music industry

Bad Bunny wins top album at Grammys, first for Spanish-language album

February 8, 2026 Maria Sherman

LOS ANGELES — Bad Bunny won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards for his critically acclaimed “Debí Tirar Más Fotos,” closing out a surprising and history-making night. It is the first time […]

Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga go head to head at 2026 Grammys

February 1, 2026 Maria Sherman

NEW YORK — The 68th annual Grammy Awards will take place Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. This year marks a return to normalcy after the 2025 award show was altered to focus […]

Sony, Warner, Universal sign AI music licensing deals with startup Klay

November 30, 2025 Kelvin Chan

LONDON — The world’s biggest music labels have struck AI licensing deals with a little-known startup named Klay Vision, the companies said last Thursday, the latest in a series of deals that underlines how the […]

Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley died from injuries suffered in fall

November 24, 2025 The Associated Press

MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss, died from blunt force injuries to the head that he suffered in a fall earlier this year, […]

Judge tosses out Drake’s defamation lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

October 16, 2025 Larry Neumeister and Andrew Dalton

NEW YORK — A defamation lawsuit that Drake brought against Universal Music Group was tossed out last Thursday by a federal judge who said the lyrics in Kendrick Lamar’s dis track “Not Like Us” were […]

Brittany Mahomes, NFL, Donald Trump among those praising Swift, Kelce’s engagement

September 8, 2025 The Associated Press

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement following a two-year romance was swiftly praised by stars from the entertainment and sports worlds, British royalty and even the U.S. president. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher […]

‘Buckingham Nicks’ bombed in 1973; it became used vinyl treasure

August 3, 2025 Ben Finley and Kristin M Hall

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — They were in love once. Four years before Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” became one of the best breakup records of the 1970s — and, many might say, all time — Stevie Nicks and […]

Jane’s Addiction bandmates sue each other over tour-ending onstage fight

July 27, 2025 Andrew Dalton

LOS ANGELES — The members of alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction filed dueling lawsuits last Wednesday over singer Perry Farrell’s onstage scuffle with guitarist Dave Navarro at a Boston concert last year, prompting the cancellation […]

Judge orders managers for late Johnny Winter to pay $226,000 in damages, alleging theft

June 23, 2025 Dave Collins

A Connecticut judge has settled a bitter feud over the estate of the late legendary blues guitarist Johnny Winter, ordering his managers to pay $226,000 in damages for improper payments they received after his 2014 […]

Love celebrates Wilson, Clinton shines at 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame

June 22, 2025 Maria Sherman

NEW YORK — The Beach Boys’ Mike Love was inducted into the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday night, one day after it was announced that his inimitable bandmate Brian Wilson had died. Actor […]