• Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars 'Uptown Funk', Taylor Swift Lead VEVO's Most-Watched Videos 2015

    Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk" was everywhere in 2015. Not only did the song top the year-end Hot 100 chart, but the Uptown Special single's visual was also the most-watched music video of the last 12 months. On Wednesday (Dec. 9), VEVO announced the clips that music fans couldn't just stop watching in 2015, and "Uptown Funk" leads the charge over other hyped videos from Taylor Swift, Adele, Maroon 5 and more.
  • Adele Draws Criticism for Privacy Breaches in Ticket Sales for New Tour in 2016

    Adele has drawn some criticism for privacy breaches that occurred during ticket sales leading up to her first new tour in five years. The pre-sale was organized by Songkick, an artist discovery platform that recently melded with the direct-to-fan ticketing company Crowdsurge over the summer. Her pre-sale for tickets sold out in a little over four hours on her artist website.
  • Adele Says Kate Bush & Being A Mother Inspired Her '25' Comeback Album

    Adele's long anticipated comeback album '25' has been a force in music to say the least, breaking every Nielsen record in music. She has also made an appearance on 'Saturday Night Live' in order to promote the album, as well as hitting the late night circuit for live performances of her new music from the album, including hits "Hello" and "When We Were Young." But in a new interview Adele talks what actually inspired her monstrous comeback, eclectic UK singer Kate Bush's comeback, and in a strange twist she notes being a mother.
  • Southern University Marching Band Performs Adele's 'Hello' [WATCH VIDEO]

    They don't call the Southern University marching band the "Human Jukebox" for nothing! At halftime of the Bayou Classic against Grambling State earlier this week, one of the most viral marching bands in the nation performed a special rendition of Adele's hit new song, "Hello." We've heard covers, mashups and more versions of the artist's songs, especially this one, but this might be the most unique one you've heard yet! Watch this video of the performance below.
  • Adele, Lionel Richie 'Hello' Collaboration in the Works?

    They've both sung "Hello" to the world on their own, and soon they may be doing it together. That's right, a collaboration between Adele and Lionel Richie may very well be in the works after a mashup of both of their hit songs "Hello" went viral earlier this fall.
  • Adele's '25' Moves 3.48 Million Copies in Debut Week, Besting Everyone Else by A Lot

    Adele's new album '25' has officially sold 3.38 million copies in it's release week. Her number of albums sold is the record-taker for a first sales week since 1991, when Nielson Music started to follow point-of-sale music purchases. Her third studio album was released on Nov. 20 by XL Recordings/Columbia. It has already beat out album sales records held my N'SYNC and Britney Spears.
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