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Theo Wargo/Getty Images Sam Smith is returning on Thursday with new music.Sam wrote on Instagram Tuesday, "To Be Free. Thursday, 5pm BST / 12pm ET. ... It’s one vocal and guitar take from start to finish, made complete by the beautiful injection of the incredible choir we’ve been working with across this new project. To Be Free was written 5 years ago. It’s more than special to me."They included a photo of New York […]

Tyler Golden/NBC Kelly Clarkson is coming back to NBC's The Voice in 2026.The singing competition announced Tuesday that for spring 2026 — season 29, if you can believe it — Kelly will return as a coach alongside Adam Levine and John Legend. The season is being called the Battle of Champions because, for the first time, the coaching panel is made up of previous winners.The coaches will each have 10 artists and […]

Todd Williamson/CBS via Getty Images Taylor Swift fans know that she has mad skills in the kitchen, especially when it comes to baking. Most recently, her BFF Selena Gomez was on the receiving end of one of her home-baked treats — as revealed by Selena's fiancé, Benny Blanco.On Tuesday — Selena's 33rd birthday — Benny posted a photo on his Instagram Story showing a gift basket from Taylor. In addition […]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy While fans are holding out hope that one day they'll see Taylor Swift release a behind-the-scenes documentary of the Eras Tour, one production company has beat her to it — sort of.Deadline reports that the two-part documentary series, with the working title Taylor, will air on the U.K.'s Channel 4. It'll include interviews with industry insiders, fans and "high-profile commentators," and focus on how Taylor […]

LUXE Brands She's a singer, actress and beauty mogul, but let's not forget that Ariana Grande is also a perfume creator. Her latest fragrance, Plush Vanilla, launches at Sephora on July 31.The fragrance is part of Ari's LOVENOTES fragrance collection. According to a press release, it's a "light, silky vanilla ... wrapped with creamy sandalwood, warm amber, and cashmere woods." It comes in two sizes, priced at $80 and $32.Ari […]

Petros Studio Ed Sheeran is still out on his current tour, but he's already making plans for 2026.Ed announced on Instagram that he's doing a new tour next year called the LOOP tour. He writes, "New stage, new tricks, new set up, new songs and all the classics added in. We kick it off in Australia and New Zealand in Jan, Feb, March 2026, which is always the best time, […]

Universal Records Rob Thomas will release his new solo album All Night Days on Sept. 5. It's his first non-Christmas solo album since 2019, and he says you can blame the COVID-19 lockdown for messing up his nice, neat schedule.Generally, Rob says, there's a "nice ebb and flow" to his career: He makes a Matchbox Twenty record and then does a solo album. But COVID forced the two projects to […]

Patrick Tracy Colbie Caillat and Jason Mraz have gotten back together to recreate their Grammy-winning duet "Lucky" for Colbie's latest project.The album, This Time Around, is due Aug. 29 and is available for preorder now. It features Colbie duetting with various artists on new versions of her biggest hits, plus new songs and one cover. “I’ve wanted to revisit some of my older singles for years, but never really carved […]

Courtesy Spotify More than 45 years after its release, a classic ABBA tune has passed 1 billion streams on Spotify."Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)," released in 1979, has hit the milestone. It marks the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers' second entry into the Billions Club after "Dancing Queen" got there in 2023.  Madonna famously sampled "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" for her 2005 top 10 hit "Hung Up."An Instagram video […]