The Ivors Academy has announced ROSALÍA as this year's recipient of the acclaimed International Songwriter of the Year Award, which will be presented at The Ivors 2026 with Amazon Music.
Multi-platinum, three-time Grammy-winning artist Olivia Rodrigo has announced a massive 2026-2027 world tour in support of her new album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.
Reigning ACM Artist of the Decade Jason Aldean and five-time Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan have announced a 2026 co-headlining Tour.
Janet Jackson is set to make a special appearance at the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum's 2026 Grammy Hall Of Fame Gala on Friday, May 8th, at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
BMG and Concord have announced an agreement to combine their businesses, creating the leading independent music company in the world. Operating under the BMG name, the combined company will bring together two highly complementary businesses to establish a scaled, global company delivering superior service to artists, songwriters, and partners.
Country star Shaboozey has announced plans to embark on a headlining tour of North America this fall in support of his new concept album, The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales, due out July 31st.
Olivia Rodrigo's latest single, "Drop Dead," has debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated May 2. "Drop Dead" marks Rodrigo's fourth song to make its debut at No. 1 following "Drivers License," "Good 4 U" and "Vampire."
Ella Langley's Dandelion remains atop the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second straight week, despite a drop in equivalent album units in the U.S, in the week ending April 23.
Hip-hop superstar Megan Thee Stallion recently took to Instagram to reveal she will be leaving the cast of Broadway's Moulin Rouge! The Musical after her performance on Friday, May 1.
Pop supearstar Ariana Grande has announced a new studio album, petal, due out July 31 via Republic. petal was executive-produced and co-written by Grande and Ilya Salmanzadeh.
The biographical film about Michael Jackson moonwalked to the strongest biopic opening in box office history, surpassing Oppenheimer.
Legendary country star and three-time ACM winner Shania Twain has been announced as host of the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards, scheduled to take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 17.
For the first time, Spotify has unveiled the most streamed artists, albums, songs, podcasts, and audiobooks in its 20 years history.
May 01, 2026 15:54 ET Central banks dominated the economics news flow this week with almost all major ones announcing their latest policy decisions and many boosted expectations for a rate hike in June. In other news, several countries released the preliminary data for first quarter economic growth. In the U.S., comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell were also in focus as his term ends this month.