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A woman sued Nick Carter for sexual assault and battery Tuesday evening, accusing the Backstreet Boys singer of raping her as an 18-year-old in 2003. In the suit, obtained by Rolling Stone, Melissa Schuman accuses Carter of using “his role, status, and power as a well-known singer to gain access to, groom, manipulate, exploit, and sexually assault” her. Schuman — formerly a member of the 2000s girl group Dream — previously came forward in November 2017, detailing how Carter allegedly forced himself upon her at his Santa Monica apartment and took her virginity. “He was relentless,...

American Idol Season 21 is chock full of potential superstars, which means judges faced a difficult decision when choosing which contestants made it into the Top 24 on Monday night (April 10).Luckily, changes can always be made to the reality series, and the latest episode ended with a major twist. Instead of whittling down the competition to the Top 24, judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie announced the addition of two more artists, making the pool of contenders a Top 26.At the end of the two-hour broadcast, judges...

BTS Army in Los Angeles will get to celebrate the group’s 10-year anniversary with a special fan-focused event. On Tuesday, Hybe and Bighit Music announced BTS Exhibition: Proof, an “immersive fan experience” set for May. The exhibition is set to be “an immersive visual journey that explores the members’ past, present, and future through photographs, videos, and experiential installations in a multi-room walkthrough experience.” Fans will also be able to purchase limited-edition merchandise at the event scheduled for Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade this spring. Fans are able to register...

Miranda Lambert and Shania Twain are two stars anchoring a new ACM Awards campaign called "What Country Music Means to Me." The official pre-show campaign leading up to the awards show in May, "What Country Music Means to Me" features some of the genre's biggest artists and most outside-the-box stars as they share their definition of country music."Country music is part of a lifestyle," Twain explains in the first shot of the video, which is set to the opening bars of her new song, "Giddy Up!" "... Country music was...

Love is dead. Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn’s highly private relationship has reportedly ended after six years. The pair have kept a low but loving profile throughout their relationship, a true feat for someone as globally famous as Swift. Her music, however, became a place for the award-winning singer-songwriter to offer intimate glimpses into how their relationship had developed and grown over the years. They even wrote songs together during quarantine, with Alwyn credited as “William Bowery” on her acclaimed 2020 albums Folklore and Evermore. As heartbroken fans ponder how...

Call it the battle of Shakira and Gerard Piqué. The cheating allegations, the viral songs, the cryptic Instagram posts — the Colombian pop star and the retired FC Barcelona player have been making headlines for months as their messy separation plays out in public. The couple famously met back in 2010 on the set of “Waka Waka,” the song Shakira wrote for the FIFA World Cup that year (Piqué appears in the video.) The two made their relationship official some time later. They had their first son Milan in January...

After taking America's Got Talent by storm last year and making their Grand Ole Opry debut, Chapel Hart are now preparing to release a full-length album, Glory Days, on May 19.The family trio made the announcement prior to their appearance on CMT Music Awards. Sisters Danica and Devynn Hart and cousin Trea Swindle performed a portion of their song "You Can Have Him Jolene" on the Ram Trucks Stage during the awards show.That track — inspired by Dolly Parton's iconic "Jolene" — garnered the group a lot of attention when they auditioned on...

Reality Check-In Chicago rapper shares news ahead of her Coachella appearances Noname has announced she will be releasing new album Sundial in July. The Chicago rapper shared the news on Sunday, April 9, a week before her first performance at this year’s Coachella on April 16; she’s also set to play the second weekend on April 23. She made the brief announcement via Instagram, where the only post that currently exists is her announcing the name of the album and the month it will be released in white letters on...

Alan Jackson listed his lakeside residence in Georgia for sale in 2017, and it was a steal ... compared to some of his other residences, that is.The country icon put his lakefront home in Clarkesville, Ga., up for sale for $6.4 million, and while that's pricey for most buyers, it's nowhere near the $28 million the singer and his wife Denise fetched for their primary residence outside of Nashville when they sold it in 2010. In fact, you can break it down into easy payments of just $32,638 a month.The lakeside home ultimately...

End of an Era “The relationship had just run its course,” according to a report from Entertainment Tonight Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn have reportedly ended their relationship after six years together, Entertainment Tonight first revealed. Sources also confirmed the split to People and Page Six. The breakup apparently occurred a few weeks ago, was amicable, and “it was not dramatic,” according to ET. “The relationship had just run its course. It’s why hasn’t been spotted at any shows,” ET was told. Swift is in the midst of her The...

Fifty-plus years later, Bob Dylan’s Nashville Skyline remains the crown jewel of his three-album stint in Music City. The record, released on April 9, 1969, edges out 1967’s John Wesley Harding and 1970’s covers-heavy Self Portrait.The folksier John Wesley Harding introduced the rock world to the future Jimi Hendrix hit “All Along the Watchtower," while Self Portrait ambitiously celebrated a wide range of popular songs. However, Nashville Skyline is unquestionably a country album, steeped in the genre’s history and starring some of its finest session musicians.Read on to see how the songs...

John Regan — the bassist who was a member of Ace Frehley’s band Frehley’s Comet and recorded and performed with Peter Frampton — died on Friday at the age of 71. His wife, Cathy Merring-Regan, confirmed the news on Facebook in a post shared by a family friend. A cause of death was not immediately available. “It is with the greatest sorrow and sadness that I let you all know John passed away this afternoon,” the statement reads, and continues with a reference to one of his favorite quotes. “‘All...

Ashley McBryde is known for sticking to her own path, even if it's the road less traveled. That determined mindset is at the center of her new single "The Devil I Know," out today (April 7). Co-written by McBryde, Jeremy Stover and Bobby Pinson, the slow-building track poetically explores the life choices she's made -- along with the expectations and unsolicited advice others have put upon her."Momma says get my a-- to church / Daddy says get my a-- to work / Doctor says I gotta give up on these smokes / Everybody's...