Music

SYDNEY, Australia — New Levels steps on up with an extension to its global partnership with Virgin Music Group, and the signing of several acts, including the celebrated hip-hop artist Hooligan Hefs. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Announced today, March 6, the expanded new arrangement with VMG covers releases, marketing, and artist development, signaling a new […]

UPDATE (March 5): The Grammy Museum will extend the exhibition period of Selena‘s personal items until May 11 due to high ticket demand. “Selena: From Texas to the World” was originally scheduled to run from Jan. 15 to March 16, but now, fans will have the opportunity to visit for a longer period. Explore See […]

With her new album debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, for her first leader, Megan Moroney is very much still on cloud 9. The country singer and songwriter brought those good vibes to late-night television on Wednesday night (March 4), when she performed album track “Medicine.” Moroney stopped by The Tonight Show Starring […]

Andra Day is set to receive the Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award at WhyHunger’s Chapin Awards Gala on May 6 at Cipriani 25 in New York City. WhyHunger is a global nonprofit dedicated to ending hunger and advancing the right to nutritious food. Day is best known for her hit “Rise Up,” which brought her a […]

MELBOURNE, Australia — After 30 years with Mushroom Group, and upwards of four decades in the Australian music industry, Dean McLachlan is calling it a day. The label veteran joined Mushroom Group in 1997 as promotions manager, initially working on Kylie Minogue’s Impossible Princess and Hunters & Collectors’ Juggernaut.  Related Then, he served in various roles with Mushroom […]

Members of the ’90s rock band Lit are suing to enforce a 50% streaming royalty rate supposedly set forth in their RCA Records deal from 1998 — a time when digital music streaming was still virtually nonexistent. RCA’s parent company, Sony Music, faces the claims in a lawsuit filed Monday (March 2) by Lit frontman […]

Adam Levine finally got his country moment. During Monday night’s Blind Auditions episode of The Voice, Hunter Jordan’s performance of Billy Currington’s “Let Me Down Easy” sparked a Triple Turn from Levine, Kelly Clarkson and John Legend — setting off one of the night’s most competitive coach battles. For Levine, the stakes felt personal. The […]

This week’s crop of fresh music, includes LeAnn Rimes‘ powerhouse ballad that connects with her current role on the series 9-1-1 Nashville. Rodney Crowell teams with Emmylou Harris and Lera Lynn for a powerful collaboration about finding hope in despair. Elsewhere, Joe Nichols gets vulnerable on his latest release, while Avery Anna and Trey Pendley […]

Australia has selected Delta Goodrem to represent the country at the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria, SBS and production partner Beyond Productions announced Monday. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Goodrem will perform her newly released single “Eclipse” at Wiener Stadthalle in May, stepping onto one of the world’s largest live music […]

Pioneering hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa was inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame during the organization’s 57th annual ceremony at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Saturday evening (Feb. 28). Cheryl “Salt” James, Sandra “Pepa” Denton and Deidra “DJ Spinderella” Roper — the first female rap group to achieve platinum certification and win a Grammy […]