Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani remain "solid" in their marriage despite recent speculation about a possible divorce. A source tells People that there is "no truth to the split rumors," and that the couple is simply managing their demanding careers. Married since 2021 after six years of dating, the pair continue to prioritize family time amid busy schedules – with Shelton releasing his 13th album in May and preparing for a Las Vegas residency in January, while Stefani is promoting her new music and getting ready for No Doubt’s upcoming reunion shows in May. Shelton is a stepdad to Stefani’s three sons she shares with her ex-husband Gavin Rossdale, with the couple trying to strike a balance between work and family life. In May, Shelton said their relationship “still feels new for me,” as the couple celebrated ten years together. (People)

On Thursday (December 11), Guns N’ Roses officially announced the support acts for their Summer 2026 North American tour. Public Enemy will be opening the first eight dates of the tour from July 23 to August 16, while The Black Crowes will provide support for four shows between August 22 and September 2. Pierce the Veil will open select dates in September, while The Barbarians of California will join for two dates in August and September, and Ice Cube is set to perform in front of a hometown crowd at GNR’s high-profile show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on September 5. The tour kicks off with earlier spring dates in Mexico and Florida before hitting U.S. and Canadian stadiums and amphitheaters throughout the summer, concluding on September 19 in Atlanta, with no support act yet announced for that final show. (Consequence of Sound)

At the 22nd show of Sam Smith’s intimate "To Be Free" 24-date residency at Warsaw in Brooklyn on Wednesday night (December 10), the Grammy and Oscar-winning artist surprised fans by bringing out special guests Brandi Carlile and Ed Sheeran. Carlile joined Smith for a moving performance of their 2018 charity single, "Party of One," while Sheeran took the stage for the live debut of their duet, "Who We Love," which was featured on Smith’s 2023 album, Gloria. The night culminated in a sing-along finale of Smith’s hit, "I’m Not the Only One," featuring both guests. Smith also previewed new material, including the upbeat love song "My Guy," hinting at more music to come in 2026. “I wanted to get back into rooms where I can see your faces,” Smith told the star-studded audience, which included Anna Wintour and Anne Hathaway. “It’s been such a beautiful experience, so thank you to the Warsaw,” Smith shared. (Billboard)

In the new trailer for Aidan Zamiri’s film, The Moment, Charli XCX grapples with the overwhelming commercialization and overexposure of her "Brat Summer" concept, originally a creative idea tied to her Grammy-winning 2024 album, Brat. The semi-fictionalized narrative explores her uncertainty about continuing the brand amid pressure from managers, labels, and executives who push for constant innovation and broader market appeal, including an Amazon-funded concert film and corporate promotions. As Charli questions what she truly wants amid these competing demands, the film highlights the challenges of maintaining artistic authenticity within pop stardom. The Moment is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2026, and will hit theaters on Jan. 30. The film, which is based on an original concept by Charli, also stars Rosanna Arquette, Hailey Benton Gates, Kate Berlant, and Isaac Powell, with special guest appearances by Rachel Sennott and Kylie Jenner, making her movie debut. (Rolling Stone)

During an interview on UK radio on Thursday (December 11), Timothée Chalamet addressed the viral conspiracy theory that he is secretly Liverpool rapper EsDeeKid. The Oscar-nominated actor initially responded, “I’ve got no comment,” to the playful prodding from the show’s hosts, before teasing, “All will be revealed in due time.” The rumor surfaced in November after fans pointed out similar eye features shared by Chalamet and the masked rapper, whose debut album, Rebel, recently surged to No. 131 on the Billboard 200 chart due to the buzz surrounding the Hollywood star’s possible involvement. Chalamet, a longtime hip-hop fan who once rapped as Lil’ Timmy, remained cryptic amid wild fan speculation as he promotes his upcoming film, Marty Supreme, which co-stars Tyler, The Creator and is set to be released on Christmas Day. (Billboard)

During her appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday (December 10), Taylor Swift was asked by the host to name her top five favorite songs from her catalog, a question he previously asked famous past guests like Dolly Parton, Bruce Springsteen, and Elton John. The 14-time Grammy winner struggled to come up with her choices, telling Colbert, “this is so much pressure, oh my god.” However, Swift confidently chose the 10-minute version of “All Too Well” as her number one, eliciting cheers from fans in the audience. Swift also mentioned being currently obsessed with tracks from her chart-topping new album, The Life of a Showgirl, while also saying she would include “Mirrorball” from Folklore “somewhere in this list.” The interview coincided with the promotion of her upcoming Disney+ docuseries, The End of an Era, and concert film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour: The Final Show, both set to debut on Friday (December 12). (People)

The 2026 Sundance Film Festival will feature the premiere of Antiheroine, an “unfiltered and unapologetic” documentary about Courtney Love. The film is co-directed by Edward Lovelace and James Hall, and includes a tagline describing the project as, “Now sober and set to release new music for the first time in over a decade, Courtney is ready to reveal her story.” Love is also included in Broken English, an intimate film about the late Marianne Faithfull’s life and legacy that will make its U.S. debut at the festival, which also features appearances by Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Jehnny Beth, Suki Waterhouse, and Beth Orton.

The festival’s lineup also includes two films featuring Charli XCX: The Moment, an A24 film which she conceived and stars in that explores the complexities of pop stardom, and I Want Your Sex, where she appears alongside Olivia Wilde. Other notable music films debuting at the festival include Tamra Davis’ The Best Summer, documenting a pivotal music era with footage of iconic bands like Beastie Boys, Foo Fighters, and Beck, and The Disciple, which offers a rare glimpse into the making of Wu-Tang Clan’s notorious album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. The festival runs from January 22-27. (Consequence of Sound)

Coldplay rules the 2025 year-end Billboard Boxscore charts with their record-setting Music of the Spheres World Tour, which grossed $464.9 million between October 2024 and September 2025. This marks the band’s second consecutive year at No. 1 and fourth straight year in the Top Five, with total earnings surpassing $1.5 billion and 13.1 million tickets sold – the most in concert tour history. The tour spanned four continents and included a record-breaking 10-night Wembley Stadium residency that grossed $131.4 million, setting the highest single-venue engagement for a headline artist.

Coldplay also led the Top Rock Tours and Top Ticket Sales charts for the third consecutive year, completing another clean sweep of major year-end touring honors. Boxscore’s Top Tours year-end tally was rounded out by Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour at $407.6 million, Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s Grand National Tour at $358.7 million – the highest-grossing co-headline tour ever – followed by The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn Tour at $336.7 million – the highest-grossing and best-selling R&B tour ever – and Shakira’s Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour at $327.4 million. 2025 saw five separate tours surpass the $300 million milestone, a new all-time record. (Billboard)

Billie Eilish and Oscar-winning director James Cameron are teaming up to reinvent concert films with Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D), which is set to debut in theaters on March 20. The 3-minute trailer for the film premiered on Wednesday (December 10), with the clip showcasing the ambitious, visually stunning production of Eilish’s 106-show world tour supporting her Grammy-nominated third album, Hit Me Hard and Soft. The film highlights the show’s innovative stage designs and special effects, while capturing a series of intimate moments – including Eilish breaking down in tears while reading a heartfelt note from her brother and longtime collaborator Finneas, who notably did not join this tour for the first time. “It’s gonna be my first show ever without him,” an emotional Eilish shares in the clip. The 23-year-old Grammy and Oscar-winner expressed awe at working with Cameron, known for the groundbreaking Avatar films, as they push the boundaries of traditional concert documentaries to create a new immersive experience for fans. (Billboard)

During an appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show on Tuesday (December 9), Christina Aguilera revealed that she is planning to release a deeply personal new album alongside a career-spanning documentary produced by Time Studios and Roc Nation. The documentary, which has been in the works for several years, explores her journey from teen stardom to motherhood and a new creative phase, with Aguilera revealing that opening up on camera has profoundly influenced her music. “It’s going to be a really personal project coming up because it’ll tie in with a very personal documentary that we’ve been filming for the last few years,” shared the 44-year-old Grammy winner. The documentary is directed by Ting Poo, who in 2022 said of the project, “Christina Aguilera is one of the most iconic artists of our time. I am truly honored to tell the story of the person behind the music.” (Rolling Stone)

On Wednesday (December 10), event organizers revealed that Diana Ross will help ring in 2026 by headlining “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.” The 81-year-old Supremes legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer will perform a medley of her hits including “I’m Coming Out” and “Upside Down” from Times Square as part of America’s largest New Year’s Eve celebration on ABC. Hosted by Seacrest and Rita Ora, the broadcast features 39 artists performing across multiple cities including New York, Las Vegas, Chicago, and Puerto Rico, with Chance the Rapper leading a Central Time Zone countdown for the very first time. Ross joins a star-studded lineup of performers including 50 Cent, Mariah Carey, Chappell Roan, Demi Lovato, Post Malone, and many others, promising a night of music and celebration to welcome the new year. (Variety)

Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl has topped the 2025 year-end Billboard 200 Albums chart, marking her fifth time leading the final roundup and making her the only artist to achieve this feat more than three times. Remarkably, the album secured the top spot with just one week of eligible chart activity, debuting at No. 1 on October 18 (the final week of the 2025 chart year) with a record-breaking 4 million equivalent album units sold in the U.S. during its first week. Swift also led the 2024 year-end chart with The Tortured Poets Department, becoming the first artist since Elton John – with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1974) and Greatest Hits (1975) – to have consecutive year-end No. 1 albums with different titles. Swift also previously claimed the year-end No. 1 with Reputation (2018), 1989 (2015) and Fearless (2009). Additionally, The Tortured Poets Department finished 2025 at No. 6 on the year-end tally, while Morgan Wallen also placed two albums in the Top 10, as I’m the Problem came in at No. 2 and One Thing at a Time reached No. 7. (Billboard)

Kendrick Lamar has been named Billboard’s Top Hot 100 Songwriter and R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of 2025, with the Pulitzer Prize-winning Compton rapper receiving both year-end honors for the very first time. This caps off a banner year for Lamar, fueled by his chart-topping GNX album and its record-breaking hit “Luther,” a collaboration with SZA that topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for a historic 31 weeks. The surprise GNX release debuted at No. 1 and maintained strong chart presence throughout the year, also aided by Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX halftime show performance. Alongside being the overall top artist and songwriter, Lamar earned additional Billboard year-end titles, being named Top Rap Artist, Top Rap Artist – Male, and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist – Male, while GNX ranked second for Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums behind SZA’s SOS, which reclaimed the top spot that it first reached in 2023. In addition to “Luther,” Lamar and SZA’s other hit collab, “30 for 30,” landed at No. 4 on the year-end Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, with Kendrick placing three additional tracks in the Top 10: “TV Off,” featuring Lefty Gunplay (No. 2), “Not Like Us” (No. 5), and “Squabble Up” (No. 7). (Billboard)

Alex Warren has been named Billboard’s Top New Artist of 2025 after a breakout year highlighted by his No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit “Ordinary,” which spent 10 weeks atop the chart. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter’s Top 10-charting debut album, You’ll Be Alright, Kid, peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 back in August, and came in at No. 26 on the year-end albums list. During the 2025 chart year, Warren placed five songs on the Hot 100, including “Burning Down,” “Bloodline” (with Jelly Roll), “On My Mind” (with ROSÉ), and “Eternity,” with “Ordinary” finishing at No. 7 on the year-end Hot 100 Songs chart. Warren joins some prestigious company by being awarded Billboard’s Top New Artist, as recent winners include Chappell Roan (2024), Zach Bryan (2023), Latto (2022), Olivia Rodrigo (2021) and Roddy Ricch (2020). (Billboard)

Katseye has been named TikTok’s Global Artist of the Year in the platform’s annual Year in Music recap. The Grammy-nominated girl group was followed on the global list by Alan Arietta, Enhypen, Bad Bunny, and Stray Kids. Connie Francis’s 1962 hit, “Pretty Little Baby” topped the global and U.S. song charts due to a viral resurgence on the social media app, where it has garnered over 10 billion cumulative streams, leading to the track making its debut Billboard Hot 100 chart appearance 63 years after its original release. Jess Glynne’s “Hold My Hand” was the No. 2 song globally and in the U.S., with the track coming in at No. 1 in her native UK. Taylor Swift was the most-saved artist on TikTok, with Sombr’s “Back to Friends” becoming the most-saved song, and Tate McRae’s So Close to What the most-saved album. EJAE was named TikTok’s Songwriter of the Year, while Doechii’s “Anxiety” was recognized as the Music Trend of the Year. (Variety)

Sabrina Carpenter was a guest on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Monday night (December 8), and the pop superstar shared a story about the three-day music video shoot for her Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit, “Manchild.” During the 15-minute interview, the pop superstar described the filming as “so ambitious,” while revealing that she had 37 different outfits to wear in the video. The shoot also included a painful mishap where Carpenter fell on a cactus, causing her to cry and spend the rest of the day removing cactus spines from her skin. Carpenter and Meyers also teased an upcoming “Day Drinking” segment that they were filming together the next day, which is set to air next week. Carpenter, who recently concluded her worldwide Short N’ Sweet Tour, is nominated for six Grammy Awards at the upcoming 2026 ceremony, including Record, Album, and Song Of The Year, and Best Music Video for “Manchild.” (Uproxx)

On Monday (December 8), Olivia Rodrigo teamed up with Jacob Collier to deliver a stunning a cappella cover of Bing Crosby’s 1943 holiday classic, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” The festive performance was shared by Collier on Instagram on Monday (December 8), along with the caption, “I’ll Be Home For Christmas with my dear friend @oliviarodrigo 🎄,” with the “Drivers License” hitmaker delivering a quick intro to the clip, “Hi, Jacob! How’s this?,” before starting the song off on her own. The British musical prodigy then layered multiple clips of him singing backup vocals to create perfect harmonies with Rodrigo. The young Grammy-winning musicians’ performance impressed their  legions of fans on social media, including one of Rodrigo’s idols, Sheryl Crow, who enthusiastically commented on the clip, “Ok MIND BLOWN .”Crow’s comment continues the mutual admiration she shares with Rodrigo, following Sheryl presenting Olivia with Billboard’s Woman of the Year in 2022, and Rodrigo helping induct Crow into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2023. (Billboard)

David Guetta has made history on Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart by earning his 20th No. 1 with his recent collaboration, "Gone Gone Gone" featuring Teddy Swims and Tones and I, making Guetta the artist with the most No. 1s in the chart’s 22-year history. The track, which was released in October 2025, jumps up six spots to reach No. 1 on this week’s chart on the strength of a 48% increase in plays among 24/7 dance reporters and pop stations’ mix show hours. This track also marks Guetta’s fourth No. 1 of 2025 alone, setting a new single-year record. Guetta first topped the tally in June 2007 with “The World Is Mine” featuring JD Davis, and he has dominated the chart over the course of the 2020s, as 12 of his songs have reached No. 1 this decade. In addition to Guetta’s milestone, the track represents the first Dance/Mix Show Airplay No. 1 for Teddy Swims and Tones and I. (Billboard)

Chappell Roan has been named a global ambassador for MAC Cosmetics, marking her first major beauty partnership with the brand after using MAC for high-profile moments like the MTV VMAs, Saturday Night Live, and the Grammys. The 27-year-old pop star praised MAC for embracing diversity and self-expression, describing their partnership as a “full circle” collaboration. “This brand has always made space for people like me,” Roan said in a statement. “I’ve built a special relationship with the MAC team over the years, and they’ve been amazing and thoughtful collaborators on this new journey.” Her debut campaign, shot by Inez & Vinoodh and styled with dramatic, androgynous makeup by artist Andrew Dahling, showcases her signature theatrical look. MAC’s global creative director Nicola Formichetti highlighted Roan’s authenticity and commitment to LGBTQIA+ advocacy as aligning perfectly with the brand’s values, underscoring her role as a powerful creative force for a new generation. (People)

KPop Demon Hunters has earned three Golden Globe nominations, including Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for “Golden,” performed by HUNTR/X and co-written by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, DO, 24, and Teddy. EJAE makes history by becoming the first Korean American nominated for a Golden Globe in the original song category, where “Golden” competes alongside fellow nominees “Dream as One” by Miley Cyrus from Avatar: Fire and Ash, “I Lied to You” by Miles Caton from Sinners, “No Place Like Home” by Cynthia Erivo from Wicked: For Good, “The Girl in the Bubble” by Ariana Grande from Wicked: For Good, and “Train Dreams” by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner from Train Dreams. Demon Hunters’ Emmy nominations follow the project’s three recent Grammy nods, including Song of the Year for “Golden,”  with EJAE saying of the acclaim, “It feels incredible. The amount of love we’re getting from fans, and just being able to be recognized by literally everyone has been such an honor and a surreal feeling.” (Variety)