Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande perform during the 97th Annual Oscars on March 2, 2025 in Hollywood. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Ariana Grande wasn’t at the Grammy Awards Sunday night, but she did win a trophy — her third career Grammy.
Ari and her Wicked co-star Cynthia Erivo won for best pop duo/group performance for their rendition of “Defying Gravity,” from the soundtrack of the first Wicked film. Ari posted the announcement of the win on her Instagram Story and wrote, “this is so special. @recordingacademy than you so so so much! Congratulations to the incredible @cynthiaerivo i love you & am so grateful to share this.”
She also thanked the song’s composer, Stephen Schwartz, as well as her record company and Wicked director Jon M. Chu.
Ariana previously won in that same category for “Rain On Me,” her duet with Lady Gaga, in 2021. Her other win came in 2019 for best pop vocal album for Sweetner.
Sunday night at the Grammys, Cher appeared to forget that she was supposed to present the record of the year trophy. When she eventually did, she mistakenly announced that the winner was the late R&B icon Luther Vandross, instead of the actual winner: the song “luther” by SZA and Kendrick Lamar. But SZA said she understood Cher’s flub.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, SZA referred to the fact that “luther” has that title because it’s based on a sample of “If This World Were Mine,” recorded by Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn in 1982.
“We share the frequency of the song. Like, that’s his frequency that allowed us to win and that allowed it to be memorable,” SZA said of Vandross. “So, [Cher’s] not wrong and she’s from that era. She probably really knew Luther Vandross. Of course, her brain and her energy is connecting that energy to the energy that we’re sharing.”
SZA continued, “We’re mooching off what Luther already gave us … I wish I could speak to him. Thank you, Luther.”
Vandross, who died in 2005, sold over 40 million records and won eight Grammy Awards.
Earth Wind and Fire perform, in concert at Arena Monterrey on November 27, 2025, in Monterrey, Mexico. (Photo by Medios y Media/Getty Images)
Earth, Wind & Fire‘s story will be told from the perspective of group member Ralph Johnson. He’s set to release a book titled Rhythm & Fire: A Life in Harmony with Earth, Wind & Fire about the band’s journey, including their rise to fame, music industry challenges and the goal to continue to grow to greater heights.
The book will also include a foreword from Questlove, as well as 30 exclusive cover photographs.
“Bringing Rhythm & Fire to the fans who have supported me for so long is really meaningful to me,” Ralph, who has been playing drums for the band since the early ’70s, tells People. “I can’t wait to share my journey growing up in L.A., and the pursuit of a dream that would one day place me at the Kennedy Center with Earth, Wind & Fire.”
Ella Langley’s The Dandelion Tour (Courtesy Ella Langley/Sony)
Ella Langley‘s sophomore album, Dandelion, will be out April 10, and she’s planning a tour to match.
“You know we had to take this record on the road… So excited to announce The Dandelion Tour!” she wrote on Instagram. “Also, bringing some of my favorite people along, you won’t wanna miss this.”
Kameron Marlowe, Dylan Marlowe, Kaitlin Butts, Gabriella Rose and Laci Kaye Booth will open the 16-date run, which kicks off May 7 in Toledo, Ohio.
St. Louis, Oklahoma City and Austin are just some of the spots The Dandelion Tour will hit before it wraps Aug. 15 in Fort Worth.
You can register now for presales, which start Thursday, before tickets go on sale to the public Friday.
It will be a busy 2026 for Ella, who also has dates on Eric Church‘s Free the Machine Tour and Morgan Wallen‘s Still the Problem Tour.
Cover of Peter Gabriel single “Put the Bucket Down.” Artwork by Tomás Saraceno (Real World Music Ltd / Sony Music Publishing/Peter Gabriel Ltd.)
Peter Gabriel is out with a new song.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer released the track “Put the Bucket Down” on Sunday to coincide with the latest full moon. The tune is the second song he’s released from his upcoming album o/i, the follow up to 2023’s i/o.
According to a press release, the song “conjures dream-like imagery of mind reading, thought reading and thought writing – all of which are possible through the brain/computer interface.”
“As a side project, I am working on a show with the brain as the central core and there are a number of songs, some on i/o and some on oi that will be part of that,” says Gabriel. “This is one of those and it’s a point in the narrative where we can both read and write thoughts and the person singing is not sure whether he has his own thoughts or not. Is he inside his own mind or inside someone else’s?”
As he did with i/o, Gabriel plans to release a new song from the album with each full moon of the year. The entire album will be released by the end of 2026, along with Dark-Side and Bright-Side mixes handled by Tchad Blake and Mark “Spike” Stent, respectively.
The Tchad Blake Dark-Side Mix of the song is expected to be released later this month.
Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide Tour (Courtesy Live Nation)
After dropping a new single on Friday and a video on Sunday night, Noah Kahan has now released dates for a summer stadium tour.
Noah’s The Great Divide Tour, named after his upcoming album of the same name, kicks off June 11 in Orlando, Florida, and will visit stadiums across North America, including Boston’s Fenway Park, LA’s Rose Bowl Stadium, New York’s Citi Field, Chicago’s Wrigley Field and Toronto’s Rogers Stadium. It’s currently set to wrap up Aug. 30 in Seattle.
Gigi Perez will open all dates. So far, Boston is the only city with two shows scheduled, reflecting its status as a sort-of hometown stop for the Vermont-born artist.
Fans can sign up for a presale at Ticketmaster, kicking off Feb. 10 at 12 p.m. local time. The general onsale begins Feb. 12 at 12 pm. local time via Noah’s website.
The Great Divide will arrive April 24. The music video for the title track premiered during the Grammy Awards on Sunday night. Fans can visit Priceless.com/NoahKahan to learn more about VIP experiences available through his partnership with Mastercard.
The Beatles won the Grammy for best rock performance for “Now and Then.” Neither Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr,the two surviving members of the band, were on hand to accept the award.
It was The Beatles’ first Grammy win since 1997, when the group won for The Beatles Anthology and the single “Free As A Bird.” “Now and Then” was also nominated for record of the year, but it lost to Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”
Released in November 2024, “Now and Then,” promoted as The Beatles’ “final song,” featured vocals John Lennon recorded on a demo in the late ’70s. His wife, Yoko Ono, gave the three-song demo to McCartney, Starr and George Harrison in 1994. They then used it to create “Free as a Bird” and “Real Love,” which appeared on The Beatles Anthology project in the mid ’90s.
For “Now and Then,” new technology developed by director Peter Jackson helped extract Lennon’s vocals from the demo’s final track. Paul and Ringo completed the song in 2022 using guitar parts Harrison recorded in 1995.
A new trailer for a Michael Jackson biopic shows the late legend’s transformation from child star to King of Pop.
The trailer begins with scenes of Michael — played by Jaafar Jackson, MJ’s real-life nephew — psyching himself up in the studio, telling himself, “You’re the greatest of all time,” intercut with footage of him headlining a massive stadium concert.
It then flashes back to Colman Domingo as Michael’s father, Joe Jackson, giving his sons — the future Jackson Five — an ultimatum: “Y’all wanna work in a steel mill like me for the rest of your days? Y’all willin’ to fight for it?”
We see Michael as a child dancing and singing with his brothers before emerging as a solo star with Off The Wall. Conflict arises when his domineering father plans an international Jacksons tour, saying he wants to “capitalize on Michael’s success.”
“I love my family, but I just want to do my own thing,” Michael says. “I just have all these ideas in my head. I just gotta get them out.”
The rest of the trailer shows Michael’s rise to global stardom through a montage of iconic moments, including the “Beat It” and “Thriller” music videos and his moonwalk during the Motown 25 TV special. We also see him with Bubbles the chimp and alongside his mother, Katherine Jackson, who tells him, “I knew you were different the moment you were born.”
“I believe that music can change the world — spread love, joy, and peace,” Michael says in a closing voiceover. “That is what I want the world to feel. Magic.”
Michael, directed by Antoine Fuqua and also starring Nia Long and Miles Teller, arrives in theaters April 24.
Lady Gaga receives the award for best pop vocal album at The 68th annual Grammy Awards. (Stewart Cook/CBS)
The biggest night in music took place on Sunday, as the 2026 Grammy Awards were hosted for the sixth time by Trevor Noah at the Crypto.com Arena in LA. This is the last year CBS will air the awards ceremony, as it moves to ABC in 2027.
The Recording Academy spread the love this year, with awards going to many different artists during the ceremony. Lady Gaga won best pop vocal album for Mayhem, while Billie Eilish won song of the year for her track “Wildflower” from the album Hit Me Hard and Soft. She took to the stage with her brother and collaborator FINNEAS, where she said in her acceptance speech, “No one is illegal on stolen land.”
As for performances, Bruno Mars started off the evening with a high-energy performance of his nominated hit song “APT.” with ROSÉ. Later on in the show, he also performed his new smash hit “I Just Might.”
Despite going home empty-handed, Sabrina Carpenter gave an entertaining performance of her nominated song “Manchild.” Dressed as a pilot, she performed on a set that resembled an airport, with a full-size plane and all. She arrived to the stage on a moving luggage carousel and even took to an airport intercom midway through the song, telling the audience, “Hey Grammys, how ya doing? It’s your captain, Sabrina, speaking. If you came here tonight for a little validation, stand up and I want you to put your hands together!”
Olivia Dean lit up the stage to sing her hit “Man I Need” from The Art of Loving, before she won the award for best new artist. All of the other best new artist nominees also gave performances, including KATSEYE, The Marías, Addison Rae, sombr, Leon Thomas, Alex Warren and Lola Young.
Kendrick Lamar returned to the 68th annual Grammy Awards Sunday night and made history as the most awarded rapper of all time. The night’s most-nominated artist, he took home best rap album and record of the year for “luther” featuring SZA; best melodic rap performance for “luther”; best rap song for “tv off”; and best rap performance for Clipse’s “Chains & Whips,” marking the duo’s first-ever Grammy win. With these wins, K. Dot now has 27 Grammys, surpassing the previous tie he had with Jay-Z.
Pharrell accepted theDr. Dre Global Impact Award after a presentation by Q-Tip.He reflected on A Tribe Called Quest‘s influence, praised Dr. Dre, congratulated Clipse and thanked those who believe in the “power of Black music.”
“I never stopped loving this job. I never stopped being a student,” Pharrell said. “Never stop working. … I love what I do and if you do what you love every day you’ll get paid for free.”
Ms. Lauryn Hill took the Grammy stage for the first time since 1999 to honor D’Angelo, opening with the song they never got to perform together, “Nothing Even Matters.” She was joined by Lucky Daye, Raphael Saadiq, Anthony Hamilton, Leon Thomas, Bilal and Jon Batiste. Lauryn also paid tribute to the late Roberta Flack with a performance featuring Jon, Leon Bridges, Lalah Hathaway, October London, John Legend and Chaka Khan,as well as the Fugees rendition of Flack’s song “Killing Me Softly with His Song” alongside Wyclef Jean.
Tyler, The Creator performed “Thought I Was Dead” and “Like Him” from Chromakopia, which won best album cover, along with “Sugar On My Tongue” from Don’t Tap the Glass. Clipse took the stage withPharrell and Voices of Fire to perform “So Far Ahead.”
First-time Grammys winners included Kehlani, Leon Thomas and Durand Bernarr.
