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Saweetie debuted her new single “Icy Chain” during her appearance as the musical guest on the latest episode of “Saturday Night Live,” hosted by Simu Liu, on November 20. Saweetie, clad in a bedazzled silver dress and accompanied by ballerina backup dancers, began with a slowed-down rendition of “Tap In” and then moved on to…

R&B singer-songwriter Summer Walker has joined the exciting lineup of performers for this year’s Soul Train Awards. Walker’s second studio LP, Still Over It, recently topped the Billboard 200, marking her first No. 1 album on the chart. Fred Hammond and BET Amplified artists Elhae and Marzz will also take the stage, along with Soul…

Silk Sonic’s “Smokin’ Out the Window,” the third song from their debut album An Evening With Silk Sonic, has bowed atop Billboard’s Hot R&B Songs chart. “Smokin’ Out the Window,” which dropped on November 5 via Aftermath/Atlantic, earned 21 million U.S. streams in its debut week, according to MRC Data. Silk Sonic, the supergroup formed…

Twenty One Pilots have announced the dates for the upcoming “The Icy Tour 2022,” which will see them perform in several cities across the U.S. and Canada. According to the announcement, there will be concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City, UBS Arena in Belmont Park, New York, Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Bridgestone…

A new episode of the melodramatic daytime show “Maury” features hip-hop superstar Lil Nas X. “Montero and Yai are football teammates who quickly became lovers . Montero was shocked to discover soon after that Yai was married with a child,” a description for the video reads. “Now, Montero is here to tell Yai’s wife, Ashley,…

Taylor Swift’s new album, Red (Taylor’s Version), has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The 30 track album is a re-recorded version of Swift’s 2012 album, Red, which topped the Billboard 200 for seven weeks in 2012-13. Red (Taylor’s Version) earned 605,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending November…

BTS, Megan Thee Stallion and Taylor Swift were among the big winners at the 2021 American Music Awards. The South Korean boy band won awards in all three of their nominated categories this year, including best pop group for the third consecutive year. They also won artist of the year award, while their chart-topping dance…

WILLOW has shared a remix of her hit song “Transparent Soul” featuring Kid Cudi and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. “Transparent Soul,” the lead single from her fourth solo studio album Lately I Feel Everything, was released in April. The pop-punk song was certified Gold. “I am so grateful for this song because it was created…

Grammy-winning singer Billie Eilish is set to pull double duty as both host and musical guest on “Saturday Night Live.” NBC announced the lineup for SNL’s final two episodes of the year, two back-to-back shows that will close out December, with the “Bad Guy” singer set to appear on the December 11 episode, and actor…

Summer Walker has topped Billboard’s Hot 100 Songwriters chart for the first time, as she boasts 18 songwriting credits on the Billboard Hot 100 tally. All 18 songs are from Walker’s latest album Still Over It, which debuted atop Billboard’s all-genre 200 chart. The 20-track album, which dropped on November 5, earned 166,000 equivalent album…