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Pedro Capó took home the Song of the Year award at the Latin Grammys on Thursday for “Calma,” a soothing reggae single that has become popular around the world. “Calma” was by far the most commercially successful track to earn a nomination in this category: The video is closing in …

Lauryn Hill unveiled her first new solo song in five years, “Guarding the Gates,” which appears on the soundtrack for Queen & Slim, out today, November 15th. Hill has been performing “Guarding the Gates” live for several years now, and the studio version is an immersive and sprawling ballad filled …

Khalid has released a new track called “Up All Night” — a chill song that he wrote on tour for his fans. “It’s really special to me and I’m so excited that I am able to share it with my fans so quickly,” he said in a statement. “I’ve been …

Carrie Underwood mounted a sneak musical attack on a few shoppers in downtown Nashville, narrating their movements in song from the back room of a Nashville boot store. The segment was filmed for a new edition of “Undercover Sing” on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Underwood, who will co-host the 53rd CMA …

The Country Music Association’s 53rd annual CMA Awards are poised to make history on Wednesday night, with this year’s show spotlighting a half-century of female artistry and opening with an all-star, all-women collaboration. Here’s everything you need to know before the CMAs get underway from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. How to …

Premios de la Radio — the world’s longest-running regional Mexican music awards show — celebrated its 20th anniversary Thursday night in Dallas, TX. Unique to these awards are that they actually give nod to the diversity of the Mexican folk genre, by highlighting subgenres such as banda, mariachi, and norteño. …

Drake borrowed a jolt of energy from the speedy Brazilian genre known as baile funk on Wednesday when he remixed MC Kevin o Chris’ streaming hit “Ela é do Tipo.” MC Kevin o Chris originally released “Ela é do Tipo” in March. The single’s whiplash-inducing swings from airy to punchy …

The creators of This Is Spinal Tap have settled a copyright dispute with Universal Music Group over the soundtrack recordings for the 1984 metal mockumentary, Variety reports. According to the settlement, Universal Music Group will continue to distribute Spinal Tap’s music, although “eventually the rights will be given to the …

Effortlessly cool MC Guru died more than nine years ago, but parts of the just-released seventh Gang Starr album could move a true-school rap fan today. “Word to God, if Big and ‘Pac were still here/Some of these weirdos wouldn’t act so cavalier,” he raps on “Bad Name,” “You used to support your fam …

Ahead of the November 22nd release of their double album Everyday Life, Coldplay dropped by Studio 8H to perform two songs from their forthcoming LP on Saturday Night Live. To start their set, Chris Martin performed the beginning of “Orphans” backstage at Saturday Night Live in what looked like a …