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January 17, 2020

Brazil fires top culture official over Nazi-linked comments

Outrage rained on Brazil's government from across the political spectrum after the culture secretary used language similar ...

January 17, 2020

2 years after 'step up,' Grammys step into another mess

The leadership at the Recording Academy thought they were in the clear: After the Academy's then-CEO made comments that ...

January 17, 2020

Lawyer for just-ousted Grammys CEO fires back at academy

Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan, who the company announced Thursday was placed on administrative leave, has fired back ...

January 17, 2020

Review: Mac Miller posthumous album is heartbreakingly full

Mac Miller, "Circles" (Warner) “Why does everybody need me to stay?” Mac Miller asks on the first single from his latest ...

January 17, 2020

Eminem drops surprise album, advocates changes to gun laws

Rapper Eminem once again dropped a surprise album, releasing “Music to Be Murdered By” on Friday — along with a video that ...

January 17, 2020

Grammys CEO Deborah Dugan put on 'administrative leave'

The Recording Academy has placed Deborah Dugan, its president and CEO of just six months, on administrative leave following ...

January 16, 2020

For Gloria Gaynor, God is key to her survival in life, music

Gloria Gaynor sees the hand of God in every aspect of her life, particularly when it comes to the tune that may be the most ...

January 16, 2020

Lizzo, The Who, Foo Fighters among 2020 Jazz Fest top acts

The Who, Stevie Nicks and Foo Fighters will join Lizzo, Lionel Richie, Lenny Kravitz, The Avett Brothers and Elvis Costello ...

January 16, 2020

Demi Lovato to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl

Grammy-nominated pop singer Demi Lovato will perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl. NFL and Fox on Thursday announced ...

January 16, 2020

Mariah Carey, the Neptunes in Songwriters Hall's 2020 class

It’s one sweet day for Mariah Carey: the pop diva, who has co-written 18 of her 19 No. 1 hit songs, will be inducted into the ...

January 15, 2020

Amid transport chaos, Paris men's fashion shows get underway

Acrid exhaust fumes and the beeping of car horns contrasted with perfumed interiors and the soft rustle of luxuriant fabrics, ...

January 15, 2020

Little Big Town strike a nerve with Grammy-nominated song

Little Big Town’s Grammy-nominated song “The Daughters” struck such a nerve with its pointed lyrics about double standards ...

January 15, 2020

Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G. lead field into rock hall

Posthumous inductees Whitney Houston and The Notorious B.I.G. will lead a new class into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, ...

January 15, 2020

Hungary police seek drug dealing charges against 2 Dutch men

Hungarian police on Wednesday recommended filing drug dealing charges against two Dutch men arrested in August at a popular ...

January 15, 2020

Meat Loaf sues hotel, blaming negligence for disabling fall

Meat Loaf has filed a lawsuit against a hotel at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and organizers of a horror ...

January 14, 2020

Springsteen shows up for son's swearing-in as firefighter

Bruce Springsteen's son was sworn in Tuesday as a firefighter with the Jersey City Fire Department, along with 15 others.

January 11, 2020

Neil Peart, drummer for influential rockers Rush, dead at 67

Neil Peart, the renowned drummer and lyricist from the influential Canadian band Rush, has died. He was 67.

January 10, 2020

Dave Burd, aka Lil Dicky, brings comic styling to television

Dave Burd's persona as rapper Lil Dicky is already a hit, having released music with some of the genre's biggest names.

January 09, 2020

R. Kelly girlfriend pleads not guilty to battery charge

A fight between two of R. Kelly's girlfriends inside the embattled singer’s Trump Tower condominium led to a domestic battery ...

January 09, 2020

Jackie, Tito Jackson return to Gary to tour hometown school

Two of Michael Jackson’s brothers returned to their hometown of Gary, Indiana, to watch students perform at a school the ...