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Radiohead’s OK Computer has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

The distinction honors recordings that “exhibit qualitative or historical significance and are at least 25 years old.”

Other 2026 inductees include albums by Heart, Janet Jackson, 2Pac and Funkadelic.

“It’s a privilege to recognize these influential recordings as the 2026 Grammy Hall of Fame inductees,” says Record Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. “Each selection reflects the creativity, craft and cultural impact that recorded music can carry across decades. We’re honored to help preserve these works and celebrate the artists and communities behind them, so their legacies continue to inspire generations to come.”

OK Computer, Radiohead’s third studio effort, was released in 1997, and found the band experimenting more with their sound following their first two guitar-driven records. It spawned the singles “Paranoid Android” and “Karma Police,” and was nominated for the album of the year Grammy.

OK Computer was added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry in 2014.

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Classic recordings by Tupac, Janet Jackson and hip-hop duo Eric B. & Rakim will be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame this year. 

The Recording Academy announced Wednesday, Tupac’s All Eyez on Me along with Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 will be added to the iconic Hall of Fame catalog. Eric B. & Rakim’s 1987 hit “Paid in Full” also joins the roster. 

Other inducted recordings include “Trouble in Mind” by ’20s blues singer Bertha “Chippie” Hill and “You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song” by children’s song creator Ella Jenkins.

“It’s a privilege to recognize these influential recordings as the 2026 Grammy Hall Of Fame inductees,” Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, said. “Each selection reflects the creativity, craft and cultural impact that recorded music can carry across decades. We’re honored to help preserve these works and celebrate the artists and communities behind them, so their legacies continue to inspire generations to come.”

The Grammy Hall of Fame was established by the Recording Academy in 1973. The full 2026 roster includes 14 new titles, making the grand total 1,179 inducted recordings. The full list can be viewed on the Grammys website. 

The 2026 class will be honored at the Grammy Hall of Fame Gala happening at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills on May 8. 

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Now that Cody Johnson’s Live 26 Tour is officially underway, he’s extending it with six international shows this fall. 

The CMA male vocalist of the year set the tour in motion Feb. 6 with two sold-out dates in Birmingham, Alabama, his first since being forced to come off the road in October because of a burst eardrum.  

Cody’s run across the pond starts Oct. 24 in Manchester, England, and wraps Nov. 5 in Dublin, Ireland, with Parker McCollum and Emily Ann Roberts set to open. Tickets go on sale Friday. 

“The Fall” hitmaker continues his U.S. dates Friday in Champaign, Illinois, before playing Louisville, Kentucky, on Valentine’s Day. 

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The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan is marking the one-year anniversary of his podcast, The Magnificent Others.

Among the guests Corgan has interviewed since the series premiered in February 2025 are Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Yungblud and Sharon Osbourne.

“Given the tremendous support for my show’s first season, the goal now is to expand the reach and scope of our guests to something far more universal and dare I say, spiritual,” Corgan says in a statement. “For even if one does not believe in the oft-discussed ‘higher power,’ there’s no denying the might of the human spirit at work.”

Indeed, Corgan told ABC Audio upon the podcast’s launch in 2025 that he hoped to eventually widen the types of guests he interviews.

“Obviously music and the arts is the easiest lane for me to jump into, but I would love to get to the point where I’m talking to authors, and historians and scientists,” Corgan said.  

Even if he still sticks to mostly interviewing musicians, Corgan doesn’t envision running out of potential guests anytime soon.

“As far as the list of people I have, just musicians alone, it’s hundreds long,” he said. “I mean, there’s so many people I would love to talk to.” 

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Valentine’s Day on Saturday is sure to be a special one for Jackson Dean, since it’ll be his first one since getting engaged at the beginning of the year.

Jackson popped the question on Jan. 3, and it’s clear he’s smitten with Shannon Miscoll.

“She is the sweetest soul that I have come across in my courting days,” he says of his fiancée. “It’s pretty dang awesome here the last couple years with her. And she’s just really easy and takes care of me like I take care of her.”

“And we have a really nice little bubble on the edge of a whole lot of nothing west of town,” he adds. “She’s deathly beautiful, the most beautiful woman on the planet. And it’s pretty great.”

Jackson also says Shannon’s the inspiration for his new radio single, “Make a Liar.” 

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It appears that the arrival of new Shinedown music is drawing ever closer.

After clearing their Instagram of all posts — usually a telltale sign that an announcement is coming — the “Second Chance” rockers have shared a new teaser video featuring the sound of lapping waves. 

“Let the stars be your Searchlight,” Shinedown writes in the caption.

“Searchlight” is one of four new singles Shinedown put out in 2025, along with “Killing Fields,” “Dance, Kid, Dance” and “Three Six Five.” The band’s most recent album is 2022’s Planet Zero.

Shinedown has previously hinted at upcoming tour news — in January, frontman Brent Smith teased that Shinedown was “getting ready to start some announcements” while listing the months May through November. They also posted a map of North America showing several states lighting up.

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Katy Perry and former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau are still going strong. A carousel of photos the singer posted on Tuesday includes loved-up photos of the two on the ski slopes and at dinner.

Fresh from their Super Bowl commercial for T-Mobile, Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter and Howie Dorough have now teamed up with Pizza Hut for a Valentine’s Day promotion: The fast food chain will be selling “The Shape of My Heart-Shaped pizza,” named after one of Backstreet’s big hits. In a YouTube short, Howie and Nick argue over the correct way to do the “heart hands” gesture.

“Wake Me Up,” the hit song by Avicii that features vocals by Aloe Blacc, has officially reached 3 billion streams on Spotify, and more than 7 billion streams across all platforms. Aloe, who’s doing a four-night residency at LA’s Blue Note Jazz Club, co-wrote the song with Avicii, born Tim Bergling, and Mike Einziger of the band Incubus. Aloe says of the song, “I’ll always be proud of how my lyrics, Mike’s guitar and Tim’s exceptional production continues to inspire billions of listeners around the world.”

Charli XCX has announced that one of the many movies she’s starring in, Erupcja, will arrive in theaters April 17. In addition to starring in the film, Charli also co-wrote it. In it, she plays a British woman who visits Warsaw with her boyfriend, but ends up reconnecting with her former girlfriend.

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