True to her name, Mariah the Scientist’s songs are often the result of several months, and sometimes years, spent combining different elements of choruses and verses until finding the right mixture. But when it came time for the 27-year-old to unveil her latest single, the sultry “Burning Blue,” the R&B singer-songwriter was at a crossroads.
On a warm, breezy evening in Kyoto, Japan’s biggest music stars walked a red carpet, performed their most popular hits and thanked their fans as they took the stage to receive ruby-hued awards. The dazzling ceremony, which was televised across Japan May 21-22 and livestreamed on YouTube, felt in many ways similar to the Grammy Awards.
When Faye Webster is back home in Atlanta, she likes to visit Oakland Cemetery. “I always go there when I’m home from a tour and just walk around by myself,” she says. It’s not that the cemetery is the final resting place of any of her loved ones, or that Webster enjoys checking out the
Like David Lee Roth’s drum riser leaps or Pete Townshend’s windmill guitar arm swing, Benson Boone‘s backflips are seemingly going to be part of his stage show until his ortho, or insurance company, say otherwise. So it was no surprise that Boone’s acrobatic signature came up not once, but twice on The Tonight Show on
On Thursday (June 5), Avex Music Group announced it has signed Justin Bieber’s longtime backing band and collaborators, We The Band. We The Band includes Harv (bass), Tay James (DJ), Julian Michael (guitar), Devin “Stixx” Taylor (drums) and O’Neil Palmer (keys). Tay James has worked as Bieber’s longtime A&R and DJ since 2009; Harv joined
Miley Cyrus says she knew she was going to win her first Grammy last year for “Flowers” when she saw another “MC” in the crowd. “The reason that I never got a Grammy before was because it was never my compass. It was not my North Star,” the singer told Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon
Banda Los Recoditos collect their ninth No. 1 on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart as “Una Peda Menos” shoots from No. 5 for its first week atop the list, dated June 7. “We’re truly very happy with this No. 1 hit,” Rafa González, lead vocalist, tells Billboard. “We are very proud and satisfied because we’ve
The Jeff Buckley documentary It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley, will be released in theaters on August 8. The Amy Berg-directed feature about the mesmerizing musician who tragically died at 30 when he accidentally drowned in Memphis’ Wolf River in 1997 will be released theatrically by Magnolia Pictures and then premiere on HBO and stream on
Joe Jonas scores his first solo top 10-charting effort on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart as his second solo album, Music for People Who Believe in Love, debuts at No. 3 on the chart dated June 7. The set sold 17,000 copies in the United States in the week ending May 29, according to Luminate.
Though Billy Joel might be sidelined with health issues currently, directors of the new documentary, Billy Joel: And So It Goes, have shared a positive message from the singer. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Joel, who recently canceled all live performances due to a health issue