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Saturday Night Live will return from its holiday break and come into 2015 in a big way with musical guests. After booking acts like Iggy Azalea, Ariana Grande, One Direction and Nicki Minaj for the first half of season 40, today (Jan. 6), the NBC sketch show announced its next round of musical guests, including one set to pull double duty. 
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Music Times Best Music Videos of 2014: Sia, Beyoncé, Iggy Azalea & MoreThere's no use denying it: a good music video can very well lead to a major hit single. This year was a prime example of that, with viral clips from the likes of Iggy Azalea, Sia and Nicki Minaj launching the musicians to unprecedented levels of success. 
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Music Times 25 Best Songs of 2014: Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Hozier, St. Vincent & More2014 was the year of a thousand controversies: Taylor Swift pulled all of her music from Spotify, Sun Kil Moon started a feud with The War On Drugs, Jack White accused The Black Keys of ripping him off (again), and almost nobody went platinum. When you put all of that aside, however, what you're left with is a bunch of incredible songs, which is really what it's all about. Here are the 25 best songs from 2014, as determined by Music Times writers Ryan Book, Caitlin Carter, Joey DeGroot, Kyle Dowling, and Carolyn Menyes. 
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2015 Golden Globe Nominations: Lorde, Lana Del Rey, John Legend, Common, Among Music NomineesThe 2015 Golden Globe nominations have been revealed. Because no Hollywood film would be complete without its soundtrack, Lorde, Lana Del Rey, John Legend, and Common are among the nominees for Best Original Song. The rest of the nominees in the musical categories are a mix of hit-makers and legends. 
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GRAMMYs 2015 Nominations: Sam Smith, Taylor Swift, Pharrell Williams Among Early NomineesThe biggest night in music is just around the corner, even if it's hard to believe that yet another year has passed. Today (Dec. 5), the nominations for the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards are being rolled out via Twitter and various television appearances. Early on, predicted favorites lead the nominations with Sam Smith, Iggy Azalea, Sia, Taylor Swift and Pharrell Williams all racking up multiple nods. 
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Sia Wins Four ARIA Trophies and Awards Them to Charitable Twitter Followers; Chet Faker Takes Two Prizes at EventMany Americans spent Wednesday night hitting up the bar, as the day before Thanksgiving is also the biggest drinking night of the year. Australians, not celebrating such holidays, watched the ARIAs, the nation's major music awards show. Sia and Chet Faker were the most decorated members of the land down under by the time the night was over. 
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Eminem Drops "Guts Over Fear" Music Video, Slim Shady Raps to Scenes of Underdog Glory on 'Shady XV' Track [WATCH]Eminem released a music video for his "Guts Over Fear" single featuring Sia, and the clip is a gritty underdog tale that meshes perfectly with Shady's rhymes. 
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Stream 'Annie' 2014 Soundtrack Now Ahead of Film's December Release: New Music from Sia, Jamie Foxx and BeckThe 2014 film version of Annie isn't going to be released until Dec. 19, but you don't even have to wait until "Tomorrow" to listen to the official soundtrack. Today (Nov. 17), the Sia penned, classically rooted Annie 2014 OST was released in wide, and it's available to stream to get you in the hopeful spirit. 
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Sam Smith, Taylor Swift Lead People's Choice Awards 2015 Music NomineesThe award season is right around the corner, so Sam Smith had better break out his fanciest tuxedo. The nominees for the People's Choice Awards 2015 have been announced, and the "Stay With Me" singer leads the music-related categories, chalking up four nods. 
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David Guetta's 'Listen' Tracklist Features Collaborators Old And New: Sia, Nicki Minaj, John Legend, and MoreDavid Guetta's sixth album, Listen, is due out November 24. Ahead of its release, the French DJ told Billboard some details on what to expect and why it has taken almost three years. He says that the featured artists on this album are unexpected, making for a sound that different than his past work. The tracklist for Listen has been released includes appearances by Sia, Nicki Minaj, John Legend, Ryan Tedder, Skylar Grey, and Emili Sandé. 
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Iggy Azalea, Jim Carrey Dance to Sia's 'Chandelier' on 'Saturday Night Live' [WATCH]Jim Carrey dressed up in a skintight dancing outfit and performed the music video routine from Sia's "Chandelier" on "Saturday Night Live" last night, Oct. 25. The whole skit is ridiculously long and awkwardly executed, but there is also an Iggy Azalea appearance. So there is that. If you need any more convincing to click "play," it is probably not going to happen. 
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Taylor Swift, Pharrell, Iggy Azalea And Others Perform At 'We Can Survive' Benefit Concert [PHOTOS]We Can Survive packed more pop talent into one night than we thought was humanly possible for a non-awards show. 
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