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News Articles: Music News

The <em>Joachim-Ma</em> Stradivarius violin is on display during a preview of the violin's auction at Sotheby's in New York City on Feb. 3. It sold for $11.3 million.

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  • Arts & Life

A Stradivarius violin sells for $11.3 million at auction, falling short of record

The violin, made over 300 years ago by a legendary luthier, had been expected to sell for a higher price. The proceeds will go toward a scholarship program at the New England Conservatory.

February 09, 2025
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  • James Doubek
Travis Scott, seen here performing in the Netherlands in 2024, scored his fifth No. 1 pop hit this week with "4X4." Of those five hits, four topped <em>Billboard</em>'s Hot 100 in their first week after being released.

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  • Music

Travis Scott's latest song joins the hottest new club in popular music

The Houston rapper's newest hit is the 83rd song in chart history to debut at the very top of Billboard's Hot 100. More than half of the songs to achieve the feat have done so in the last five years.

February 07, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
Singer Ozzy Osbourne performs during halftime of an NFL football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Buffalo Bills in Inglewood, Calif., on Sept. 8, 2022.

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  • Music News

Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath will reunite for the final time this summer

Ozzy Osbourne and the original Black Sabbath lineup will reunite this summer for the first time in 20 years. It's expected to be Osbourne's final live show.

February 06, 2025
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By:
  • Obed Manuel
Billie Eilish performs onstage with Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day during the FireAid benefit concert on Thursday, Jan. 30, in Inglewood, Calif.

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  • Arts & Life

FireAid concerts raise estimated $100 million for LA wildfire relief

More than 30 artists, including Olivia Rodrigo, Rod Stewart, Dr. Dre and Joni Mitchell, performed at the benefit concert on Jan. 30.

February 05, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
The <em>Joachim-Ma</em> Stradivarius violin is on display at Sotheby's in New York City on Monday.

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  • Arts & Life

A Stradivarius violin could sell for a record sum at auction. Is it worth the hype?

Stradivarius violins often sell for millions. There's a long history behind them, and violinists who swear they sound better than modern ones.

February 05, 2025
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  • James Doubek
With <em>Cowboy Carter</em>, which also won best country album, Beyoncé finally took home the Grammy she'd most coveted.

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  • Music

Grammys 2025: 10 takeaways from Beyoncé's biggest night

A rundown of all the surprises and snubs of the 67th Grammy awards, from a historic win for Beyoncé to show-stopping moments from Chappell Roan and Doechii.

February 03, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
Beyoncé accepts the award for best country album during the 67th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 2, 2025. She won two other awards, including album of the year, for <em>COWBOY CARTER</em>.

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  • Music

2025 Grammy Winners: Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Chappell Roan and more

Beyoncé, who led all artists with 11 nominations, won the Grammy for album of the year. Kendrick Lamar won record and song of the year, and Chappell Roan won best new artist.

February 03, 2025
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  • GPB Newsroom
At the 67th Grammy awards, Beyoncé won her first album of the year award for "Cowboy Carter," representing a new career-defining milestone.

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  • Music

At the 2025 Grammys, Beyoncé takes home album of the year and Kendrick Lamar wins big

The unpredictable 67th Grammy Awards were filled with surprising wins for artists including Beyoncé — with her first album of the year win — as well as multiple wins for Kendrick Lamar and awards for rising stars like Chappell Roan and Doechii.

February 03, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
English singer Marianne Faithfull in her Kensington flat in 1965.

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  • Music

Marianne Faithfull, '60s icon and evolving pop star, has died at 78

The 1964 hit "As Tears Go By," penned by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, made her a star, but Marianne Faithfull demonstrated a remarkable ability to change with the times.

January 31, 2025
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  • Annie Zaleski
Imogen Heap, seen here performing during the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles, scored her first song on the <em>Billboard</em> Hot 100 pop chart this month, 30 years into her career.

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  • Music

Familiar faces top the pop charts, but there's a real surprise near the bottom

Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, all regular fixtures atop the Billboard charts, have the biggest songs and albums of the week. But don't sleep on Imogen Heap.

January 31, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
FKA twigs — the English singer, dancer and actor Tahliah Debrett Barnett — is out with a new album, <em>Eusexua</em>.

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  • Arts & Life

FKA twigs is out with a new album inspired by underground raves

FKA twigs — the English singer, dancer, and actor Tahliah Debrett Barnett — is out with her third studio album, Eusexua.

January 24, 2025
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  • Noah Caldwell,
  • Juana Summers,
  • and 1 more
A previously unreleased Tina Turner song, "Hot for You Baby" from the 1980s, has been rediscovered. Turner is pictured above performing in Paris in 1987.

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  • Music News

Lost Tina Turner song is just OK, say critics. But that's not why it matters.

Originally recorded for the rock star's major album Private Dancer, "Hot For You Baby" was thought lost.

January 24, 2025
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman and
  • Jennifer Vanasco
Garth Hudson performs in 2012 at the Love For Levon benefit concert in East Rutherford, N.J., a memorial tribute to his bandmate Levon Helm.

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  • Music

Garth Hudson, The Band's last founding member, dies at 87

The Canadian musician played keyboard, organ and saxophone on some of group's most memorable songs.

January 24, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Bad Bunny on stage in Miami in May 2024. The Puerto Rican singer's latest album, <em>Debí Tirar Más Fotos</em>, topped <em>Billboard</em>'s album chart this week.

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  • Music

Bad Bunny blessed with Billboard's biggest boosts (and Bruno bolsters his bona fides)

Bad Bunny, who had the most-streamed album of both 2022 and 2023, seems to have another potential juggernaut on his hands. But to top the chart this week he had to hold off an unlikely challenger.

January 24, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
Dave Matthews (from left), Joni Mitchell and Billie Eilish are just some of the musicians performing at the Jan. 30 FireAid benefit concert in Los Angeles in support of those impacted by the Southern California wildfires.

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  • Music

Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Lil Baby and more will play FireAid benefit concert in LA

The Jan. 30 event will stream live and raise money for those impacted by the wildfires.

January 17, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
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