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We may not be getting a new Meghan Trainor album until most likely the second semester of 2017 but that doesn't mean we won't be receiving new music from the Massachusetts star earlier than that date. The "Bass" singer announced during a backstage interview at the KIIS FM 2016 Jingle Ball in Los…

What an interesting pairing! "Break Free" Zedd and "Scars to Your Beautiful" Alessia Cara making a song together? THAT'S RIGHT! The German DJ confirmed this surprising collaboration via social media last night uploading a smiling photo with the Canadian singer-songwriter in the studio. Making…

American singer Lady Gaga and Swedish singer Zara Larsson were the guest stars on the semi-final of Season 13 of "The X Factor UK" tonight on ITV 1. Mother Monster performed her stunning ballad "Million Reasons" from her recently released "Joanne" album while Chris Brown's nemesis performed a…

Two days after J. Cole named him and urged him to keep releasing new music for his fans on his new song "False Prophets", rapper Wale released this new track titled "Groundhog Day", produced by Jake One, on SoundCloud. In "Groundhog Day" Wale discusses his mental health issues and takes a few…

Canadian's best pop export in a while, Shawn Mendes, made his "Saturday Night Live", aka. SNL, debut last night (Dec. 3). The 18-year-old singer performed at the Emma Stone-hosted Episode 8 of Season 42 two songs from his September 2016-released second studio album "Illuminate": "Treat You Better"…

The final numbers are in. Canadian singer The Weeknd's third studio album "Starboy" (released in the US on November 25th) sold 366,000 copies (sales plus streaming) in its first week. 227,000 was the figure of traditional sales. Are these first-week sales of "Starboy" A HISTORIC FEAT for The…

Princess of pop Britney Spears and princess of R&B Tinashe joined forces last night at 102.7 KIIS FM's 2016 Jingle Ball held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles to deliver the first ever JOINT PERFORMANCE of their "Slumber Party" remix (the new single from Brit Brit's "Glory" album). And although…

What a STUNNING R&B SONG! Sevyn Streeter has just made my day. She released a brand new single called "Before I Do" on digital stores yesterday and it is too stunning for words. This is a guitar-driven R&B ballad where Sevyn vulnerably sings about how she needs to get the truth out of a man (who's…

Norwegian DJ Alan Walker slayed the European charts last year with his smash hit "Faded", he kind of did the same earlier this year with "Sing Me To Sleep" (eg: double platinum in Sweden), and now he wants to wrap up 2016 with a new chart-topper: "Alone" (featuring uncredited vocals by Noonie Bao…

Pop star Fergie stopped by NBC's "The Today Show" this Friday morning to deliver the first ever televised performance of her new single "Life Goes On" (released the same week Donald Trump won the US presidency. Just saying...). The Fergie co-written reflective song, which kind of reminds me to her…

"Darkness and Light" is the fifth studio album by the renowned R&B singer John Legend. The follow-up to 2013's "Love In The Future" was released TODAY in stores worldwide via GOOD Music and Columbia Records. "Darkness and Light" is available in two versions: the standard, carrying 12 tracks, and…

J. Cole surprised everybody when he announced last night that he would be releasing a new full-length studio album titled "4 Your Eyez Only" on December 9th , i.e NEXT WEEK!, via Dreamville Records and Roc Nation. "4 Your Eyez Only", the official follow-up to 2014's "2014 Forest Hills Drive", is…

One more music video for the "Cry Baby" era. Queen of Visuals Melanie Martinez premiered last night the official music video for "Mrs. Potato Head", a song from her super successful debut studio album "Cry Baby" that she released in stores in the summer of 2015 with the help of Atlantic Records.…

Super talented singer Kehlani premiered a new song titled "Advice" from her forthcoming debut studio album "SWEETSEXYSAVAGE" this Thursday afternoon on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show on Apple Music. Minutes later the Oakland native uploaded the official audio on YouTube. Earlier this week Kehlani…

One of the most anticipated songs from Kid Cudi's upcoming sixth studio album "Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’", the Travis Scott-assisted "Baptized In Fire", has been released as the latest countdown single today - the same day the album's pre-order became available. "Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’"…

Sing Jessie J! Siiiiiiiiing! Jessie J has signed to be the new spokeswoman of French cosmetics line "MAKE UP FOR EVER". But she's going to do MORE than just taking pretty shots wearing the brand's make-up for posters, the British singer has also agreed to SING for them. Say what!? YES! She's just…

We have a new song from Sia! Entitled "Angel by the Wings", this uplifting pop song is part of the soundtrack of the documentary film "The Eagle Huntress" - which hit select theaters in the US in early November and will do the same in the UK on December 16th. If the film is already out in the US,…

It's finally. After a couple of teasers earlier this week, rapper Machine Gun Kelly and pop singer Camila Cabello premiered today the full music video for their first ever collaboration "Bad Things". The Hannah Lux Davis-directed music video exclusive premiered on MTV's Snapchat "Discover" channel…

"Awaken, My Love!" is the third studio by genius hip hop artist Childish Gambino, aka. Donald Glover. It is scheduled to be released in the US and other countries on December 2nd, 2016 via Glassnote Records (however, set leaked online in full on November 30th). "Awaken, My Love!" is the official…

"Black Beatles" rap stars Rae Sremmurd took to VEVO last night to premiere their brand new music video for "Shake It Fast", the next official single from the hip-hop duo's second studio album "SremmLife 2” (released in stores this summer). This song becomes the official follow-up to Rae Sremmurd's…

As we announced earlier this month, the next official single from Beyoncé's "Lemonade" album is the song "All Night", and as we predicted back then too, the music video has been uploaded on VEVO. This marvelous happening occurred just a couple of hours ago! It's heeeeeeere! The "All Night" music…

My new French obsession Jain (you should check out her song "Come" and her whole debut album "Zanaka" - all in English - immediately) took to VEVO today to premiere the music video for her new single "Makeba", and just like the video for "Come" Jain's brand new "Makeba" visual is too cool and a…

OK. So that's Dolly Parton, Miley Cyrus and Pentatonix performing together the 1973 country-bluegrass hit "Jolene". Dolly was a guest on last night's episode of "The Voice" on NBC and first she got to sing "Circle of Love", a new song she wrote for Jennifer Nettles' recent holiday album "To…

Amazing singer JoJo took to YouTube moments ago to premiere the music video for her song "FAB". The Remy Ma-assisted R&B-urban jam is the latest official single from Ms. Levesque's third studio album "Mad Love", her COMEBACK ONE, which she dropped in stores last October via her new label of…

DJ Snake and Justin Bieber have AT LAST premiered the official music video for their hit collaboration "Let Me Love You". The EDM track is part of the French DJ's "Encore" album he released in the summer. Directed by James Lees, the "Let Me Love You" music video - which debuted on VEVO today -…

It was recently announced that Queen of Christmas Mariah Carey had partnered up with MAC to launch a special cosmetics line this holiday season. Mimi's exclusive and limited line will be available at select markets this December. To date this date we had only seen posters for Mariah's MAC line,…

Beautiful model-singer Dua Lipa, hailing from the UK, made its US television debut this Tuesday morning on NBC's "The Today Show" with a live performance of her newest single "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)". This incredibly catchy pop song is lifted from Dua's upcoming self-titled debut studio album,…

Bruno Mars' "24K Magic" album final first week sales are in. Drum roll please... The set sold 231,000 copies (sales and streaming combined). 194,000 was the figure of traditional sales. Was this enough to give Bruno his first ever first-week number one album? Unfortunately not... God dammit! Who…

"The Bad Things video is coming..." is the message both Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello of Fifth Harmony posted on all of their social media accounts last night accompanying it with a 15-second preview of the actual music video for their first ever collaboration, "Bad Things". This…

The boys of The Vamps stopped by "Live Lounge" on BBC Radio 1 this Tuesday noon to keep the promotion for their latest single "All Night" going. They performed a subdued version of the Matoma-produced catchy track, lifted from The Vamps' forthcoming third studio album, as well as a mystery cover -…

Here's a new song 20-year-old R&B singer Jacob Latimore titled "Mutual". This FINE R&B tune was released last night on digital retailers as the newest countdown single from Jacob's forthcoming debut studio album "Connection", which will impact in US stores on December 9th via FTE / EMPIRE Records.…

While we wait for Imagine Dragons' third studio album to come out next year, this will help ease our appetite. The American rock band premiered last night a brand new song called "Levitate", which is part of the soundtrack of upcoming sci-fi movie "Passengers", starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris…

Kehlani revealed that her debut studio album was going to be titled "SWEETSEXYSAVAGE" on social media over the weekend. A clear homage to TLC this is (" CRAZYSEXYCOOL", anyone?). And TODAY, the cover art for this upcoming LP - which is expected to come out in the first quarter of 2017 via Atlantic…

James Arthur has taken the promotion of his latest album "Back from the Edge" to a land down under; not Australia, no, New Zealand! The British singer made a live appearance on a show of local Top 40 radio station The Edge over the weekend and there he performed music from his third studio album…

The XX just premiered the music video for their amazing new song "On Hold" on YOUTUBE. For those who live under a rock and just found out about the return of The XX, "On Hold" is the lead single from the English indie-rock band's forthcoming third studio album "I See You", which will be released…

Would you say an album partially produced by Max Martin and with some of the song lyrics written by Bruno Mars sounds like one destined to slay the charts? I totally think so! And that's the case of Harry Styles' upcoming debut solo album. The former One Direction star has worked with these two…