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03 Dec 2024

How to Watch the 2025 Golden Globe Nominations Announcement

Actors Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut will present the nominees for the 2025 Golden Globes on Monday, Dec. 9, with all 27 categories announced on CBS’ Golden Globes website and the CBS News mobile app at 8:15 a.m. ET/5:15 a.m. PT and 10 exclusive categories revealed beginning live at 8:30 a.m. ET/5:30 a.m. PT on CBS Mornings.

The nominees will be highlighted across Golden Globes social media accounts as they are announced, with the complete list of nominees available on the Golden Globes website immediately following the announcement.

The 82nd Annual Golden Globes will air live on Sunday, Jan. 5, at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on CBS and stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. The show will be held at its usual home, the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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The Golden Globes also announced a new partnership with entertainment data and analytics partner Luminate. The company will provide the Golden Globes team with streaming viewership data for all submitted film titles in the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement category, helping to inform consumption trends and amplify viewership insights beyond box office performance. Analysis will be done via Luminate’s Streaming Viewership product, which measures viewership of originally produced and library content across all major streaming platforms, including Netflix, Max, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Paramount+, Disney+, AMC+ and Peacock. The product fuels Variety’s recently launched Streaming Original Charts.

This will be the second year the Globes have presented the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement category. In its first year, it went to Barbie over such rivals as Oppenheimer and Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.

Votes will be tabulated by KPMG, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm.

The Golden Globe Awards, which likes to call itself Hollywood’s Party of the Year, is the first major awards show of the season. It’s also the world’s largest awards show to celebrate the best of both film and television.

Nikki Glaser is set to host the show for the first time. Glaser was nominated for her first Primetime Emmy this year for outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) as executive producer and performer on the HBO special Someday You’ll Die. She is currently nominated for her first Grammy Award for best comedy album for that same title.

Viola Davis and Ted Danson have been named as recipients of the Cecil B. DeMille Award and the Carol Burnett Award, respectively. They will be recognized on the Golden Globes telecast. In addition, they will be feted at a separate gala dinner on Friday, Jan. 3, also at the Beverly Hilton. This marks the first time that the Golden Globes will host a special evening dedicated to the recipients of these two honorary awards. The DeMille Award dates to 1952; the Burnett Award originated in 2019.

Multi-Emmy Award-winning producing duo Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment will return as executive producing showrunners for the 82nd Golden Globes. Dick Clark Productions will produce the show.

The Golden Globes will air on Sunday, Jan. 5 (8-11 p.m. ET/5-8 p.m. PT) on CBS, and stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. (live and on-demand for Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the special airs).

Penske Media Eldridge — a joint venture between Billboard’s parent company Penske Media Corporation and Eldridge — owns Dick Clark Productions, the producer of the Golden Globe Awards.

03 Dec 2024

Kendrick Lamar & SZA Set To Embark On Grand National Tour In 2025

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Kendrick Lamar could easily take the next year off, considering the epic year he’s had thus far but that won’t be the case heading into the following year. Kendrick Lamar and frequent collaborator SZA will embark upon the North American 19-city Grand National Tour, kicking off in the spring.

The Grand National Tour was announced on Tuesday (December 3), just over a week since the release of Kendrick Lamar’s first full-length project GNX on his pgLang recording label and entertainment brand. SZA joined Lamar on GNX standout track “luther,” and has recorded hits with the Compton, Calif. native which include crowdpleasers such as “All The Stars,” among others.

It should be assumed that with all the recent fanfare, this will be one of the hottest tickets in town. However, Cash App Visa Card holders will have access to a pre-sale event on Wednesday (December 4) at 10 am local time. Cash App Visa Card holders will also receive 20% off all Grand National Tour merch when purchased with their card during the city stops.

More about the Cash App Visa pre-sale can be found by clicking here. On Friday (December 6) at  10 am local time, the general sale kicks off on www.grandnationaltour.com.

The tour dates and stops for the Grand National Tour are listed below.

Apr 19 – Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Bank Stadium

Apr 23 – Houston, TX – NRG Stadium

Apr 26 – Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium

Apr 29 – Atlanta, GA – Mercedes Benz Stadium

May 03 – Charlotte, NC – Bank of America Stadium

May 05 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field

May 08 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium

May 09 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium

May 12 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium

May 17 – Seattle, WA – Lumen Field

May 21 – Los Angeles, CA – SoFi Stadium

May 23 – Los Angeles, CA – SoFi Stadium

May 27 – Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium

May 29 – San Francisco, CA – Oracle Park

May 31 – Las Vegas, NV – Allegiant Stadium

Jun 04 – St. Louis, MO – The Dome at America’s Center

Jun 06 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field

Jun 10 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field

Jun 12 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre

Jun 16 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium

Jun 18 – Washington, DC – Northwest Stadium

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03 Dec 2024

Kendrick Lamar & SZA Announce 2025 Grand National Tour: See the Dates

Fresh off teaming up for a pair of tracks on Kendrick Lamar’s GNX album, K. Dot and SZA are joining forces for the co-headlining 2025 Grand National Tour.

Presented by Live Nation, pgLang and Top Dawg Entertainment, the North American trek featuring the former TDE running mates is set to invade 19 stadiums across the continent next year.

The exclusive Cash App Visa Card pre-sale starts on Wednesday (Dec. 4) at 10 a.m. local time on the Grand National Tour website, while the general public will have their chance at tickets on Friday morning (Dec. 6).

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The Grand National Tour is slated to kick off in Minnesota on April 19, and then rumbles through Houston, Atlanta, Charlotte, Philly, the New York area, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Detroit, Chicago and Toronto before wrapping up in Washington, D.C., on June 18.

Dot and SZA have collided in the past on tracks such as “Doves in the Wind” as well as “All the Stars.” They connected on Kendrick’s GNX album for a pair of collaborations in November, including “Luther,” which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and LP closer “Gloria.” The surprise album currently occupies seven of the top 10 slots on this week’s Hot 100, including Lamar’s third No. 1 hit of the year, “Squabble Up.”

It’s been a banner year for Kendrick, and 2025 should be much of the same, with the Grammy Awards and his first stadium tour on tap.

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Find all of the Grand National Tour dates below.

  • April 19 – Minneapolis, Minn. @ U.S. Bank Stadium
  • April 23 – Houston, Texas @ NRG Stadium
  • April 26 – Arlington, Texas @ AT&T Stadium
  • April 29 – Atlanta @ Mercedes Benz Stadium
  • May 3 – Charlotte, N.C. @ Bank of America Stadium
  • May 5 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Lincoln Financial Field
  • May 8 – East Rutherford, N.J. @ MetLife Stadium
  • May 9 – East Rutherford, N.J. @ MetLife Stadium
  • May 12 – Foxborough, Mass. @ Gillette Stadium
  • May 17 – Seattle @ Lumen Field
  • May 21 – Los Angeles @ SoFi Stadium
  • May 23 – Los Angeles @ SoFi Stadium
  • May 27 – Glendale, Ariz. @ State Farm Stadium
  • May 29 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Oracle Park
  • May 31 – Las Vegas @ Allegiant Stadium
  • June 4 – St. Louis, Mo. @ The Dome at America’s Center
  • June 6 – Chicago @ Soldier Field
  • June 10 – Detroit @ Ford Field
  • June 12 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada @ Rogers Centre
  • June 16 – Hershey, Pa. @ Hersheypark Stadium
  • June 18 – Washington, D.C. @ Northwest Stadium

03 Dec 2024

Alison Krauss & Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas Set First Tour Dates Since 2015

In 2025, Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas will set out on the group’s first tour together in a decade when The Arcadia 2025 Tour finds the storied group performing 73 dates across the United States and Canada.

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The new slate of tour dates starts with a two-night stint at The Louisville Palace in Louisville, Ky., on April 17-18. The tour dates continue through late September, with stops in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, New York, Oklahoma City, San Diego, and Nashville. The trek will feature special guest Willie Watson, a co-founder of Old Crow Medicine Show. Two decades into his career, Watson recently released his self-titled solo album in September.

Alison Krauss & Union Station are also set to release new music next year, marking the group’s first new release since 2011’s Paper Airplane, which earned a Grammy for best bluegrass album.

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“I’m so grateful to get to make music again with my comrades of 40 years,” Krauss said in a statement. “They’ve always accomplished incredible work individually and have been constantly traveling because of it. We’re very inspired to experience this new exciting chapter in the band’s history.”

This new chapter also features a lineup shift for the group, with the addition of vocalist-guitarist Russell Moore, who is best known for his work as frontman for IIIrd Tyme Out. Moore replaces Union Station’s former member Dan Tyminski. Moore has earned six male vocalist trophies from the International Bluegrass Music Awards, making him the most awarded male vocalist in the history of the IBMA Awards. He’s also led IIIrd Tyme Out to seven IBMA vocal group of the year honors. Moore will join longtime Union Station members Ron Block (banjo, guitar, vocals), Barry Bales (bass, vocals) and newly inducted Bluegrass Hall of Fame member Jerry Douglas (Dobro, lap steel, vocals).

“To say I’m excited about recording and touring with Alison Krauss & Union Station would be a huge understatement,” Moore said in a statement. “After 40 years of playing music full-time and leading my own group for 34 years, this opportunity is among the few things at the top of the list that my music career has offered me. My hopes and desires are to fill this spot in AKUS with the same professionalism, precision, and thoughtfulness as other members who have held this position before me, and I’m looking forward to the ‘ride’!”

Tickets for The Arcadia 2025 Tour will go on sale to the general public on Friday, Dec. 6, with presales available from Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 10 a.m. local through Thursday, Dec. 5, at 10 p.m. local time.

See a list of the group’s tour dates for 2025 below:

03 Dec 2024

Stephen King Sends His Maine Radio Stations to the Dead Zone After 41-Year Run

Stephen King is killing off his cluster of money-losing radio stations in Maine, announcing on Monday (Dec. 2) that WZON, WKIT and WZLO will cease operations in the Bangor area on Dec. 31 after 41 years under his and wife Tabitha’s ownership.

The wicked prolific author bought WLBZ in 1983, renaming it WZON in homage to his 1979 novel The Dead Zone. The station was sold in 1990 but re-acquired by the Kings three years later. Despite King’s passion for radio and his efforts to maintain local and independent stations, the three stations have consistently lost money, with King personally covering the deficits.

WZON is on the AM dial at 620 and plays “Retro Radio,” while WKIT 100.3 FM is branded as “Stephen King’s Rock Station” and WZLO, at 103.1 FM, is “Maine’s Adult Alternative.” The company operates under the name The Zone Corporation.

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King, who was in his mid-30 when he got into radio, cited financial losses and his advancing age — a healthy 77 — as reasons for the shutdown. He expressed pride in being a local owner and gratitude for the staff and local advertisers who supported the stations. 

“While radio across the country has been overtaken by giant corporate broadcasting groups, I’ve loved being a local, independent owner all these years,” said King. “I’ve loved the people who’ve gone to these stations every day and entertained folks, kept the equipment running, and given local advertisers a way to connect with their customers. Tabby and I are proud to have been a part of that for more than four decades.”

General manager Ken Wood, who has been with the stations for 10 years, acknowledged the end of an era but appreciated the Kings’ commitment to local broadcasting.

“Independent, locally owned radio stations used to be the norm,” said Wood. “There’re only a few left in Maine, and we’re lucky we had these three as long as we did.” 

A news release states that Zone Corporation is closing but doesn’t specify if they’re looking to sell the stations. This potentially means they could stop operations under a Special Temporary Authority from the FCC, which lets them follow regulations while possibly finding a buyer.

Since getting into the terrestrial radio business in 1983, King has written over 50 novels, including well-known works such as It, Misery, The Dark Tower series, Pet Sematary, Under the Dome, Skeleton Crew, The Green Mile and 11/22/63, among many (many) others.

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When internationally known author Stephen King first entered the radio business in 1983, it was with the enthusiasm and love of a lifelong rock and roll fan and as a listening member of the greater Bangor community.

He also was a young man of 36 with a lifetime of creativity ahead of him. Now, in good health but feeling his 77 years, King says it’s time to “get his business affairs in better order,” and that means saying good-bye to the radio stations that he personally has kept afloat and on the air all these years.

“While radio across the country has been overtaken by giant corporate broadcasting groups, I’ve loved being a local, independent owner all these years,” said King. “I’ve loved the people who’ve gone to these stations every day and entertained folks, kept the equipment running, and given local advertisers a way to connect with their customers. Tabby and I are proud to have been a part of that for more than four decades.”

In those four decades, however, the stations consistently have lost money. The amounts have varied from year to year but have been significant. King personally has covered those losses.

Flagship station WZON, which first went on the air in Maine in 1926 as WLBZ, was purchased by the Kings in 1983. The call letters were changed to WZON, a nod to Stephen King’s best seller The Dead Zone and a rock and roll format was instituted. The station never made money and for a time, even surrendered its commercial status to become a donor supported enterprise. In 1990, the station was sold, only for the Kings to re-acquire it three years later and bring back the commercial model.

Ken Wood, General Manager of the stations for the last ten years is certainly sad to see the end but said he’s grateful for the Kings’ ownership and proud of the local voices that have a place in Maine’s colorful broadcast history. “Independent, locally owned radio stations used to be the norm. There’re only a few left in Maine, and we’re lucky we had these three as long as we did,” said Wood.

The stations of The ZONE Corporation are WZON (620 AM), WKIT (100.3 FM), and WZLO (103.1 FM). Broadcasting operations are expected to cease on December 31st.

03 Dec 2024

Indigo Girls to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 2025 International Folk Music Awards: Full List of Nominations & Honorees

35 years after Indigo Girls won a Grammy for best contemporary folk recording for their eponymous debut album, the duo will receive a lifetime achievement award at The International Folk Music Awards. The awards show will take place in Montreal on Feb. 19, the first night of the Folk Alliance International (FAI) Conference.

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The duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, received a second Grammy nod 35 years ago – best new artist. They lost to a flashier duo, Milli Vanilli, whose award was later revoked on the grounds that they didn’t perform on their album, a charge never leveled against Indigo Girls, who went on to receive five more nods for best contemporary folk recording.

Lifetime achievement awards will also be granted to Lesley Riddle, the African-American musician who gathered songs for the Carter Family with patriarch A.P. Carter and taught Mother Maybelle Carter guitar techniques; and Songlines magazine which is celebrating 25 years of covering global roots music.

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Flamy Grant, Sarah Jarosz, Kaïa Kater, Nick Lowe, Crys Matthews and Allison Russell are competing for artist of the year. Kater is also in the running for album of the year for Strange Medicine, which features guest spots by Allison Russell, Aoife O’Donovan, and Taj Mahal.

Two of the other album of the year nominees, Aoife O’Donovan’s All My Friends and Sierra Ferrell’s Trail of Flowers, are current Grammy nominees. All My Friends is nominated for best folk album; Trail of Flowers for best Americana album. All My Friends was inspired by the passage of the 19th amendment and the evolving landscape of women’s rights in America over the past century.

New recordings released between Oct. 1, 2023 and Sept. 30, 2024 were eligible in the best-of-the-year categories (song, album, and artist).

The People’s Voice Award, which is presented to an individual who unabashedly embraces social and political commentary in their creative work and public careers, will be presented to Gina Chavez.

OKAN, the women-led, Afro-Cuban roots and jazz duo, will be honored with The Rising Tide Award.

The Spirit of Folk Awards will be presented to: Tom Power, Canadian musician and broadcaster, best known as the host of *Q* on CBC Radio One and a member of the folk band, The Dardanelles; Alice Randall, a songwriter whose songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash (among others) and founder of production company Midsummer Music; longtime Folk Alliance Region Midwest pillar Annie Capps; and Quebec’s Innu Nikamu festival, which has exemplified commitment to the promotion and preservation of Indigenous culture for more than 30 years.

The Clearwater Award is presented to a festival that prioritizes environmental stewardship and demonstrates public leadership in sustainable event production. This year’s award will go to the River Roads Festival in Easthampton, MA.

The Awards take place on the first night of FAI’s 37th annual conference, which takes place February 19-23, 2025. The conference will be held at Montreal’s Queen Elizabeth Hotel, site of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s famous 1969 Bed-In for Peace. All conference attendees will have access to attend the IFMAs.

Here are the nominations in the three “Best of 2024” categories plus this year’s special award winners.

Artist of the Year

Flamy Grant
Sarah Jarosz
Kaïa Kater
Nick Lowe
Crys Matthews
Allison Russell

Album of the Year

Sierra Ferrell, Trail of Flowers (Rounder Records)
The Heart Collectors, The Space Between (Spins the Gold Records)
Kaïa Kater, Strange Medicine (Free Dirt Records)
Aoife O’Donovan, All My Friends (Yep Roc Records)
Ordinary Elephant – Ordinary Elephant (Berkalin Records)
Susan Werner, Halfway to Houston (self-released)

Song of the Year

“Tenzin Sings with Nightingales,” written by Tenzin Choegyal, performed by Tenzin Choegyal and Michael Askill
“How I Long for Peace,” written by Abena Koomson-Davis, Peggy Seeger, Rhiannon Giddens, performed by Rhiannon Giddens, Crys Matthews, and the Resistance Revival Chorus
“Woman Who Pays,” written and performed Connie Kaldor
“$20 Bill (for George Floyd),” written by Tom Prasada-Rao, performed by Dan Navarro & Janiva Magness
“Ukrainian Now,” written and performed by Tom Paxton & John McCutcheon
“Love Letters,” written by Julian Taylor, Tyler James Ellis, performed by Julian Taylor

Lifetime Achievement Award – Living: Indigo Girls

Lifetime Achievement Award – Legacy: Leslie Riddle

Lifetime Achievement Award – Business: Songlines Magazine

People’s Voice: Gina Chavez

Rising Tide: OKAN

Clearwater Award: River Roads Festival (Easthampton, Mass.)

Spirit of Folk: Tom Powers, Alice Randall, Annie Capps, Innu Nikamu festival

Folk Radio DJ Hall of Fame Inductees: Archie Fisher (BBC Scotland), Mary Sue Twohy (SIRIUS XM), Taylor Caffrey (WRKF-FM, Baton Rouge, La.), Matthew Finch (posthumous, KUNM-FM, Albuquerque, N.M.), Chuck Wentworth (posthumous, WRIU-FM, Rhode Island)

03 Dec 2024

Uncle Luke Clowns Drake For Legal Actions Against Kendrick Lamar

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Drake’s legal filings against Kendrick Lamar and UMG have earned him some wrath from Uncle Luke, with the Hip-Hop icon calling him soft.

Drake’s latest move in his ongoing feud with Kendrick Lamar – filing legal petitions against the Compton rapper and Universal Music Group – has rubbed many in Hip-Hop and pop culture the wrong way. Count Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell among them, evidenced in a social media post the Hip-Hop veteran shared over the past weekend.

“I like Drake’s music, I don’t like what he got going on right now but I like his music,” Luke began. “Some things you don’t talk about. You don’t talk about payola, you don’t talk about buying livestreams and you don’t sue after you got dissed, and you done did some dissing.” He’d go on to proclaim that it was a hallmark of this generation. “That’s y’all young people. y’all young people live in a soft society. That’s why I’m glad I’m an OG. All y’all young people soft. Soft, soft, soft. You got rappers that wanna diss somebody, then wanna go get the gun. Why not go and fight?”

The 2 Live Crew founder would go on to share differences between his generation and this one, citing his past beef with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. “One thing that’s off limits, the kids are off limits, girlfriends are off limits, mamas are off limits,” Luke said. His views were mostly met with approval in the comments, with one user writing: “Can’t tell people they wrong anymore without they feelings getting hurt…I just leave everything alone.”

Drake’s pre-action petition claims that Universal Music Group and Spotify were responsible for inflating the streaming numbers for “Not Like Us” using bots on social media and other means. The Certified Lover Boy artist filed the documents shortly after Kendrick Lamar’s latest album, GNX, was released. The move has earned him heavy criticism from others including Joe Budden, who called him a “piece of s—t” on his latest podcast episode, citing the Canadian rapper’s negative actions in the past fueling this karmic retribution.

UMG’s response to the filing was swift, stating: “The suggestion that UMG would do anything to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue. We employ the highest ethical practices in our marketing and promotional campaigns. No amount of contrived and absurd legal arguments in this pre-action submission can mask the fact that fans choose the music they want to hear.”

03 Dec 2024

Will Smith to Headline France’s 2025 Positiv Festival

Will Smith appears to be ramping up his return to music with the announcement of a summer 2025 set at France’s Positiv Festival next summer. The Bad Boys actor will mark his first-ever concert in France on July 31 when he takes the stage at the Roman Theatre of Orange.

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According to an announcement from the festival, the Oscar and Grammy-winning star will play a set of hits, including “Men in Black,” “Miami” and “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It,” among others. “A unique performance that will bring together more generations of fans of Will Smith’s inimitable energy!,” read the post.

Smith has not released a studio album since 2005, when he dropped his fourth full-length solo LP, Lost and Found, which topped out at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 album chart. After launching his movie career in the early 1990s, Smith has mostly focused on acting, most recently appearing in Bad Boys: Ride or Die. He won an Oscar for his work in the biographical tennis drama King Richard in 2022, collecting the hardware after he stormed the stage and slapped Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke referencing Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

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The actor eventually apologized for the incident and resigned from the Motional Picture Academy — which meant he can no longer vote for the Oscars, but can sill be nominated — followed by the organization announcing that he will be banned from the Oscars for the next decade.

Smith has been teasing a return to music, including recently dropping a new single, “Work of Art,” which features his son, Jaden Smith, as well as rapper Russ. In April, Smith made a surprise cameo during J. Balvin’s Coachella set, followed by the live debut of his gospel-tinged song “You Can Make It” at June’s BET Awards.

Earlier this year, Smith first discussed his upcoming album — tentatively titled Dance in Your Darkest Moments — saying, “Over the past year and a half, I’ve been in the studio. I have a project that is the most personal and powerful music project I’ve ever done. The idea of the music is, ‘Dance in your darkest moments.’” In July, Smith, who released his first three albums on Columbia Records and Lost and Found on Interscope, signed to Slang Music Group, home to Big Sean, Mira Black, Niki Lynette, Savvy & Mandy and Syleena Johnson.

Check out Positiv’s Smith announcement below.

03 Dec 2024

Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Is Apple Music’s Top Song of 2024

With 2024 coming to an end, Apple Music and Shazam are looking back on a great year in music.

Apple Music released its year-end charts on Tuesday (Dec. 3), with Kendrick Lamar coming in at No. 1 on the Top Songs of 2024: Global list with “Not Like Us.” Coming in at second place is Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things,” with Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” and Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” hitting No. 3 and 4, respectively. Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” completes the top five. With 39 songs on the list from female artists, it’s the biggest year for women in the chart’s seven-year history.

Additionally, Boone’s “Beautiful Things” leads the 2024 Global Shazam chart, with more tags on the platform than any other song this past year. Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control” hit No. 2, while FloyyMenor and CrisMJ’s breakout single “Gata Only” arrived at No. 3. At No. 4 is CYRIL’s remix of Disturbed’s “The Sound of Silence,” followed by Artemas’ “i like the way you kiss me.” 

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Check out the full list of year-end charts here.

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If you’re looking to check out your personal music-listening habits of 2024, Apple Music’s Replay 2024 experience is now available for subscribers, via the Apple Music app or website on desktop. All insights can be shared on social media or messaging platforms.

In addition to learning your top songs, artists and albums of 2024, users can also find our if they’ve made it in to the Top 500 or Top 1000 listeners of any of their favorite artists or genres; the date they first listened to their top song, artist and album; their monthly listening habits and more. Fans can listen to all their most-played songs from 2024 with Replay 2024 mix. 

Artists can also share insights celebrating their year with Replay for Artists.

03 Dec 2024

Britney Spears Celebrates 43rd Birthday As She’s Declared Officially Single Following Divorce

Britney Spears celebrated her 43rd birthday on Monday (Dec. 2), the same day a California court declared her officially single. According to People, the declaration came seven months after her divorce from ex-husband Sam Asghari was finalized in Los Angeles.

Spears and actor/model Asghari, 30, separated in July 2023, 13 months after their wedding and six years after they first began dating; Asghari filed for divorce in August 2023 citing irreconcilable differences.

Back in October, thrice-wed Spears celebrated that time she “married” herself in a throwback video that appeared to be similar to one from 2022, in which she wrote, “The day I married myself … Bringing it back because it might seem embarrassing or stupid, but I think it’s the most brilliant thing I’ve ever done !!!”

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Spears was also briefly married to childhood friend Jason Alexander in 2004 before tying the knot with dancer Kevin Federline that same year; she and Federline had two sons, Sean Preston, 19 and Jayden James, 18 before breaking up in 2007. In 2022, the singer married actor/personal trainer Asghari, with whom she split less than two years later.

While Spears did not address her new state-sanctioned singledom on her socials, she did post a video on Instagram in which she lashed out at one of her persistent tormentors: the paparazzi. “It really hurts my feelings that the paparazzi make my face look like I’m wearing a white Jason mask,” Spears said in the birthday selfie video post in which she referred to the iconic white hockey mask worn by teen terrorizer Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th horror movie series.

“It doesn’t even look like me. They’ve always been incredibly cruel to me,” she added. “The way they’ve illustrated me to be. Some of it I know I’m not perfect at all by any means, but some of it is extremely mean and cruel and that’s why I’ve moved to Mexico.” While Spears has often vacationed in Mexico, the clip appeared to be the first time she mentioned moving to the country.

In an earlier video, Spears again lashed the paps for how they make her look and noted that she is not, in fact turning 42 (as noted above, she turned 43 on Monday), but instead said “I’m turning five… I’m turning five-years-old. I have to go to kindergarten tomorrow.” It was unclear at press time what the latter comment was referring to.

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