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Beyoncé, Kendrick, Sabrina and more: AP predicts who will win at the 2025 Grammys

Jan. 27, 2025 19:59 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé leads the 2025 Grammys nominee pack, but Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Charli xcx are vying for their moment in the spotlight. Beyoncé is up for 11 awards thanks to “Cowboy Carter,” tying Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” record for most...

SZA to join Kendrick Lamar as a guest during Super Bowl halftime performance

Jan. 23, 2025 15:53 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Guess who's joining Kendrick Lamar on the Super Bowl halftime stage? None other than multi-Grammy winner singer SZA. Lamar and Apple Music released a trailer Thursday of him walking on a football field before SZA walked up from behind and playfully splashed the...

George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers, Mike Love and more get into Songwriters Hall of Fame

Jan. 22, 2025 09:04 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers, Ashley Gorley, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, The Beach Boys' Mike Love and Tony Macaulay make up the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees — an inspiring mix of funk, rock, R&B, country and beyond. Is there funk without...

Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen lead the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Award nominations

Jan. 22, 2025 08:57 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen lead the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Award nominations with 10, followed closely by Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter and Post Malone with nine. The iHeartRadio Music Awards honor the most played artists of the year on its stations and app....

Drake sues Universal Music for defamation related to Kendrick Lamar diss track 'Not Like Us'

Jan. 15, 2025 16:22 PM EST

A hip-hop superstar beef was cranked up another notch Wednesday when Drake sued Universal Music Group for defamation over rival Kendrick Lamar's diss track “Not Like Us.” The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York City, alleges UMG — the parent record label for Drake and...

Ice Cube's mind stays on music with other endeavors from BIG3 to NFL partnership keeping him busy

Dec. 13, 2024 12:57 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ice Cube could have chased trends to keep up with today’s rap game for his latest release, but instead, he stayed loyal to the gritty West Coast gangsta sound that’s been his signature since his early N.W.A. days and flourishing solo career. Ice Cube stuck to...

Rape allegation against Jay-Z won’t impact NFL's relationship with music mogul, Goodell says

Dec. 11, 2024 17:56 PM EST

IRVING, Texas (AP) — A rape allegation against rapper Jay-Z, whose company Roc Nation has produced some of the NFL's entertainment presentations including the Super Bowl halftime show, won’t impact the league's relationship with the music mogul. “We’re aware of the civil...

Still rockin': As a singer turns 80, the Christmas song she sang as a teen is a holiday staple

Dec. 11, 2024 13:42 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Her memories of recording “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” are a little hazy. She remembers the producer placing decorations around the studio and blasting the air conditioner on a warm Nashville day to create a holiday spirit. The musicians, she recalls, nailed it in a...

AP's top songs of 2024: 'Texas Hold 'Em,' 'Not Like Us,' 'Igual Que Un Ángel' and more

Dec. 05, 2024 11:31 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Ten of the best songs of the year, as determined by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman, in no particular order. “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey It is not only the biggest song of the year, but one of the longest-reigning No. 1s of all...

AP's top albums of 2024: Beyoncé, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Mk.gee and more

Dec. 05, 2024 10:19 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Ten of the top albums of the year, as chosen by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman. “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé She rode in on a white horse, in patriotic chaps and wielding an American flag. She declared, this “ain’t a Country album”...