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July 16, 2023 French fashion icon Jane Birkin, who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the racy number "Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus," dies at 76. She's the namesake of the Birkin Bag, a symbol of luxury mentioned in many rap songs, most famously "'03 Bonnie And Clyde" by Jay-Z.
July 8, 2023 Elton John wraps up his farewell tour with a show in Stockholm. The trek started in 2018 and played to over 6 million fans in 22 countries. It sets the mark for highest-grossing tour with over $900 million, a record broken months later by Taylor Swift's Eras tour.
July 4, 2023 At his show in Las Vegas, Usher cozies up to the actress Keke Palmer while singing "There Goes My Baby." It blows up on social media and causes a rift with her boyfriend, Darius Jackson. In August, Palmer stars in Usher's video for "Boyfriend," poking fun at the controversy.
July 4, 2023 Swedish dance-pop singer Robyn surprises fans when she posts a picture of her new baby on Instagram after keeping her pregnancy a secret from the public. The "Dancing On My Own" singer gave birth to her son, Tyko, who was conceived through IVF treatment, in April 2022. Because she used an anonymous sperm donor, she doesn't know who the baby's biological father is.
June 30, 2023 After being cajoled into it on Twitter, Juvenile plays a NPR Tiny Desk concert that's so raucous, he has to reprise "Back That Azz Up" as an encore. His backing band includes fellow New Orleans native Jon Batiste, who flew in for the occasion.
June 24, 2023 At the Glastonbury Festival, Lewis Capaldi struggles to control his Tourette's syndrome and can't make it through his hit "Someone You Loved." He's shaken but visibly moved when the crowd sings it for him in a unified show of support. Capaldi takes a break from music to work on his health, and slowly returns to action in 2024.
June 16, 2023 Re-creating a scene from the "All The Small Things" video, Kourtney Kardashian announces her pregnancy with blink-182 drummer Travis Barker by holding up a sign reading "Travis I'm Pregnant" at the band's concert in Los Angeles.
June 10, 2023 The movie Mary J. Blige's Real Love airs on Lifetime. Based on her 1992 hit, it's followed a week later by Mary J. Blige's Strength Of A Woman, which continues the story of a young woman who must decide if the guy she falls for is worth the sacrifices. Blige is an executive producer on both films, which were made in collaboration with her production company, Blue Butterfly.
June 7, 2023 Pink kicks off her Summer Carnival tour in Bolton, England. It runs well past the summer, going into November 2024. Pink opens and closes each show with an aerial routine, singing high above the crowd while doing flips. Let's see Taylor Swift do that!
May 26, 2023 Halle Bailey of the R&B duo Chloe x Halle stars in the live-action film adaptation of The Little Mermaid. The Black singer faces racist backlash against her role as the formerly white-skinned, red-haired Ariel. Halle, who sings the classic "Part Of Your World" in the movie, thinks it's important for little Black and brown girls to be able to see themselves in her portrayal.
May 18, 2023 Kylie Minogue releases the heart-thumping "Padam Padam," her first big hit in over a decade. It earns the Grammy for Best Pop Dance Recording.
May 1, 2023 Gordon Lightfoot ("If You Could Read My Mind," "Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald") dies at 84.
April 29, 2023 Willie Nelson celebrates his 90th birthday with a concert at the Hollywood Bowl. Guest performers include Norah Jones, The Chicks, and Snoop Dogg, who joins Nelson on their duet "Roll Me Up And Smoke Me When I Die."
April 26, 2023 Pras Michel of Fugees is found guilty of acting as a go-between for a Malaysian businessman trying to gain access to the United States government on behalf of China. Details are Byzantine, but it's clear a lot of money flowed through Pras. In 2025 he's sentenced to 14 years in prison.
April 25, 2023 Harry Belafonte dies from heart failure at 96. He brought calypso music to the fore in the 1950s, most famously with "The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)."
April 12, 2023 "Gasolina" by Daddy Yankee becomes the first reggaeton song entered into the Library of Congress National Recording Registry. Other songs added include "Margaritaville" and "Stairway To Heaven."
April 4, 2023 The corn-heavy musical comedy Shucked opens on Broadway with music by the hit songwriters Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally. The show's writer, Robert Horn, sought them out after hearing a satirical song they wrote called "Pray To Jesus" that appears on Clark's 2013 debut album, 12 Stories.
March 17, 2023 Taylor Swift launches her Eras Tour in Glendale, Arizona. The three-hour show is divided into 10 acts dedicated to the music and looks of each of her previous albums. It's her first trek since her Reputation Tour five years and four albums earlier.
March 10, 2023 Miley Cyrus releases her eighth album, Endless Summer Vacation. Some of the songs, including the #1 hit "Flowers," seem to take aim at her ex-husband, the actor Liam Hemsworth.
February 5, 2023 Beyoncé wins four Grammys, breaking the record for most all-time Grammy wins with 32. There's also a 50 years of hip-hop celebration, and the inaugural Dr. Dre Global Impact Award, given to... Dr. Dre.
February 5, 2023 73-year-old Bonnie Raitt wins the Grammy for Song Of The Year, beating out songs by Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Harry Styles with the title track to her album Just Like That. Her first Grammy wins came in 1990, when she was 40, after releasing her album Nick Of Time.
February 5, 2023 Harry Styles, the breakaway solo star from One Direction, wins the Album Of The Year Grammy for his third album, Harry's House, the one with "As It Was" and "Late Night Talking."
February 3, 2023 After years of frustration waiting for her record company to release her debut album, My 21st Century Blues, Raye finally puts it out independently. The song "Escapism," which deals with her unhealthy coping mechanisms during this time, is a #1 hit in her native UK.
January 28, 2023 Miley Cyrus' alone-but-happy anthem "Flowers" grows to #1 in the US, where it stays for a total of eight weeks.
January 21, 2023 Beyoncé plays a private show in Dubai, her first full concert in four years, for a reported $24 million. Her 11-year-old daughter Blue Ivy joins her on "Brown Skin Girl," the first live performance of the song.
January 13, 2023 Iggy Azalea launches an OnlyFans account to promote her upcoming album Hotter Than Hell and post photos that are too racy for Instagram. The album never materializes, but Azalea becomes a top earner during her run on the platform, which lasts about a year.
December 3, 2022 SZA performs two cuts from her album SOS on Saturday Night Live, but it's a song called "Cuffing Season" in the skit "Big Boys" - a celebration of hefty boyfriends - that takes off of TikTok.
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 5, 2022 Aaron Carter, a teen star in the early '00s and the younger brother of Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter, dies at 34 when he drowns in his bathtub. Carter battled mental health and substance abuse issues for much of his life.
November 4, 2022 Weird: The Al Yankovic Story opens in theaters, with Daniel Radcliffe (best known for playing Harry Potter) in the title role. "The things that brought him joy and made him laugh led to a career of immense variety and longevity and an incredible amount of joy," Radcliffe says of Yankovic.
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