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Category Archives: Starsplash Music News

Selena Gomez Joined By Laufey, The Marías, And Jimmy Kimmel To Help Raise $600,000 For Mental Health Services

Selena Gomez Joined By Laufey, The Marías, And Jimmy Kimmel To Help Raise $600,000 For Mental Health Services

Selena Gomez hosted her third annual Rare Impact Fund Benefit in Los Angeles on Wednesday night (October 29). The event raised over $600,000 for mental health charities with support from performers Laufey and The Marías, and host Jimmy Kimmel. The benefit was attended by Gomez’s husband Benny Blanco and other notable figures, with the yearly…… Continue Reading

Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, And Doechii Set To Announce 2026 Grammy Nominations Via Livestream

Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, And Doechii Set To Announce 2026 Grammy Nominations Via Livestream

Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Doechii, and Brandi Carlile lead a host of notable artists who will announce the 2026 Grammy nominations during a livestream on November 7 at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET on the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel. Other artists taking part in the Grammy nominations reveal include Nicole Scherzinger, Jon Batiste, Karol G,…… Continue Reading

Billie Eilish Is Donating $11.5 Million From Her Tour To Charity, Calls On Billionaires To “Give Your Money Away’

Billie Eilish Is Donating $11.5 Million From Her Tour To Charity, Calls On Billionaires To “Give Your Money Away’

Billie Eilish was honored as Music Innovator of the Year by The Wall Street Journal Magazine at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on Wednesday night(October 29). The 23-year-old Grammy and Oscar-winning singer revealed that she is donating $11.5 million from her Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour to organizations supporting food…… Continue Reading

Tame Impala’s ‘Deadbeat’ Debuts At No. 1 On Six Billboard Album Charts

Tame Impala’s ‘Deadbeat’ Debuts At No. 1 On Six Billboard Album Charts

Tame Impala’s first studio album in five years, Deadbeat, debuted at No. 1 on six Billboard charts – including Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, Top Alternative Albums, Top Dance Albums (their first appearance on the tally), Vinyl Albums, and Indie Store Album Sales – and reached No. 4 on the all-genre Billboard…… Continue Reading

Mumford & Sons Announce New Album Featuring Gracie Abrams, Hozier, And Chris Stapleton

Mumford & Sons Announce New Album Featuring Gracie Abrams, Hozier, And Chris Stapleton

On Wednesday (October 29), Mumford & Sons revealed the details of their sixth studio album, Prizefighter, which is set for release on February 13, 2026 via Island Records. The 14-track record was produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner at Long Pond Studios, and features high-profile collaborations with Gracie Abrams, Hozier, Chris Stapleton, and Gigi Perez.…… Continue Reading

Reneé Rapp Forced To Postpone Third Show This Week Due To Continued Illness

Reneé Rapp Forced To Postpone Third Show This Week Due To Continued Illness

Reneé Rapp has postponed her third concert on her current Bite Me Tour due to an ongoing illness, delaying her scheduled hometown show on Wednesday (October 29) in Charlotte, North Carolina to November 7. After previously rescheduling performances earlier this week in Atlanta and Tampa to November 4 and 5, Rapp told fans in her…… Continue Reading

Busta Rhymes Honors The Late D’Angelo On New Tribute Track “Magic”

Busta Rhymes Honors The Late D’Angelo On New Tribute Track “Magic”

Busta Rhymes is honoring his longtime friend D’Angelo, who passed away on October 14 from pancreatic cancer, with a new tribute song titled “Magic,” in which he raps over D’Angelo’s 2000 track “One Mo’Gin.” Reflecting on their 34-year friendship, Busta recalled meeting D’Angelo in 1990 during A Tribe Called Quest studio session, and he praised…… Continue Reading

There Aren’t Any Rap Songs In Top 40 Of Billboard Hot 100 Chart For First Time Since 1990

There Aren’t Any Rap Songs In Top 40 Of Billboard Hot 100 Chart For First Time Since 1990

For the first time since February 1990, there are no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40, ending a historic streak of over 35 years. This shift follows Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s former chart-topping hit, “Luther,” falling off the chart entirely due to recent Billboard rule changes removing long-charting songs that fail to…… Continue Reading

Judge Denies Sia’s Estranged Husband Sole Custody Of Son

Judge Denies Sia’s Estranged Husband Sole Custody Of Son

A judge denied Dan Bernad’s emergency request for sole custody of his 19-month-old son Somersault with singer Sia this week. Court documents show the judge ruled insufficient evidence existed for emergency relief. Bernad filed the October 27th motion claiming Sia is “an unfit and unreliable parent struggling with substance abuse and addiction” while requesting $77,245…… Continue Reading

Drake Files Appeal Over Dismissal Of UMG Defamation Lawsuit Regarding Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us”

Drake Files Appeal Over Dismissal Of UMG Defamation Lawsuit Regarding Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us”

Drake has officially filed a notice of appeal following the dismissal of his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over the promotion of Kendrick Lamar’s chart-topping song, “Not Like Us.” The case was dismissed on October 9 by District Judge Jeannette Vargas, who ruled the track as a “nonactionable opinion” made in the context of…… Continue Reading

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