Entertainment / Music

Britney Spears to speak directly to LA court on her conservatorship 28 Apr 2021 - 02:00 pm

LOS ANGELES - Pop star Britney Spears will personally address the Los Angeles court dealing with her long-running conservatorship in June, a judge...

BRIT Awards winners to get two trophies, one for sharing 28 Apr 2021 - 01:15 pm

LONDON - Winners at next month's BRIT Awards will receive two different trophies, encouraged to share one as a way to embrace the...

BRIT music awards to host 4,000-strong audience in UK pilot event 22 Apr 2021 - 10:37 am

LONDON - Some 4,000 people will attend the BRIT Awards next month, in what organisers of Britain's pop music honours said would be...

With a return to live music, Academy of Country Music awards show airs Sunday 15 Apr 2021 - 08:52 pm

In Nashville, Tennessee, the traditional home of country songs, the Academy of Country Music will hold its annual awards show on Sunday, incorporating...

J-Lo, H.E.R. and Foo Fighters to star in streamed concert to fund COVID vaccines 13 Apr 2021 - 04:48 pm

LONDON: Singers Jennifer Lopez and H.E.R. will star in a global streaming and broadcast special on May 8 to raise money for COVID-19...

Taylor Swift releases re-recording of hit 2008 "Fearless" album 09 Apr 2021 - 06:35 pm

LONDON: American music star Taylor Swift released a re-recording of her 2008 hit album "Fearless" on Friday, as the Grammy Award winner seeks...

Queen of Twitter: Dionne Warwick uses her voice on social media 09 Apr 2021 - 12:05 am

NEW YORK - American singer Dionne Warwick, who has reigned as a diva for over six decades, is now using her voice as...

K-pop agency buys Bieber manager’s firm for $1 billion 02 Apr 2021 - 01:03 pm

The Korean company that launched K-pop sensation BTS is buying for $1.05 billion a star-studded U.S. media group behind the careers of global...

Dua Lipa, Celeste and Arlo Parks lead BRITs nominations 31 Mar 2021 - 08:01 pm

LONDON - Singers Dua Lipa, Celeste and Arlo Parks led nominations for the BRITs on Wednesday, with the three female singers scoring three...

Britney Spears says she "cried for two weeks" over documentary 31 Mar 2021 - 12:23 pm

London: Singer Britney Spears said she cried for weeks over a television documentary that examined her meteoric rise to fame as a teenager,...

BTS condemns anti-Asian racism, says they've experienced it 30 Mar 2021 - 11:51 am

SEOUL, South Korea: K-pop superstar group BTS has condemned racism against Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in a statement saying they've experienced...

Forget labels, we're all one, says Grammy nominee Jon Batiste 26 Mar 2021 - 07:57 pm

LONDON: American musician Jon Batiste says he set out to break the confines of genre in his new album, mixing styles and working...

Liam Gallagher and DJ Guetta to headline delayed Isle of Wight festival 26 Mar 2021 - 05:33 pm

LONDON: Liam Gallagher, 1980s pop band Duran Duran and DJ David Guetta will headline September's Isle of Wight festival, organisers said on Friday,...

Music soothes pandemic blues as 2020 record sales hit high note 23 Mar 2021 - 09:37 pm

LONDON - Turn on, tune in and stay at home. That's what millions of music fans did in 2020, with a rise in...

Britney Spears bids again to permanently get dad out of her personal affairs 18 Mar 2021 - 01:10 am

LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for Britney Spears will again ask a Los Angeles court next month to make official the replacement of her...

Grammy Award ratings drop 51 percent to record low 17 Mar 2021 - 05:08 pm

NEW YORK - Grammy producers avoided the Zoom awkwardness of other pandemic-era awards shows and gave music-starved fans performances by the industry's biggest...

Adele named UK's best-selling female artist of century 17 Mar 2021 - 03:53 pm

ISTANBUL – British singer-songwriter Adele has been named the UK’s best-selling artist of the 21st century, a British music industry association said. The...