Category: Adult Contemporary

Shawn Mendes and Khalid Address Social Injustice in Powerful Music Video For “Youth”

The time to be silent about injustice, intolerance, and inequality has ended, and Shawn Mendes knows it. On November 5th, the influential singer released a new music video for his song “Youth.” The song serves as an anthem of hope during a time in which fear and division seem much too prominent, and the video […]

Maroon 5 & Cardi B’s ‘Girls Like You’ Leads Billboard Hot 100 for Seventh Week in a Row

According to Billboard, Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, spends a seventh week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart (dated Nov. 10), again winning a close race over Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode,” which holds at its No. 2 high. With a seventh week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, “Girls” has […]

Andrea Bocelli Made It To The Mountain Top

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, has finally reached the top of the all-genre Billboard 200 chart. Bocelli’s “Sì”, debuts at No. 1 this week with 126,000 album equivalent units, according to Nielsen Music. The album includes collaborations with Ed Sheeran, Josh Groban.  The new album is Bocelli’s 16th studio effort and 26th overall to chart since “Romanza” […]

Ariana Grande is cool with all her exes in new song ‘thank u, next’

Grande released a new song, “thank u, next,” on Saturday night, 35 minutes before Saturday Night Live aired. Despite this seemingly shady timing (Davidson is on the show), the track mentions her exes Big Sean, Ricky Alvarez, the late Mac Miller, and Davidson by name and the tone is generous and kind. “Even almost got married […]

Will the ‘Taylor Swift Effect’ Swing the Tennessee Senate Race?

Could the “Taylor Swift effect” swing the Tennessee Senate race? That’s what Wall Street Journal political editor Jeanne Cummings wondered on “Shepard Smith Reporting” on Thursday when she was asked if there’s a midterm race that will surprise people. Swift issued a rare political endorsement via Instagram last month, declaring her support for Democratic Senate […]

Selena Gomez is feeling better but ‘continues to be fragile’

Selena Gomez is reportedly “feeling well again and doing much better after her health scare.” HollywoodLife.com reports that the “Taki Taki” singer is on the mend following her hospitalization last month, though her “body continues to be fragile and she fears she will always worry about one of her many health issues… For this brief […]

Beyonce Pays Tribute to Toni Braxton With ‘Phoni Braxton’ Halloween Costume

Beyoncé paid tribute to Toni Braxton with her spot-on Halloween costume. Bey flawlessly re-created Braxton’s 1993 debut album cover and shared a photo to Instagram on Tuesday (Oct. 30), playfully dubbing herself “Phoni Braxton” in the post. Clad in jeans and a leather jacket and donning Braxton’s famous cropped ‘do, Beyoncé reminds us that she […]

Ariana Grande Says the ‘Breathin’ Video Is ‘Coming’

Ariana Grande hinted at the forthcoming release for her song “Breathin” from Sweetener via Twitter on Sunday (Oct. 28). “Jus keep breathin,” the 25-year-old pop singer wrote in an initial post. A fan then replied, “Release the video plz.” As Grande is known to do, she responded to the fan with a nugget of information, saying, […]

Mike Posner on Making Music & Why It ‘Feels Good’ to Cry

Mike Posner doesn’t want to get too deep into the inspiration behind his latest single “Song About You”, a track that “revealed itself after a really beautiful relationship had ended”, but he did tell Billboard’s Pop Shop Podcast that he isn’t surprised that the song is being played across rock radio and pop radio alike. […]