Forget the pandemic and the world’s myriad troubles, just for a moment. 2021 is, of course, the year of our Lorde. The multiple Grammy-winning New Zealand singer and songwriter returns with Solar Power, her third album and the followup to 2017’s Melodrama, her first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Solar Power spans 12 […]

Shawn Mendes and Tainy are helping fans close out their “Summer of Love” right with their new collaboration, which debuted on Friday (Aug. 20). The Canadian pop superstar sneakily revealed the song title earlier this month on his sweatshirt while he played a couple of guitar chords in a Twitter video captioned “sol,” meaning “sun” in Spanish. The pop

Nearly 25 years after its release, Aaliyah’s sophomore album One in a Million finally arrived on all streaming services Friday (Aug. 20). One in a Million was first released Aug. 27, 1996, via Blackground and Atlantic Records. Produced by Timbaland and Missy Elliott — who are also credited as featured artists on the album alongside Treach and Slick Rick

A partnership between Skrillex and Justin Bieber perhaps seemed unlikely when it began in 2015. But in the six years since their debut collab “Where Are Ü Now” — the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 single from the Skrillex and Diplo collab Jack Ü, which featured Bieber on vocals — the duo’s string of projects

Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever is steady at No. 1 for a second week on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Aug. 21). The set sold 36,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 12 (down 76% from its opening-week sales of 153,000). Happier is ahead of five debuts on the tally at

As the Academy of Country Music prepares for next Wednesday’s ACM Honors at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, it announced a change in protocol Thursday (Aug. 19) to better keep attendees safe. The 14th annual ACM Honors, which recognize ACM Awards winners in non-televised categories, will now require proof of full vaccination (with documentation showing at least two

A key witness in the federal racketeering and sex trafficking trial against R. Kelly, Jerhonda Pace, continued her testimony against the R&B singer at the Eastern District of New York courthouse in Brooklyn on Thursday (Aug. 19), detailing allegations of aggressive physical and sexual abuse when she was a minor. Pace wore a maroon T-shirt and black

Justin Bieber revealed Thursday (Aug. 19) that he’ll be bringing The Kid LAROI, Jaden Smith, Kehlani, David Guetta and more along for his upcoming three-day Las Vegas experience. The pop superstar announced at the beginning of this month that the event, titled Justin Bieber & Friends, The Vegas Weekender in partnership with Pollen Presents, will be held Oct.

Britney Spears is celebrating her youth by proudly showing off her body in a new photo. On Thursday (Aug. 19), the “Oops!…I Did It Again” singer added a new topless photo to her collection on Instagram, but this time, she included a meaningful quote from actress Sophia Loren: “There is a fountain of youth: it is your

Selena producer Moctesuma Esparza has established a prima facie case that the father and sister of the late Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla violated a contract by licensing the singer’s life rights to Netflix. That’s according to a ruling out on Thursday (Aug. 19) in Los Angeles Superior Court. In 1997, two years after Selena died