Kelsea Ballerini brought her latest single, “Heartfirst,” toJimmy Kimmel Live!Thursday, offering fans a glimpse of her as-of-yet untitled fifth studio album, scheduled for release later this year. The country hitmaker performed the feel-good song — which celebrates the magic and uncertainty of being young and lovestruck — for the Kimmel …

Poison frontman Bret Michaels was hospitalized Thursday evening in Tennessee, forcing the band to cancel their appearance at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium. According to theNashville Tennessean, Live Nation officials confirmed Michaels’ bandmates appeared onstage to break the news to the audience before their scheduled performance. In an Instagram post, Michaels said …

Sabrina Carpenter is typing letters to people she’ll probably never deliver — but with “Vicious,” she hits the blue “send” button… expeditiously. After announcing the release of her albumEmails I Can’t Send, out July 15, the pop singer dropped the single, offering fans a second taste of the record. And …

J-Hope boldly proclaims he wants “More” on his highly anticipated new solo single. The BTS member dropped the track from his forthcoming Jack in the Box LP at midnight on Thursday. The swag-filled song finds J-Hope flirting with a darker, edgier sound that fuses together alternative rock hooks with hip-hop …

Sun’s out, skates out! On Thursday, the City Girls dropped their summer bop “Good Love” alongside Usher, accompanied by a colorful, summer-ready video just in time for Fourth of July weekend. “Ladies in the house tonight, if you’re ready,” Usher sings on the sensual track. “Get freaky. Say that you …

Cardi B is on some serious “Hot Shit” — and she’s tapped Kanye West and Lil Durk to join her on the new banger. The track is Cardi’s first single of 2022. On the booming, bass-heavy romp, Cardi celebrates the independence and security her success has provided. “Either way you …

Haters y Fanáticos, the new album from Akim, is all about displaying the Panamanian artist‘s versatility: He bobs between smooth reggaeton romantico, R&B-inspired melodies, and trap beats. But the most unexpected track just might be “Luz,” a melodic EDM collaboration with Puerto Rican reggaeton mainstay Farruko that explores how to …

Baz Luhrmann‘s box-office-topping new movie Elvis does manage to show the powerhouse singer Big Mama Thornton (played byShonka Dukureh)performing “Hound Dog,” a song she recorded in 1952, four years before Elvis Presley. But it leaves out two very significant players: songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who wrote “Hound Dog” …

In the latest installment of NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series, Usher took the studio audience back with a performance of some of his greatest hits. The R&B heavyweight, clad in all-black, serenaded the eager crowd with songs fit to make anyone swoon. NPR’s final addition to Tiny Desk’s Black Music …

Willie Nelson will explore his many adventures with late drummer Paul English in his new book, Me and Paul: Untold Tales of a Fabled Friendship, set to be released Sept. 20 via Harper Horizon. A member of Nelson’s band since 1966, English was renowned for his tough, outlaw style and …