It was Perry's Prismatic World Tour that helped push her to the $135 million mark. Aside from the $2 million she grossed in each city, she also benefitted from lucrative deals with Coty, Claire's and Covergirl.
Taylor Swift came in second. A best selling album combined with her 1989 Tour earned Swift an estimated $80 million. Fleetwood Mac sits at number three, with $59.5 million, though the band does include three men. Read more and see the top 5 list here.
People, who initially broke the news that Stefani and Shelton are dating, is reporting that the couple have written a ballad. An "industry insider" is quoted as saying, "It's amazing how good she sounds on a pretty country song." The insider added, "And it sure is good to hear Blake singing real country again."
According to People, after the new season of The Voice began the duo got together to write the mid-tempo ballad. The song is "About telling a lover to leave the relationship if that is what they truly want." The song has not been recorded yet. Read more here.
That showing has made them record-breakers. 5 Seconds of Summer is now the sole band to have its first two full-length studio albums enter the Billboard 200 chart at No. 1, according to Billboard.
"To get consecutive number 1 albums in America is a dream come true and we are all incredibly proud," the group said in a statement. "This Number 1 isn't just for us, it's for all our fans and to everybody who has supported us. Especially everyone who have been there from the beginning."
Sounds Good Feels Good dropped on Oct. 23, while 5 Seconds of Summer's debut album was out on July 22, 2014. The group recently announced North American leg of their Sounds Live Feels Live tour, which will begin in July of next year. Read more here.
Worldwide superstar Timberlake reminded fans everywhere that while he might be the gold standard in the R&B-pop world, he's also a Memphis-born country boy at heart. The singer performed with the night's big winner Chris Stapleton in a two song duet.
Stapleton, riding on a swell of critical acclaim for his debut album Traveller, won three awards - Album of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, and New Artist of the Year.
Miranda Lambert continued her reign as Female Vocalist of the Year as she collected the trophy for the sixth consecutive year. She holds the record for most wins in the category, and is the most awarded female in CMA history. Read more here.
The video cuts between a nerdy teenager sitting in the back of a classroom, and Church, wearing sunglasses and playing guitar, sitting in the very same spot. The teenager is less a younger version of Church than a representation of oddballs everywhere. 'Hey there, weird kid in your high-top shoes / Sitting in the back of the class; I was just like you," Church sings.
Listing a range of influences, including Elvis Costello and Jeff Tweedy, Church suggests that listening to non-mainstream music made him "Mr. Misunderstood," influencing the musician he would become while making it difficult to get through those key years where conformity seemed closer to a survival skill.
Still, all's well that end's well, as Church and his band teach the teenager how to play guitar and take him along to one of their gigs. It's no surprise, then, when the teenager ends up replacing Church at the end, fronting the band and taking his place in the spotlight. Watch the video here.
The video's star is nine year old child actress/dancer Mahiro Takano who was filmed in Chiba, Japan. The video was directed by Sia and Daniel Askill, the same creative team behind the videos for 'Chandelier," 'Elastic Heart" and 'Big Girls Cry."
"Alive" is the lead single from Sia's forthcoming album This Is Acting which will be released on January 29th. The track was written with Adele, and was originally intended to appear on her forthcoming album 25. Watch the video here.
L.A. Leakers dropped a super track via their Soundcloud page. "Ball Like This" features not one, not two, but three big rap names: Future, Wiz Khalifa and Kid Ink. The track focuses on growing up in South Central L.A. "You don't know what it takes to ball like this," Future repeats throughout it.
L.A. Leakers wrote in a statement accompanying "Ball Like This." "This is a record that's been in the making for quite some time. We sat in countless studio sessions with Future, Wiz, Ink, Salva, Mike N Keys, DJ Khalil, Jaycen Joshua, etc. and worked on this record until we feel we had it where we wanted it to be."
Listen to "Ball Like This" here.
Tentatively titled Amy Winehouse, the film has not yet been sold, but reports show major interest, especially following the recent documentary hit, Amy, which investigates the singer's troubled life and focuses especially on her relationship with her father.
Reports state that Winehouse's father is also pursuing a separate project about his daughter. Rapace rose to fame in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and more recently appeared in Prometheus. She's no stranger to the music scene though. Three years ago, she starred in the Rolling Stones' music video for "Doom and Gloom," which you can watch here.
Big K.R.I.T. rose to fame on the strength of several mixtapes before he released his full-length debut studio album Live from the Underground in 2012, and followed up that success with Cadillactica in 2014.
He hinted at this year's BET Hip-Hop Awards that new music was on its way, and by new he very possibly meant old. All My Life comprises mastered tracks from early on in the rapper's career, and showcases his talent from the very get-go. Stream the new track here.
Jay's confidence was still high as he proclaimed he was the "Jordan of rap." Carter also claims he's the dopest person out, second only to Jesus Christ. He does show some concern about where he is in his career when he questions, "Have I truly arrived or am I somewhere between?"
Jay has come a long way as an artist. In 1999 he was rapping about stunting with diamond jewelry on. Now you hear him spitting bars about texting with the President. What a time to be alive. Check it out here.
While recently speaking with The Huffington Post, the singer/actor explained the very magical story, which centers around Israeli illusionist Uri Geller.
"We saw him in the U.K., and this is when we were obviously establishing *NSYNC, and he goes, 'I see something. It has to do with suns or stars or something with astronomy in your career,'" Fatone remembers. "And it's funny, a year later when we did the first album, for America, they had a star in it." Read more here.
The song, which is reminiscent of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing," features the lyrics "I knew you got work pretty early / I'll be around about 3:30 / You're usually done by 1 / So baby when I wake you up / Just let me ride / I'm gonna sex you back to sleep girl / Don't say a word no."
The singer has been steadily giving fans a taste of his new album. In September Brown released the epic nine-minute music video for "Liquor" and "Zero." Last month, he also released the track "Gravity."
Breezy teased the new song on Twitter earlier in the day and followed it up with a Soundcloud link to "Sex You Back to Sleep." Listen to the song and see his tweets here.
The series of scathing tweets began with then comment, "Kesha can't legally put music out unless she makes it under complete control of a man who raped her at 18." From there, Pebe Sebert tweeted:
This man warned, if she did not do what she was told, he would tie her up in litigations until she was 'too old' to make a record. I was there. I heard him say this to her, after he told her she was nothing without him! Sony supports the rapist. The rapist is doing exactly what he warned he would do. And that is the reason Kesha can not give her sweet ANIMALS new music. If someone signs a contract to become someone's slave, is slavery then legal? Maybe it time we STOP SUPPORTING COMPANIES, whose only moral compass is $$$? We can change the world by not buying the products sold by unethical companies. Then they change, or go out of business."
Kesha first filed a lawsuit against Dr. Luke in October 2014, accusing him of abuse in a sexual, emotional, and verbal nature for over ten years. Dr. Luke countered with a defamation lawsuit that also named Pebe Sebert. Kesha eventually added Sony in the suit alleging they knowingly "forced an abusive relationship" between Dr. Luke and herself. Read more and see the tweet here.
While Fauntleroy and Brandy harmonize on the hook, Ty Dolla Sign shares memories of his hometown, both good and bad. Kendrick Lamar drops an impassioned verse like only he can and steals the show once again.
"L.A" will appear on Ty Dolla Sign's Free TC album. The project is set to be delivered to retailers on Nov. 13. Check out the announcement tweet and stream the song here.
Berry opening up for the first time about how she is doing since news of her divorce broke, "I'm doing ok, I really am. I, I keep pushing and I'm really happy to be here because whenever you're going through anything in life, when you step outside yourself and focus on others, that's always the best remedy for any situation that you'd rather not be dealing with."
Halle doing well dealing with her new life as a single mom to daughter Nahla and son Maceo. Terri asking if Nahla knows how strong her mom is, Berry laughing, "Oh yeah, you should be in my house!" Halle also revealing Maceo, who just turned one, has the chicken pox, "Maceo didn't go trick or treating cause he has the chicken pox, Nahla was a zombie cheerleader and we had a great (missing rest of quote)." Berry dressing up as well, "I was a pirate and she (Nahla), she's like you're a sexy pirate mommy, I'm like what do you know about a sexy pirate."
The 49-year-old Hollywood icon ready to celebrate her 50th birthday upcoming this August, "I am not going to be defined by that number, yeah it's coming. Yeah, so what. I am not going to be defined by that 5-0." Opting for a fun getaway rather than a party, laughing, "I want it to come and go as fast as it can." She went on, "I'm going to take my five best girlfriends to a Caribbean island, we're going to have a cleansing, we're going to jump in the ocean butt naked and have a spiritual moment and bond and connect as women. That's how I'm going to blow it out with my girls, with my best, closest, dearest friends�I love my womanships."
Berry focusing on her work with women at the Jenesse Center, an organization dedicated to domestic violence prevention and intervention, "It's a charity that really services what I call the forgotten ladies and children, and it's so important that we keeping bringing awareness to domestic violence, and it's so important that we keep shining a light on this issue." Read more and watch video here.
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