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Ed Sheeran looks set to extend his reign over the U.K. singles chart, only he might do it with a new number. Sheeran’s latest “Shivers” gets away to a fast start to lead the First Look chart, which ranks releases based on the weekend’s sales and streaming activity. “Shivers” debuts at No. 1 and opens...

Mushroom Group stalwart Warren Costello has left the music company to focus on his health and spend time with family. Costello is recognized as one Australia’s leading indie record executives, and one of the driving forces behind Mushroom Group’s growing portfolio of labels. Based in Melbourne, Costello joined Michael Gudinski’s music group in 1990, exiting...

Adam Stotsky is named president of MRC Live & Alternative, the live and alternative division of entertainment group MRC. Stotsky brings to the company more than 25 years’ experience across entertainment, media and marketing brands, including 19 years with NBCUniversal. At NBCUniversal, Stotsky served as global president of E! Entertainment (2014-2019), president of Esquire Network...

Even before the first note, there were a pair of standing ovations — one when the chorus filed in and another when concertmaster Benjamin Bowman walked on to tune up the orchestra. About 90 minutes later, when conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin relaxed his arms, the 3,600 people filling the seats of the Metropolitan Opera House responded...

“And they said we wouldn’t last.” That was Madonna, breakout star of the first-ever MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, kicking off the 2021 VMAs by referencing Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley’s iconic moment of cringe at the 1994 VMAs. It was certainly a clever way to draw a quick through-line between four decades...

Sunday’s (Sept. 12) telecast of the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards celebrated the channel’s 40th birthday by bringing out the hottest young talent and veteran performers on one stage at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Hot pink was the unofficial color scheme of the evening’s performances, from Chlöe’s booty-popping outfit during the debut television performance...

Lil Nas X‘s “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” took video of the year at the 2021 VMAs, held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Sunday Sept. 12. Justin Bieber, Olivia Rodrigo, BTS and Billie Eilish, among others, also won multiple Moon Person awards. Here’s a look at this year’s record-setters: Lil Nas X co-directed...

ABBA’s long-overdue comeback has triggered a return to the U.K. charts. The Swedish pop legends score a 20th U.K. Top 10 single as “Don’t Shut Me Down” (Polar) blasts to No. 9 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published late Friday. The track was streamed 2.3 million times in the U.K. during the latest cycle,...

Busta Rhymes delivered a shot of surprise adrenaline to the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards when he took the stage at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Sunday (Sept. 12.) As Swizz Beatz teased before the rapper took the stage for a performance announced only hours earlier, Brooklyn native Rhymes is a “hip-hop icon behind some...

Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker closed out 2021’s MTV Video Music Awards at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center with a performance of their latest collaboration “Papercuts,” as MGK made his debut performance at the VMAs. The two musicians’ respective girlfriends, Megan Fox and Kourtney Kardashian, introduced the performance, referring to the artists as “our future baby...

Another year, another MTV Video Music Awards. After a socially-distanced outing in 2020, the VMAs returned in full force at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Sunday (Sept. 12) night for yet another memorable evening of performances, speeches, and of course, Moon People. The 2021 VMAs were a big night for Olivia Rodrigo, who took home both...

The 2021 MTV Video Music Awards took over the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday night (Sept. 12), and as usual, there was no shortage of memorable moments. From surprise appearances and performance tributes to meme-worthy red carpet interactions, see below for the best moments from this year’s VMAs. Madonna’s Surprise Appearance No...

Alicia Keys and Swae Lee hit the stage at the 2021 MTV VMAs on Sunday (Sept. 12) to deliver their collaborative new single, “LALA (Unlocked).” The duo’s rendition at the VMAs in New York marks their first-ever live performance of “LALA (Unlocked)” since the single was released via RCA Records on Thursday, Sept. 9. Moments...

Recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Foo Fighters accepted another career honor at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards this Sunday (Sept. 12), receiving the show’s first-ever global icon award and performing a three-song medley at the show. The longtime rock torchbearers’ performance were introduced by Billie Eilish, who saluted the group as...

BTS took home the award for best K-pop at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday (Sept. 12). After singing a snippet of “Butter,” the South Korean septet delivered their acceptance speech via video since BTS was unable to accept the award in person at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. “Thanks for this award....

When it came time for Normani to deliver her performance at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, she decided to pull out all of the stops with a show-stopping rendition of “Wild Side.” Opening up the song with a series of flashing reflections of herself and her backup dancers, Normani slipped into a white void,...