Maria Sherman poses for a portrait on Monday, June 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

MARIA SHERMAN

AP Entertainment Writers
Tyla, left, and Becky G perform during the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on Friday, April 11, 2025, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
AP PHOTOS: Coachella 2025: Benson Boone, Tyla and GloRilla perform in the desert.
Held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Coachella Valley stretch of the Sonoran Desert, Coachella is one of the most influential music events on the calendar — and can sometimes tease what’s forthcoming in the zeitgeist. Lest we forget Chappell Roan’s career-confirming performance
 
Mariah Carey appears at the third annual Recording Academy Honors in Los Angeles on Feb. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Mariah Carey on new music, Rihanna, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and her lost grunge album
Mariah Carey’s comeback album turns 20 on Saturday. “The Emancipation of Mimi” was released in 2005. It marked a shift in her career. Next month she will release expanded editions of the album to celebrate the anniversary.
 
Host Reba McEntire speaks during the 59th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at the Ford Center in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards are coming up. Here’s who’s nominated and how to watch
The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards are just around the corner. Stars like Ella Langley, Cody Johnson, Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson, Chris Stapleton and many more will be celebrated.
 
A statue of the MTV Moon Man appears on the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
MTV Video Music Awards head to CBS for the first time
The MTV Video Music Awards have a new home. It was announced Thursday that this year the music award show will be broadcast by CBS for the first time. The three-hour show will also be simulcast on MTV and available to stream on Paramount+.
 
Bruce Springsteen performs at Stand Up For Heroes in New York on Nov. 1, 2016. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)
Bruce Springsteen to release 7 albums of unreleased songs, ‘Tracks ll: The Lost Albums’
Bruce Springsteen knows what his fans want. And that’s more Bruce Springsteen. The Boss will release seven new studio albums on June 27. It is titled “Tracks II: The Lost Albums.”
 
This album cover image released by Interscope Records shows “Who Believes In Angels?” by Elton John and Brandi Carlile. (Interscope Records via AP)
Music Review: Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s collaboration deepens on ‘Who Believes in Angels?’
Last year, Elton John and country star Brandi Carlile collaborated on “Never Too Late,” the title track from the 2024 documentary film “Elton John: Never Too Late.” There is more where that came from.
 
This image released by Netflix shows Nick Lachey, left, and Vanessa Lachey host of "Love is Blind" in Los Angeles on April 16, 2023. (Adam Rose/Netflix via AP)
Why your favorite reality shows like ‘Love is Blind’ are using songs you actually know
The latest season of “Love Is Blind” featured a ton of popular music in its soundtrack. Songs by Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Selena Gomez played.
 
Glen Matlock, from left, Frank Carter, Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols, pose for portrait photographs, in London, Friday, March 21, 2025. (Photo by Alberto Pezzali/Invision/AP)
The Sex Pistols announce first North American tour in 2 decades
The Sex Pistols will tour North America for the first time since 2003 this fall. They will perform 1977’s “Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols Album” live in its entirety.
 
Ella Langley performs during Amazon Music Country Heat at Country Radio Seminar in Nashville, Tenn., on Feb. 28, 2024. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
Ella Langley leads 2025 ACM Awards nominations. Beyoncé and Miranda Lambert are shut out
Ella Langley leads the nominees for the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nods to her name.
 
This combination of photos shows Yolanda Saldívar, who is serving a life sentence at the Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit prison in Gatesville, Texas, left, and Tejano music star Selena posing in Corpus Christi, Texas on March 7, 1995. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP, left, and Paul Howell,/Houston Chronicle via AP)
30 years after music icon Selena’s murder, Yolanda Saldívar is up for parole. Here’s what to know
Thirty years ago, Latino music legend Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was killed by her fan club’s president, Yolanda Saldívar. For the last three decades, Saldívar has served her life sentence at the Patrick L.
 
Alex Gonzalez, left, and Fher Olvera of the Mexican rock band Mana perform at the Los Angeles Forum on Nov. 15, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
Maná talks historic new tour, unseating Bruce Springsteen and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Mexican pop-rock giants Maná will embark on a huge North American tour this fall. It includes a four-night residency at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum. They will break Bruce Springsteen’s record for most arena shows in LA, with 44 to his 42.
 
The band knitting perform during The New Colossus Festival on Friday, March 7, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Visa fee hikes and delays hinder international artists from touring the United States
International artists hoping to perform in the United States are finding the visa process much more arduous and expensive.
 
Doechii poses for photographers upon arrival for Le Grand Diner du Louvre during the Fall/Winter 2025-2026 Womenswear fashion week, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Paris. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
Doechii named 2025 Woman of the Year by Billboard
The rising rapper Doechii has earned the title of Billboard’s 2025 Woman of the Year. That lands her in the same company as Taylor Swift, SZA, Lady Gaga and Karol G.
 
Lauryn Hill performs during a ceremony in celebration of Roberta Flack's life at The Abyssinian Baptist Church on Monday, March 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Lauryn Hill and Stevie Wonder delight at Roberta Flack’s ‘Celebration of Life’ memorial
Lauryn Hill made a surprise appearance and Stevie Wonder performed at a memorial ceremony for Grammy-winning singer and pianist Roberta Flack in New York. Flack died last month at age 88.
 
This cover image released by Interscope Records shows "Mayhem" by Lady Gaga. (Interscope via AP)
Music Review: The Lady Gaga you loved and missed returns with pop ‘Mayhem’
Lady Gaga has returned. The pop star’s latest album is “Mayhem.” In her review, Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman writes that Gaga has reclaimed her early dark-pop sensibilities and ushered them into her 2025 reality.
 
Dolly Parton poses at the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Ceremony in New York, on Oct. 13, 2022. Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's husband of nearly 60 years, died Monday, March 3, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn., at age 82. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)
Dolly Parton releases sweeping ballad in tribute to her late husband, Carl Dean
Dolly Parton has released a breathtaking new ballad in tribute to her late husband Carl Dean. Dean was Parton’s devoted husband of nearly 60 years. He avoided the spotlight and inspired her timeless hit “Jolene.” He died Monday at 82.
 
This album cover image released by Columbia Records shows "Ruby" by Jennie. (Columbia via AP)
Music Review: Blackpink’s Jennie steps out on her own with debut solo album, ‘Ruby’
Seven years ago, global pop phenomenon Jennie became the first member of the K-pop group Blackpink to release solo music. On Friday she becomes the latest to drop a debut solo studio album. It is called “Ruby.”
 
Dolly Parton performs during an event celebrating the Kansas statewide expansion of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Overland Park, Kan. Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's husband of nearly 60 years, died Monday, March 3, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn., at age 82. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years who inspired ‘Jolene,’ dies at 82
Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years, has died. The country music superstar says Dean died Monday in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 82.
 
Queen Latifah, center, performs "Ease on Down the Road" during the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Oscars’ choreographer Mandy Moore on ‘Wicked’ opening, Quincy Jones and that salute to James Bond
The Academy Awards’ choreographer Mandy Moore had a real challenge for the 2025 Oscars. The original song nominees would not perform. But under her stewardship, the quality of the performances would not wane.
 
Clement Ducol, from left, Camille, and Jacques Audiard, accept the award for best original song for "El Mal" from" Emilia Perez" during the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
‘El Mal’ from ‘Emilia Pérez’ wins Oscar for best original song. ‘The Brutalist’ wins original score
“El Mal,″ from the controversial musical “Emilia Pérez,” won best original song at Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards.
 
Roberta Flack attends the Black Girls Rock! Awards in Newark, N.J. on Aug. 5, 2017. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Remembering Roberta Flack: 8 timeless hits to salute an unrivaled talent
The great Roberta Flack has died. The Grammy-award winning singer’s intimate vocal and musical style made her one of the top recording artists of the 1970s and an influential performer long after.
 
RZA, left, and Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan perform during KAABOO 2019 at the Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds on Sept. 13, 2019, in San Diego. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
Legendary rap group Wu-Tang Clan announces final North American tour, kicking off in June
Wu-Tang Clan is forever but their touring days are coming to an end. The legendary rap group is made up of RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa and previously, the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard.
 
Voletta Wallace poses for a portrait on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.'s mother and keeper of his legacy, dies at 78
Voletta Wallace, the dedicated mother of the late great rapper The Notorious B.I.G., has died at age 78.
 
Kendrick Lamar performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Review: Kendrick Lamar brings America and ‘Not Like Us’ into history-making Super Bowl halftime show
“Salutations!,” the actor Samuel L. Jackson dressed as Uncle Sam introduced Kendrick Lamar at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome for the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show.
 
Beyonce accepts the award for best country album for "COWBOY CARTER" during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar led one of the best Grammys in years. Has the awards show transformed?
For years the Grammy Awards have been criticized over a lack of diversity. But the Sunday’s edition suggests something may have shifted. Already the most awarded and nominated artist in the show’s history, Beyoncé finally won album of the year.
 
Beyonce accepts the award for best country album for "COWBOY CARTER" during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. Taylor Swift looks on from left. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Beyoncé announces 2025 ‘Cowboy Carter’ stadium tour, fresh off Grammy wins
This ain’t just Texas. It’s also the U.S. and Europe. Starting in April, Beyoncé will bring her Grammy-winning “Cowboy Carter” to stadiums on both continents.
 
Kabir Sehgal, left, and Jason Carter accepts the award for best audiobook, narration, and storytelling recording for "Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration" during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Jimmy Carter wins posthumous Grammy for narrating an audiobook of his Sunday school lessons
Former President Jimmy Carter has won a posthumous Grammy award. Carter died in December at age 100.
 
Benson Boone, center, performs during the Pre-Grammy Gala on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Fire relief, Quincy Jones tributes and new talent energize the 50th annual pre-Grammy benefit gala
Music mogul Clive Davis has held his annual, star-studded pre-Grammys gala at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The event Saturday was the 50th anniversary of the fundraiser.
 
Beyonce accepts the award for album of the year for "COWBOY CARTER during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. Blue Ivy Carter looks on from right.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Beyoncé wins album of the year at the 2025 Grammys for ‘Cowboy Carter’
Beyoncé has won album of the year at the The 67th Grammy Awards, delivering her the show’s top honor. The ceremony was transformed by the Los Angeles area wildfires but put a spotlight on the city’s resiliency.
 
The Weeknd performs during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, on Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
The Weeknd releases new album and announces North America stadium tour
Fresh off the release of a new album called “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” The Weeknd has announced a massive North American stadium tour. That is not an easy feat for a contemporary solo act and further confirmation of his popularity.
 
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