The Weeknd is getting ready to close a chapter in his music career -- retiring his alter ego and stage name."It's getting to a place and a time where I’m getting ready to close the Weeknd chapter," he told W magazine in a new interview. "I'll still make music, maybe as Abel, maybe as The Weeknd. But I still want to kill The Weeknd. And I will. Eventually. I’m definitely trying to shed that skin and be reborn."During the interview, he also addressed what it was like for him to have to cancel ...

As a way to celebrate 50 years of hip-hop, Apple Music has launched Hip-Hop DNA, a new audio series featuring a variety of special and exclusive content.According to Apple Music, the new project is "a 20-episode audio series mining the rich catalogs of today's biggest stars to trace their artistic evolution back to the art form's beginning. The program’s guiding principle is that all artists — no matter the era or discipline -- carry with them the music and practices of their influences and,...

UPDATE (May 5, 2023): Nearly three months ago, Miley Cyrus made Spotify history when she surpassed 85 million monthly listeners, which broke the record for the most monthly listeners by a female artist on the streaming platform. Now, she's made history once again -- Cyrus' "Flowers" has become the fastest song to reach one billion streams in Spotify history."Thanks a billion. I love you," she captioned a celebratory post on Instagram."Flowers" is the lead single off Cyrus' eighth studio album, E...

It looks like Ed Sheeran will continue making music. The musician was found not liable in the copyright infringement trial, which claimed his 2014 track "Thinking Out Loud" copies Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On," released in 1973.Fortunately, for Sheeran, the jury reached a unanimous verdict in the case. Sheeran previously implied that if he ended up losing the trial, he was quitting music."If that happens, I'm done, I'm stopping," Sheeran said before the verdict, according to PEOPLE. "I find it...