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Atlantic Records Now that he's topped the Billboard Hot 100 with "Ordinary," what can Alex Warren do for an encore? Announce a new album, that's what.Alex has revealed that July 18 will bring us You’ll Be Alright Kid, which he calls the "complete album, 21 songs." You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) came out in September 2024. The deluxe version, which includes "Ordinary," came out in February.The new album includes Alex's new Jelly […]

Kevin Winter/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Selena Gomez are among 16 richest female celebrities on this year's edition of Forbes' annual ranking of America's Richest Self-Made Women.Rihanna, Madonna and Beyoncé are also on the list, which is based on assets like stakes in public companies and experts' opinions of the worth of private companies. All the women on the list have to have substantially made their own […]

ABC/John Argueta After Sabrina Carpenter posted a video teaser on her social media on Monday, she's now confirmed what it is she was teasing: a new song.It's called "Manchild" and will be out Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. Sabrina wrote on Instagram, "This one's about you!!"You can preorder a 7-inch vinyl version of the song now; a photo of the vinyl reveals that the song is produced by Jack Antonoff, […]

AWA/Simon & Schuster Elton John is going from "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" to the actual source material that inspired his famous song.He's written the forward for a graphic novel called Ultimate Oz Universe: The Lost Lands, inspired by the universe L. Frank Baum created, starting with his book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. That, of course, inspired the classic Judy Garland movie, as well as the book Wicked, which led to the Tony […]

Mindy Small/FilmMagic Alex Warren posted on social media several weeks ago that his wife, Kouvr, promised she'd run for him if his song "Ordinary" hit #1. It finally has, so it seems like Kouvr is going to have to lace up her sneakers. But why is Kouvr running a big deal in the first place? Alex explained it to ABC Audio prior to the song topping the chart."I have been […]

Kevin Winter/Getty Images Before Liam Payne's tragic death last year at the age of 31, Backstreet Boys' AJ McLean got to work with him on the Netflix series Building the Band, which is due to premiere this summer. And at Netflix's Tudum event on May 31, where the first footage from the show was screened, AJ told Entertainment Tonight what a great guy Liam was."I mean, he was an absolute dream […]

Mike Lewis Photography/Redferns Rick Astley’s hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" is in the news — and not because of another case of Rickrolling.Over 30 years after its release, the track just joined Spotify’s Billions Club, meaning it’s been streamed over 1 billion times on the service."I never could have imagined back in 1987 that 'Never Gonna Give You Up' would still be going strong decades later," Astley shares. "Thanks to streaming […]

Juliens Auctions/Maury Phillips Items connected to Taylor Swift did well at the recent Music Icons sale hosted by Julien's Auctions.A pink guitar signed by Taylor and Miley Cyrus sold for $104,000; it had been estimated to sell for between $6,000 and $8,000. Both singers signed the guitar on Feb. 7, 2009, the night before they teamed up to sing Taylor's song "Fifteen" at the Grammy Awards. Meanwhile, a dress Taylor wore […]

Jimmy Fontaine After spending 11 weeks at #1 in the U.K., Alex Warren has scored the same achievement in the good ol' U.S. of A."Ordinary" has topped the Billboard Hot 100, making it his first leader on that chart. He's the only solo male artist so far this year to score a debut #1 hit. Meanwhile, "Bloodline," his new song with Jelly Roll, debuts at #32, giving him two top-40 […]