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Taylor Swift, 'The Life of a Showgirl' cover image (Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot) See if you can get your head around this: Taylor Swift's new album, The Life of a Showgirl, has broken a sales record set by Adele's 2015 album, 25 -- but only if you count it in "equivalent album units."Billboard reports that Showgirl has sold 3.5 million equivalent album units since its release on Oct. 3. […]

Rolling Stone is back with another list for music fans to argue over.This time, it's a tally of the 250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far, which the publication says reflect "an era of constant change," including the rise of streaming, and the expansion of global genres like K-pop and reggaeton. The list "highlights the tracks that have defined music’s chaotic, wide-open landscape," Rolling Stone notes.The #1 song is 2001's […]

Sabrina Carpenter attends the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, NY, September 2025 (Jamie McCarthy/WireImage) Sabrina Carpenter is racking up the country bucket list items. After duetting with Dolly Parton last year, she sang with Shania Twain at the Austin City Limits festival on Oct. 4. Now she's made her debut on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, the iconic country music broadcast that's been around since 1925.Sabrina performed at the […]

Taylor Swift, 'The Life of a Showgirl' back cover (Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot) If the world's biggest music star wrote a song about your sexual prowess, wouldn't you own up to it? When it comes to Travis Kelce, he's not going there.On the new episode of their New Heights podcast, Travis' brother, Jason Kelce, tried to get Travis to share how he feels about the song "Wood" on fiancée Taylor Swift's new album, […]

Shaboozey performs at the 2024 CMA Awards (Disney/Frank Micelotta) Shaboozey and pizza got a history.Domino's is debuting a new brand refresh complete with bolder colors, modern design and an updated sound, thanks to the musical talents of the "Bar Song (Tipsy)" singer, whom the pizza chain enlisted to record a catchy new jingle."Pizza is that one food that brings everyone together — different people and generations and cultures — and […]

Elton John inducts Bernie Taupin at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2023 (Disney/Michael J. Le Brecht II; Lola Young on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Disney/Randy Holmes) Elton John, Teddy Swims and Olivia Rodrigo are among the artists who will be performers and presenters at this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, taking place Nov. 8 in LA.Elton, of course, is a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer himself. […]

It's not even Halloween, but Elton John has released a new line of Christmas ornaments in partnership with Waterford crystal. There are eight in all, including one that looks like an astronaut aka Rocket Man and one that looks like a pair of star-shaped glasses. There's also a red heart, and 10% of the sales from that ornament go to Elton's AIDS Foundation. They ain't cheap, though. The full set […]

Taylor Swift, 'The Life of a Showgirl' cover image (Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot) Since Taylor Swift released The Life of a Showgirl, seemingly everyone has weighed in with their hot takes on it — not just fans and critics, but those mentioned in and those who coined phrases that appear in the lyrics. Not every reaction is positive, but Taylor believes that ultimately all publicity is good publicity.While appearing […]

Ed Sheeran attends Ed Sheeran X Kid Super event in New York City, September 2025 (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) Ed Sheeran is always popping up when you least expect him. On Monday night he dropped by Kid Super, the storefront of the Brooklyn, New York, clothing brand he did a collaboration with for his new album, PLAY. But he wasn't alone: He had chart-topping country star Megan Moroney with him, which he documented […]