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Mandy Moore is more famous these days as an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actress on the hugely popular family drama This Is Us, but she’s never stopped thinking about the music that came first. Moore, now 35, became a TRL-era superstar at 15 with the bubblegum-pop hit “Candy,” and made …

David Bowie, Britney Spears and Roger Waters are among the list of artists tapped for Record Store Day 2020 releases. The annual event, which celebrates independent, local record stores, will be held on April 18th around the world. Per Record Store Day’s tradition, David Bowie releases will be included. This …

Boricua band Buscabulla have dropped a brand new video for their gauzy disco cut, “NTE.” It is the second single off their upcoming full-length debut, Regresa, out May 8th on Ribbon Music. “NTE” stands for “No Te Equivoques,” or “Don’t Get It Wrong.” Directed by Chris Gregory-Rivera and filmed by …

UPDATE: The Smashing Pumpkins have canceled their Rock Invasion Tour 2 due to ongoing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. The trek was originally supposed to take place in April, but was then postponed until October because of the coronavirus. In a statement on Instagram, the Smashing Pumpkins said, “It is …

Some pop stars might go through a few different versions of the video for their first solo hit; Normani went through about 50. Written with Max Martin and Normani’s tourmate Ariana Grande, “Motivation” was a blast of airy, sexy, rhythmically savvy pop. In the video, released last summer, Normani romps …

UPDATE: A judge dismissed the songwriters’ countersuit against Lizzo over the song “Truth Hurts,” noting that a “joint author of one copyrightable work does not automatically gain ownership of a derivative work.” However, the judge allowed for the lawsuit to be refiled pending amendment, Deadline reports. Three songwriters have filed …

UPDATE (3/10): The Los Angeles Opera revealed their findings in a long-awaited investigation on Domingo, the New York Times reports. The company, which opened the investigation following Domingo’s accusations last summer, announced that their investigators received 10 allegations by women, occurring between 1986 and 2019. They also “deemed the allegations …

Kim Gordon has announced a 2020 world trek in support of her solo debut No Home Record, released last fall. Gordon will spend the first half of the summer in Europe, including the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona, Spain, on June 4th. She’ll head to North America in July, kicking …

Justin Bieber‘s Changes debuted at Number One in a busy week on the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. Bieber’s new full-length, his first since 2015, amassed more than 125,000 sales — many came through ticket or merchandise bundles — and more than 122 million streams. While Bieber arrived …

Toward the end of the 2010s, Anglophone artists had produced their fair share of bilingual crossover tracks. Few, like 2017’s “Despacito,” yielded astronomical success on the pop charts, whereas others only doubled down on cynical gimmicks and Latino stereotypes, leaving a slew of largely forgettable singles in their wake. The …