Music notes: The Weeknd, Lady Gaga and more

The Weeknd‘s hit “Blinding Lights” has more than 5 billion streams on Spotify, while its music video has officially crossed the 1 billion-view mark on YouTube. It’s his seventh video to reach the milestone, reaching the milestone following hits
Nick Jonas reveals traumatic details of daughter Malti’s birth ‘under very intense circumstances’

Nick Jonas onstage during the Jonas Brothers Hand and Footprint in Cement Ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre on Dec. 3, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Nick Jonas‘ daughter, Malti Marie Jonas, whom he shares with wife
Sombr releasing new single ‘Homewrecker’ on Thursday

Sombr performs at The 68th Annual Grammy Awards, broadcasting live Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026 (Stewart Cook/CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.) Fresh from his Grammys performance, sombr is dropping a new single on Thursday. You can hear a
Harry Styles announces one-night-only album release show in England

Harry Styles, ‘Kiss All The Time, Disco Occasionally’ (Columbia Records) Harry Styles has expanded his upcoming Together, Together tour by one date. On March 6, he’ll do a one-night-only performance at Co-op Live in Manchester, England. He’s a
Selena Gomez, Olivia Dean, Charli XCX, Tate McRae and more have Record Store Day vinyl for you

Selena Gomez attends the 2025 Academy Awards (Disney/Scott Kirkland) A slew of female pop stars are releasing exclusive vinyl for this year’s Record Store Day, which takes place April 18 across independent record stores nationwide. Selena Gomez
ZAYN announces new album ‘KONNAKOL,’ coming in April

ZAYN, ‘Kannakol’ (Nabil Elderkin) It looks as though 2026 will be the year we get new albums by not one, not two, but three members of One Direction. Following the drop of Louis Tomlinson‘s How Did I
Sabrina Carpenter is ‘floored’ by George Clooney, Emma Stone & more singing ‘Manchild’

Sabrina Carpenter, ‘Manchild,’ (Island Records) Ahead of the Grammys, W magazine rounded up a bunch of acclaimed actors to give their takes on Sabrina Carpenter‘s nominated single, “Manchild,” and now Sabrina is reacting to it. In the video,
Just keep watching Tate McRae in an NBC Winter Olympics promo

Tate McrRae attends the 68th GRAMMY Award on Feb. 1, 2026 in Los Angeles (Brianna Bryson/WireImage) We’d guess Tate McRae is secretly rooting for Team Canada, but in a new promo for the Winter Olympics, she is hyping Team
Lorde donating merch sales from Minneapolis shows to immigration funds

Lorde performs during day three of Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 27, 2025 in Glastonbury, England. (Joseph Okpako/WireImage) Lorde is donating the money from the merch sales at her shows in Minneapolis to
Get a sneak preview of Backstreet Boys’ new T-Mobile ad

Backstreet Boys are seen filming a T-Mobile commercial in Times Square on Jan. 24, 2026 in New York City. (Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) Tell me why … it’s America’s best network. That’s what Backstreet Boys sing in their