We know by now who the nominees are for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, going down this Sunday (Sept. 12) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. But as anyone who’s watched the VMAs for any of the past 37 years knows, the awards themselves are but a part of the equation for who the true […]

For Ashley Monroe, music has always proven to be an emotional balm, a creative vessel, an avenue for chronicling life’s ebbs and flows. After her father died when Monroe was just 13, she found comfort in performing and channeling her pain into her own songs (several of which would later be included on her 2018

Just days after a legal battle between Why Dont We’s managers David Loeffler and Randy Phillips went public, the boy band is now petitioning the California Labor Commission to throw out its contract with Loeffler and management company Signature Entertainment for violating the state’s Talent Agencies Act. In a petition filed Thursday (Sept. 2), the band’s attorney, Alan Gutman, accuses Loeffler

Brandi Carlile, Charley Crockett, Steve Earle, Fisk Jubilee Singers, The Highwomen, Jason Isbell, Valerie June, Margo Price and Allison Russell are among the performers for this year’s Americana Honors & Awards, set for Sept. 22 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The ceremony serves as the centerpiece for the 21st annual AMERICANAFEST, which will take

Lorde was initially set to perform at the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday (Sept. 12), but MTV announced Sept. 3 that the singer was no longer taking to the stage for the event “due to a change in production elements.” Now, the singer-songwriter is explaining why her performance was nixed. In a newsletter to fans sent

Mammoth WVH earns its second leader on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in as many tries, as the Wolfgang Van Halen-led act’s “Don’t Back Down” rises 2-1 on the chart dated Sept. 11. The coronation follows the two-week reign in February and March of the group’s “Distance,” which was written in tribute to Van Halen’s

Grupo Firme adds its second top 10 on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart as its latest collaboration with Carin León, “El Tóxico,” ascends 4-1 on the Sept. 11-dated ranking. “El Tóxico” leads with a 7% increase in audience impressions, to 5.3 million, in the week ending Sept. 5, according to MRC Data. León, who secured

Young Thug and fellow Young Stoner Life Records (YSL) signee, Strick, enlisted veteran moon traveler Kid Cudi for their psychedelic new video for “Moon Man.” The deep cut is featured on the label’s compilation album Slime Language 2, which released on April 16 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. SL2 showcased YSL’s roster

“Coming, it’s going to be different” says Samantha Kirby Yoh, United Talent Agency’s co-head of music, of the concert business’s slow return. “But it’s exciting that it’s back.” That ability to look forward helped power UTA through the pandemic, when it innovated and grew amid the chaos that enveloped many of its competitors. While all

Nick Cannon isn’t ready to stop having kids. The Masked Singer host, who already has seven children, says he’s open to the idea of expanding his brood. TMZ caught up with the host recently and asked what his secret is to having so many children. Cannon replied, “It’s love. It’s the aura. It’s the essence.”