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Sabrina Carpenter and Paul Simon perform on 'SNL50: The Anniversary Special' on February 16, 2025 (Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images) When Sabrina Carpenter appeared in the opening moments of the Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary special earlier this year, she'd previously performed on SNL exactly once. But there she was, singing "Homeward Bound" with Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Paul Simon, who has made multiple appearances on the show since […]

Gloria Estefan performs on ABC's 'Good Morning America' in August 2025 (ABC/Paula Lobo) 2025 marks Gloria Estefan's 50th year in the music business and the 40th anniversary of "Conga," her breakthrough hit with Miami Sound Machine. But she's not slowing down: She has a new album, Raíces; an upcoming movie, Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie; and a stage musical set to open next year. "It just converged all in this 50th year — it wasn't planned […]

Sabrina Carpenter, 'Short n' Sweet' (Island Records) The album that changed Sabrina Carpenter's life turned 1 on Saturday, and she took to Instagram to celebrate the milestone.Short n' Sweet -- which earned Sabrina her first Grammys and first number-one hit, gave us the phrases "Make me Juno" and "That's that me, espresso," and even inspired a Saturday Night Live skit -- was released on Aug. 23, 2024.On Instagram, Sabrina wrote, "Pausing from [Man's Best […]

Lady Gaga performs during The MAYHEM Ball Tour, July 2025 (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation) "I'm home, New York City!" That's what Lady Gaga yelled from the stage Friday night as she brought her Mayhem Ball tour to Madison Square Garden for the first of six hometown shows.While the set was essentially the same as the previous shows on the tour, Gaga did prepare "something special" for her New […]

Ed Sheeran has released an acoustic video for his latest single, "A Little More." It shows him playing the song while standing by a pool at Cuadra San Cristóbal, a modernist private estate in Mexico City that's being redeveloped as a cultural center and museum. He's shown standing in front of a wall that happens to be the same shade of pink as his upcoming album Play.Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough celebrated […]

Benson Boone, 'American Heart' (Night Street Records/Warner Records) Most artists spend weeks, if not months, rehearsing for their tours. But Benson Boone claims he's spent the past few years literally winging it — until now.Benson is launching his American Heart tour Friday night in St. Paul, Minnesota, and he tells People it marks the first time he's rehearsed for a series of live dates. Benson tells the magazine that in the past he and […]

Meghan Trainor on 'American Idol' (Disney/Eric McCandless) Meghan Trainor is about five years older than Sabrina Carpenter, but she says about 10 years ago Sabrina was the one who gave her her "big break."Speaking to Bustle, Meghan notes that when Sabrina was just a teenager she included a song Meghan wrote, "Can't Blame a Girl for Trying," on her 2015 debut album, Eyes Wide Open."I didn't get to meet her, but […]

Rob Thomas (Randall Slavin) Rob Thomas has been posting on Instagram his reactions to current pop songs. On Friday, he commented on how much he likes Alex Warren's 10-week #1 hit "Ordinary," but admitted he was pretty late to the party."You can tell it's gonna be a hit just by the production," Rob says in the video while the song plays. "But you also know that he could just grab this […]

Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour admat/ courtesy of Live Nation Cyndi Lauper has been forced to cancel one of the stops on her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour.The singer announced on her Instagram Story that her show Tuesday at the Toyota Pavilion in Concord, California, has been canceled “due to unforeseen circumstances.”“I’m sorry to disappoint my fans,” Cyndi wrote in her post. “The good news is I’ll […]