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January 3, 2019 Lifetime airs the first installment of the six-part series Surviving R. Kelly, which documents the singer's alleged sex crimes. John Legend is among those speaking out against Kelly in the series.
January 1, 2019 Pegi Young, Neil Young's wife from 1978-2014, dies of cancer at 66. Pegi sang backup for Neil and released three solo albums.
December 16, 2018 With some radio stations pulling "Baby It's Cold Outside" from their holiday playlists in response to the #MeToo movement, WAKY in Louisville, Kentucky plays the song continuously for two hours. Response from listeners is overwhelmingly positive.
December 6, 2018 Buzzcocks frontman Pete Shelley, a founder of the group and their main songwriter, dies from a heart attack at 63. "Pete Shelley wrote perfect three-minute pop songs," Tim Burgess of The Charlatans tweets. "The soundtrack to being a teenager." The band soldiers on with guitarist Steve Diggle taking over on vocals.
November 16, 2018 Songwriter Scott English, whose compositions include "Bend Me, Shape Me" and "Mandy," dies at 81.
November 15, 2018 Thanks to the hashtag #JusticeForGlitter, Mariah Carey's long-maligned 2001 album Glitter climbs to #1 on the iTunes US Albums chart.More
November 7, 2018 Joni Mitchell is feted at a concert in Los Angeles to celebrate her 75th birthday. James Taylor sings "Woodstock," Chaka Khan does "Help Me," and Graham Nash performs the song he wrote when they moved in together: "Our House."
October 26, 2018 50 Cent uses Groupon to buy 200 tickets to an upcoming Ja Rule concert for $15 each, just so the seats will be empty. The rappers have been feuding since the '90s.
October 14, 2018 Fifty years after they first started touring, Steppenwolf play their last show, a concert in Baxter Springs, Kansas.
October 12, 2018 The biographical film First Man, inspired by the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong, debuts in US theaters. R&B singer Leon Bridges appears as jazz musician Gil Scott-Heron, reciting the poem "Whitey On The Moon."
October 11, 2018 The Music Modernization Act is passed into law, clarifying how artists, songwriters and producers are compensated for music played on streaming services, online radio, and satellite radio. It also grants royalties for songs written before 1972.
October 5, 2018 Twenty One Pilots release Trench, their first album since Blurryface in 2015. It's a concept album that follows the character Clancy around a dystopian city called Dema. Standout tracks include the dark, cinematic "Jumpsuit" and the trip-hop slow burner "Chlorine."
October 1, 2018 Peggy Sue Gerron, subject of the Buddy Holly hit "Peggy Sue," dies at 78.
October 1, 2018 The French singer-songwriter Charles Aznavour dies at 94. His compositions include "Yesterday, When I Was Young" and "If You Go Away."
September 22, 2018 Paul Simon closes out his farewell tour with a show in his hometown of Queens, New York. It's not really the end: He tours again in 2025.More
September 14, 2018 Verve Records throws a launch party at the Rainbow Room in New York City to celebrate the release of Tony Bennett and Diana Krall's album Love Is Here To Stay. After the duo performs their rendition of "Fascinating Rhythm," Guinness World Records adjudicator Alex Angert announces Bennett - who first recorded the tune under the stage name Joe Bari over 68 years earlier - is now the title holder for "the longest time between the release of an original recording and a re-recording of the same single."
September 14, 2018 Carrie Underwood releases her sixth studio album, Cry Pretty, which debuts at #1 in the US. The title track was inspired by the country singer's heartache over a series of traumatic events in her life, including three miscarriages.
September 10, 2018 John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice all win Emmys for their work on the NBC special Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, earning all three EGOT. Only 12 other people had previously won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. Legend's Oscar came from "Glory"; his Tony for production work on Jitney.
September 7, 2018 Lenny Kravitz releases his 11th studio album, Raise Vibration, which features guest vocals from the late Michael Jackson on the single "Low." Kravitz collaborated with the King of Pop on Jackson's track "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" from the posthumous album Michael.
September 7, 2018 Country singer Kathy Mattea ends a six-year recording hiatus when she releases the folk album Pretty Bird, featuring covers of Joan Osborne's "St. Teresa," Mary Gauthier's "Mercy Now," and Bobbie Gentry's "Ode To Billie Joe." It also debuts a new voice from the husky-throated singer, whose vocal problems forced her to learn to tap into her lower register.
August 25, 2018 During her Reputation tour, Taylor Swift headlines a concert at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, where Tim McGraw and Faith Hill join her onstage for a performance of her seminal country hit "Tim McGraw."
August 16, 2018 Aretha Franklin dies after a long battle with pancreatic cancer at age 76.More
July 26, 2018 Paul McCartney plays a gig at The Cavern Club in Liverpool, where The Beatles did about 300 shows in the early '60s. At one point, he chastises the crowd for using their phones.
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
July 23, 2018 The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) warns against the trend of jumping out of moving cars and dancing to Drake's "In My Feelings."More
July 15, 2018 "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses becomes the first '90s video to pass a billion views on YouTube. The next closest '90s video is "Zombie" by The Cranberries, at 739 million.
July 7, 2018 The Cure stage a 40th anniversary show in London's Hyde Park as part of the annual British Summer Time concert series. Frontman Robert Smith chose the lineup of opening acts, including Slowdive, Editors, Ride, Interpol, Goldfrapp, and The Twilight Sad.
June 19, 2018 The day after he is murdered, XXXTentacion breaks Taylor Swift's record for most Spotify streams in a single day, with 10.4 million. A month earlier, the rapper was banned from Spotify playlists as part of their short-lived "hateful conduct" policy.
June 14, 2018 At the end of his set at the World Cup opening ceremonies in Moscow, a petulant Robbie Williams flips off the camera.More
May 21, 2018 The Hootie & the Blowfish album Cracked Rear View is certified for selling 21 million copies in America, overtaking Guns N' Roses' Appetite For Destruction as the top-selling debut album of all-time in that country.
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