Spawn creator Todd McFarlane and musician Steve Aoki are teaming up to launch OddKey, new NFT marketplace they say will put artists in control of their digital work and allow fans to resell NFTs for little cost. Though financial terms for artists using the marketplace were not revealed, McFarlane likened it to Image Comics, the publisher he co-founded in 1992 that allowed […]

Maxwell, the artist behind such hits as “Pretty Wings,” “Fortunate” and “Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder),” has signed a multi-album global recording agreement between his Musze label and BMG. The move marks the award-winning singer-songwriter-producer’s first new label partnership after his 25-year career with Columbia Records. “I’m looking forward to this next chapter and new partnership

The Houston police and fire departments were deeply involved in safety measures for the Astroworld music festival where a surging crowd killed eight people, playing key roles in crowd control measures, on-site security staffing and the emergency response. The police chief even says he met with the headlining performer before the show. Now the city’s police department

For years Lance Bass has thought of Britney Spears as his little sister, but as it turns out, she’s actually his little cousin. Sixth cousin, but still. On Monday night’s (Nov. 8) episode of Ancestry’s 2 Lies & a Leaf YouTube series, Bass and husband Michael Turchin discovered that Lance and Britney are sixth cousins once

With just 10 days to go before Adele drops her anticipated fourth album, 30, one of the tracks from the collection made its debut in a new holiday ad from Amazon on Sunday. The spot features the swelling ballad “Hold On” playing in the background as the soundtrack to a story of a lonely college

Tencent Music Entertainment, China’s largest music streaming company, ended the third quarter bruised from setbacks but buoyed by its growing music services. After taking hits from regulators and competition from competing social platforms, TME managed only a 3% increase in total revenue to 7.8 billion RMB ($1.21 billion) from the prior-year quarter. The company’s online music service turned

Lil Nas X already has a trio of No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, but now the superstar artist can add another prize to his trophy case as he enters the Song Breaker chart at No. 1 with “THATS WHAT I WANT.” The genre-defying behemoth behind “Old Town Road” and “Montero” has ridden

Walker Hayes’ “Fancy Like” rises to No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated Nov. 13), marking his first leader on the survey. The viral hit increased by 6% to 28.6 million impressions in the week ending Nov. 7, according to MRC Data. The Nashville-based Hayes, originally from Mobile, Ala., co-wrote “Fancy Like” with Cameron

Britney Spears shared her feelings in advance of Friday’s (Nov. 12) crucial conservatorship hearing in an emotional Instagram post, saying this week is “gonna be very interesting for me.” In the message that featured a gauzy fantasy image from late Austrian painter Hans Zatzka, Spears said she’s praying in the days leading up to the

Belmont University is naming a ballroom at its new performing arts center after country music star Brad Paisley and his wife, Kimberly Williams-Paisley. The private Nashville school says the ballroom at the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts can be used for acoustic and amplified performances, and as a rehearsal space for main stage acts.