Anitta will soon get her own wax figure at Madame Tussauds in Times Square. The Brazilian superstar shared the news to her more than 55 million followers via Instagram on Friday (Aug. 13), stating: “I’m so honored! Can’t wait to have my wax figure at @MadameTussaudsUSA, in NYC!” A short video preview shows the “Girl From […]

After years of empowering female and non-binary songwriters with writing camps around the world, nonprofit She Is the Music (SITM) nabbed its first major recording artist placement last week with the release of Martin Garrix’s new RCA single “Love Runs Out,” featuring G-Eazy and Sasha Alex Sloan. The beginnings of the song, which was written by Sloan, Alex

More than 160 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed so far among people who attended the Watershed Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre in central Washington. More than 20,000 fans packed the Gorge, in George, Wash., for the three-day outdoor country music festival in late July, The Seattle Times reported. The Grant County Health District

Dick Odette, who in the last two decades of the 20th century was one of the most important executives in deciding the commercial fate of new releases as head of music purchasing for the more than thousand-store Musicland Group, died of natural causes on Aug. 5 in Estora, Florida. He was 77. Odette, who joined

When it came time to pick the title for their first album since 2018’s chart-topping, self-titled set, Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney knew there was only one choice: Good Things. “After the past year and a half that we’ve all had, I feel like that’s kind of where our hearts were and what we thought

No, Britney is not free. At least not yet. The acknowledgment from Jamie Spears, the singer’s father, that he doesn’t believe a public battle over his continued service as conservator is in her best interest and that he “intends to work with the Court and his daughter’s new attorney to prepare for an orderly transition” is certainly a

Investors and analysts are feeling more skeptical about Tencent Music Entertainment’s future since the Chinese government regulatory crackdown on the music streaming company began on July 23. J.P. Morgan downgraded TME’s stock on Thursday to neutral, driving stock down 6.2% as of Friday’s (Aug. 13) market close. As recently as March 23, Tencent stock was

The largest Latin music-focused festival in the Americas to resume since the coronavirus pandemic began kicks off today in Mexico’s Rosarito Beach, with reggaeton stars Ozuna, J Balvin and Karol G among the headliners. The six-day Baja Beach Fest, which expects crowds of up to 30,000 a day over the weekends of Aug. 13-15 and

One day after Britney Spears’ father, Jamie Spears, agreed to step down from his role as conservator of the pop star’s estate, her mother, Lynne, spoke up about her ex-husband’s decision. “Lynne Spears is pleased Jamie has agreed to step down,” Lynne’s attorney Gladstone N. Jones told Entertainment Tonight on Friday (Aug. 13). “Lynne entered into

Rap star and social activist Meek Mill  received the Nelson Mandela changemaker award at a private event on Thursday. The award is given by PTTOW! (Plan to Take on the World) — which is described as an invitation-only community for CEOs, chief marketing officers and icons, spanning 70 major industries. Meek was honored for his work