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October 3, 2025 Taylor Swift hypes her latest album, The Life Of A Showgirl, with an extreme marketing campaign that entices fans to unlock musical clues hidden behind orange doors in 12 cities around the world.More
August 16, 2025 "Golden" by the animated group Huntr/x goes to #1 on the Hot 100. Taken from the Netflix movie KPop Demon Hunters, it's the first K-pop song with female vocalists to top the chart.
June 28, 2025 Performing from a Cadillac suspended above the stage at a show in her hometown of Houston, Beyoncé gets a scare when the car starts tilting sideways. She's safely lowered into the crowd, where fans help her exit the vehicle. "I knew ya'll would catch me," she says when she takes the stage to finish the song. The car is later replaced with a flying horse.
March 26, 2025 Bruce Springsteen, Michael Stipe, Susanna Hoffs, Karen O., Sharon Van Etten and Ben Harper are among the performers at "People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith," a tribute concert at Carnegie Hall. Smith takes the stage for the final number, "People Have the Power," her 1988 protest song that gained traction after the 2024 US election.
January 20, 2025 President Donald Trump joins The Village People on stage when they headline the Liberty Ball, part of his inauguration festivities - their song "Y.M.C.A." was a staple at his rallies. Billy Ray Cyrus, Nelly and Jason Aldean also take the stage; other acts performing at inauguration events include Kid Rock, Rascal Flatts, Gavin DeGraw, Parker McCollum and Carrie Underwood, who sings "America the Beautiful" without a backing track at the swearing-in ceremony when there's a technical glitch.
September 13, 2024 At a Boston show, Jane's Addiction lead singer Perry Farrell, upset over sound levels, takes a swing at guitarist Dave Navarro and has to be forcibly removed from the stage. The show abruptly ends and the band cancel the rest of their tour. It ends up being their last show; they officially call it quits in December 2025.
March 29, 2024 Beyoncé drops Cowboy Carter, a sassy country album (mostly) with 27 tracks and appearances by Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and an unheralded Black country singer named Linda Martell, whose only album was released in 1970. When Cowboy Carter tops the Country chart, it makes Beyoncé the first Black woman to do so.More
March 22, 2024 Kendrick Lamar disses Drake in the song "Like That," igniting a high-profile feud that gets ugly. Lamar wins the popular vote in this rap battle when his diss track "Not Like Us" goes to #1.More
December 6, 2023 Taylor Swift is named Time magazine's 2023 Person Of The Year, the first entertainer ever picked.More
December 1, 2023 Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé opens in theaters, offering a behind-the-scenes look at her Renaissance tour. It tops the domestic box office the opening weekend with a $21 million take. Like Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour film, it's distributed by AMC Theatres, bypassing traditional studios to allow Beyoncé, who wrote and produced it, to get a bigger cut.
September 24, 2023 Taylor Swift takes in the Chiefs/Bears game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City as a guest of Chiefs star Travis Kelce, a potential love interest. Ratings spike among teenage girls, and Kelce jerseys register a surge in sales.
August 26, 2023 Oliver Anthony becomes the first artist with no chart history to debut at #1 in America when "Rich Men North Of Richmond," recorded outdoors in one take with his dogs nearby, shoots to the top.More
August 23, 2023 The first Republican debate opens with a clip of Oliver Anthony singing "Rich Men North Of Richmond," his takedown of venal and incompetent politicians in Washington, with the candidates asked, "Why is this song striking such a nerve in this country right now?" "It was funny seeing my song in the presidential debate, because I wrote that song about those people," Anthony says.
July 26, 2023 Eagles founding member Randy Meisner dies from health issues at 77. He co-wrote and sang lead on "Take It To The Limit."
June 22, 2023 Peso Pluma, who rose to superstar status with his take on Mexican corridos, releases his album Génesis. It climbs to #3 in the US, setting the mark for highest chart position reached by a Mexican music album.
November 13, 2022 John Denver's "Take Me Home Country Roads," already a staple at Oktoberfests and other gatherings in Germany, becomes a sporting event singalong when the crowd of nearly 70,000 at Allianz Arena in Munich belts it out during the first NFL came in the country.
November 25, 2021 The Beatles: Get Back, a three-part series comprised of outtakes from their Let It Be documentary, debuts on Disney+. Directed by Peter Jackson (Lord Of The Rings), it provides a very detailed look at the 1969 recording of their album Let It Be.
November 5, 2021 Ten fans are killed and hundreds injured during Travis Scott's performance at his Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas, when the crowd of 50,000 surges toward the stage, crushing the victims.More
November 2, 2020 Thanks to a swell of views from children home during the coronavirus pandemic, "Baby Shark" overtakes "Despacito" as the most-viewed video in YouTube history, with a little over 7 billion views.
June 10, 2020 Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne takes innovative social-distancing measures on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert: The band sings their tune "Race For The Prize" from inside massive plastic bubbles. Each audience member is also enclosed their own bubble to keep the coronavirus at bay.More
March 28, 2020 The 12-hour "Twitch Aid" concert raises nearly $3 million to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Over 70 quarantined performers take part from their homes, including John Legend, Rita Ora, Cole Swindell, Garth Brooks and Diplo.
March 24, 2020 Producers Swizz Beatz and Timbaland face off in the first Verzuz battle, where songwriters, producers and artists take turns performing their hits and are judged by an online audience. The series quickly becomes very popular, regularly drawing virtual audiences in the six figures. Popular battles include Gladys Knight vs Patti LaBelle, Teddy Riley vs Babyface, and Erykah Badu vs Jill Scott.
March 16, 2020 Chris Martin takes to Instagram to perform a virtual concert in support of the World Health Organization as the coronavirus pandemic takes hold. It's the first of a series of "Together At Home" concerts done by a variety of artists.
May 22, 2019 The biographical film Rocketman, starring Taron Egerton as Elton John, debuts in US theaters.More
January 6, 2019 Kanye West debuts his weekly Sunday Service series at his home in Calabasas, California. The event, teased on social media by wife Kim Kardashian, features gospel-soul takes of Kanye's hits with the rapper's celebrity pals rounding out the congregation. More
July 26, 2018 The Broadway musical Head Over Heels, an Elizabethan farce inspired by the music of The Go-Go's, premieres at the Hudson Theatre in New York City.More
May 4, 2018 Soul singer Leon Bridges releases his sophomore album, Good Thing. Its single "Bet Ain't Worth The Hand" takes the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance.
April 14, 2018 Beyoncé, who had to cancel the previous year because of her pregnancy, headlines Coachella in lavish fashion, with over 70 performers and a reunion of Destiny's Child. She becomes the first black woman to headline the festival.More
November 30, 2017 Westbury New Road, where Rihanna grew up in Barbados, is renamed Rihanna Drive in her honor.More
October 25, 2017 Nashville stages a star-studded farewell concert for Kenny Rogers, who has decided to retire after a 60-year music career. A range of acts salute the singer with covers of some of his most memorable songs, with Chris Stapleton taking on "The Gambler," Lionel Richie singing "Lady," and Don Henley performing the Eagles' "Desperado," which Rogers covered. The highlight of the evening is when Rogers takes the stage with his duet partner Dolly Parton, as the two close out the night with "Islands in the Stream."More
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