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The Weeknd performs during the 67th Grammy Awards.

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This week's pop charts are all about The Weeknd — and the Grammys

This week, The Weeknd's new album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, debuts atop the Billboard 200 albums chart, and the biggest winners and performers from the Grammys experience big chart bumps.

February 14, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
<em>Hurry Up Tomorrow</em> is Abel Tesfaye's sixth studio album as The Weekend — and, he's declared, his last under that identity.

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What was The Weeknd?

Abel Tesfaye's hedonistic alter-ego meets his end on Hurry Up Tomorrow, forcing listeners to ask just who we've been partying with all this time.

February 08, 2025
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  • Sheldon Pearce
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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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
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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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
The troubles of <em>The Idol</em>'s embattled pop star Jocelyn feel out of step with what's demanded of mainstream music stars in 2023.

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  • Music Features

Why can't Hollywood get pop stardom right?

The singer at the center of HBO's new melodrama The Idol is awfully familiar. Why do so many film and TV depictions of pop stars fail the same way?

June 06, 2023
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  • Hazel Cills

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When you realize your favorite new song was written and performed by ... AI

Artificial intelligence technology can now create new songs that sound like they're the work of real artists, which introduces creative possibilities — and raises legal and ethical questions.

April 21, 2023
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  • Chloe Veltman

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