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Byline: KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY LOS ANGELES - Gracie Abrams sings like she's letting you in on a secret. It's one that she shares with her nearest and dearest - [...]

Byline: Edward Segarra, USA TODAY Team Blake proved that young dreams can soar, even on 'The Voice.' Brayden Lape, the resident heartthrob on coach Blake Shelton's team, found himself in [...]

Byline: Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY For its 50th anniversary, the American Music Awards showcased generations of talent, from first-time nominee and performer GloRilla to icon Stevie Wonder. Between Carrie Underwood [...]

Byline: Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY From Marvin Gaye to Whitney Houston, and Beyoncé to Lady Gaga, many of music's most indelible vocalists have lovingly taken on our national anthem. Which [...]

Byline: Kelly Lawler, Columnist, USA TODAY There were a few moments in the 2020 Oscars that made us forget we were here to talk about movies. Without a host for [...]

Byline: Tom Schad USA TODAY She was one of the most popular performers of her era - a patriotic woman who sang in a rich contralto and was, for a [...]

Byline: Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY It's barely June and 2019's purported songs-of-the-summer contenders already are getting old. Every summer, beginning around Memorial Day, the song of the summer 'race' begins. [...]

Byline: Bob Doerschuk, Special to USA TODAY On New Year's Day 2018, guitarist Mike Hogan and his bandmates in The Cranberries expected a bright year ahead. He and lead singer [...]

Byline: Shad Powers, The Desert Sun, USA TODAY NETWORK Ariana Grande closed out Weekend 1 of Coachella in style, putting together a set that included special guests, stunning visuals, and, [...]

Byline: Maeve McDermott, Columnist, USA TODAYTo some extent, we all knew kinda what to expect from the music world in 2018. Beyonce would continue to reign - which she most [...]

Byline: Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY One of 2018's most compelling recordings started as an unmarked cassette tape. 'Piano & a Microphone 1983' is a 35-minute, one-take recording Prince recorded, as [...]

A lost Mick Jagger duet with Carly Simon has been found more than 45 years after it was recorded. The song, apparently never heard in public, appears to have been [...]

Byline: Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY A new Elvis compilation celebrating the singer's love of gospel music, 'Where No One Stands Alone,' features a special, reimagined duet with his daughter, Lisa [...]

Byline: Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY For their first new material in 20 years, Culture Club and its founding frontman Boy George have reunited to release 'Let Somebody Love You,' with [...]

Byline: Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY In the bleeped-out words of Lady Gaga, 'Black (expletive) Panther' was the big winner of Monday night's MTV Movie and TV Awards. Gaga, who stars [...]

Byline: Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY With one of the season's biggest album releases -- Kanye West's Ye -- behind us and many superstar albums ahead, the summer music landscape is [...]

Byline: Cindy Watts, The (Nashville) Tennessean Big news keeps coming from Sugarland -- this time thanks to Taylor Swift. The country duo on Thursday released a new song, Babe, from [...]

Byline: Shad Powers Palm Springs (Calif.) Desert Sun, USA TODAY NETWORK - CALIFORNIA The dust on the six days of Coachella has settled. And most of it has settled in [...]

Byline: Bruce Fessier, The Desert Sun When pundits look back at next year's 20th anniversary of Coachella, they'll remember 2018 as the year of Beyoncé. DJ Khaled renamed the festival [...]

Byline: Compiled by Mary Cadden TV Plan your week in entertainment with these highlights and pop-culture milestones: Tune in: Station 19, the latest addition to ABC's Thursday night lineup, premieres [...]

Byline: Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY Ava DuVernay scored a major coup by coaxing Sade from a seven-year break to contribute a new song, Flower of the Universe, to the Wrinkle [...]

Byline: Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY No, this isn't the same Space Cowboy the Steve Miller Band immortalized in 1969. The new track from 29-year-old country music virtuoso Kacey Musgraves places [...]

Byline: Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY LAS VEGAS - Here's something that might sound like a folksy fever dream: Jewel is starring in an Cirque du Soleil show about her life, [...]

Byline: Maeve McDermott USA TODAY The Grammy Awards are music's biggest night. But which performers deserved to be there? Certainly Kendrick Lamar, Patti LuPone, Cardi B and Rihanna, who served [...]

Byline: Erin Jensen, USA TODAY This is how Bruno Mars and Cardi B Finesse a remix. The two paired up for a revised version of the track from Mars' 2016 [...]

Byline: Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY The legendary rocker has added his voice to the groundswell of support for DREAMers, the immigrants who entered the United States as minors as part [...]

Byline: Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY Demi Lovato and Luis Fonsi just made a bilingual banger. Lovato puts her Spanish skills to the test on Échame La Culpa, a new collaboration [...]

Byline: Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY Two new Beyoncé features in two months? That's good news for fans awaiting the singer's post-twins return. After lending her vocals to a charity remix [...]

Pharrell Williams has lived many lives in pop music, spending years engineering pop hits as half of the production duo the Neptunes before growing into an Oscar-winning media mogul. Then, [...]

Byline: Sara M. Moniuszko Lana Del Rey is stepping out of her comfort zone -- and it's paying off. Ahead of her new album Lust for Life, Lana shared two [...]

From Kendrick Lamar's DAMN. to Lorde's Melodrama, 2017 has already seen a number of albums headed for critics' year-end roundups. As the summer release schedule heats up, see which summertime [...]

Byline: Maeve McDermott, @maeve_mcdermott, USA TODAY Forget a summer vacation. For some performers and bands, summer music festival season is the busiest stretch of the year. While many artists, from [...]

For many performers, playing summer music festivals is a desirable gig, from the guaranteed crowds and creative locations to, yes, the paydays. That's why many of music's biggest names spend [...]

Byline: Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY No one throws a party quite like Clive Davis. The influential record executive's annual pre-Grammys galas have become the stuff of legend, bringing a who's [...]

Byline: Corinne S. Kennedy, and Shad Powers, The (Palm Springs) Desert Sun Are you OK, Little Monsters? Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival headliner Lady Gaga surprised fans Saturday night [...]

Byline: The Associated Press First it became the basis for an Oscar-nominated movie. Now, Straight Outta Compton -- the groundbreaking album from rap group N.W.A and a one-time flashpoint in [...]

After making headlines with her performance of the National Anthem at President Trump's inauguration, 16-year-old Jackie Evancho returns with a new album, Two Hearts, on March 31. In the spirit [...]

Byline: Graham, @jeffersongraham, USA TODAY As any music fan knows, 'cover' videos are huge on YouTube and Facebook. But as one singer found out, covering an Ed Sheeran song could [...]

Byline: Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY Adele is saying Hello again to the top of the charts. A week after her unstoppable 25 picked up five Grammy Awards, including album of [...]

Byline: Brian Truitt, @briantruitt, USA TODAY 11:39: Adele picks up the award for Album of the Year for 25. Minutes earlier, she accepted the award for Record of the Year [...]

Byline: Jayme Deerwester, @jaymedeerwester, USA TODAY It's good to be Lady Gaga. Two days after her well-received Super Bowl halftime performance, her music sales and streaming stats are soaring. Digital [...]

GOOD DAY Lady Gaga fans Add this to the 'Million Reasons' fans love Gaga: Following her breathtaking Super Bowl LI halftime show, the pop star teased the Joanne world tour, [...]

Minutes before her halftime show at Sunday's Super Bowl LI, Lady Gaga previewed her performance in a dramatic black-and-white Tiffany commercial: 'I'm coming for you.' She wasn't kidding, kicking off [...]

Prince fans have plenty to be thankful for this week. 4Ever, a 40-song compilation album of the late singer's greatest hits, is out now, featuring career-spanning favorites Purple Rain and [...]

Byline: Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY One night about three years ago, lush-voiced maverick k.d. lang decided to fire off a pair of emails to fellow singer/songwriters Neko Case and Laura [...]

If 2016 has taught us anything, it's that album overkill is a very real thing. Five months in, and we're still up to our necks in unexpected new efforts from [...]

Byline: Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY Britney Spears opened with her greatest hits The evening kicked off with a survey of classic pop songs from Billboard royalty. Britney Spears gave viewers [...]

Kesha, international ambassador for the Humane Society, performed at the organization's gala at Paramount Studios Saturday night in Hollywood. Her rendition of 'Til It Happens to You' was beautiful and [...]

Byline: Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY Tidal's spotty track record isn't just a thing of Saturday Night Live sketches. Since its relaunch last year, the Jay Z-owned streaming service has caught [...]

John and Gaga join musical forces Elton John thanked Hollywood Saturday with a free outdoor concert, but the thousands of fans who enjoyed the one-hour-plus pop-up show were the really [...]