Music

One of Beyoncé’s new songs, “Texas Hold ’Em,” has landed at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, Billboard reports. She is now the first Black woman to ever hold the spot, Variety notes. The superstar’s “16 Carriages,” released simultaneously, also charted at No. 9 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Both songs are Beyoncé’s
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Russell Simmons has been sued for defaming the former Def Jam Recordings executive Drew Dixon, who accused him, in 2017, of sexual assault. The lawsuit cites a Graham Bensinger interview last December in which Simmons, who has denied assault allegations by Dixon and other women, suggested accusers might “want notoriety in the market where people
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At the 2024 Grammy Awards, Paramore formally won their first two trophies: Best Rock Album (for This Is Why) and Best Alternative Music Performance (for “This Is Why”). Another Tennessee-based artist also won her first Grammy: Eight-time nominee Allison Russell earned Best American Roots Performance for “Eve Was Black.” In celebration, Nashville Democrat Justin Jones
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Tomorrow (February 16), Jennifer Lopez releases This Is Me…Now, her first new album since 2014’s A.K.A. and the spiritual sequel to 2002’s This Is Me…Then. Today, she’s announced This Is Me…Now the Tour, which begins in Florida in June. See Lopez’s 2024 tour dates below. In other Jennifer Lopez news, the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Dubbed the “Queen of House Music” by Billboard Magazine, music royalty herself, Screamin’ Rachael (aka Rachael Cain) has dropped her new single and video “Sensation”…and that it is….I would even have to celebrate her fashion statements in the video as well. The song displays the best of Rachael’s vocal abilities and  her rocking personality in the
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New York rapper MIKE and producer Tony Seltzer have come together for the new song “R&B.” It arrives with a music video directed by Jelani Miller. Watch it below. MIKE and Tony Seltzer connected last year for the single “Red Jacket 6.” Seltzer also produced two songs on MIKE’s 2017 breakthrough May God Bless Your
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After years of teasing, including some ramped-up activity this week, Vampire Weekend have officially announced their fifth studio album. The new album, Only God Was Above Us, is out April 5 via Columbia. Two songs from the LP—“Capricorn” and “Gen-X Cops”—are out February 16. See the album cover and tracklist, as well as a trailer,
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