Zach Bryan and Beyoncé lead a crowded, star-studded pack of nominees for the 2024 People’s Choice Country. Bryan picked up 19 nominations total, Beyoncé followed just behind with 17, and Kacey Musgraves picked up the third most with 15. All three artists will vie for the night’s top prize, The …
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Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter is much more than a country album — it’s actually a tour through the Black roots of American music that manages to be both thematically rich and stuffed with indelible pop songs, in multiple genres. Kendrick Lamar‘s virtuosic “Not Like Us,” meanwhile, completely transcends its status as …
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A lawsuit against Beyoncé and Sony Music over Renaissance‘s lead single “Break My Soul” has been dropped. On Thursday, the copyright lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed several months after members of bounce group Da Showstoppaz sued the singer for allegedly using their 2002 song “Release a Wiggle” without credit, per the …
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Kamala Harris’ Brat Summer has found the “Swiftie VP” to match its freak. On Tuesday, after Harris announced Tim Walz as her choice for VP, music stans did a deep dive on the Minnesota governor and found out that Walz has not only honored Prince, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and Bruce …
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Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter reimagined country music through her own musical lens. Now, other Black musicians in the genre — from Brittney Spencer and Tanner Adell to Joy Oladokun, BRELAND, and more — are painting selections from throughout her catalogue with their own rustic palettes for Apple Music’s Nashville Sessions: Beyoncé …
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus joined Seth Meyers for several rounds on his “Day Drinking” segment, leading the actress to immediately proclaim, “This show is a terrible idea.” In the late-night show clip, filmed at The Dawson in Manhattan, the pair kicked things off with a Julia Louis-Dry Martini. The real drinking commenced …
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Shaboozey stopped by The Tonight Show to showcase his country single, “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” The track comes off the musician’s recent third album, Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, which dropped in May. On the late-night show, Shaboozey brought along his live band to perform the number on …
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Miley Cyrus has revealed that she regularly texts with Beyoncé — about their moms. In a new cover story for W, Cyrus explained that not only does she and her recent collaborator owe a lot to their mothers, but they have actually become them to their listeners. “Her mom, Ms. …
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Tems brought an expansive live band along with her to record an episode of NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series. The musician performed a five-song set, highlighting tracks from her forthcoming LP, Born in the Wild, with the help of five musicians and three backup vocalists. The Nigerian singer-songwriter kicked things …
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A New Orleans group is suing Beyoncé over her smash hit “Break My Soul” — accusing her of copyright infringement stemming from her use of a sample from Big Freedia, who they claim illegally used lyrics from their 2002 song “Release a Wiggle.” According to a complaint filed in Louisiana …
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