• Azealia Banks' New Album Gets Title, Due for Release in 2016

    Azealia Banks may still be riding high on the release of her long-awaited debut album Broke with Expensive Taste, but she's already prepping her second album for 2016. In a new interview, the "Ice Princess" rapper opened up about her past temper problems and revealed the title and expected release date for her sophomore effort.
  • Blanca Experiments in First Pop Album Away from Group 1 Crew

    Society always celebrates the records that top the Billboard 200 album chart. Back of The Billboards is a Music Times weekly segment that looks at the opposite end: the new record that finished closest to the back of the Billboard 200 for the previous week. We hope to give a fighting chance to the bands you haven't heard of. This week we look at the self-titled solo debut of former Group 1 Crew member Blanca Callahan.
  • FOX Debuts 'Scream Queens' Trailer with Ariana Grande, Lea Michele, More

    Fox has released the first trailer for 'Scream Queens,' a forthcoming dark comedy starring Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Ariana Grande, Abigail Breslin and Nick Jonas, among others. It's a murder mystery from Ryan Murphy, who has made a name through both 'Glee' and 'American Horror Story.'
  • Miley Cyrus, Flaming Lips Debut New Song 'Tiger Dreams' at NYC Terminal 5 Show

    If you enlist Miley Cyrus and The Flaming Lips for your corporate upfronts gig, you have to expect something weird and new, right? At least, that's what Adult Swim got last night (May 13) at New York City's Terminal 5 when the Bangerz singer traded in her hits for a variety of covers and even debuted a new song with Wayne Coyne and co. entitled "Tiger Dreams."
  • Miley Cyrus & Ariana Grande Perform 'Don't Dream It's Over' Cover For Happy Hippie Charity's Backyard Sessions [WATCH]

    Earlier this month, Miley Cyrus launched her Happy Hippie Foundation's Backyard Sessions. The charity seeks to help issues affecting homeless youth, LGBT youth and other vulnerable populations. The sessions feature Cyrus teaming with another artist for a special performance straight from the Bangerz singer's backyard. So far she's performed "Different" with Joan Jett, a solo cover of Dido's "No Freedom" in honor of late transgender teen Leelah Alcorn, a cover of The Replacement's "Androgynous" and cover of Against Me!'s "True Trans Soul Rebel" with Laura Jane Grace, and covers of "Look What They've Done To My Song Ma" and "Peace Will Come" with folk icon Melanie Safka. Now she's teamed up with fellow Disney alum Ariana Grande to perform a rendition of Crowded House's 1986 hit "Don't Dream It's Over."
  • Peyton Manning Covers 'Folsom Prison Blues' with Dierks Bentley

    Peyton Manning may be the best quarterback in NFL history (we're not here to argue about sports statistics, so save your playoff performance arguments for ESPN.com), but he sure ain't the best vocalist in NFL history. He wasn't quite up to Terry Bradshaw-levels of performance while performing Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" with Dierks Bentley over the weekend.
  • 'Pitch Perfect 2' Soundtrack Revealed: Beyonce, Miley Cyrus and More

    'Pitch Perfect 2' has finally revealed the soundtrack for the forthcoming sequel, due in theaters on May 30, and boy is there a lot of music crammed into it. Although the iTunes playlist doesn't reflect too many familiar-sounding tracks, Pop Sugar has broken down the soundtrack and dug out more than 35 tracks buried within the film's many mashups. Expect contributions from Pitbull, Miley Cyrus and of course, Cisqo, to appear within.
  • Mumford & Sons Drops, Tech N9ne Sets Personal Record on Albums Chart

    This week Warner Music became the first major label to report higher earnings from streaming than digital downloads, but album sales seem to be doing alright for Mumford & Sons, which tops the sales chart by selling 249,000 copies of 'Wilder Mind' this week. That's a sizable number but more than a 50 percent drop off from the band's previous album, 'Babel,' which debuted with 600,000 copies sold (the biggest rock debut of the decade thus far, in the band's defense).