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ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Five-time Grammy winner Mariah Carey was honored with the Recording Academy’s Global Impact Award at a ceremony in Los Angeles on February 1. During her speech, Mariah addressed her own struggles in the music industry, according to Rolling Stone. The award was presented by the Black Music Collective. Mariah, who […]
James Devaney/GC Images Mariah Carey has plenty of Grammys to her name, but the Recording Academy will present her with a special award this year. Mariah will receive the Recording Academy Global Impact Award at the third annual Recording Academy Honors Presented by the Black Music Collective, a pre-Grammy event taking place in LA on February 1. The […]
ABC/Gavin Bond Lionel Richie’s daughter Sofia Richie Grainge and her husband, Elliot Grainge, recently announced they were expecting their first child, and Lionel is excited to be a grandfather again. People talked to Lionel at the premiere of the Netflix “We Are The World” documentary, The Greatest Night in Pop, and he said he was “pumped up” about the upcoming addition to the […]
Kevin Mazur/WireImage for MC Believe it or not, Mariah Carey‘s Merry Christmas One and All! tour, which wrapped up December 17, was the biggest one of her entire decadeslong career. The 2023 holiday tour — Mariah’s first major arena tour since 2006 — grossed just under $30 million and sold 214,000 tickets, according to Billboard. […]
Courtesy Live Nation Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire will be spending more time on the road together. The two acts have announced a 2024 leg of their Sing A Song All Night Long tour. Consisting of 13 shows, it kicks off Thursday, May 23, in Knoxville, Tennessee, and wraps Sunday, June 16, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The […]
XO/Republic The Weeknd‘s hit “Blinding Lights” has set many records, including being the first song to spend an entire year in the top 10, but now, it has hit an especially impressive milestone. The track, from the artist’s 2020 album After Hours, has become the first song in Spotify history to hit 4 billion streams. […]
Kevin Mazur/WireImage The planned Michael Jackson biopic finally has a release date. Deadline reports that Michael, directed by Training Day’s Antoine Fuqua and starring the singer’s nephew Jaafar Jackson in the title role, will hit theaters April 18, 2025. Production on the film is set to begin January 22. It’s being produced by Graham King, who was responsible for the 2000 Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, as well as the […]
Blank Archives/Getty Images We’re getting our first look at the upcoming documentary The Greatest Night in Pop, which chronicles the making of the all-star charity single “We Are The World.” Netflix has just released a trailer for the film, featuring archival footage of artists like Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and more in the studio. There are also clips of new interviews from […]
NPG Records/Warner Records The hit Prince film Purple Rain may one day be on Broadway. Producer Orin Wolf just announced that the blockbuster film is being developed for the stage, using Prince’s original music. Two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is on board to write the book, and Tony Award nominee Lileana Blain-Cruz is set to direct. “It’s been almost 40 years since Prince’s legendary […]
Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival A new documentary about the making of the ’80s classic “We Are The World” will have its world premiere screening at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The Greatest Night in Pop reveals the untold story of how 46 musicians, including Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Cyndi Lauper, Diana Ross and Billy Joel, came together in 1985 to […]
