Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter aren't just friends, tourmates and duet partners: Now, they're also joint award recipients.

At Tuesday night's 2026 BMI Pop Awards, held each year by the performing rights organization BMI, Taylor and Sabrina shared the award for pop songwriter of the year. It was Taylor's third straight win in the category and sixth overall, but it was Sabrina's first.

Both were honored for writing six of the most-performed songs of the past year: For Taylor, it was a group of songs from The Tortured Poets Society, including "Florida!!!" and "The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived." For Sabrina, it was "Bed Chem," "Busy Woman," "Juno," "Manchild," "Taste" and "Good Graces."

"Most performed" means those songs received the most plays on terrestrial radio, satellite radio and digital streaming services over the past year.

In an acceptance video, Sabrina said, "I feel so privileged because storytelling is one of my favorite things and has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember."

"Songwriting is sort of like being in a relationship that continues to charm you and surprise you and humble you," she continued. "So over the years, I feel like I've learned so much about myself and about other people through writing, and it has been the biggest gift to me."

The BMI pop song of the year award went to "luther" by Kendrick Lamar and SZA. Other songs honored for being among the most-performed of the year included Ed Sheeran's "Azizam," Lady Gaga's "Abracadabra," sombr's "back to friends," Teddy Swims' "Bad Dreams," Alex Warren's "Ordinary," Justin Bieber's "Daisies," Shaboozey's "Good News," Benson Boone's "Mystical Magical" and Myles Smith's "Nice to Meet You."

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Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd are coming to New York City to talk about their new movie Power Ballad, but if you're not in the Big Apple, you can still watch their discussion.

Nick, Paul and Power Ballad director John Carney will be at New York's 92nd Street Y cultural center on May 18 for the talk, moderated by journalist and podcast host Josh Horowitz. You can buy tickets to attend in person for 50 bucks, but the cost for a streaming link starts at just $20. 

Over 100 independent theaters in the U.K. will screen Power Ballad for free on May 26 and 27.

Power Ballad, opening in select U.S. theaters May 29 and nationwide on June 5, casts Nick as a boy band star named Danny, who's trying to establish himself as a solo artist. Paul plays a washed-up wedding singer named Rick. When the two spend a night hanging out and jamming, Danny steals one of Rick's songs. It ignites his career, but leaves a furious Rick trying to get revenge — and the credit he feels he deserves.

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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the soft rock hit “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight” by England Dan and John Ford Coley, and to mark the occasion, a new take on the song has just been released.

The reimagined version has Coley “reuniting” with his late singing partner Dan Seals, with Coley singing the second verse, not just the harmonies like he did in the original song.

“I’d Really Love to See You Tonight,” written by Parker McGee, was a huge hit for the duo, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. But Coley says he and Seals originally “fought against” recording it. Of course, their first instinct turned out to be the wrong one.

“The first time that I knew that I was wrong was when I saw the first royalty check,” Coley tells ABC Audio, explaining he and Seals originally didn’t like the song because they wanted to be known as singer-songwriters.

“Unfortunately, all the songs that we had written generated about $1.98 in sales,” he jokes.

The song has caused some confusion over the years, with fans mishearing what Seals is singing in the opening of the chorus, as he mumbles the line "I’m not talking about moving in.” Coley says to this day he still gets people asking about it.

“I've gotten, 'I'm not talking about wiggling, M&M's, Bolivia, linen,' it just goes on,” he says. ”And I get a couple that I cannot repeat in polite company.”

Looking back, the 77-year-old Coley can’t quite believe it’s been 50 years since the song came out.

“It's ironic for me because I don't even think I'm 50 years old myself yet,” he says. “And to have something stay around that long, I mean, I'm flabbergasted, staggered by the whole thing.” 

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"Bye Bye Bye"? More like "Rye, Rye, Rye" — and maybe some bourbon, too. *NSYNC's Lance Bass and Joey Fatone are co-hosting E!'s Cocktail Wars, a reality competition show featuring bartenders going head to head as they mix up beverages for celebrity guests and expert judges. The mixologist who comes out on top after 10 episodes will take home $10,000. The show will debut this summer.

After traveling around Europe with Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift was in New York City on Monday night. As per Page Six, Taylor, wearing a black Valentino minidress with a crystal-covered bodice, was seen with her mom, dad and brother heading into The Eighty Six, a steakhouse in New York's West Village, for a post-Mother's Day dinner. Taylor and Travis have recently been spotted in London having dinner, seeing a show and going to a party, and then in Greece attending Travis' teammate's wedding.

Last year, Ed Sheeran and Shakira teamed up to co-write "Zoo," a song performed by Shakira's character in Zootopia 2. But that wasn't the only song they wrote together. On his Instagram Story on Tuesday, Ed reposted a video Shakira shared of her new FIFA World Cup 2026 anthem, "Dai Dai." He wrote, "Thank you to @shakira for involving me in the writing of this. I love it, and I CANT BLOODY WAIT FOR THE WORLD CUP COME ON." The song will be out Thursday.

RAYE was a surprise guest on the American Idol finale on Monday night. She joined guest mentor Alicia Keys to perform Alicia's classic hit "Fallin'," which you can now watch on YouTube. "ALICIA KEYS I LOVE YOU," she wrote on Instagram.

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RAYE is having quite the moment right now: She's got a sold-out tour, a hit single with "Where Is My Husband!," an American Music Awards nomination, an upcoming stint opening for Bruno Mars and now her first acting role.

A rep for the singer confirms to ABC Audio that the singer has been cast in Lineage, a British crime drama that will also star French movie icon Isabelle Huppert. According to Variety, filming is expected to start in London in early August.

As per Variety, Lineage is about a Londoner named Tariq who's trying to get himself back on track after a stretch in prison. But he finds himself pulled back into a life of crime — and back into the reach of his crime boss mother — when his brother asks him for help. It's not clear what role RAYE will play in the movie.

The movie's director, Yann Demange, is quoted in Variety as describing the film as a "love letter to the London that I grew up in and love," and says it "honors and delivers on the crime genre in an exciting and fresh way."

As for how RAYE will be able to fit this into her busy schedule, she has a break between appearing at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 3 and her first date opening for Bruno on Aug. 21.

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One day Stevie Nicks will write a memoir, but until then we can make do with Lessons & Lace, a biography of the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer that's due out Sept. 15.

Written by Rachel Brodsky, the book, subtitled "Everything I Know About Dreams, Heartbreak, and Magic I Learned from Stevie Nicks," isn't a straight biography. It's a series of chapters organized around specific themes.

According to a press release, each chapter is focused on a "different life lesson that Stevie has absorbed and later dispensed wisdom on," drawn from archival interviews and comments from those in Stevie's circle. There are also full-color line drawings to accompany the "notable quotes to inspire hard-learned, life-changing lessons."

"Lessons & Lace recounts Stevie's path to becoming the wisdom-dispersing fairy godmother we know her as today," Brodsky says in a statement.

"I think sometimes we forget how much skepticism she faced from the music industry and her peers ... the uphill climb she faced to be taken seriously as a true artist and writer, what it took to overcome her struggles with addiction, and how she inspired new generations of musicians to write with their own combinations of vulnerability and strength."

Brodsky goes on to say that, like her song "Leather & Lace," Stevie is "soft and hard, romantic and practical, sensual and sensible." She adds that she hopes readers "walk away feeling inspired to live their lives with Stevie-style authenticity, bravery, and truth.”

Sept. 15, the day of the book's release, Brodsky will appear at LA's Book Soup to discuss it.

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Gracie Abrams' new album, Daughter From Hell, has been quite a few years in the making.

Gracie's producer, Aaron Dessner, shares on Instagram that they started working on Daughter From Hell on the same day they recorded "That's So True" at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. That song, her breakthrough single, was released in the fall of 2024.

"Multiple songs on this album were made in that time," Aaron writes. "Since then we have searched and searched for songs in [my studio] Long Pond, in London and back at Electric Lady."

He adds that on the album, "You’ll hear us expanding our musical vocabulary and pushing into uncharted waters sonically, and most of all the sharpening and deepening of Gracie’s lyricism and expression in ways that continue to astound me."

Describing the album as "absolutely the most moving and powerful work we have done together," Aaron writes that "it feels elevated in every way."

"We will share more details soon on all the dear friends who helped us along the way."

Aaron also writes, "I can’t believe it’s been 6 years since Gracie and I started making songs together. I’m deeply grateful for every song we have made and the way we have kept challenging ourselves and growing together as collaborators and friends, sometimes hitting the wall, and then pushing and breaking through."

Daughter From Hell comes out July 17. The first single, "Hit the Wall," will arrive Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.

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For Lady Gaga, doing a regular concert film is so "been there done that." That's why, when it came time to document her Mayhem Ball tour, she went in a different direction.

Apple Music Live: Lady Gaga MAYHEM Requiem is a film of a one-night-only show that Gaga did Jan. 14 at LA's Wiltern Theater. It's described as a "celebration and musical reimagining" of her album Mayhem and features her performing rearrangements of the album's songs, surrounded by what's designed to look like the ruins of the Mayhem Ball's opera house set.

You can get a sneak peek of Gaga's performance of the song "Shadow of a Man" now. Other songs she performs include "Abracadabra," "Die With a Smile" and "Disease."

You can register online to get free tickets to one of 15 one-night-only screenings of the film, which will take place Thursday at 11 p.m. ET in cities including New York, Nashville, Seattle, Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Orlando and Washington, D.C.

If you want to watch it in the comfort of your own home, it will premiere on Apple Music on that same day and time, and you won't need a subscription to watch the premiere live. If you're a subscriber, you'll be able to listen to a live album version of the film on-demand starting Thursday.

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Madonna has a confession: She'll be appearing at the Tribeca Festival in June.

To go along with her upcoming album, Confessions II, Madonna will premiere a "visual work" that's a little over 10 minutes long. Soundtracked to the first six tracks of the album, it's a story that unfolds over six chapters and documents what's described as a "f*****-up night out that's remembered not for what happened, but for how it felt."

Among the songs included are the two that have been released from the album so far: "I Feel Free" and "Bring Your Love."

Directed by David Torso and Solomon Chase, the film shows Madonna being "ambushed, pursued and ultimately worshipped" by "a roving squad of camera-wielding femmes" in a variety of settings, including a car, a club bathroom and an arena.

After the screening, which will take place June 5 at New York's Beacon Theatre, Madonna will appear for a conversation with the directors and Jimmy Fallon.

Tribeca Festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal says in a statement, "Madonna has spent decades proving that reinvention is its own art form. Confessions II feels immersive, provocative, and completely of the moment, while still channeling the kind of nightlife mythology only she could create."

Confessions II the album is due July 3.

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It must be luck or something: Hilary Duff is one of this year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover models.

Hilary joins social media star Alix Earle, comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish and model Nicole Williams English as the cover girls for the 2026 edition of the iconic issue. SI Swimsuit editor-in-chief MJ Day writes, "Hilary’s career arc is its own form of quiet rebellion, in which she continues to reinvent herself, leaning into each season with confidence, humor and grace."

You can see Hilary's full shoot online now; it was done in South Caicos, one of the Turks and Caicos islands. Hilary, 38, mostly wears one-piece suits and a few high-waisted two-pieces.

“I’m a mom of four and I’m not a spring chicken,” she tells the magazine. “So, of course it was flattering.”

She adds, "I don’t typically frolic around in a bathing suit, so it was a little scary. But it was also incredibly empowering. It was a mostly female crew on set, and it really felt like a celebration of women.”

“I can look at my body now and appreciate all the things it has done for me,” she notes. “I no longer find that I am constantly comparing myself — and that is a better place to exist.”

The magazine spread comes ahead of Hilary's upcoming live performances: She has three shows at The Voltaire in Las Vegas starting on May 22, then she'll officially launch her Lucky Me tour June 22 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The tour comes in support of Hilary's album luck... or something, which came out in February and was her first in more than 10 years.

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If you're a Katy Perry fan, you may recall that she called her former boyfriend, Josh Groban, "the one that got away" in a 2017 livestream and said that he inspired her song of the same name. Now, she's leaning into that, reacting to Josh's engagement to his girlfriend, Natalie McQueen, in a new TikTok.

In the post, we see a screenshot of People's story about the engagement, soundtracked to a sped-up version of "The One that Got Away." Then, a sad-looking Katy appears in a bathrobe, pours herself a glass of what looks like beer, makes a toast and starts crying. The caption reads, "Congrats."

Of course, Katy isn't really broken up about Josh's engagement: She's been dating former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau since last year.

In 2018, Josh reacted to Katy's admission, telling Bravo's Andy Cohen that they dated but "realized we were better as friends." He also said, "I was not expecting that. ... It’s very sweet of her to say that.”

He added that after listening to the lyrics to the song, he was confused about her claim that he inspired it.

"I'm like, 'I've never owned a Mustang. I don't have a tattoo. Are you sure that's about me?'" Josh told Andy. "I was very flattered by it, but I was very surprised, too."

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Bonnie Tyler’s rep is shooting down recent reports regarding her health.

“As of this morning Bonnie remains seriously ill but stable in hospital in Faro, however her Doctors are still positive that she will make a full recovery,” reads the statement provided to ABC Audio. “Bonnie’s family are very disappointed at the many lurid and untrue rumours now circulating in the media and would like to make it clear that Liberto Mealha does not represent them in any way whatsoever and is not in contact with them regarding Bonnie.”

Tyler's rep previously confirmed that doctors had put the "Total Eclipse of the Heart" singer in a medically induced coma to aid in her recovery from intestinal surgery. Liberto Mealha is reportedly a friend of the singer who's been talking to the media, including the Portuguese paper Correio da Manha that reported 74-year-old Tyler had gone into cardiac arrest when doctors tried to take her out of the coma.

“When there is any further news of Bonnie’s condition then we will issue another statement, but ask that the media cease to speculate or publish wild rumours, which simply serve to upset her family, friends, and many fans, and ask again for privacy and decency at this difficult time," Tyler's rep adds.

Tyler, known for her husky voice, rose to fame in the late '70s and early '80s. She had her first big hit with with 1977's "It’s a Heartache,” which peaked at #3 in the U.S. and #4 in the U.K.  But it was the 1983 hit, “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” that launched her career to superstardom, with the track spending four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Was Taylor Swift searching for some wedding inspiration when she popped up in Greece for the wedding of one of Travis Kelce's teammates?

Taylor and Travis were seen in London last week dining out, going to the theater and attending the birthday party of Cara Delevingne's sister Poppy. But according to People, the couple later touched down in Glyfada, Greece, on Saturday to attend the wedding of Chiefs defensive end George Karlaftis and his bride, Kaia Harris.

The couple — especially Taylor — reportedly kept a low profile throughout the traditional Greek Orthodox celebration. According to Huff Post Greece, Taylor "danced the night away, chatted with guests, waited alone in line for food at the buffet, and impressed those who met her with her simplicity and friendliness."

The publication also claims that Taylor and Travis arrived in Greece by private plane and stayed on "her boat near the hotel where the reception took place."

"We have such cool friends, and the people we invited were just the best," George told People of the three-day celebration, which featured 220 guests. "Everyone got along, made new friends, and danced together. I couldn't have asked for a better day and night, honestly."

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Josh Groban's new album, Cinematic, features his takes on famous songs from movies like The Lion King, Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Godfather. But while figuring out what songs he wanted to put on the album, he also had to acknowledge that while there were songs he would like to include, he simply couldn't get away with singing them.

"I would have loved to have done more comedy. I don't have a comedic singing voice," Josh tells ABC Audio. "I do sing comedy seriously, like on the Oscars and stuff, that's always fun. But I would've loved to have done some Monty Python, you know? I would have loved to have done one of the big rock ballads."

However, he explains, "There's a lot of stuff that might be good on paper, but it's just not meant for me to sing."

As for the songs he did include, Josh says he and his producer would sit together "with just a piano and no mic" so he could "learn what felt good in my voice." He notes, "We wanted to represent different eras. So if we felt like we'd already tackled a certain style of song, a Disney song, or a song from a classic era, or a song from the '80s, then we'd kind of move on."

But since there are only 10 tracks on Cinematic, is a sequel possible?

"Yes, there's actually one extra song that we recorded that we're going to release sometime next year," he says, adding that there "may be" a Cinematic 2 at some point. He also says he'd like to do an encore of his Stages album, which features Broadway show tunes.

But that's in the future. As he tells ABC Audio, "I'm going to work on new music next." 

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Elton John has had many ups and downs in his life, and by now he's learned to roll with the punches. For example, he says the issues he's been having with his eyesight have forced him to adopt a completely different way of making albums.

Elton was awarded the Glenn Gould Prize, which is given to a living artist whose "unique lifetime achievement contribution has enriched the human condition," in Toronto on Saturday.

According to the Toronto Sun, Elton told the crowd at the ceremony, "Music is about learning and learning all the time. I’ve had eye trouble recently and I’ve always made my music by looking at lyrics." 

Elton, who lost the sight in his right eye due to an infection and has compromised vision in his left eye, was likely referring to the fact that he's no longer able to read the lyrics that his longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin gives him. In the past he's looked at Bernie's lyrics first, then written songs around them.

But, Elton went on to say, "What my eye has given [me] is a challenge, completely reversing how I write. Writing melodies first, the lyrics come second. I’ve never done that and I’ve just done that. I’ve just done an album.”

No word yet on when the album is coming out, but when it does, it'll be the follow-up to his Grammy-nominated 2025 joint project with Brandi Carlile, Who Believes in Angels?

During his speech, Elton also noted that his husband, David Furnish, is from Toronto. "It's so nice to be in Canada ... to be in a country that has common sense." He added, "I am a Canadian and I can tell you, it’s not the 51st f****** state!”

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Adam Lambert will do a lot of traveling to mark the release of his new album, ADAM.

The singer has set four special album release shows for the project. It starts July 10, the day the album is out, with a concert at The Bellwether in LA. On July 15 he'll play The Brooklyn Paramount in Brooklyn, New York, and July 21 he'll play the Roundhouse in London. The shows conclude July 23 with a show in Berlin, Germany.

Tickets will be available starting May 13 at 10 a.m. local time for members of the Adam Lambert Fan Club. They go on sale to the general public on May 15 at 10 a.m. local time. Visit AdamLambert.net for tickets and details.

As previously reported, ADAM was inspired by alternative, industrial and electronica artists of the '90s and early 2000s, including Nine Inch Nails, George Michael, Prince, Björk and Daft Punk. The first single, "EAT U ALIVE," is out now.

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The Michael Jackson biopic Michael has helped boost interest in the King of Pop's catalog, helping two of his albums land in the top 10 this week.

The latest Billboard 200 chart finds Jackson’s 1982 hit Thriller at #5, while the 2003 collection, Number Ones, is at #6.

While Thriller previously topped the Billboard 200 for 37 nonconsecutive weeks, this is the first time Number Ones has landed in the top 10, which means Jackson has now had at least one new top-10 solo album in every decade from 1970 onward.

He joins Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and James Taylor as only the fifth act to land such a feat.

Jackson earned his first top-10 album with 1972’s Ben, which peaked at #5. Prior to Number Ones, the late singer's last top-10 solo album was the 2014 compilation Xscape, which peaked at #2.

Jackson is also seeing a spike in interest in the U.K. The 2005 compilation The Essential Michael Jackson just hit #1 on the U.K. Official Albums chart for the first time in 17 years. In addition, Thriller and 1987’s Bad are both in the top 10 for the first time in 14 years, at #6 and #8, respectively.

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We finally know what "DFH" means.

Gracie Abrams had been teasing her next project with those initials, and now she's revealed they stand for the title of her new album, Daughter From Hell. She wrote on Instagram, "My third album is out July 17. Hit the Wall this Thursday night. Whoa whoa whoa. Freaking out. I am so ready for it to be yours."

You can preorder it now. The first single, "Hit the Wall," will be released Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. 

Vinyl, CD and cassette versions of the album are also available for preorder, as is new merch.

When Daughter From Hell arrives, it'll be the follow-up to the deluxe version of The Secret of Us, which came out in 2024 and contained her hit "That's So True."

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Nobody wants The Weeknd to end, including The Weeknd.

The singer, born Abel Tesfaye, has just announced yet another leg of his ongoing After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour, which has been going on since 2022. This run, advertised as the final leg of the tour, will visit Asia, starting with a Sept. 20 date in Tokyo, before swinging through Jakarta, Singapore, Seoul, Bangkok and Hong Kong. The tour will wrap Nov. 4 in Kuala Lumpur. 

Prior to the Asia dates, The Weeknd will be touring Europe and the U.K. this summer.

The tour has so far sold more than 7.5 million tickets and earned more than $1 billion, making it the highest-grossing tour ever by a male solo artist. 

It covers The Weeknd's albums After Hours, Dawn FM and Hurry Up Tomorrow.

An artist presale kicks off on May 18. You can register now through May 15 at theweeknd.com/tour to access it. Additional presales will run through the week of the 18th. Tickets go on sale to the general public May 21.

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Josh Groban fans will have three chances to see him perform live this year, and all those concerts will be different.

Following his tour with Jennifer Hudson, which kicks off June 2 and wraps up July 3, Josh will embark on a solo tour called Stage, Screen, and Symphony. The tour will focus on famous movie songs from his new album, Cinematic, and the Broadway show tunes from his 2015 album, Stages. Josh will be performing with a full symphony orchestra during that tour, which stars Aug. 11 and ends Sept. 3.

“I’ve always been drawn to music that tells a story, whether it’s on the Broadway stage, in film, or through a great symphonic arrangement,” Josh says in a statement. "This tour is a chance for me to bring all of those worlds together while sharing many of the songs that have inspired me throughout my career. Performing this music alongside some of the best orchestras in the world each night is going to be incredibly special.”

Presales for that new tour start Tuesday at 10 a.m. local time; tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. local. Visit JoshGroban.com for tickets.

And if you can't make it out to see Josh on either of those tours, you can see him in October when he returns to Las Vegas for another installment of GEMS: The Las Vegas Residency. He'll play The Colosseum at Caesars Palace from Oct. 2 through Oct. 10.

As previously reported, Josh will appear on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday and perform on The Kelly Clarkson Show Thursday.

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