Music notes: Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and more
Charli XCX is being honored with Variety‘s Hitmaker of the Year award. The recognition will be awarded during the publication’s eighth annual Hitmakers celebration on Dec. 7. “We’ve been following Charli xcx since her first album, True
10 years later, Vance Joy recalls the “Riptide”/”Uptown Funk” Michelle Pfeiffer battle
Disney/Randy Holmes At the end of 2014 and into 2015, not one but two songs referencing the actor Michelle Pfeiffer were charting on the Billboard Hot 100: Vance Joy‘s “Riptide,” and Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars‘ “Uptown Funk.” A
Coldplay to break Taylor Swift's Wembley Stadium record next summer
Anna Lee Taylor Swift is currently tied with the British boy band Take That for the record of most shows ever played at London’s Wembley Stadium in a single tour. In August, she completed her eighth show of
Katy Perry credits Madonna for kicking off her career: “She's the greatest”
Katy Perry and Madonna in 2015; TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images Katy Perry has said in several interviews that she’s reached out to younger female pop stars to mentor them, but in a recent one, she
Lance Bass recalls hearing Diddy telling Justin Timberlake to go solo at an *NSYNC show
Tim Mosenfelder/ImageDirect As if people don’t already have strong feelings about Sean “Diddy” Combs at the moment, here’s another reason to potentially dislike him: he may have convinced Justin Timberlake to ditch *NSYNC for a solo career.
Pink denies rumors that she deleted her X account because of Diddy controversy
Scott Dudelson/Getty Images Ever since Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ arrest on multiple charges, fans have speculated about which celebrities might be caught up in the allegations against him. To that end, people have speculated that some celebrities have
Ed Sheeran celebrates 1 billion streams of “The A Team”
Will Bremridge via Spotify/OBB Ed Sheeran‘s debut single, “The A Team,” came out way back in 2011, but it’s only now hit 1 billion streams — a milestone that Ed took to Instagram to celebrate. “My very first
Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson & more to appear on American Music Awards 50th anniversary special
dick clark productions This year marks the 50th anniversary of the American Music Awards, and a special celebrating the milestone on Oct. 6 features plenty of big-name acts. Mariah Carey will make an appearance to celebrate the 20th
Halsey was hospitalized with “very scary” seizure
Gotham/WireImage On Sept. 25, Halsey posted a photo on Instagram that showed her lying in a hospital bed, with her partner Avan Jogia lying in a bed across from her. She captioned it, “Happy late Bi Visibility
Lady Gaga says new 'Harlequin' album is her “first project” with her fiancé
Kate Green/Getty Images Turns out Lady Gaga‘s fiancé, Michael Polansky, isn’t just supportive of her career: he’s part of it, too. Gaga says her new album, Harlequin, a companion album to her movie Joker: Folie à Deux, was a joint