Will Bremridge via Spotify/OBBEd Sheeran‘s debut single, “The A Team,” came out way back in 2011, but it’s only now hit 1 billion streams — a milestone that Ed took to Instagram to celebrate.“My very first single The A team just hit a billion streams. I wrote this song at 18 in 2009, I couldn’t fathom…

dick clark productions This year marks the 50th anniversary of the American Music Awards, and a special celebrating the milestone on Oct. 6 features plenty of big-name acts. Mariah Carey will make an appearance to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her album The Emancipation of Mimi by performing a medley of hits, which will likely include…

Gotham/WireImage On Sept. 25, Halsey posted a photo on Instagram that showed her lying in a hospital bed, with her partner Avan Jogia lying in a bed across from her.  She captioned it, “Happy late Bi Visibility Day. This year I’m celebrating by dying with a man by my side (for legal reasons that’s a…

Kate Green/Getty Images Turns out Lady Gaga‘s fiancé, Michael Polansky, isn’t just supportive of her career: he’s part of it, too. Gaga says her new album, Harlequin, a companion album to her movie Joker: Folie à Deux, was a joint project. Speaking to Attitude magazine at the premiere of the film in London, Gaga said, “It was my…

Warner Bros. Pictures In the new movie Joker: Folie à Deux, both Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix sing, but since Gaga is, you know, a Grammy-winning global pop star, she ended up teaching Phoenix a thing or two, says director Todd Phillips. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Phillips says Gaga “100 percent” gave the actor pointers when it…

Selena Gomez‘s on-screen brother David Henrie has nothing but good things to say about her. The Wizards Beyond Waverly Place star said reuniting with Selena for the new series was a dream come true. “She’s continued to get more and more mature. She’s really settling into herself and her own and really owning her life,”…

Jim Dyson/Getty Images After posting a lengthy statement on TikTok clarifying comments she made to The Guardian regarding the presidential election, Chappell Roan has now created a second TikTok video explaining the first one. Chappell initially got backlash for saying she didn’t feel pressure to endorse a candidate, adding, “There’s problems on both sides.” In her first…

Photo by Neil Mockford/GC Images Madame Tussauds just can’t get enough of Rihanna. Another wax figure has been built in her honor, this time at the London location. It recreates her look from the 2019 British Fashion Awards, in which she wore a satin, baby blue dress and Fulani braids. “Rihanna is a powerhouse in beauty,…

Courtesy Google Billie Eilish is launching her HIT ME HARD AND SOFT tour Sept. 29, and she’s teamed with Google Maps to make sure fans can get to her shows in a sustainable manner — and find a place to eat while they’re there. If you search in Google Maps for various cities where Billie…

Capitol Records Katy Perry promised a tour in support of her new album, 143, and she’s confirmed the first official dates for it. Katy has set a series of shows in Australia for June 2025 — she’ll perform at arenas in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. “Super keen to start the rollout of the THE LIFETIMES…