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

MARIA SHERMAN

AP Entertainment Writers
FILE - Grammy Awards are displayed at the Grammy Museum Experience at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on Oct. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
The Grammys’ voting body is more diverse, with 66% new members. What does it mean for the awards?
For years, the Grammy Awards have been criticized over a lack of diversity, a a reflection of the Recording Academy’s electorate. An evolving voting body is working to remedy that.
 
Chappell Roan performs during "The Midwest Princess Tour" on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, at FirstBank Amphitheater in Franklin, Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Chappell Roan returns to the stage after All Things Go cancellation: Photos
On Tuesday, Roan launched into an animated set at the FirstBank Amphitheater in Franklin, Tennessee, just outside of Nashville. She didn’t address the cancellations directly, rather, focused her attention to the queer community in the crowd, thanking them for allowing her to do her job.
 
FILE - Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, left, and Lauryn Hill, of the Fugees, perform during the 25th anniversary tour for "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' in Inglewood, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2023. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
Lauryn Hill sued by Fugees bandmate for fraud over tour. She says the lawsuit is ‘baseless’
Fugees rapper Pras is suing his bandmate Lauryn Hill for fraud over the group’s shortened 2023 reunion tour.
 
Singer-songwriter Janelle Monae performs during the All Things Go Music Festival on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, at Forest Hills Stadium in Forest Hills, N.Y. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
Queer women rule pop, at All Things Go and in the current cultural zeitgeist
The All Things Go music festival made its way to New York City this weekend for the first time, featuring a lineup of predominantly women and queer women headliners like Boygenius’ Julien Baker, Ethel Cain, Muna, Janelle Monae and Reneé Rapp.
 
Liam Gallagher performs at the Reading Music Festival, England on Aug. 29, 2021, left, and Noel Gallagher performs at the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, on June 25, 2022. (AP Photo)
Oasis adds US, Canada and Mexico stops to reunion tour
Oasis shocked fans by announcing a reunion tour last month, ending a 15-year hiatus. But there were only U.K. dates. On Monday, the band shared that they’re planning on heading to North America in 2025, too.
 
Chappell Roan performs in concert on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024 in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
Chappell Roan drops out of All Things Go music festival: ‘Things have gotten overwhelming’
Chappell Roan has dropped out of the All Things Go music festival scheduled for this weekend. The decision comes as the breakout pop star has publicly grappled with her rising fame in recent weeks.
 
This image released by Future Classic shows a self-titled release "Sophie." (Future Classic via AP)
Music Review: Sophie’s posthumous, self-titled final album still sounds like the future of pop
The Grammy-nominated producer Sophie’s final, self-titled and posthumous album — lovingly curated by her brother and studio engineer Benny Long — still sounds like the future of pop music.
 
FILE - The Cure performs at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. (Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)
The Cure announces a new album and releases its first new song in 16 years, ‘Alone’
Goths, rejoice: At long last, The Cure has released new music. “Alone,” its first new song in 16 years, premiered on Mary Anne Hobbs’ BBC 6 Music radio show Thursday morning.
 
FILE - Keith Urban performs during the 2023 CMA Fest on Friday, June 9, 2023, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
Keith Urban says ‘High’ is about order and chaos, with songs about love, life and his late father
Decades into one of the most consistent careers in contemporary country music, and you’d think Keith Urban has this whole album thing worked out. But his 11th studio album, “High,” out Friday, was no walk in the park.
 
Eisa Davis appears at The 2016 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway on May 1, 2016, in New York, left, and Lin-Manuel Miranda appears at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Dec. 3, 2023. (AP Photo)
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis on their ‘Warriors’ musical concept album with Lauryn Hill
Lin-Manuel Miranda argues most New Yorkers have an answer to the following question: When did you first see “The Warriors”?
 
FILE -Sean 'Diddy' Combs participates in "The Four" panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 4, 2018. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
What will become of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ musical legacy? Experts weigh in following his indictment
Sean “Diddy” Combs is widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in hip-hop, but his indictment Tuesday on sex trafficking and racketeering charges further clouds his legacy.
 
Bad Bunny appears at CinemaCon 2022 in Las Vegas on April 25, 2022, left, and Karol G performs at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo)
Édgar Barrera, Bad Bunny and Karol G lead the 2024 Latin Grammy nominations
 
Lil Tecca poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
For rapper Lil Tecca, there was only ever a ‘Plan A.’ His new album reflects the journey
New York rapper Lil Tecca will release his fourth studio album, “Plan A,” on Friday. He tells the Associated Press that “‘Plan A’ summarizes my plan for life.” There is no Plan B.
 
Music Review: Miranda Lambert’s ‘Postcards from Texas’ is joyful road trip across her home state
Miranda Lambert’s 10th studio album, “Postcards From Texas,” is a sonic road trip across her home state.
 
Taylor Swift, center, and Post Malone, third from back left, accept the video of the year award for "Fortnight" during the MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y. Host Megan Thee Stallion, from far left back, Rodrigo Prieto, and Ethan Tobman, far right, look on. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Taylor Swift wins big at MTV Video Music Awards, ties Beyoncé’s record and thanks Travis Kelce
Taylor Swift has won the biggest award at the MTV Video Music Awards — the trophy for video of the year for “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone. She thanked her boyfriend Travis Kelce and asked her fans to register to vote.
 
FILE - Morgan Wallen appears at the 56th annual CMA Awards, Nov. 9, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Morgan Wallen leads the 2024 Country Music Association award noms, Beyoncé's ‘Cowboy Carter’ snubbed
Morgan Wallen tops the 2024 Country Music Association award nominations with seven. For a third year in a row, Wallen is up for both the top prize, entertainer of the year, and the male vocalist categories.
 
This cover image released by MCA Nashville shows "Cowboys and Dreamers" by George Strait. (MCA Nashville via AP)
Music Review: On ‘Cowboys and Dreamers,’ George Strait’s traditional country is still a heart warmer
George Strait’s 31st studio album, the feel-good “Cowboys and Dreamers,” marks five decades of record releases.
 
FILE - Paris Hilton arrives at the 66th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2024. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
Paris Hilton waited 18 years to drop a new album. On ‘Infinite Icon,’ she’s here to ‘save pop music’
Nearly two decades ago, Paris Hilton released her debut album, 2006’s eponymous “Paris” — an album of breezy pop music that offered a soundtrack to her cheery and decadent public-facing lifestyle, anchored by the reggae-lite sugar rush of “Stars Are Blind.”
 
Emily Armstrong, from left, Colin Brittain, and Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park perform Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. It was announced on Thursday that Dead Sara's Emily Armstrong would join as the band's new co-singer and songwriter/producer Colin Brittain would join on drums. Linkin Park will release the album "From Zero" on Nov. 15, marking their first new record since former frontman Chester Bennington died in 2017. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Linkin Park reunite 7 years after Chester Bennington’s death, with new music
Linkin Park is back with a new lineup and debuting their first new music since the 2017 death of lead singer Chester Bennington.
 
FILE- This March 20, 2018 file photo shows the Spotify app on an iPad in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
You use Spotify to listen to music. Here’s how money from ads and subscription fees flows to artists
Every day, millions of people stream music on Spotify. Some pay a monthly subscription fee for uninterrupted access. Others enjoy the same privileges for free and sit through regular commercial breaks.
 
FILE - Megan Thee Stallion performs during BottleRock Napa Valley on Friday, May 24, 2024, in Napa, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
Megan Thee Stallion hosts, Taylor Swift rules, Eminem opens: What to know about the 2024 MTV VMAs
Rapper, singer, songwriter, businesswoman, hot girl summer purveyor and now... award show host? Megan Thee Stallion will both host and perform at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, marking her first time leading an award show.
 
FILE - Noel, left, and Liam Gallagher, of Oasis, perform during the start of their Canadian tour in Vancouver, B.C., on Aug. 27, 2008. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Oasis reunites for tour, ending a 15-year hiatus driven by Gallagher brothers’ feud
The Britpop band known for timeless hits like “Wonderwall” and “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” Oasis is reuniting for a tour of the British Isles next summer.
 
FILE - Lainey Wilson performs on NBC's Today show at Rockefeller Plaza on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Lainey Wilson’s career felt like a ‘Whirlwind.’ On her new album, she makes sense of life and love
Lainey Wilson will release her fifth studio album, “Whirlwind,” on Friday. She says the title perfectly encapsulates the last few years. A little over a decade ago, Wilson lived in a camper trailer and hit open mic nights to make it in Nashville.
 
Post Malone performs at Outside Lands Music Festival on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in San Francisco. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Music Review: Post Malone’s country album ‘F-1 Trillion’ is a long time coming. It’s worth the wait
Post Malone’s sixth studio album, the 18-track “F-1 Trillion,” is his first country record. The idea of Malone as a Nashville superstar simply makes sense, writes the Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman.
 
This combination of photos show, top row from left, Adele, Leonard Cohen, Phil Collins, John Fogerty and Tom Petty, bottom row from left, Pharrell, Prince, Rihanna, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young. (AP Photo)
Artists who object to Trump using their songs from Celine Dion and Isaac Hayes’ estate: How it works
Pop powerhouses, American classics, British artists and estates of deceased legends — many musicians have objected to former president Donald Trump using their songs at campaign events.
 
FILE - Katy Perry arrives at the Billboard Women in Music Awards in Inglewood, Calif., on March 6, 2024. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Katy Perry to be given the Video Vanguard Award at the 2024 MTV VMAs
Katy Perry will receive the Video Vanguard Award at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards next month. She will also perform. The pop singer will return to the MTV VMA stage for the first time since 2017, when she performed and hosted the award show.
 
FILE - A statue of the MTV Moon Man appears on the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Aug. 21, 2018. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
MTV Video Music Awards move back a day because of US presidential debate and will air on Sept. 11
The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards have moved to a new date because of the forthcoming U.S. presidential debate. The VMAs will now air live on Sept. 11 at 8 p.m.
 
This cover image released by Capitol Records shows "Rayo" by J Balvin. (Capitol Records via AP)
Music Review: J Balvin’s reggaetón ‘Rayo’ is a familiar party — but fun nonetheless
The titanium sheen is a distraction. The cover of “Rayo,” Colombian singer-rapper J Balvin’s first album since 2021’s “Jose,” depicts a futuristic-looking Volkswagen Golf wrapped in chrome.
 
John Legend arrives at the Montblanc Meisterstuck 100th anniversary event on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Q&A: John Legend on his ambitious children’s album, ‘My Favorite Dream,’ and new single, ‘L-O-V-E’
Twenty years on from the release of his career-making debut album, John Legend is entering uncharted territory.
 
This cover image released by Black River Entertainment shows "Patterns" by Kelsea Ballerini. (Black River Entertainment via AP)
Kelsea Ballerini announces new album, ‘Patterns.’ It isn’t what you’d expect: ‘I’m team no rules’
Kelsea Ballerini is preparing to release her fifth studio album, called “Patterns,” this fall and people expecting a “happy-go-lucky,” lovey-dovey album from an artist in a new relationship may find more complication.
 
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