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Teddy Swims and the K-pop group SEVENTEEN are the first artists announced as performers at this year’s Billboard Music Awards, taking place Dec. 12 on FOX and Fire TV channels, as well as across social media and on demand on Paramount+. Teddy and his hit “Lose Control” are up for eight awards this year, including…

NBCUniversal Saturday Night Live has lined up its final two musical guests of 2024. Gracie Abrams will be the guest on Dec. 14, on a show hosted by SNL alum Chris Rock. The Dec. 21 show, hosted by another SNL alum, Martin Short, will feature a performance by Hozier. It will be Gracie’s first appearance…

Dave Free Shaboozey‘s bid to set the all-time record for longest-running #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 has been stymied by Kendrick Lamar. The rapper’s new song “Squabble Up” has replaced Shaboozey’s “A  Bar Song (Tipsy)” on top of the chart after 19 weeks. The song remains tied for the record with “Old Town…

Geffen/Interscope Camila Cabello‘s 2024 album, C, XOXO, was divisive: Some enjoyed the musical risks she took, some didn’t like it and others didn’t understand it. But according to Camila, as long as Beyoncé likes it, she’s good. Speaking to NYLON, Camila says she went to a party this summer and ran into Queen Bey, who told her,…

Live Nation Avril Lavigne‘s Greatest Hits Tour will continue into the new year. She’ll kick off a new leg of the tour May 18 in her home country of Canada and play 19 dates across North America, wrapping June 27 in Bethel, New York. Among those dates will be a stadium show in Hershey, Pennsylvania,…

Atlantic Records Even Rolling Stone agrees it was a brat year.  The publication has crowned Charli XCX‘s acid-green pop-culture juggernaut the #1 album of 2024. The mag says the album is “not only a hyperpop roller coaster of post-Saturn return, early-thirties anxieties, and It-girl bravado, but it’s also a still growing, evolving project … just when…

Courtesy Target Corporation A four-day weekend means plenty of Taylor Swift news to round up on Monday, so here goes. On Nov. 28, Billboard issued an apology to Taylor for its feature ranking her as the #2 Greatest Pop Star of the 21st Century. The apology wasn’t for her ranking, but for the video it…

Live Nation Health issues have forced Justin Timberlake to cancel his Dec. 2 concert. On his Instagram Story Nov. 30, captured by People magazine, JT wrote that he has to call off his Monday show in Oklahoma City due to a back injury. He wrote, “I hurt my back in [New Orleans] and my doctors…

Theo Wargo/Getty Images The Wicked promotional run has become the press tour that has spawned a thousand memes, as stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were seen constantly tearing up, full-out crying and being dramatic while talking about the film. But the star of another musical film — albeit an animated one — says people…

Here’s a reminder that on Black Friday you can get your hands on Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour Book, which goes on sale exclusively that day at Target’s brick-and-mortar stores. The 256-page book features an in-depth look at every aspect of Taylor’s tour, including rehearsals, costumes, sketches, and Taylor’s own notes and comments. Also…