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The singer also accepted the BRITs Global Icon award Kylie Minogue accepted the 2024 BRIT Awards Global Icon award and also performed during the ceremony on Saturday at O2 Arena in London. Dua Lipa, who won the Pop Act award and was a fellow performer at the BRITs, presented the award to Minogue. The Australian pop star has garnered nine U.K. Number One Albums and seven U.K. Number One singles over the course of her more than three-decade career. As the announcer said during the broadcast,…

The legendary songwriter Diane Warren was presented with an honorary Oscar in November 2022, but if you think that means that the 67-year-old is done pursuing a competitive Oscar, well, then you don’t know Diane Warren. Indeed, for her latest tune, “The Fire Inside,” which is featured in Eva Longoria’s feature directorial debut Flamin’ Hot, Warren is nominated for the best original song Oscar for the 15th time, seventh year in a row and ninth time in 10 years! No woman in Oscars history has ever…

Lenny Kravitz performed a medley spanning his more than 35-year career at the People’s Choice Awards on Sunday. The musician was also the recipient of the Music Icon Award during the ceremony. Performing in the middle of the audience before strutting up the catwalk to join his band at the mainstage, he launched into a funky “Fly Away” followed by new track “TK421,” and then he segued into the hopeful “It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over” before turning things up for “Let Love Rule” and the scorching “Are You Gonna Go My…

Singer also won Female Country Artist of the Year during the ceremony on Sunday Lainey Wilson performed “Country’s Cool Again,” her new single that arrived on Friday, and also her first new release since her 2022 album Bell Bottom Country won Best Country Album at the Grammy Awards earlier this month. This year, she’s nominated for Female Artist of the Year and Female Country Artist of the Year; she won Female Country Artist shortly after her performance. Backed by a band in front of a…

Burna Boy performed at the Grammy Awards for the first time, with his representatives noting he is the first Afro-fusion artist to do so in a press release distributed prior to Grammy night. Though Burna is largely associated with the more widely known genre Afrobeats — which itself is often a fusion of genres such as highlife, hip-hop, R&B, and more — he has long attempted to differentiate himself by referring to his own music as Afro-fusion. Other artists, like Ghanaian singer Amaarae, have categorized their music…

Busta Rhymes stopped by The Tonight Show to perform two of his songs, “The Statement” and “Legacy.” The rapper melded the songs into a seamless medley and was joined by CIE, Trillian, and RAI for “Legacy.” Both tracks appear on Rhymes’ recent LP, Blockbusta, which dropped in November via Conglomerate Ent./Epic Records. The rapper executive produced the album alongside Pharrell Williams, Timbaland, and Swizz Beatz. On “The Statement,” Rhymes solidifies his place in the rap landscape with fervor, spitting,…

Miami rap legend Trina delivered a medley of classics in the latest installment of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series.The intimate 15-minute set began with Trina paying tribute to her mother, who died of cancer in 2019, with a rendition of “Mama,” a standout from the rapper’s 2017 album The One.“This first song is dedicated to my mom,” Trina said prior to performing the track. “Without her, there would be no me, and she’s the reason that I’m standing here right now for you guys. So I want you to just enjoy.”Trina added, “It’s…

Jimmy Fallon’s That’s My Jam series will launch another Season 2 episode later this month, meaning now is exactly the right time for us to roll out the exclusive premiere of a new clip featuring Chance the Rapper.The clip, available above, opens with Fallon telling Chance and the in-studio audience about the setup behind the series’ Mega Mix challenge. In short, Fallon spins a wheel, thus resulting in the selection of a word. The contestant—Chance, in this case—is then tasked with singing a medley of different songs…

Rising Canadian star Tate McRae continued her global ascent over the weekend as she took the stage at the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards to perform a medley of her songs “She’s All I Wanna Be” and “Uh Oh.”McRae opened her performance with “She’s All I Wanna Be,” featuring backup dancers in glass cages on the central part of the stage. After the stage went dark, the 19-year-old transitioned to her most recent solo release “Uh Oh,” where she received heavy applause from the viewers.Prior to her performance, MTV News…

Fresh off dropping his third studio album The Forever Story, JID delivered a medley of classic cuts in the latest edition of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. Backed by a full band, the Dreamville rapper performed seven tracks spread across three of his studio albums: 2017’s The Never Story (“Never”), 2018’s Dicaprio 2 (“Workin Out,” “Off da Zoinkys), and 2022’s The Forever Story (“Galaxy,” “Sistanem,” “Surround Surround,” “Kody Blu 31”).The performance arrives two weeks after the release of The Forever Story, the East…