Foo Fighters will be presented with the first-ever global icon award at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards airing live on Sept. 12. Besides receiving the award, the rock band is slated to return to the VMAs stage for the first time in 15 years.  Foo Fighters debuted on the VMA stage in 1997 for a pre-show performance of “Monkey Wrench” and […]

J-pop band Official HIGE DANdism shared the new music video accompanying “Apoptosis,” the lead track from their new album Editorial, which dropped Aug. 18. The “Apoptosis” video was directed by Takuto Shimpo, who has worked on many of the four-man band’s previous visual projects. The music video consists of narratives capturing the moments of happiness

In a historic week for The Weeknd on the U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100, the Canadian superstar’s new single “Take My Breath” is the highest debut on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, at Nos. 5 and 7, respectively. It’s the only arrival in the top 40 of either tally, and one

Sony Music Publishing has announced the passing of former executive Pat Lucas after a long fight with cancer. Best known for her years at EMI Music Publishing (which was acquired by Sony Music Publishing), Lucas oversaw the creation of the first-ever film & television department for a music publisher. The executive, who died on Monday

It’s been three years and counting since Britney Spears last toured. And as the singer focuses on extricating herself from the 13-year conservatorship that has kept her personal and professional life in a tightly controlled lane, longtime boyfriend Sam Asghari teased that she will definitely, maybe be back on stage again soon. In an Instagram

Charlie Hickey has signed to Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory record label with plans to release a physical version of his EP Count The Stairs. “Being able to sign Charlie is one of the reasons I started a label,” Bridgers said in a statement. In celebration of the announcement, the 21-year-old artist released a reimagined version

As Calibre 50’s “A La Antiguita” hits No. 1 on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart (dated Aug. 21), the group clocks its 20th leader and extends its record among all acts in the chart’s 26-year history. “A La Antiguita” lifts 2-1 with an 11% weekly improvement in audience impressions, to 8 million, earned in the

Big & Rich’s John Rich has weighed in on a recent controversy involving Carrie Underwood, defending her after the season four American Idol winner liked a tweet that opposed school mask mandates in Nashville. Underwood began receiving backlash from users on Twitter after followers noticed that Underwood liked a tweet from conservative podcaster Matt Walsh. Walsh

The 57th Academy of Country Music Awards are moving to Amazon Prime Video for 2022, marking the first time a major music awards show has been streamed exclusively. “We are thrilled that the Academy of Country Music Awards are first to take this giant step toward the future of awards shows with Amazon Prime Video,”

Ed Sheeran scores his sixth leader on Billboard’s Adult Pop Airplay radio chart as “Bad Habits” rises to No. 1 on the tally dated Aug. 21. With the coronation, Sheeran one-ups Rob Thomas for the most career weeks spent at No. 1 among soloists over the chart’s 25-year history. (Adult Pop Airplay reflects total weekly