Beth Garrabrant An awful lot of people used Apple Music to listen to Taylor Swift‘s The Tortured Poets Department this year, and now Taylor has thanked them all. On her Instagram Story, she reacted to the fact that Tortured Poets was Apple Music’s most streamed album of 2024, while she was this year’s top streamed…

Claire Marie Vogel Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest has announced its first batch of performers for its annual Dec. 31 ABC TV special. A promo reveals that Teddy Swims and Tinashe will be performing on the show, as will Lenny Kravitz, who’ll be doing a live countdown to 2025 from Las…

Dave Free Apple Music has released its list of the most-streamed songs globally for 2024, and despite this year’s list having more female artists than ever, the top two spaces are taken by men. Coming in at #1 is Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us,” followed by Benson Boone‘s “Beautiful Things.” Sabrina Carpenter‘s “Espresso” is in…

Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Recording Academy After crowning Charli XCX‘s Brat the #1 album of 2024, Rolling Stone has now released its list of the top 100 songs of 2024 — and Chappell Roan is on top. The singer’s breakthrough hit “Good Luck, Babe!” is #1 on Rolling Stone‘s list. The publication calls it…

Jennifer McCord Myles Smith‘s “Stargazing” has reached yet another milestone. After it hit #1 at Alternative Radio earlier this year, the romantic tune is now #1 at both Top 40 Radio and Hot AC radio. That makes him the first U.K. artist to reach #1 on all three formats with his debut U.S. radio single. In…

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…

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…

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,…