Spotify unveils its global list of Artists to Watch 2026, a batch of must-hear, do-see acts across Afrobeats, country, hip-hop, Latin and more.

The Mob frontman’s “Punk Rocky” was also used by ESPN to soundtrack its college football semifinals, while the newly released “Helicopter$” is being used for the national championship spot.

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Bizarrap's “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 0/66,” with Daddy Yankee, flies from No. 7 to No. 1 of the Jan. 17-dated list.

South by Southwest “will not proceed” in Sydney this year, and the summit will “conclude its run,” organizers say.

Splice named Afro House its top genre of 2025 after a 778% download increase, according to the platform's newly released Sounds of 2026 trend report.

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The event will bring music and culinary experiences to Northern California on Feb. 8.

Tupac Shakur is set to be honored by Baltimore Orioles when the team celebrates the rapper with bobblehead night.

Fleetwood Mac ’s classic studio version of “Landslide,” released in 1975, reaches the Billboard Hot 100 at last, debuting at No. 41 on the Jan. 17-dated chart.

Lego just dropped three nastolgic Pokémon-themed sets all available for preorder right now. The gamer-approved sets will officially launch on Feb. 27.

Guy Moon, who composed music for animated TV series including Nickelodeon’s The Fairly OddParents, died as a result of a traffic collision in Los Angeles on Jan. 8. He was 63.