• New Katy Perry Album Coming By 2016 After Prismatic World Tour, Says Manager

    Katy Perry is still riding high off her latest album Prism, but according to her manager, the pop star's fourth full-length is also in the works and might be here within the next eight months. According to Idolator, her manager Steven Jensen made the announcement while speaking at the All That Matters music and entertainment conference in Singapore this week.
  • 2NE1's CL Debuts Solo Single 'Doctor Pepper' ft. Diplo and RiFF RAFF

    Big things popping for K-Pop fans as CL, a member of the pop group 2NE1, has released the first track from her English-language solo career, featuring production from Diplo and guest verses from OG Maco and RiFF RAFF. The track, titled "Doctor Pepper," is about as crazy as you might expect from such a crew.
  • Joey Alexander Does What 11 y.o. Shouldn't Be Able on 'My Favorite Things'

    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 'My Favorite Things,' the debut album of jazz piano prodigy Joey Alexander.
  • Nicki Minaj Confirms Jay Z Collaboration; Will It Drop On TIDAL Over Memorial Day Weekend?

    Nicki Minaj has been getting close with the Carter-Knowles family as of late. After releasing her video with Beyoncé for "Feeling Myself," Minaj has seemingly confirmed a collaboration with Bey's husband Jay Z. On Thursday she tweeted (via Complex), then quickly deleted, a message of confirmation to a fan, who asked, "What about the Jay Z collab??" The Pinkprint rapper responded, "It's coming in three days."
  • 'Dope' Trailer: ASAP Rocky Shares Extended Red Band Version [WATCH]

    While A$AP Rocky preps the release of his highly anticipated sophomore album At.Long.Last.A$AP (or A.L.L.A.), he has taken time out to promote one of his other projects, the film Dope. The third and longest trailer to surface for the film, it gives a deeper look into the plot and the characters involved, such as their scheme to sell an unwanted stash of MDMA to the white people at Coachella.
  • Coldplay 'Game of Thrones' Musical for Red Nose Day: HBO Hit Gets Weird & Melodic [WATCH]

    Game of Thrones is one of the most epic, popular television shows on television ever - so it's only a matter of time until somebody decided to readapt George R.R. Martin's books into another medium, right? For Red Nose Day 2015, Coldplay took that honor upon themselves. With the reluctant help of the cast of the HBO hit, Chris Martin and co. cooked up a musical version of the show, with mixed success.