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Fred Again has done it again, dropping a surprise performance on Australians and selling it out in next-to-no-time. The British producer, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist used the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a prop for a social post Tuesday morning (Feb. 27), which doubled as the big reveal for his pop-up show later that evening at the Sydney Opera House. The performance at the 2,679-capacity Concert Hall “immediately sold out,” according […]

Swing Fever is gripping the U.K. When the calendar flips over to March, expect to see Rod Stewart and Jools Holland at No. 1 on the U.K. chart with Swing Fever (via Rhino), a covers collection gathering songs from the big band era. Swing Fever leads the midweek chart, and is set to become Stewart’s 11th No. 1 album, and first since You’re In My Heart led the tally back […]

Taylor Swift makes Billboard chart history by becoming the first artist to spend 100 total weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100. The Artist 100 measures artists’ activity across key metrics of music consumption: album sales, track sales, radio airplay and streaming. Using a methodology comprising those metrics, the chart provides a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity. Billboard launched the Artist 100 in July 2014. Since then, […]

From a series of questionable Beyoncés to a pitch-perfect Adele, how did these impressions of famous singers fare in the Snatch Game? Photos: GI; Illustration by Lyanne Natividad Throughout the storied history of RuPaul’s Drag Race, many mini and maxi challenges have come and gone. Between queens making puppets and variety/talent shows, there are few challenges that have remained essentially the same since their inception … except for the Snatch […]

It’s early days in the U.K. chart race, though, as it stands Beyoncé should hold all the cards. Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” (via Columbia/Parkwood Ent) is “storming ahead,” according to the Official Charts Company, to lead the First Look chart blast. “Texas Hold ‘Em” last Friday, Feb. 23 gave Beyonce her sixth U.K. No. 1 and first in 14 years, when it vaulted 9-1. The success of her country-leaning number […]

Beyoncé has her first U.K. No. 1 in 14 years, as “Texas Hold ‘Em” blasts to the chart summit. The country-tinged song powers to the top of the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published Friday, Feb. 23, following a No. 9 debut the previous week. Lifted from the forthcoming LP Renaissance Act II (via Columbia/Parkwood Ent) project, due out March 29, “Texas Hold ‘Em” is Beyonce’s sixth U.K. No. 1. Bey’s […]

After less than two weeks in release, Bob Marley: One Love is already one of the top 10 highest-grossing biopics of a musician in domestic box-office history. The film, which stars Kingsley Ben-Adir as reggae legend Bob Marley, has grossed $71.2 million in the U.S. and Canada through Sunday (Feb. 25), according to boxofficemojo.com. Here are the 25 highest-grossing biopics of musicians in terms of domestic box office. These films […]

Bob Marley: One Love continues to dominate the box office. The Paramount biopic will remain No. 1 on this week’s domestic box office chart. The film, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as the late reggae icon, will earn an estimated $13.4 million to $14 million from 3,597 locations, according to early weekend estimates provided to The Hollywood Reporter. One Love has already crossed the $100 million mark ($61.4 million domestically and $39.7 […]

Barbra Streisand accepted the Life Achievement Award at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday (Feb. 24) with a warm and personal speech in which she talked about her 70-year love affair with movies – a passion which began as a way to escape a drab upbringing in Brooklyn. The award was a highlight of the 30th annual SAG Awards, which were presented at the Shrine Auditorium in Los […]