On her latest single “Can You Believe,” Norah Jonas wants to know that she isn’t invisible or alone. Co-written with producer Leon Michels, the record arrives ahead of the singer’s extensive summer tour through Europe. The trek is scheduled to begin on July 5 in France. “Tell me you can …
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A rapper escaping difficult circumstances to triumph as an artist is a deeply American story and a hip-hop archetype. French Montana is expanding that dynamic with For Khadija, a documentary about his family’s 1996 emigration from Morocco to the Bronx. The documentary, debuting at the Tribeca Film Festival tonight, chronicles …
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In 1980, Dolly Parton was ruling the pop and country charts with “9 to 5” while Judas Priest were “Breaking the Law” and the members of Mötley Crüe weren’t even wearing leather. At that point in time, none of those artists likely ever thought they’d cross paths. Now, Parton has …
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The Grammy Awards fan roundtable is pulling two chairs away from the table now that the general field categories have been reduced from 10 nominees, which became the standard when two additional nominees were added in each one day before nominations were announced in 2021. Now, only eight artists will …
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On Tuesday, Billboard published a piece speculating on why hip-hop hasn’t had a Number One album or single within the first half of 2023. The report set off a flurry of chatter from industry observers and rap fans drawing their own conclusions as to what the answer might be. Is …
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Post Malone‘s tunesmithery was rewarded Thursday night when the Songwriters Hall of Fame gave him the Hal David Starlight Award, named for the lyricist who wrote “Walk on By,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” and “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” with the late Burt Bacharach. The trophy …
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Carly Pearce gets an assist from Chris Stapleton in her devastating new ballad “We Don’t Fight Anymore.” The track marks the Grand Ole Opry member’s first new music since the release of her third album, 2021’s 29: Written in Stone. “We Don’t Fight Anymore” is paced slowly and laden with …
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Reneé Rapp will drop her debut album Snow Angel in August, and then head on the road in support of the LP the following month across North America, she announced on Friday. The upcoming fall tour will see Rapp start in Houston, before making her way to cities such as …
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The ever-prolific Gucci Mane, who last year released an 80-song album with a nearly four-hour runtime that lasts longer than Titanic, will release another new album (of undetermined length) titled Breath of Fresh Air, out Oct. 13. Over the past few months, the rapper has released several singles that will …
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Just call her Leigh-Anne! The musician — and former member of girl group Little Mix — released her first-ever solo single on Friday, “Don’t Say Love,” an upbeat dance-pop track written about “wanting to be loved wholeheartedly.” “It’s about not needing to seek external validation and wanting something real,” she …
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