Category: Adult Contemporary

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 […]

Taylor Swift – The 21st Century’s Most Disorienting Artist?

Taylor Swift’s can sometimes be difficult to relate to. It’s sometimes a concept, phrase, or even a word, that in that moment makes you realize that this song isn’t about you. This song is about Taylor Swift. In 2017’s “…Ready for It?”, it’s the little, self-referential wink, “He can be my jailer, Burton to this Taylor / Every lover […]

A Few Things to Know About the Billboard Charts This Week

1. “Reaching this milestone again is a dream for this band,” Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine tells Billboard of the group’s return to No. 1 on the Hot 100 (with its first leader in six years). 4. As “Killshot” bounds in at No. 3, Eminem earns his 20th Hot 100 top 10, a run that began with […]

Hozier talks brand new EP, ‘Nina Cried Power’

Andrew Hozier-Byrne (a.k.a. Hozier), the Irish songwriter, has recently stopped by the Corus studio to chat with Tom Schenck about what’s going on with him, and what’s to come in 2019. Hozier is celebrating the release of his third studio EP, Nina Cried Power, along with the commencement of a North American tour featuring several Canadian gigs. […]

The Very Best in Music Right Now

This week’s Artist 100 is out and musicians from every genre are a part of this one. We see a country act at the top, plenty of hip-hop and R&B artists spread throughout the top 10, and one very big rock act in between. Carrie Underwood is having a great year and she’s hit number […]