Music

Less than 24 hours after its release, Adele’s long-awaited new single “Easy on Me” already shattered the single-day streaming records on numerous services, including Spotify and Amazon Music. On Friday, just 18 hours after the single’s arrival, Spotify tweeted that “And just like that, @Adele set a new record,” noting that she was already the record holder for most-streamed song in the single day.  When the 24-hour window had closed, the final tally from the streaming service was 24 million global streams, Spotify told Rolling Stone Saturday. That total breaks...

Since their July wedding, newlyweds Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani have opened up about everything from selecting the perfect dress to, most recently, their wedding vows.Shelton recently shared that while standing at the altar with his bride, he expressed his vows by way of song, a move that was a surprise to Stefani. The singer co-wrote "We Can Reach the Stars” with Craig Wiseman, and he's set to release it on Dec. 3.Shelton revealed how he felt about the altar serenade during an appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Oct. 6. It...

Vince Neil suffered broken ribs after falling from the stage during the Mötley Crüe singer’s concert Friday at the Monsters On The Mountain festival in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. In video from the incident (via Blabbermouth), Neil and his band were in the middle of performing Mötley Crüe’s “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)” when the singer moved toward the front of the stage to encourage the crowd to clap along. Neil then stepped forward and accidentally fell off the stage. Soon after the fall, Neil was rushed in an ambulance to a...

Thirty-four years ago today, on Oct. 16, 1987, Anne Murray made history in country music. It was on that date that Murray's Greatest Hits album, released in 1980, earned triple-platinum status.Murray's sales achievement signified sales in excess of 3 million units. It also made her the first female country artist to achieve that sales record.Capitol RecordsMurray's Greatest Hits disc includes several of the biggest songs of her career, such as "Danny's Song," "Could I Have This Dance" and "A Love Song." The album was certified gold and platinum only two months after its release, and it earned...

In the 11 months since Aespa debuted in November 2020, the quartet of Karina, Winter, Giselle, and Ningning have made quick work of establishing themselves as one of South Korea’s most exciting new pop acts. Their label, SM Entertainment, has built out an ambitious virtual universe of avatars and villains to accompany real-life releases like their recent debut EP, Savage. Ask the group, though, and they credit the human element for their success. “I’d say we have no secrets and share almost everything with each other,” Karina tells Rolling Stone....

Music lovers have praised Zac Brown Band's new song "Same Boat" as one that finds the band getting back to its roots. Those roots extend to their new The Comeback album cover.Photographer Danny Clinch took the photo seen on The Comeback, released Friday (Oct. 15) on Warner Music Nashville and Home Grown Music. The astute fan will find similarities between this cover and the group's breakthrough The Foundation album (2008). In both photos, only Brown is featured (the full band has only made one cover). In both photos, his face is covered...

The Beatles are angling for a piece of that sweet, sweet TikTok pie, finally joining the platform with their own official account and making 36 of their songs officially available as soundtracks for videos.  The band’s account has just two videos so far, and despite having a trove of archival footage at their disposal (surely there’s much to be done with all the charming sequences in A Hard Day’s Night), they’ve only dropped a couple of generic-looking clips so far. One, set to “All You Need Is Love,” encourages users...

On Oct. 15, 1973, Dolly Parton released her now-classic song "Jolene." The No. 1 song (as of February of 1974) wasn't her first to reach the country charts' highest peak, but it did help launch one of her most successful years to date, as she followed up "Jolene" with two more chart-toppers: "I Will Always Love You" and "Love Is Like a Butterfly."A funny thing's happened in the last 45-plus years, however: "Jolene" has become Parton's most popular song by far. It's been streamed more than 147 million times on Spotify (her second-most-spun song,...

Adele has officially kicked off her new album 30 with the power ballad “Easy on Me,” the Grammy winner’s first new song since the release of 2015’s 25. The song’s stirring video launches with black-and-white footage before the singer is scene in full color. It opens on Adele leaving her home, taking one last wistful look out the window, before moving on and hitting the road. She pops in a cassette that plays the song as sheets of music flutter out the car’s window while she reflects on what led to...

Justin Moore’s “With a Woman You Love” arrived at a dynamic time for the chart-topping artist: Released on Oct. 10, it's the first musical offering since his April album, Straight Outta the Country, which dropped a few months before he notched his 10th No. 1 single with “We Didn’t Have Much.” Now back on the road after a year of cancelled and rescheduled shows, Moore is gearing up for the release of another LP, due out in 2022.Despite the hectic times in which Moore released “With a Woman You Love,”...

Scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson has responded to Demi Lovato’s claim that calling extraterrestrials “aliens” is “derogatory” by telling the singer that aliens “have no feelings.” Lovato made the comment ahead of their new documentary, Unidentified, in which Lovato aims to find out the truth about UFOs. Fans had been speculating about whether the singer had an unreleased song called “Aliens,” to which Lovato said we shouldn’t call extraterrestrials “aliens” because it is a “derogatory term for anything.” Lovato added: “I do not have a song called ‘Aliens’… but it sounds cool.” Tyson...

Mickey Guyton, CMT's 2021 Breakout Artist of the Year, gave the most powerful and eloquent speech of the night during Wednesday night's (Oct. 13) CMT Artists of the Year event. Dedicating her win to everyone who helped get her to this point in her career, she pledged to continue to celebrate and platform overlooked and marginalized artists."To that little 7-year-old Black girl at home, that indigenous boy, that LGBTQIA+ teen and that Latino boy or girl, and anyone marginalized or unseen — and, yes, even the haters on social media —...

Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme and his ex-wife Brody Dalle faced off in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday as Dalle, founder of the punk band The Distillers, pleaded not guilty to contempt in their turbulent child custody battle. Homme, 48, has accused Dalle, 42, of violating their October 2020 custody agreement by not allowing him to see their kids since August 26th. He says her actions are “alienating” him from the children, and he wants her to face fines and either community service or jail time. For...

Cody Johnson experienced a life-changing emergency this year that totally shifted his perspective. He was with his wife and his management team on a private plane headed to a NASCAR event when the pilot said, "We're going down.""I said, ‘You mean we’re taking it down,'" Johnson recalls. "He said, ‘No, you need to prepare yourself. We’re going down.’"Talking to Taste of Country Nights, the "'Til You Can't" singer explained how the plane's altitude went from 39,000 feet to 15,000 feet. Alarms were sounding, panels were coming off the wall of the plane. Final...