Snoop Dogg played a DJ set in Boston over the weekend just hours after his mother, Beverly Tate, passed away. To honor the author and evangelist — who died on Sunday, Oct. 24 at the age of 70 — Snoop played Ben E. King’s 1961 classic “Stand By Me” and asked the audience to sing […]

It’s just a number. Some folks may say that about the Grand Ole Opry’s 5,000th Saturday show on Oct. 30. But Bill Anderson, who fought back tears when he celebrated his 60th anniversary as an Opry member this year, expects an emotional night when the WSM-AM Nashville show reaches the 5K mark. “How many anythings last 5,000 performances

Ray Vaughn had no plans of signing a deal with his dream label, Top Dawg Entertainment — nor did he know the label’s biggest superstar, Kendrick Lamar, would be leaving for a new home after his next album. But the current situation at TDE is the perfect opportunity for a rap rookie to come in,

Adele and Greg Kurstin tie at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Songwriters chart (dated Oct. 30), each leading for the first time thanks to their work on the former’s “Easy on Me.” Kurstin also spends his first week atop Hot 100 Producers, as he solely produced the ballad. “Easy” rockets to No. 1 on

As Adele makes her grand return to the music scene with “Easy on Me,” the new single unsurprisingly rockets to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Oct. 23, 2021). But its success doesn’t just lead the competition, it laps them all. The long-awaited song not only shoots to the top, but it lands

RCA Records is celebrating the 36th anniversary of the release of Whitney Houston’s 1986 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “How Will I Know” with the release of a joyful, choreo-filled video for the Whitney x Clean Bandit dance remix of the song. Directed by Ezra Hurwitz (N.Y. City Ballet) and choreographed by James Alsop

Olivia Rodrigo came to Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday (Oct. 26), where she discussed her history with writing songs and geeked out about being invited to the White House to encourage young people in her age demographic to get the COVID-19 vaccination. Kimmel asked Rodrigo what led to her writing songs, and how that later evolved

On Wednesday (Oct. 27),  British singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé shared her latest single, “Look What You’ve Done,” via Chrysalis Records. The garage-inspired track is the first self-produced track in the singer’s career, the influence of U.K. breakstep evident as Sandé croons, “Still every time you touch me, I don’t know what to say.” This track is the

If you ever sat around and wondered, “man, is there any way Kidz Bop could do a clean version of Lil Nas X’s ‘Montero?’” Well, join the club, because the Grammy-winning MC seemed tickled to death on Tuesday (Oct. 26) to post the super-sanitized lyrics of his Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit, which, of

After a slight detour, Old Crow Medicine Show has flown back to ATO Records. The folk band previously released 2012’s Carry Me Back and 2014’s Grammy-winning Remedy for ATO, before recording 2017’s 50 Years of Blonde On Blonde (Live) and 2018’s studio set Volunteer for Columbia Nashville. The collective’s 2019’s Live At the Ryman came