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Sabrina Carpenter’s younger self “could not believe it” when she heard the completed version of her collaboration with Taylor Swift. The Espresso hitmaker became close friends with the pop superstar while serving as the opening act on two legs of The Eras Tour, during which they sang together twice. Months later, Carpenter was revealed to […]

Whitney Houston will receive a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award next year. The late performer – who passed away in 2012 – will be remembered at a ceremony in Los Angeles in January 2026, with one of the Recording Academy’s Special Merits Awards. Carlos Santana, Chaka Khan, Cher, Fela Kuti, Paul Simon will also receive […]

Kylie Minogue has achieved her first-ever Christmas number one. The 57-year-old pop star has topped the Christmas charts in the UK for the first time with XMAS, meaning Kylie has also become the first woman to have number one singles across four different decades. Kylie – who has already sold more than 80 million records […]

Addison Rae says she doesn’t “really care about being a pop star” — she just wants to be a “star”. The Diet Pepsi hitmaker insists her musical identity is shaped as much by instinct as by the era she grew up in after Rosalia 2000s said she has brought the “2000s American pop star back to […]

Wiz Khalifa has been sentenced to nine months in prison in Romania for drug possession. In July 2024, the rapper – real name Cameron Thomaz – was arrested and charged with “illegal possession of high-risk drugs” after he smoked marijuana onstage during a gig at the Beach Please! Festival in Costinesti. Khalifa was found in […]

Tate McRae is reportedly high on the list to perform at the BRIT Awards next year. The Sports Car singer made her debut at last year’s ceremony, performing her huge hit, Greedy, and since then, her career has skyrocketed. A source told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: “Tate’s name has come up in conversations about […]

Olivia Rodrigo can’t believe she got to hang out with Harry Styles after writing One Direction fan fiction at school. The 22-year-old pop star is a massive Directioner – the name given to 1D fans – and had a surreal full-circle moment when she met up with the 31-year-old boy band member she used to […]

Stevie Wonder has cancelled his upcoming Christmas benefit concerts. Instead of his usual one-off fundraising concert, the Superstition singer decided to host four shows at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles to celebrate the 26th edition of his House Full of Toys benefit. However, he has now scrapped the shows because he didn’t have enough […]

Mariah Carey has expressed her delight over All I Want for Christmas Is You making history on the music charts. Earlier this week, editors at Billboard announced that the 1994 holiday hit has broken the record for the longest-running number one song on the Hot 100 by staying on the list for 20 weeks. In […]

Zara Larsson insists all the pop girlies are “very supportive and loving”. The Ain’t My Fault singer – who has collaborated with the likes of PinkPantheress and Muni Long and toured with Tate McRae – has opened up about the camaraderie she feels among today’s leading female pop stars, insisting that despite the competitive nature […]