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ABC/Paula Lobo When you win an award and you don’t attend the ceremony, they mail you your trophy. Well, Ed Sheeran just received a special delivery. At the Creative Arts Emmys in January, Ed won his first Emmy for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for “A Beautiful Game,” the song he co-wrote for the show Ted Lasso. On his Instagram Story on …

Beth Garrabrant The album was a surprise, but the Spotify record isn’t. Taylor Swift‘s double album, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, has broken the streaming platform’s record for the most-streamed album in a single day, ABC Audio has confirmed. The 31-track album has taken the title from the previous most-streamed album of 2024, Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter. Meanwhile, fans have pored over …

Tyrone Lebon/Warner Records Many artists have written songs about being jealous of their partner’s ex-lovers, but on Dua Lipa‘s new album, Radical Optimism, she’s thanking the woman her boyfriend dated before her. Speaking to Zach Sang for the Amazon Music channel on Twitch, Dua explains that the song “Maria” is about expressing gratitude for whoever had your significant other before you …

Beth Garrabrant In one of her new songs, “Clara Bow,” Taylor Swift mentions Stevie Nicks, and the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has actually penned a poem that’s included in Taylor’s new album. The poem is titled, “For T – and me …” and it’s noted that it was written “September 13 at 8:50 p.m.”  It starts, “He …

Fred Lee/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images Singer Mandisa, who reached the top 10 on American Idol season 5 and later became a Grammy-winning Christian artist, has died, ABC Audio has confirmed. She was 47. “We can confirm that yesterday [April 18] Mandisa was found in her home deceased,” her rep said in a statement to ABC Audio. “At …

Beth Garrabrant Taylor Swift‘s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, is here and it’s a double album. The singer’s 11th studio album arrived at midnight on April 19, and it was swiftly followed up two hours later with a drop of 15 additional songs. “It’s a 2am surprise: The Tortured Poets Department is a secret DOUBLE album,” the singer said …

L-R: Peter Frampton, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks; Disney/Jennifer Pottheiser Sheryl Crow was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last year and she invited Peter Frampton, the first artist she ever saw in concert, to perform with her. The inductees for the hall’s Class of 2024 will be announced during the April 21 episode of American Idol, and …

Beth Garrabrant The board meeting has begun: Taylor Swift‘s The Tortured Poets Department has arrived. A post on the official Taylor Nation Instagram includes the “agenda” for the board meeting: “Department members will stream The Chairman’s manuscript … press play simultaneously so all members can review the evidence together. Relaxed poets, consult your tortured muse before attending.” The agenda lists what …

Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Taylor Swift isn’t in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — yet — but the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland is celebrating the release of her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, on April 19 with a day full of activities. Taylor Swift Fan Day at …

Kelly Clarkson has confirmed the April 19 release of “From the Jump,” a duet with English singer James Arthur, best known for his hit “Say You Won’t Let Go.” She wrote on Instagram, “I love singing with artists that inspire me and vocalists that I adore! So when@jamesarthur23sent me this song, I quite literally jumped to be on it (see what I did there). I …