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MTV Video Music Awards is shaping up to be one of the most exciting nights in television this fall.Taylor Swift leads the nominations this year, with noms in eight different categories. SZA, Sam Smith, Doja Cat, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo and Nicki Minaj all received multiple MTV VMA nominations. While many awards shows recruit critics to determine winners, MTV puts the power in the public's hands to decide who is the best of the best for the year.

London’s Maida Vale Studios has been sold to a partnership between Working Title co-chairmen Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner and composer Hans Zimmer and his business partner Steve Kofsky.

Music can bring people together, even across generations. However, a song can also tear them apart.

Calvin Harris and Sam Smith have released a video for their new collaboration ‘Desire’.The track was released last month and peaked at Number Six on the Billboard US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. The song features a thumping beat with the anthemic chorus, “You are my desire, oh / And just the thought of you is keepin’ me awake / You take me higher, oh / Take me away”, fit for the dance floor.An accompanying video has since been released which features a group of drag racers driving around, while Smith sings and poses around a race car.

The nominees for the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards have been announced, with a Video of the Year category featuring Doja Cat, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo, Sam Smith & Kim Petras, SZA and Taylor Swift. While Swift and SZA also take the lead in terms of overall nominations, with 8 and 6 respectively, everyone else in the category is trailing right behind them with five noms each.

Taylor Swift, Doja Cat and SZA leading the list.Swift is leading the way with eight nominations, SZA earned six and Doja Cat, Kim Petras, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo, and Sam Smith have all earned five each. The entire group of artists are also in the running for this year’s Video of the Year category.This year’s edition of the VMAs also features a slew of first-time nominees, 35 to be exact.

yet again broadcast live from Newark, New Jersey’s famed Prudential Center on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.The show’s host has not yet been announced.

MTV has revealed the nominations for the 2023 Video Music Awards, celebrating the biggest names in music.

The upcoming 2023 MTV Video Music Awards are set to include some of the biggest stars in music — and some newcomers.

2023 MTV Video Music Awards. Taylor Swift leads the pack with an impressive eight nominations in categories that include the major three — Video of the Year, Artist of the Year, Song of the Year.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Taylor Swift’s pop dominance in 2023 is not going unnoticed in this year’s MTV Video Music Awards nominations. Swift came out as the leader in the nods announced Tuesday morning, with eight nominations altogether for her videos, followed by six for the videos of SZA. The competition thickens when it gets down to the six artists tied for five VMAs nominations each: Doja Cat, Olivia Rodrigo, Kim Petras, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj and Sam Smith.

MTV has unveiled the list of nominees for the 2023 VMAs and Taylor Swift is leading the pack with 8 nods.

Madonna has announced that her rescheduled ‘Celebration’ tour dates will be revealed “in the next few days”.The singer was forced to postpone a number of shows following a recent health scare which saw her “develop a serious bacterial infection” and “led to a several-day stay in the ICU,” according to her manager man Guy Oseary.The star recently revealed that her plan is to reschedule the North American leg of the tour and to begin in Europe this October.Issuing her fans with a new update on the rescheduling, Madonna posted on X (formerly Twitter): “Thank you again for your incredible support and patience over the past few weeks! I’m happy to report that the re-routed tour schedule will be coming in the next few days! See you soon for a well deserved celebration!!”pic.twitter.com/UI9oeDhkKz— Madonna (@Madonna) August 4, 2023Madonna was supposed to embark on her massive 40th anniversary ‘Celebration’ tour last month, which would have kicked off in Vancouver, BC on July 15. Other stops in North America included New York, Chicago, Miami, Washington, Houston, Los Angeles, Las Vegas.She was recently spotted at a Beyoncé show at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey last month, which saw the pop star give Madonna a shout-out.“Big shout-out to the queen,” Beyoncé said while dancing down the catwalk in a glittering pink ensemble to one of the Vogue sections of ‘Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)’“Queen Mother, Madonna, we love you,” she added, while the crowd cheered.Before her hospitalisation, Madonna joined forces with Sam Smith on the track ‘Vulgar’.

Billie Eilish brought out Philadelphia rapper Armani White at Osheaga festival this weekend to perform his song ‘Billie Eilish’.The rapper named his 2022 Neptunes-sampling viral hit after the pop star, and both were playing the Canadian festival on Saturday (August 5).During the show, Eilish teased the appearance by telling the crowd: “You know that song, ‘Big T-shirt, Billie Eilish’.”The song then began playing over the speakers and then White came out to perform a shortened version of the track.After the set, he tweeted: “BILLIE EILISH JUST BROUGHT ME OUT!!! Ohmyfuckingod.“I have never heard that many people scream in my fucking life hahaha Billie Eilish has an army!!”BILLIE EILISH JUST BROUGHT ME OUT!!! Ohmyfuckingod— Armani White (@armaniblanco) August 6, 2023Earlier in the weekend, Eilish headlined Lollapalooza in Chicago and gave a live debut to ‘What Was I Made For?’, her song from the Barbie soundtrack.The singer recently shared the Finneas-produced melancholic piano-led ballad for the blockbuster film’s accompanying album, appearing alongside Dua Lipa, Charli XCX, Sam Smith and more.In a pioneering move, Eilish’s Lollapalooza set was partially solar-powered by intelligent, zero-emission battery systems.The pop singer shared that the climate-friendly performance is part of the Music Decarbonization Project co-founded by Eilish herself in partnership with the environmental non-profit REVERB.According to a press release, the zero-emissions battery systems that will power her set will be supplied and managed by Overdrive Energy Solutions and will be charged via a temporary onsite “solar farm”.

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Billie Eilish headlined Lollapalooza in Chicago last night (August 3) – watch her give Barbie track ‘What Was I Made For?’ its live debut.The singer recently shared the Finneas-produced melancholic piano-led ballad for the blockbuster film’s accompanying album, appearing alongside Dua Lipa, Charli XCX, Sam Smith and more.At Lollapalooza on Thursday, the track got its live debut during a headline set featuring songs from across Eilish’s catalogue.See footage of the live debut of ‘What Was I Made For?’ and her full Lollapalooza setlist below.The lovely @billieeilish singing ‘What Was I Made For’ tonight, closing out @lollapalooza pic.twitter.com/gVAij301BU— NME (@NME) August 4, 2023‘Bury A Friend’‘I Didn’t Change My Number’‘NDA’‘Therefore I Am’‘My Strange Addiction’‘idontwannabeyouanymore’‘Lovely’‘You Should See Me In A Crown’‘GOLDWING’‘What Was I Made For?’‘Oxytocin’‘ilomilo’‘I Love You’‘Your Power’‘TV’‘Bellyache’‘Ocean Eyes‘Lost Cause’‘Never Felt So Alone’ (Labrinth cover)‘When The Party’s Over’‘All The Good Girls Go To Hell’‘Everything I Wanted’‘Bad Guy’‘Happier Than Ever’In a pioneering move, Eilish’s Lollapalooza set was partially solar-powered by intelligent, zero-emission battery systems.The pop singer shared that the climate-friendly performance is part of the Music Decarbonization Project co-founded by Eilish herself in partnership with the environmental non-profit REVERB.According to a press release, the zero-emissions battery systems that will power her set will be supplied and managed by Overdrive Energy Solutions and will be charged via a temporary onsite “solar farm”.The use of these battery systems will serve as a powerful demonstration of clean energy technologies that can drastically reduce live music’s

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Ryan Gosling (aka Ken) has officially made his debut on the iconic song chart. In this week's ranking, the 42-year-old actor landed himself in the 87th position with his song, «I'm Just Ken,» from the soundtrack. In the past, Gosling made an appearance on Billboard's Jazz charts with his song «City of Stars» from 2016's.

Calvin Harris made a savage plastic surgery dig at music mogul and Britain's Got Talent judge Simon Cowell during his appearance on The One Show today, Thursday 3 August. The Acceptable in the 80s hitmaker, who is engaged to radio DJ Vick Hope, was on the BBC One sofa to promote his latest dance-inspired track Desire, which he has collaborated on with Sam Smith. As Calvin, 39, chatted all things music and inspiration with hosts Alex Jones and Roman Kemp, the Scottish star couldn't resist a cheeky swipe at Simon.

Barbie soundtrack has made history on the UK singles charts with the most amount of songs ever in a Top Five.The soundtrack was released concurrently with Greta Gerwig‘s hit movie last week (July 21) and has since taken the charts by storm. The Mark Ronson-produced album features artists including Lizzo, Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice, Charli XCX, Sam Smith, Billie Eilish, Haim, PinkPantheress, Karol G and FIFTY FIFTY.After its first week in the chart, the album is now the first to have three songs all feature in the Top Five, as well as breaking the record for most songs (six) in the Top 40.Speaking to the BBC, Barbie music supervisor George Drakoulias said: “Nobody said no.

Lizzo‘s Barbie song ‘Pink’ has been shared.The original version opened the movie but a darker version of the song entitled ‘Bad Day’ featured during a scene when Margot Robbie‘s character is having an existential crisis.The alternate version wasn’t originally made available on the Mark Ronson curated soundtrack but it has now been shared online. You can listen to it below.‘Pink’ was described in a three star NME review of the soundtrack as “a smooth disco number from Lizzo, who is her effortlessly charismatic self.

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“Desire” is not the first time that Smith and Harris have joined forces. Back in 2018, they teamed up for “Promises,” a house record that soared to the top of the U.K.

Greta Gerwig listened to Dua Lipa‘s Barbie song ‘Dance The Night’ “100 times” in one morning, according to Mark Ronson.Ronson produced the soundtrack to the new movie, featuring artists including Lizzo, Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice, Charli XCX, Sam Smith, Billie Eilish, Haim, PinkPantheress, Karol G and FIFTY FIFTY.Speaking to NME in a new feature, Ronson said he was desperate to work on the soundtrack.“The minute I knew Greta was directing the film, that she was writing it with her partner Noah [Baumbach], and that it was Barbie… I signed up. I mean, I did read the script. And the script was incredible.

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.

RELEASESCalvin Harris and Sam Smith have teamed up for new track ‘Desire’.Jessie Ware has released a new version of her song ‘Freak Me Now’, featuring Roisin Murphy. “It is a huge honour to have the queen of disco, Róisín Murphy, on ‘Freak Me Now’”, says Ware. “I messaged her hoping she may be interested in featuring on the song and before I knew it she was in the studio.

Sam Smith wore a thong, fishnet tights and latex heels to perform their new Barbie single, Man I Am, during the US leg of their Gloria world tour. The 31 year old singer didn't hold back when it came to their stage get-ups, as they gyrated around the stage in South Beach, Miami, in a range of skimpy outfits.

Sam Smith has arrived in North America for the latest leg of their Gloria Tour, and they’re playing a slightly different setlist than the one that was used in Europe!

Remembrances are pouring in for Sinéad O’Connor.

Accomplished music producer Mark Ronson had to take a different approach to “Barbie”.