ciclos tour, and the band — led by frontman Romeo Santos — is singing all the fan favorites. The first show took place in Sacramento, Calif., on May 1 with a sold-out show at the Golden 1 Center arena. With his band — comprised of Henry, Lenny […]

Jeremy Furze was named as manager of the year at the 2024 AAM Awards in Sydney on Wednesday, May 1, recognition for his behind-the-scenes work guiding the Teskey Brothers’ stellar year. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Furze collected the top honor at the third annual AAM […]

Vinyl releases from Noah Kahan, Olivia Rodrigo, Paramore, Pearl Jam and more were among the top-sellers from Record Store Day (RSD) 2024 in the United States, according to data tracking firm Luminate. The annual independent record store celebration was held on April 20 this year and boasted a bevy of unique and limited-edition albums and […]

Samantha McClymont, a founding member of Australian country act the McClymonts, is battling a rare type of breast cancer. The 38-year-old artist shared the troubling news on her social media page. “Last October, I found a lump,” she writes. “After initially being misdiagnosed,” she continues, her “life completely turned upside” down four months later when […]