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News Articles: Music News

Jack Jones, left, appears with former cast members of <em>The Love Boat</em> in 2015.

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  • Obituaries

Grammy-winning crooner Jack Jones, known for singing 'The Love Boat' theme, dies at 86

Jones, who began his singing career in the 1950s and was a frequent guest on the popular romantic comedy TV show, died after a battle with leukemia.

October 25, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Beyoncé accepts an award at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles on April 1, 2024.

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  • Politics

BeyHive meets KHive: Beyoncé set to perform at Houston rally for Harris

Vice President Harris will have a special guest at her rally in Houston on Friday: Beyoncé.

October 25, 2024
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Jelly Roll, seen here performing in Central Park in New York on September 28, collects his first No. 1 album with his new <em>Beautifully Broken</em>.

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  • Music News

Jelly Roll leads a wave of new artists to the top of the album chart

Powerhouse names lingered around the top of Billboard’s albums chart all summer: Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen -- crowding out new entries. But this week brings an embarrassment of riches.

October 24, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
Coldplay performs during the Glastonbury Festival 2024 on June 29, 2024. This week, the band's 10th album, <em>Moon Music</em>, became its fifth to hit No. 1 on the <em>Billboard </em>200 album chart.

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  • Music

Coldplay tops album chart, thanks to old-fashioned sales and modern tricks

The British band hasn't had a chart-topping album in a decade, but it pulled out all the stops to promote its latest, Moon Music, including selling more than a dozen different versions of the album.

October 19, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
Liam Payne, seen here at the 2023 premiere of the film <em>All of These Voices</em>, a documentary about his One Direction band mate Louis Tomlinson.

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  • Obituaries

Liam Payne, former member of One Direction, dies at 31

Payne, who came to fame as a teen in the massively popular British boy band One Direction, died in Buenos Aires after falling from his hotel balcony, according to a statement by local officials.

October 17, 2024
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Sean "Diddy" Combs, pictured here in 2018, faces six new lawsuits that were filed anonymously in federal court in Manhattan on Monday.

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  • Music News

6 people accuse Sean 'Diddy' Combs of sexual assault in new lawsuits

The lawsuits filed Monday accuse the hip-hop mogul of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting a 16-year-old boy.

October 15, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/10/10/nx-s1-5140160/adam-abeshouse-dead"target="_blank"   ><strong>Read Adam Abeshouse's obituary</strong></a>

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Powerhouse classical music producer Adam Abeshouse dies at 63

Over a career that lasted more than 30 years, Grammy-winner Adam Abeshouse made hundreds of records with some of classical music’s biggest stars.

October 11, 2024
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  • Tom Vitale
Sabrina Carpenter, shown here performing during the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 11, 2024, in Elmont, N.Y., has three hits in the Top 10 of the singles chart this week. Her album <em>Short n' Sweet</em> spends a fourth week at No. 1 on the albums chart.

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  • Music

Shaboozey and Sabrina Carpenter rule the charts as The Weeknd approaches

Two of 2024's biggest new hitmakers consolidate their hold on the top of the pop charts, while a pair of stars from a previous generation — Katy Perry and Lady Gaga — both stumble with new work.

October 11, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 25: Rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs attends the REVOLT & AT&T Summit on October 25, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.

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  • Music

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial date set

The mogul, who was indicted and arrested on federal charges in September, will be tried in a Manhattan court next summer.

October 10, 2024
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Singer Cissy Houston performs onstage during the 2012 BET Awards in Los Angeles, California.

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  • Obituaries

Gospel great Cissy Houston has died at the age of 91

Renowned soul and gospel singer Cissy Houston has died. She was part of a extraordinary musical family that included Dionne Warwick and her superstar daughter, Whitney Houston.

October 07, 2024
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  • Brandon Gates
Future (seen here in 2022) has released three mixtapes since April of this year that have all debuted at No. 1 on <em>Billboard</em>'s album chart. Only two other acts have put as many albums at the top of the chart in a six month span before.

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  • Music News

Future has dropped three chart-topping albums in just six months

This week, the rapper Future hit #1 on Billboard's albums chart for a third time in the last six months. Meanwhile, on the songs, chart, stasis is becoming the coin of the realm.

October 04, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
Garth Brooks performs during the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 7, 2013 in Las Vegas.

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  • Law

Garth Brooks is accused of rape and sexual assault in a lawsuit

The unnamed woman claims Brooks sexually assaulted her several times while she worked for him as a makeup artist. Brooks says the woman is exploiting him for money.

October 04, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Following her death, SOPHIE's family says she left behind a collection of hundreds of unreleased songs, as well as a follow-up album to her debut. But the album wasn’t finished.

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  • Music News

How do you finish a visionary artist’s final album?

The electronic music producer’s family and collaborators spent three years completing the album SOPHIE with the pieces she left behind after her death.

September 28, 2024
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  • Hazel Cills
Sean “Diddy” Combs appears before students at his Capital Preparatory School in the Bronx on Oct. 18, 2022.

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  • Music

Sean Combs accused of impregnating, threatening woman in new assault lawsuit

In the 12th lawsuit filed against the hip-hop mogul since last November, an unnamed victim alleges that Sean Combs coerced her into sex, impregnated her, then threatened her into silence.

September 27, 2024
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  • Sidney Madden
A statue of country music singer and Arkansas native Johnny Cash was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

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  • History

U.S. Capitol statue of Johnny Cash depicts Arkansas' history and progress

Arkansas unveiled a new statue of Johnny Cash in the U.S. Capitol. Cash, the first musician to be honored in the building, replaces a statue of a Confederate general.

September 27, 2024
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  • Barbara Sprunt
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