Category: Adult Contemporary

Shawn Mendes takes the win for Favorite Artist / Adult Contemporary

Shawn Mendes, the rookie of this category, has become the underdog and won the title of Favorite Adult Contemporary artist. The 20 year old singer has had huge success in his short window of time as an artist, and has definitely paved the way for himself to only keep climbing. The Canadian singer and songwriter […]

AMAs Artist of the Year – Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift brings home one of the most prestigious awards the American Music Awards has to up for grabs: Artist of The Year. The 28 year old singer has quite the career under her belt for her age. Countless chart topping hits, platinum albums, extremely successful world tours and some of the most loyal fans […]

The Winner Takes It All: Cher scores biggest sales week of 2018 for a pop album by a woman

Mamma Mia! Cher‘s new album of ABBA covers, Dancing Queen, has debuted at #3 on the Billboard album chart, tying the record for her highest-charting solo album ever. What’s more, it also scored the biggest sales week of the year for any pop album by a woman. No pop album by a woman has sold more in a week in 2018 than Dancing […]

AMA Nominees for Favorite Artist – Adult Contemporary

The American Music Awards will be announcing tonight who their favorite artist is for the Adult Contemporary genre. And this year, we have quite the star-studded nominees Shawn Mendes Mendes has had quite the success over the past few years. The Canadian singer and songwriter got his start on Vine back in 2013. And since […]

Ed Sheeran – an AMA Crowd Favorite

The American Music Awards (AMAs) is an annual American music awards show, created by Dick Clark in 1973 for ABC. Unlike the Grammys, which are awarded on the basis of votes by members of the Recording Academy, the AMAs are determined by a poll of the public and fans, who can vote through the AMAs website. Ed Sheeran has […]

Taylor Swift opening the AMAs 2018

Taylor Swift is returning to the American Music Awards in a big way. In a black shirt with bold red lips, the “Look What You Made Me Do” singer, 28, announced her big news in an Instagram video last week – which was first shared on Good Morning America. “Good morning America. It’s Taylor,” Swift started. “I just wanted to say I’m […]

Shawn Mendes, Zedd & Camila Cabello To Perform at 2018 AMAs

The 2018 American Music Awards keep getting more star-studded every day. Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello are the latest artists to join the performers roster for this year’s show, which will broadcast live on Oct. 9 on ABC. Though the two pop singers have a song together – 2015’s “I Know What You Did Last Summer” – Cabello and Mendes […]

Snow Patrol – Where have they been?

Snow Patrol hasn’t made new music in the last few years, until now. However they didn’t exactly disappear from the spotlight – radio will always play the “Grey’s Anatomy”-approved anthem “Chasing Cars.” But the Northern Irish/Scottish band has kept a low profile since releasing “Fallen Empires” in 2011. For why you may ask? Gary Lightbody, […]

Mumford and Sons announce New Album and Release Single

Mumford & Sons are back and it’s music to our ears. Three years after their third album Wilder Minds topped the UK and US charts, the banjo-wielding group have released the first track from their upcoming fourth record, titled Delta. The new single “Guiding Light” – a slow building folksy track that’s apparently “emblematic” of the new album – has been made available online and will be followed by the album […]

Will U2 Ever Tour Again?

Bono isn’t sure U2  will tour again after their Experience + Innocence tour. “I don’t take anything for granted”. The famed frontman opened up about the toll touring takes on him physically in an interview with The Sunday Times magazine, explaining how his brushes with mortality have impacted him. The 58-year-old singer revealed on the liner notes […]