Grunge is alive and well on Rolling Stone‘s newly updated 200 Best Singers of All Time list.

The ranking features late Nirvana and Soundgarden frontmen Kurt Cobain and Chris Cornell at #36 and #80, respectively, as well as Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder at #105.

The list also ranges from hard rock and metal — Led Zeppelin‘s Robert Plant at #63, Ozzy Osbourne at #112, Judas Priest‘s Rob Halford at #129, Guns N’ Roses‘ Axl Rose at #134 and Ronnie James Dio at #165 — to classic and modern alternative — Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke at #34, Kate Bush at #60, Fiona Apple at #111, Florence + the Machine‘s Florence Welch at #128, Hole‘s Courtney Love at #130, U2‘s Bono at #140, R.E.M.‘s Michael Stipe at #152, The Cure‘s Robert Smith at #157, Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ Karen O at #184 and Billie Eilish at #198.

“Keep in mind that this is the Greatest Singers list, not the Greatest Voices List,” Rolling Stone cautions. “Talent is impressive; genius is transcendent. Sure, many of the people here were born with massive pipes, perfect pitch, and boundless range. Others have rougher, stranger, or more delicate instruments … In all cases, what mattered most to us was originality, influence, the depth of an artist’s catalog, and the breadth of their musical legacy.”

The #1 singer on Rolling Stone‘s ranking is Aretha Franklin.

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It looks like celebrities are showing up to the Golden Globes after all. The controversial Hollywood Foreign Press Association revealed Tuesday its first round of presenters for the 80th annual event on January 10.

Presenters will include Jamie Lee Curtis, Blonde‘s Ana De Armas, Billy Porter, Quentin Tarantino and Tracy Morgan.

Also taking to the podium will be SNL veteran Ana Gasteyer, Euphoria Emmy winner Colman Domingo, Pose Emmy winner Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Russian Doll‘s Natasha Lyonne, comedienne Nicole Byer and Dahmer: Monster‘s Niecy Nash-Betts.

Additional presenters will be announced later this week, the organization explains.

Hosted by Jerrod Carmichael, the event airing on NBC and streaming on Peacock will be the first to have celebrities since the HFPA weathered accusations of racism and “unethical conduct,” as reported by the Los Angeles Times. The controversy caused NBC to part ways with the HFPA; previous winner Tom Cruise to return his three trophies; and others, including Scarlett Johansson, to publicly flame the organization.

Last year’s event went un-televised, and no stars showed up.

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Following a few months of teases, Fall Out Boy has confirmed that new music is indeed on the way.

In a letter sent to fans on the band’s mailing list, which was shared by Consequence.net, the “Dance, Dance” outfit shares, “We spent the last year jamming ideas in a tiny room.”

“Can’t wait to share them with you,” they add.

The letter follows an ad spotted in Fall Out Boy’s hometown Chicago Tribute newspaper in November, which teased the upcoming arrival of the group’s eighth studio effort, the follow-up to 2018’s M A N I A. They also launched several mysterious websites and shared a Christmas-themed claymation video ending with a preview of a guitar riff.

“Thanks for always sticking around,” Fall Out Boy’s letter concludes. “Thanks for working the beat.”

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Thanks to her 1994 smash holiday hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey has extended her record-smashing reign over the Billboard Hot 100.

Her song closed out 2022 as the final #1 song of the year — and the first chart-topper of 2023 by notching its fourth consecutive week at the top. That ties it with the 1958 staple “The Chipmunk Song,” by David Seville & the Chipmunks, for being the holiday song with the most consecutive weeks at #1. 

This also cemented Mariah’s chart record of ruling the chart for 19 distinct years. She has gone to #1 from 1990 to 2000, then again between 2005 and 2006, another time in 2008 and, finally, between 2019 and 2023 because of “Christmas.”

The holiday hit also notched a new milestone with this latest chart by becoming the first song to lead the Hot 100 for five individual years. The song first soared to the top in 2019 and has returned to the #1 spot every year since.

“All I Want for Christmas Is You” has now led the Hot 100 for 12 nonconsecutive weeks. That has extended its record of being the track with the longest span of time spent at the top, which is three years and two weeks.

The song was streamed 46.9 million times over the past week and sold 6,000 additional copies.

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It looks like Tom Petty’s Malibu beach house will soon have a new owner. TMZ reports someone has made an offer on the home, which the late rocker owned until his death in 2017.

The estate went on the market in mid-December, with an asking price of almost $10 million. A source says the estate accepted an offer on Christmas Eve. So far there’s no word on the amount of the offer.

The Escondido Beach home, which reportedly inspired Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ 2010 song “Something Good Coming,” comes with two bedrooms, with 66 feet of beach frontage and views of the Pacific Ocean from the terrace off the living room. 

It also has a separate guest house, which is set up as a recording studio.

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Who’s the best country singer of all time? According to Rolling Stone‘s new ranking of the 200 best singers across all genres, it’s Patsy Cline. She comes in at #13, just a dozen spaces behind Aretha Franklin, who lands on top. 

Elvis Presley‘s at #17, just ahead of George Jones at #24, who’s often referred to as the greatest country singer who ever lived. Tammy Wynette‘s back at #127, while Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris all make the top 100. RS puts Loretta Lynn at #132.

Founding fathers like Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers make the list, alongside legends Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Brenda Lee and George Strait.

Carrie Underwood‘s the highest-ranked contemporary country singer at #158, while Chris Stapleton‘s several spots back at #170. His recent CMA Awards collaborator, Patty Loveless, sneaks in at #177.

You can check out the full list of Rolling Stone‘s 200 Best Singers of All Time here.

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De La Soul‘s music catalog will finally be coming to streaming services. According to a statement released Tuesday, their music will be released digitally and on vinyl, CDs and cassettes starting in March.

The statement says Reservoir Media and its label, Chrysalis, worked with De La Soul and their record label, AOI, to bring their music to digital streaming services. De La Soul’s first six albums — 1989’s 3 Feet High and Rising, 1991’s De La Soul Is Dead, 1993’s Buhloone Mindstate, 1996’s Stakes Is High, 2000’s Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump and 2001’s AOI: Bionix — will all be available by March 3, the 34th anniversary of the group’s debut album.

De La Soul dropped their debut in 1989 and followed it up with eight more albums throughout the course of their career. Due to sample clearances and legal issues with former label Tommy Boy Records, their first six albums were held back from streaming services. Reservoir Media, which acquired Tommy Boy in 2021, will now release those projects under its label, Chrysalis Records.

“We can’t believe this day is finally here, and we are excited to be able to share our music with fans, old and new. Golnar, Rell, Faith and the Reservoir team have been great partners in this entire process,” De La Soul wrote in a statement. “We’re grateful that our relationship with them all has enabled this to happen.”

They’re dropping their hit single “The Magic Number” on streaming services January 13 ahead of the catalog’s release.

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As 2022 ended, Twenty One Pilots bid farewell to the Scaled and Icy era.

In an Instagram post over the holiday weekend, frontman Tyler Joseph reflects on the duo’s latest record, which was released in May 2021 after being recorded amid the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Scaled and Icy was created and born in a time of uncertainty,” Joseph writes. “Live shows were always an important part of our DNA as a band. We probably wouldn’t even exist with out them. We always wrote songs for the show, never the other way around. But I always wondered what it would be like to write a record that never existed in a concert setting.”

With the pandemic shutting down the concert industry in 2020 and for much of 2021, Joseph and drummer Josh Dun found themselves with “no choice but to write that kind of record.”

“As the songs took shape, and we released them, and sat at home, we felt proud,” Joseph writes. “Proud of our fans, mostly. It felt good to release music. But something was off. I wondered, what would happen to these songs if we let them echo through a venue?”

Eventually, live music returned, and Twenty One Pilots began touring in support of Scaled and Icy in September 2021.

“71 shows and 14 countries later, Scaled and Icy became something different,” Joseph writes. “The lyrics meant something different, something more, the colors found their purpose, the chords rubbed together differently. the record came to life. It was confirmed: this band and these specific songs needed live music.”

“I want to thank our crew, who took us around the world during one of the toughest eras of touring ever,” he continues. “This past album cycle has meant so much to me.”

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Nothing is stopping Adele from commanding the stage, even extreme nerve pain.

The powerhouse singer returned to Las Vegas to help fans ring in the new year during her Weekends with Adele residency. Fans must have noticed Adele walking a little differently as she was throwing T-shirts to the crowd, which prompted the singer to come clean with the audience.

“I’ve got two more [shirts to give out]. I’ve just got to get over to the other side of the stage,” Adele said, according to fan-captured videos of the event. She then revealed, “I have to waddle these days as I have really bad sciatica.”

Mayo Clinic describes sciatica as a pain of the sciatic nerve, which runs down a person’s leg, starting between one’s buttocks and hip. Sciatica is commonly caused when pressure is put on the nerve due to a bone overgrowth or a herniated disk. Symptoms include pain, inflammation and numbness of the leg.

Sciatica can alleviate overtime, reports Mayo Clinic, but more severe cases may require additional treatment, such as surgery.

Adele previously attributed her pain to injuring several discs. She told The Face in 2021, “I slipped my first disc when I was 15 from sneezing. I was in bed and I sneezed and my fifth one flew out. In January, I slipped my sixth one, my L6. And then where I had a C‑section, my core was useless.”

Adele added she’s been dealing with back pain for “half of my life” and deals with occasional flare-ups “due to stress or from a stupid bit of posture.” She added losing weight and strengthening her core has eased her symptoms.

Adele has not revealed what caused her latest flare-up.

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