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News Articles: Music News

Jay-Z arrives before the Super Bowl game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas.

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  • Music

Lawsuit accuses Jay-Z of raping a 13-year-old with Sean 'Diddy' Combs in 2000

Shawn Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, was added as a defendant on Sunday in a lawsuit first filed in October. The anonymous accuser said the assault happened at an MTV music awards after-party.

December 10, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Taylor Swift, pictured performing at Amsterdam's Johan Cruijff Arena in July, wrapped up her Eras Tour after 21 months and five continents.

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  • Music News

The Eras era ends: A look back at Taylor Swift's record-breaking, 21-month tour

Swift has made over $2 billion in ticket sales and spent over 25 hours singing the 10-minute version of "All Too Well" since March 2023. Here's a look at the historic tour and what might come next.

December 10, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
2024 Kennedy Center honoree jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer Arturo Sandoval, blows a kiss as fellow honoree blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Bonnie Raitt, applauds as they arrive during the 47th Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024.

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  • Arts & Life

Kennedy Center pays tribute to the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, Sandoval and The Apollo

A packed house honored the Grateful Dead, director Francis Ford Coppola, jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt. The venerable Harlem theater The Apollo also was recognized.

December 09, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Olivier Latry, Notre Dame's longest-serving organist, poses beside the refurbished instrument, ready for the reopening ceremonies after the destructive fire in 2019.

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  • Music

Notre Dame organist returns for the cathedral's grand reopening

Olivier Latry is Notre Dame Cathedral's longest-serving organist. Just days before the church's gala reopening, after the destructive fire in 2019, he talks about the refurbished instrument — it holds 8,000 pipes — and its role in the church.

December 07, 2024
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  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Tom Huizenga
Kendrick Lamar released his sixth album, <em>GNX</em>, without warning on Nov. 22. On this week's <em>Billboard </em>pop charts, its songs landed him the Top 5 spots on the Hot 100 and the No. 1 album.

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  • Music News

No surprise this week: Kendrick Lamar rules the charts

A week after Kendrick Lamar's new album, GNX, was surprise released, it proved to be a chart phenomenon, debuting at No. 1 on the album chart and claiming the Top 5 spots on the singles chart.

December 07, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
Elton John performs on the South Lawn of the White House on Sept. 23, 2022.<br>

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  • Arts & Life

Elton John says he could not see his own musical because of an eye infection

Elton John said following a performance of The Devil Wears Prada, which he scored, that the effects of an eye infection have sharply limited his eyesight.

December 04, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Members of the group ATEEZ pose in Los Angeles in April. In a little over two years, the K-pop group has released six new EPs that have reached the top 10 of <em>Billboard</em>'s album chart. The group's latest, <em>GOLDEN HOUR: Part.2</em>, debuted at No. 1 this week.

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  • Music

K-pop surges on the album chart, and Shaboozey ties an all-time record

The pop charts this week are full of milestones, from a trio of K-pop acts crashing the top of the album chart to the year's biggest hit matching the longest-ever run atop the singles chart.

November 30, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
Sean Combs has been held in a Brooklyn jail since September while he awaits a trial for sex trafficking and racketeering that is scheduled to begin in May 2025.

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  • Music

Sean Combs is denied bail for a third time

A federal judge has once again ruled against Combs, who has been imprisoned since being charged with sex trafficking and racketeering in September.

November 27, 2024
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento and
  • Sidney Madden
Drake poses at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 1, 2019.

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  • Arts & Life

Drake accuses Universal Music Group and Spotify of unfairly promoting Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us'

Drake claims Universal Music Group charged Spotify significantly less to license "Not Like Us," in exchange to feature the song prominently on the app.

November 26, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Kendrick Lamar, seen here performing at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on June 19, dropped his sixth album, <em>GNX</em>, on Friday, Nov. 22, without any advance warning.

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  • Music

Kendrick Lamar releases new album, 'GNX,' capping a year of wins

The Compton, Calif. rapper has been in the spotlight all year, first for his beef with Drake, which led to a pop hit and Grammy nominations, all without releasing an album ... until today.

November 25, 2024
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Gracie Abrams performs in Los Angeles earlier this month. Abrams, who released her album <em>The Secret of Us </em>in June, has been opening for Taylor Swift on the most recent leg of Swift's Eras Tour. "That's So True," a single included on the deluxe version of <em>The Secret of Us</em> last month, becomes her first Top 10 hit this week.

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  • Music

Shaboozey nears an all-time chart record, and Gracie Abrams builds momentum

In recent months, the list of the nation's top songs has been remarkably unchanging — Shaboozey has had the No. 1 song for 18 weeks — but this week, a brand new name makes a splash in the Top 10.

November 21, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
A Brooklyn priest allowed Sabrina Carpenter to film a music video inside his church last year. The ensuing controversy kicked off an investigation that uncovered what the diocese calls a "pattern of serious violations" of its policies.

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  • National

How a Sabrina Carpenter song led to a priest's demotion for mishandling church funds

Officials say Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello was disciplined for mishandling $1.9 million in parish funds. He faced scrutiny last year for letting Carpenter film a music video at his Brooklyn church.

November 20, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Selena Gomez in <em>Emilia Pérez.</em>

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  • Movie Interviews

Selena Gomez says 'Emilia Pérez' won't be her last Spanish language project

Gomez grew up speaking Spanish, but lost her fluency around the same time she began her Hollywood career as a kid. She spent months relearning the language for her latest role as the wife of a Mexican cartel boss.

November 19, 2024
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  • Tonya Mosley
Beyoncé (left) accepts the Innovator Award during the iHeartRadio Music Awards on April 1, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

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  • Arts & Life

Beyoncé will perform a halftime show during one of the NFL's Christmas Day games

Artists featured on her most recent album could make an appearance, some of whom include Miley Cyrus, Post Malone and Shaboozey.

November 19, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Juan Luis Guerra won both record and album of the year at the Latin Grammy Awards Thursday in Miami.

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  • Music

Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 wins big at the 25th Latin Grammys

On Thursday, Miami hosted the Latin Grammy Awards. Artist Juan Luis Guerra and his band 4.40, who won for record of the year and album of the year, plus producer Edgar Barrera, gathered the most awards of the night.

November 16, 2024
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  • Felix Contreras
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