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“New directions are happening,” Charlie Puth sang Thursday night in the excellent new song “Changes,” and he wasn’t kidding. In the first show of a four-night residency at New York’s Blue Note Jazz Club, he debuted sleek songs from an-as-yet-announced new album, and unveiled stripped-down, jazzed-up versions of hits from …

Babyface is the latest artist to parody Nicole Kidman’s ubiquitous AMC ad, with the singer recreating the oft-mocked “We Make Movies Better” spot to promote his own Las Vegas residency. Instead of celebrating the wonders of the cinema, Babyface’s ad — uploaded Wednesday onto his social media — finds the …

PBS held its annual Fourth of July celebration in Washington, D.C. last evening, tapping a vast group of performers to spearhead the festivities. Chicago, Boyz II Men, Belinda Carlisle, Babyface, Maddie & Tae, Charles Esten, Renée Fleming, and Adrienne Warren were among those to take the stage, and even Sesame …

Anita Baker announced that Babyface will no longer provide support on the rest of her North American tour after sparring with some of the songwriter/producer’s fans on Twitter. On Tuesday, June 13, Baker tweeted, “After Silently, Enduring Cyber Bulling/Verbal Abuse & Threats of Violence from the Fan Base, of Our …

Anita Baker has been getting into it with fans of fellow R&B legend Babyface on Twitter, sparring with his stans over a controversial concert that took place in Newark, New Jersey last month. To set the scene, Baker has been playing shows throughout the year on her “Songstress” tour (the …

Babyface squeezed several decades worth of hits and classics into his career-spanning set on the latest installment of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. While the legendary singer, songwriter, and producer took the lead on a few songs, he also got some help from an all-star trio of vocalists, Chanté Moore, …

The Peppermint Club hosts the performance of a lifetime in the music video for “Liquor,” the simmering collaboration from Babyface and Ari Lennox. In the visual directed by Jean Esten, Lennox is the sultry R&B singer taking the stage in front of the club’s bright red velvet curtains while Babyface …

Chris Stapleton became the third consecutive country music singer to perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl on Sunday. Dressed in all black and sunglasses, accompanied only by his guitar, the “Tennessee Whiskey” vocalist delivered a sturdy and respectful rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the Philadelphia Eagles and …

Ketchup and mustard are two of the least likely words to pop up in a songwriting session. But on the latest episode of the Jennifer Hudson Show, the host and her guest Babyface prove that no phrase is too outlandish to be made into a smooth R&B song. Using lyrical …

Girls’ night arrived early on The Tonight Show Thursday when Babyface performed “Don’t Even Think About It,” a track off his upcoming album Girls Night Out with Baby Tate. Tate, wearing a coat of blue feathers, handled the first few verses while Babyface strummed a sparkly Stratocaster (left-handed), leading up …