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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has officially certified The Weeknd’s hit singles “Blinding Lights” and “Starboy” diamond. The RIAA confers diamond certification to a song when it moves 10 million units, with one equivalent song unit equal to a single digital song sale or 150 on-demand audio and/or video streams. “Blinding Lights” is…

Nicki Minaj joined James Corden for the first “Carpool Karaoke” segment on “The Late Late Show” in two years on Wednesday (April 6) and performed some of her biggest hits. Minaj belted out songs such as “Anaconda,” “Super Bass,” “Starships” and “Chun-Li,” plus two of her newest Billboard Hot 100 entries “Do We Have a…

Hip-hop music festival the Summer Smash Festival has announced a star-studded lineup for the 2022 edition with Post Malone, Playboi Carti, Young Thug and Gunna confirmed as headliners. This year’s three-day music festival will take place between Friday, June 17 and Sunday, June 19 in Chicago, Illinois. Three-day GA and VIP tickets will be available…

Pop star Avril Lavigne recently revealed that she is officially engaged to Mod Sun. Lavigne, 37, shared a black and white photo of her would-be proposing to her kneeling down on one knee. “Oui! Je t’aime pour toujours,” she wrote in French, which means “Yes! I love you always.” The engagement took place near the…

Coachella festival organizers have tapped in The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia as the last-minute replacement for Kanye West, who pulled out of the festival on Monday. The California-based music festival released a new poster on Instagram that lists The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia as the headliners. Ye was previously scheduled to perform on…

Shawn Mendes has added 13 more North American dates to his already massive “Wonder: The World Tour.” On the first leg of the tour, which kicks off on June 27 in Portland, Oregon, and concludes on August 20 at Brooklyn, New York, Mendes will be joined by Dermot Kennedy. During the second leg of the…

British musician Ed Sheeran has won a copyright lawsuit over his 2017 blockbuster hit single “Shape of You.” On Wednesday, April 6, a U.K. High Court judge ruled that Sheeran and his co-writers Johnny McDaid and producer Steve Mac had not plagiarized the 2015 song “Oh Why” by Sami Chokri. In his ruling, Judge Antony…

Doja Cat has earned her third No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart after “Woman,” a track from her most recent album Planet Her, topped the chart dated April 9. “Woman” is the third single to top the tally after “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA, and “Need to Know.” Planet Her, the third studio album…

The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) has announced the nominees for the 26th Annual Webby Awards. The nominees include some of the year’s most talked-about personalities, such as Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stalion, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Jon Stewart, Laverne Cox, Lilly Singh, Anthony Anderson, LeVar Burton, Questlove, Cynthia Erivo,…

Machine Gun Kelly has returned to the top of the Billboard Artist 100 chart. Riding on the opening-week success of his new album, Mainstream Sellout, MGK make a big leap from No. 89 to No. 1 on the chart dated April 9. The album launched at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 93,000 equivalent…