During his recent Spilt Milk festival performance in Australia, Kendrick Lamar paused his show to sing “Happy Birthday” to 9-year-old fan Kalina Fowler, who had been shouting about her birthday from atop her grandfather’s shoulders. The heartfelt moment was captured on fan-shot video, with Lamar leading the crowd in singing before gifting Kalina a signed…… MORE
Billboard’s 2025 year-end Boxscore charts named Kendrick Lamar’s Grand National Tour as the highest-grossing rap tour of 2025. Lamar earned $369.6 million from 42 shows across North America, Europe, and South America, while selling 1.9 million tickets. Following Lamar is Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia Tour, which grossed $174.5 million with 1.3 million tickets sold over…… MORE
Trey Songz was charged with assault for allegedly punching a nightclub employee at Dramma Night Club in Times Square on December 4, and was also charged with second-degree mischief for causing about $1,500 in damage at Mira restaurant and hookah lounge during an unrelated incident a week later. Manhattan prosecutors allege the 41-year-old R&B singer,…… MORE
Billboard’s 2025 year-end Boxscore charts reveal that Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour was the highest-grossing country tour ever, earning $407.6 million from 32 shows across North America and Europe, while selling 1.6 million tickets. Following Beyoncé are Post Malone’s Big Ass Stadium Tour with $231.1 million earned while selling 1.6 million tickets over 51 shows, while…… MORE
Carl Carlton, the funk, soul, and R&B singer best known for his 1981 hit “She’s a Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked)” and his Top 10 1974 cover of “Everlasting Love,” has died at 73. The news of his death was confirmed by his son on social media on Sunday (December 14), where he…… MORE
50 Cent, who stars as Balrog in the upcoming Street Fighter reboot set for October 2026, teased on Instagram over the weekend that he plans to recruit Eminem to create new music for the film’s soundtrack. “I’m gonna get @eminem on deck to make some music for this movie Street Fighter 🔥🎥,” 50 wrote, before…… MORE
Fergie recently reunited with the Black Eyed Peas members Will.i.am, Apl.de.Ap, and Taboo to celebrate their landmark 50th birthdays together, with the “London Bridge” singer sharing the heartfelt moment in an Instagram post on Saturday (December 13). “Finally got to break bread and celebrate our milestone birthdays together,” Fergie wrote in the caption alongside a…… MORE
Mariah Carey’s 1994 holiday classic, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” has set a record with its 20th total week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the longest reign in the chart’s 67-year history. Carey’s Christmas chart-topper surpasses the 19-week rule of Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and Lil Nas X’s “Old…… MORE
On Monday (December 15), Mariah Carey announced that she will be performing at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, taking place on February 6 at the San Siro Stadium. The Queen of Christmas shared the exciting news in a glamorous Instagram video where she greeted fans in Italian…… MORE
Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” was the most-played song on TouchTunes jukeboxes for the second consecutive year in 2025, continuing its 2024 reign that coincided with its record-tying run as the longest-running No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart throughout that year. Released in April 2024, the track dominated each of TouchTunes’ quarterly Frontline…… MORE
