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Kate Green/Getty Images Since it's now 2025, Billboard has recapped the first 25 years of this century — from 2000 to the end of 2024 — with a new Top Artists of the 21st Century chart. It won't surprise anyone to learn that Taylor Swift ranks #1 on that chart.Even though Taylor didn't debut on any Billboard chart until July 2006, she's since managed to score 14 #1 albums on […]

Universal Pictures Ariana Grande didn't win the Golden Globe for her performance in Wicked, but she and her co-star Cynthia Erivo shared a special honor on Jan. 7 at the National Board of Review's annual gala in New York City.At the event, Wicked was named best film and its director, Jon M. Chu, was named best director. While neither Ari nor Cynthia won best actress or best supporting actress — those […]

ABC/Paula Lobo; Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal Hozier's "Too Sweet" may have been his first #1 hit, but now it's gotten perhaps an even more prestigious honor: getting covered by Kelly Clarkson.The American Idol winner and pop star put her spin on "Too Sweet" for the latest Kellyoke segment on her talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show."I love that song so much," Clarkson said of "Too Sweet." "It's probably just one of the reasons [Hozier] was […]

Dey Street Books Cher's autobiography, The Memoir: Part One, has been #1 on the New York Times bestseller list for six weeks, so people are obviously excited for Part Two, which is due in November. Only trouble is, Cher hasn't begun writing it yet.When Cher appeared ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Jan. 7, she told the host she "hadn't even started" Part Two, adding, "I was late [with Part One]. I […]

Courtesy Dunkin' Sabrina Carpenter recently partnered with Dunkin' on a new drink called Sabrina's Brown Sugar Shakin' Espresso, but she probably never thought the "influencer" who'd get the beverage a lot of attention would be an 81-year-old grandmother.Carol Chapman posts on TikTok as "Grandma C," and often posts videos reviewing coffee and doughnuts from the front seat of her car. She reviewed the Brown Sugar Shakin' Espresso a few days ago, […]

Looks like Justin Bieber's son, Jack Blues, is going to grow up to be a hockey fan, just like daddy. On his Instagram Story, Justin posted a photo of a miniature Toronto Maple Leafs jersey that Leafs captain Auston Matthews sent him for the baby. It's autographed, "To JB Jr., Peace and Love."Taylor Swift has a special gift for all you lovers out there. For a limited time only, you […]

Charles McQuillan/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management Variety has put together its annual list of the 500 biggest names in showbiz — "leaders, movers and shakers," as the publication puts it — over the past year, and some of music's top stars have made the cut.One of the categories on the Variety500 list, released ahead of the publication's annual Entertainment Summit on Jan. 8, is Talent and includes Taylor Swift, […]

Interscope After 20 weeks on the chart, Lady Gaga's duet with Bruno Mars, "Die With a Smile," has finally topped the Billboard Hot 100, and Gaga took to TikTok to post a video thanking fans for the song's success."I'm so incredibly grateful that my song 'Die With a Smile' with Bruno Mars, my friend, is #1 on the Hot 100,"  says Gaga, who's dressed down, and sporting blond hair and eyebrows.Then, […]

L-R Paul Stookey, Mary Travers, Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary/Photo Credit: Images Press/IMAGES/Getty Images Folk singer Peter Yarrow, the Peter in Peter, Paul and Mary, passed away Tuesday at the age of 86, his publicist confirmed to ABC Audio. Yarrow died in New York after battling bladder cancer.Peter, Paul and Mary, which also featured Paul Stookey and Mary Travers, rose to fame in the folk music scene of the […]