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After an unexpected comeback with new music in 2023, The Swell Season have announced a full-scale return with their first new album in 16 years.
The duo – comprising Irish musician Glen Hansard and Czech singer and pianist Markéta Irglová – announced that new album Forward would arrive on June 13, with latest single “Stuck in Reverse” accompanying the news.
“It felt right to title the record Forward because it’s a reunion of sorts, but we’re not going backwards,” Irglová said in a statement. “Both of us have grown and changed; we’re in different places and getting to know each other again as the new people we’ve become.”
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First formed in 2005, the pair released a self-titled album the following year and received widespread attention after they featured in the lead roles for John Carney’s 2007 film Once. In 2008, their track “Falling Slowly” took home the Academy Award for best original song, with second album Strict Joy following the next year, reaching No. 15 on the Billboard 200.
Though a number of sporadic performances have taken place since, the pair would release “The Answer is Yes” in 2023, their first new piece of music in well over a decade. It was this recording session that inspired an eventual return. “After our whirlwind that led up to the Oscars and after, we were so busy and with that came a pressure that neither of us particularly wanted, and ultimately we kind of drifted in the middle of all of that hard work and celebration,” Hansard explained.
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“We remained good friends, helping on each other’s records, keeping up with each other’s families. While touring my last record, I realised I just missed her. I remember calling Marketa and saying, ‘Do you feel like doing some gigs?’ She said, ‘Yeah, that sounds great,’ and the shows went really well. Once we were hanging out again, new songs started coming through, and we started trying new ideas and playing the songs onstage.
“From there the idea was to do a little recording and not put any pressure on it, just see what happens, and suddenly we found ourselves making a record,” he added. “And we were both totally into it, and so here we are, a new chapter of our lives.”
Having recently performed a trio of dates across New York City and Boston in March, the pair will embark on a run of shows throughout Europe and the U.K. in May, before another North American return over the summer.
Despite her success at celebrity roasts and comedy specials, comedian Nikki Glaser revealed at the TIME100 Summit on Wednesday (April 23) that there was one joke she told during the 2025 Golden Globes on Jan. 5 that she worried went too far.
“I didn’t say anything that was like, calling anyone ugly or fat,” she told TIME deputy editor Kelly Conniff in New York City. “I think I get a reputation of being mean because of the roasts. I’m hired to be mean for those. [At] the Golden Globes, it’s not my job to ruin their night.”
However, she conceded she was initially concerned enough about a quip aimed at Selena Gomez’s fiancé, producer Benny Blanco, that she ended up texting Blanco to get his permission to go ahead with the line.
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“I said that ‘Selena Gomez is here because of Emilia Pérez and Benny Blanco is here because of the genie who granted him that wish.’ And looking back, I’m like, that could [seem] mean, because everyone’s like, ‘He’s not attractive enough for her,’” she said. “For me, I’ve never looked at them and actually thought that. I feel like she won too. I think he’s really cool. So, because that joke didn’t actually come from a mean place, I felt like it was OK for me to say.”
Still, she was concerned enough about it that she texted him. “I got his number. I said ‘You don’t know me, but I’m hosting this thing, and I hear you’re going to be there. Can I say that you’re there because a genie granted you a wish?’ He was like, ‘That’s hilarious; let me run it by Selena.’ We were all just waiting in the writers’ room. He said ‘Selena thinks it’s great.’ So they gave me permission. It was actually Jimmy Kimmel who told me if you’re worried about a joke and how it’s going to go over, just ask them.”
The fact that Glaser reached out to Blanco to get his permission to tell a borderline-mean joke shows her character. And the fact that Blanco gave her the go-ahead to tell a joke at his expense shows his.
Gomez was nominated for three awards at this year’s Golden Globes: best supporting actress, motion picture for Emilia Pérez as well as two awards (acting and executive producing) for Only Murders in the Building. She didn’t go home with a Globe, but she went home with something better – a partner who is secure in himself and has a good sense of humor.
Glaser was the first woman to host the Globes solo and has already been hired to lead the awards show again in 2026.
At the TIME event, she said that she sensed that the audience this year was unsure of how hard she was going to go in her humor. “When I first walked out, I knew the energy was like ‘We don’t know what she’s going to do. We’ve seen her do the Tom Brady roast most recently’ – that’s kind of where I popped for most people. In retrospect, I looked back at how terrified they all looked because they were like, ‘She’s going to roast us! She’s going to be just as mean as she was to Tom Brady.’ So, I heard from a lot of them that they were really, really scared. I wish I would have known that. I would have done something to defuse that a little bit.
“Next time is going to be a lot more fun because I think they know the tone that I have now. I go [for jokes], but I’m not going to embarrass you. And if you laugh, I’m only going to make you look good because you’re going to look so relatable laughing. It’s one of the best ways for an untouchable kind of celebrity on a pedestal to look normal.”
Here’s a link to Glaser’s 17-minute conversation at the TIME100 Summit.
Vinyl releases from Post Malone, Taylor Swift, Gracie Abrams and more were among the top-sellers from Record Store Day (RSD) 2025 in the United States, according to Luminate.
The yearly independent record store celebration was held on April 12 this year and offered an array of unique and limited-edition albums and singles (mostly vinyl pressings) issued for RSD. More than 300 titles were released for RSD 2025 at independent record stores across the U.S.
Post Malone had both the top-selling RSD 2025 album and single. His Post Malone Tribute to Nirvana, pressed on yellow-colored vinyl, was the top-seller among albums. The album was recorded in 2020 during a livestream that raised funds for The World Health Organization in support of COVID-19 relief efforts. Joining Malone for the livestream were Travis Barker (drums), Nick Mack (guitar) and Brian Lee (bass). The RSD 2025 vinyl release is also a charitable affair, as, according to the RSD organization, 100% of net proceeds from the sale of the vinyl will be donated to MusiCares’ Addiction Recovery/Mental Health division.
Tribute to Nirvana also bows at No. 2 on the April 26-dated Top Album Sales chart, where half of the top 10 are RSD 2025 titles. (Bon Iver‘s new studio album SABLE, fABLE — not an RSD 2025 release — debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales, scoring the artist his second leader.)
The Nos. 2-5 biggest selling RSD 2025-exclusive albums were: Gracie Abrams’ Live From Radio City Music Hall (double-vinyl set), Rage Against the Machine’s Live On Tour 1993 (double-vinyl set), Laufey’s A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl (double-vinyl set) and Charli xcx’s 2017 mixtape Number 1 Angel (on apple-colored vinyl).
Meanwhile, in terms of the top-selling RSD 2025 singles, Taylor Swift’s “Fortnight,” featuring Malone (on 7-inch vinyl) was the biggest seller. The Nos. 2-5 selling RSD 2025 singles were Charli xcx’s “Guess,” featuring Billie Eilish (on 7-inch vinyl); The Killers and Bruce Springsteen’s three-song “Encore at the Garden” (on 12-inch vinyl); The Cure’s “Alone” (Four Tet Remix) (on 12-inch vinyl) and Eddie Vedder’s “Save It for Later” / “Room at the Top” (on ocean floor-colored 12-inch vinyl).
Malone also served as the RSD 2025 Ambassador, and earlier said in a statement upon his selection: “What an honor, I can’t believe I was chosen to be Record Store Day’s Ambassador for 2025. Record Store Day is so important and I really hope to do my part to keep it alive.” Malone follows such recent RSD Ambassadors as Paramore (2024), Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires (2023), Swift (2022), Fred Armisen (2021), Brandi Carlile (2020) and Pearl Jam (2019).
Top-Selling Record Store Day 2024 Exclusive Albums at Independent Record Stores in the U.S.Rank, Artist, Title1. Post Malone, Post Malone Tribute to Nirvana (yellow-colored vinyl)2. Gracie Abrams, Live From Radio City Music Hall (double vinyl)3. Rage Against the Machine, Live On Tour 1993 (double vinyl)4. Laufey, A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl (double vinyl)5. Charli xcx, Number 1 Angel (apple-colored vinyl)6. Wallows, More (evergreen and white-colored vinyl)7. Talking Heads, Live On Tour (double vinyl)8. Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac (picture disc vinyl)9. Gorillaz, Demon Days Live From the Apollo Theater (red-colored double vinyl)10. The Doors, Strange Days 1967: A Work In Progress (translucent blue-colored vinyl)11. The Replacements, Tim (transparent purple-colored double vinyl)12. Grateful Dead, Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 6/14/76 (180-gram five vinyl set)13. The Cure, The Head On the Door (picture-disc vinyl)14. The Ramones, Loco Live (blue and red-colored double vinyl)15. Soundtrack, The Virgin Suicides (25th Anniversary Edition) (blue-colored vinyl)16. Queen, De Lane Lea Demos (vinyl)17. Wu-Tang and Mathematics, Black Samson, The Bastard Swordsman: Wu-Tang, The Saga Continues Collection (180-gram double vinyl)18. The Rolling Stones, Out of Our Heads (U.S.) (180-gram clear-colored vinyl)19. Elton John, Live at the Rainbow Theatre With Ray Cooper (180-gram vinyl)20. David Bowie, Ready, Set, Go! (Live, Riverside Studios ’03) (180-gram double vinyl)21. Thin Lizzy, Jailbreak (Alternate Version) (vinyl)22. Judas Priest, Live in Atlanta ‘82 (red-colored double vinyl)23. Young Thug, Barter 6 (silver-colored double vinyl)24. Vince Guaraldi, Selections From ‘It’s The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown’ (10-inch easter egg-shaped, colored vinyl)25. Beabadoobee, Live and Acoustic In London (red slushie-colored vinyl)Source: Luminate, for the week ending April 17, 2025
Top-Selling Record Store Day 2025 Exclusive Singles at Independent Record Stores in U.S.Rank, Artist, Title1. Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone, Fortnight (7-inch vinyl)2. Charli xcx featuring Billie Eilish, Guess (7-inch vinyl)3. The Killers & Bruce Springsteen, Encore at the Garden (Badlands / Dustland / Born to Run) (12-inch vinyl)4. The Cure, Alone (Four Tet Remix) (12-inch vinyl)5. Eddie Vedder, Save It for Later / Room at the Top (ocean floor-colored 12-inch vinyl)6. David Gilmour With Romany Gilmour, Between Two Points (Vita Brevis/Between Two Points [Live From the Royal Albert Hall] / Between Two Points [GENTRY Remix] / Between Two Points [GENTRY Remix Edit] / Between Two Points [Album Version]) (clear-colored 12-inch vinyl)7. Waxahatchee, Much Ado About Nothing / Mud / Next to Me (7-inch vinyl)8. Tom Waits, Get Behind the Mule (Spiritual) / Get Behind the Mule (7-inch vinyl)9. Geddy Lee, The Lost Demos (Gone / I Am… You Are) (12-inch vinyl)10. George Harrison, Be Here Now / Beck, Be Here Now (12-inch vinyl)Source: Luminate, for the week ending April 17, 2025
The Heat Latin Music Awards (popularly known as Premios Heat) unveiled its 2025 nominees today (April 23), exclusively on Billboard.
Beéle leads this year’s nominations with seven nods, including best urban artist and song of the year. He’s followed by six-time nominees Bad Bunny and Feid; Elena Rose with five nods; and with four nominations each, Karol G, Camilo, Yamie Safdie, and Ovy On The Drums.
More than 170 nominees are represented in 29 categories, including album of the year, best viral song, producer of the year, and fan club of the year — all categories that were added in 2024 for the awards’ 10th anniversary.
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The 2025 Heat Latin Music Awards will take place Thursday, May 29 in Medellín, Colombia, for the first time. In previous years, the event — founded by Colombian music executive and Billboard Latin Power Player Diana Montes — was celebrated on the beach in Punta Cana, Republica Dominicana, offering artists and attendees the “ultimate summer experience.”
Fans can vote for their favorite artists on the LosHeat.TV app.
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Below, see the full list of nominees:
Best Male ArtistFeidBad BunnyCarín León J BalvinEladio CarriónMalumaMarc AnthonyRauw AlejandroYandel
Best Female ArtistKarol GShakiraElena RoseMaría BecerraAnittaGreeicyKany GarcíaNatti Natasha
Best Duo or GroupMoratGrupo NichePiso 21Grupo FronteraCa7riel & Paco AmorosoGrupo 5Gente de ZonaRawayanaChyno & NachoAlexis y Fido
Best Rock ArtistJuanesMar RendónMolotovAirbagEla Taubert
Best Pop ArtistLassoJulianaMoratYamie SafdieElena RoseManuel TurizoFonseca
Best Urban ArtistFeidBeéleRyan CastroWisinYandelOzunaBlessdEladio CarriónAnuel AAArcángelJ BalvinMyke Towers
Best Tropical ArtistRomeo SantosCarlos VivesPrince RoyceEddy HerreraFelipe PeláezSilvestre DangondEl BlachyFonsecaCharlie ZaaAna del Castillo
Best Salsa ArtistVíctor ManuelleGilberto Santa RosaCamiloGrupo NicheYiyo SaranteLa IndiaMike BahíaBrunella Torpoco
Best Southern Region ArtistLudmillaEmiliaAnittaLa JoaquiTiago PZKLit KillahKe PersonajesTrueno
Best Andean Region ArtistBeéleElena RoseNanpa BásicoDanny OceanOvy On The DrumsRyan CastroDayanaraNachoAndreina Bravo
Best Northern Region ArtistLenny TavárezDarellJay WheelerTito Double PFarrukoNetón VegaDei VDe La Rose
Best New ArtistEla TaubertKapoAlleh y YorghakiLuis AlfonsoMajo AguilarMaisakYamie SafdieJombriel Hades 66
Musical PromiseDNDMarVallejo 777SoleyLa CruzBenúLuister La VozMiguel BuenoDomelipaDarumasJhay PValkaVale Garzón
Influencer of the YearYurielkys Ojeda & Valeria Ramírez (Hisyovaleria)La SeguraLele PonsLa DivazaCalle y PochéLos MontañerosUntalfredoLos de ÑamLuisa Fernanda WMarkoFelipe Saruma
Best Regional ArtistPipe BuenoJessi UribeArelys HenaoYeison JiménezPaola JaraCarín LeónXaviGabito BallesterosLuis Alfonso
Best Dominican Urban ArtistEl AlfaYailin La Más ViralLa PerversaLomiielLismarChimbala
Best Music Video“Si antes te hubiera conocido” – Karol G“Turista” – Bad Bunny“UWAIE” – Kapo“Khe ?” – Rauw Alejandro, Romeo Santos“Alegría”- Tiago PZK , Anitta , Emilia“Bailar Contigo” – Pipe Bueno, Majo Aguilar
Best Collaboration“Volver” – Piso 21, Marc Anthony, Beéle“Una Vida Pasada” – Camilo, Carín León“Orión” – Elena Rose, Boza“Hasta aquí llegué” – Nanpa Básico, Beéle“La Plena” – W Sound, Beéle, Ovy On The Drums“Se Me Olvida” – Maisak, Feid“En Privado” – Xavi, Manuel Turizo“Querida Yo” – Yamie Safdie, Camilo“Coqueta Remix”, Heredero, Jessi Uribe“Te Quería Ver” – Alemán, Netón Vega“Háblame Claro” – Yandel, Feid“Bala Perdida” – Arthur Hanlon, Ángela Aguilar
Best Video Content PlatformMoluscoTVAlofoke MediaDímeloKingLa Nave Podcast /MarkoChente YdrachVos Podés / Tatiana FrancoLos Impresentables Los40Juanpis González
DJ of the YearMarco CarolaDJ PopeDJ AdoniNatalia ParisGordoAlex Sensation
Song of the Year“Si antes te hubiera conocido” – Karol G“DtMF” – Bad Bunny“Nuevayol” – Bad Bunny“Rio” – J Balvin“Se me olvida” – Maisak, Feid“Hasta aquí llegué” – Nanpa Básico, Beéle“Chismofilia” – Luis Alfonso
Producer of the YearOvy On The DrumsSOGMaster ChrisSky RompiendoIcon Music – Jowan y RoloSergio GeorgeEdgar Barrera
Video Director of the YearDarío BurbanoEvaluna MontanerRodrigo FilmsFélix BollaínPedro ArtolaSebas SánchezNuno Gomes
Album of the YearCuatro – CamiloDebí Tirar Más Fotos – Bad BunnyCosa Nuestra – Rauw AlejandroMuevense – Marc AnthonyGrasa – Nathy PelusoGarcía – Kany GarcíaTropicalia – Fonseca
Best Viral Song“DtMF” – Bad Bunny“Ohnana” – Kapo“Capaz” – Alleh y Yorghaki“En Otra Vida” – Yamie Safdie, Lasso“Solcito” – Miguel Bueno, Juan Duque“Bing Bong” – Yailin La Más Viral“Con Sonido” – Alofoke Music, Bulin 47, Ceky Viciny“La Plena” – W Sound, Beéle, Ovy On The Drums
Composer of the YearEdgar BarreraMaster ChrisElena RoseKeitynCáceresWilfran CastilloBull Nene
Best Song for Videogames, Series or Movies“Mi Amor” from Capitan Avispa – Juan Luis Guerra 4:40, Joy, Luis Fonsi“Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez – Selena Gomez“Cuéntame” from Me Atrevo a Amarte – Majo Aguilar, Alex Fernández“Al Final” from Moana 2 – Emilia Mernes
Fan Club of the YearFandom Karol GFandom Lenny TavárezFandom DomelipaMarcianos – Mar RendónTeamLu – Lucia De La PuertaFandom YuleriasFandom FeidTeam Chivirikas – Yailin La Más Viral
Best Religious Song“Bailando en la lluvia” – Daddy Yankee“Tiempos Buenos” – Farruko, Madiel Lara“Alabaré” – Nacho, Redimi2 y Alex Zurdo“Rumbo Pa La Iglesia” – Alex campos“Hay un Gran Rey” – Lirios“El Amado Viene” – Montesanto
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Seth MacFarlane’s ninth studio album, Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements, will feature 12 never-before-heard arrangements created for Frank Sinatra by his legendary collaborators Nelson Riddle, Billy May and Don Costa. The album is set for release June 6 via Verve Records / Republic Records.
MacFarlane has long been a Sinatra fan. Two of the Family Guy creator’s earlier albums, Holiday for Swing and No One Ever Tells You, featured Sinatra’s bassist Chuck Berghofer as well as a 65-piece orchestra. In 2015, MacFarlane performed on the primetime tribute Sinatra 100 — An All-Star GRAMMY Concert.
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MacFarlane, 51, was born in October 1973, the very month Sinatra released Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back, his “comeback album” following a brief retirement (which he wisely reconsidered). Sinatra continued recording through 1994. He died in 1998 at age 82.
These arrangements remained in the private collection of the Sinatra family for many years. In collaboration with the Sinatra family and estate, MacFarlane acquired the entire Sinatra music archive in 2018, and has brought these 12 arrangements to life with a 70-piece orchestra, conducted by British conductor John Wilson, and produced by MacFarlane’s longtime musical collaborator Joel McNeely. Every song on the album was recorded live with this ensemble at George Lucas’ famed Skywalker Sound Studios in Marin County, Calif.
The album’s first single, Billy Strayhorn’s “Lush Life,” features Riddle’s original conceptual arrangement from 1958.
MacFarlane received Grammy nominations for best traditional pop vocal album for his first three non-holiday studio albums — Music Is Better Than Words (2012), No One Ever Tells You (2016) and In Full Swing (2018).
If this new album is also nominated when the nominations for the 68th Grammy Awards are announced later this year, it will become the ninth tribute album to Sinatra to be cited in that category, following Tony Bennett’s Perfectly Frank (1993), Barry Manilow’s Manilow Sings Sinatra (1999), Keely Smith’s Keely Sings Sinatra (2002), Michael Feinstein’s The Sinatra Project (2009) – and two albums each by Bob Dylan (Shadows in the Night, 2016, and Fallen Angels, 2017) and Willie Nelson (My Way, 2019 and That’s Life, 2022).
Bennett’s Perfectly Frank and Nelson’s My Way both won in that category. Sinatra himself won in the category in 1995 for Duets II, which was his final new studio album.
MacFarlane is set to bring Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements to the stage with a live performance at Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall on Feb. 17, 2026.
MacFarlane has received five Grammy nominations in all – the other two are for best comedy album and best song written for visual media – and an Oscar nomination for best original song for “Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from Ted. Other career highlights include hosting the Oscars in 2013, performing with legendary composer John Williams at the Hollywood Bowl, and recording a duet with Barbra Streisand for her Billboard 200-topping album Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway.
Here’s the complete track list to Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements:
“Give Me the Simple Life”
“I Never Felt This Way Before”
“Lush Life”
“Flying Down to Rio”
“How Did She Look?”
“Who’s In Your Arms Tonight?”
“A Wonderful Day Like Today”
“When Joanna Loved Me”
“Arrivederci, Roma”
“Hurry Home”
“Ain’tcha Ever Comin’ Back”
“Shadows”
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