New data reveals Taylor Swift was the worlds most influential artist of 2024
Luminate, the company that provides the sales and streaming data that powers the Billboard charts, is out with its
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Benson Boone had the most-streamed song in the world in 2024
Following the news that Billie Eilish's "Birds of a Feather" was the most-streamed song on Spotify for 2024 comes this update: According to his record company, Benson Boone's hit "Beautiful Things" was the #1 most-streamed song in the entire world in 2024.The song, from...
Billie Eilish hit overtakes Espresso as Spotifys top streaming song of 2024
In December, Spotify announced that its most-streamed song of 2024 was Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso." Well, in the streaming world it's apparently easy come, easy go.Variety reports that before 2024 ended, the Billie...
Simone Biles named Sports Illustrated 2024 Sportsperson of the Year
(NEW YORK) -- American gymnast Simone Biles has added another title to her resume.The 11-time Olympic medalist was named Thursday by Sports Illustrated as its 2024 Sportsperson of the Year.The honor comes after a year in which Biles took the 2024 Paris Olympics by...
The Year in Music 2024: 2024 was the Year of the Woman … at least in music
It wasn't just Taylor Swift who was making the headlines, releasing the albums, ruling the charts and grabbing the Grammy nods in 2024 — these other pop women kept pretty busy, too:Miley Cyrus won her first-ever Grammy in February for her chart-topping hit "Flowers."...
The Year in Music 2024: The boys break out … and come back
It wasn't just women who were topping the charts in 2014. Two male artists — who few people had heard of before this year — were riding high all year, and another one returned after more than a decade.Tattooed soul singer Teddy Swims, born...
The Year in Music 2024: Fans grieve the shocking death of Liam Payne
It was a day One Direction fans won’t soon forget — on Oct. 16, singer Liam Payne died after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Argentina. He was 31.He is survived by his 7-year-old son, Bear, with ex-girlfriend Cheryl Cole.– Just days before...
The Year in Music 2024: Céline Dion sings again
In 2024, for the first time in more than four years, we heard Céline Dion's legendary voice.The diva hadn't performed since March 2020. She'd been forced to halt her tour due to COVID-19 and then cancel a planned return to Las Vegas due to...
The Year in Music 2024: Long live the magic Taylor Swift made
Like every year for, oh, the last 13 years or so, Taylor Swift dominated the music industry and seemingly the world. Here's just a fraction of what she did in 2024.January: Taylor smooches boyfriend Travis Kelce on the field as the Kansas City Chiefs clinch...
The Year in Entertainment 2024: Those we lost
Here's a look back at those in the entertainment community we lost in 2024:JanuaryJanuary 4 — Glynis Johns, Mary Poppins actress, 100January 13 — Joyce Randolph, The Honeymooners actress, 99January 20 — Norman Jewison, director of Moonstruck, 97January 29 — Sandra Milo, 8½ actress,...
Vogue crowns Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande the Most Dressed of 2024
You've heard of the Best Dressed list? Vogue now has the Most Dressed list, which features, as the mag puts it, "a list of the people who did the absolute, well, most with their fashion this year." In other words, Vogue writes, "They wore...
