Joyful New Music Friday! The weekend is right here, which implies extra streaming, new playlists and the most effective that music has to supply — and ET has you lined for every thing in between.
Jonas Brothers have been added as performers at Dick Clark’s New 12 months’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025. The brothers will kick off their twentieth anniversary celebrations with a career-spanning medley efficiency from New York’s iconic Occasions Sq., airing simply after midnight. They be a part of beforehand introduced performers Carrie Underwood, Lenny Kravitz, Alanis Morissette, Blake Shelton, Laufey, Luis Fonsi, Natasha Bedingfield, T-Ache and extra.
Alicia Keys shall be celebrated on the fourth annual Recording Academy Honors Offered by the Black Music Collective going down on January 30, 2025. Alicia will obtain the Dr. Dre International Affect Award which celebrates musical excellence, entrepreneurial achievements, philanthropic efforts and a profound affect on a worldwide scale.
The Recording Academy additionally introduced the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award and Technical GRAMMY Award recipients for his or her Particular Benefit Awards Ceremony on February 1. Frankie Beverly, The Conflict, Dr. Bobby Jones, Taj Mahal, Prince, Roxanne Shante and Frankie Vallie are the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award honorees; Erroll Garner, Glyn Johns and Tania Leon are the Trustees Award recipients; and Dr. Leo Beranek is the Technical GRAMMY Award honoree.
Final night time, Usher wrapped the North American leg of USHER: Previous, Current, Future in Miami, FL. Usher had the group on their toes and had shock company Uncle Luke, DJ Khaled and JT Cash becoming a member of him on stage. The North American leg has offered over 800,000 tickets, that includes 62 offered out reveals. Usher will head to Europe subsequent yr, making stops in Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin and London.
Earlier this week, Huge Time Rush hosted a particular one-night solely expertise for followers at Complete Mortgage Area in Bridgeport, CT to rejoice the vacations. BIG TIME RUSH ON ICE featured a sold-out live performance and skating spectacle. One of many greatest surprises was when Carlos was introduced together with his notorious black hockey helmet — a nod to their Nickelodeon present, this was the primary time that the helmet made an look at a Huge Time Rush live performance.
Additionally this week, Spotify hosted Billions Membership Stay with The Weeknd in Los Angeles to rejoice his standing because the artist with essentially the most tracks to achieve 1 billion+ streams on Spotify. He carried out his hits for an viewers of practically 2,000 of his high Spotify Followers. Lionsgate has introduced The Weeknd’s first function movie, “Hurry Up Tomorrow” shall be out Might 16, 2025, aligned with the debut of his album and live performance tour of the identical identify. The movie is directed by Trey Edward Shults and stars The Weeknd, Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan.
Billie Eilish has partnered with Assist+Feed and American Categorical to offer very important help for households and people throughout a number of cities on the HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR. This partnership will allow small companies to offer over 30,000 scrumptious and nourishing meals to neighborhood members in want throughout these cities.
SZA has launched her long-awaited album, SOS Deluxe: Lana, the expanded version of her critically acclaimed album SOS. She launched a music video for “Drive” which stars Ben Stiller. The album additionally options Kendrick Lamar, who she shall be occurring tour with in 2025. SZA may even be starring within the upcoming movie “Certainly one of Them Days” with Keke Palmer out January 17, 2025.
Katy Perry launched 1432, the deluxe version of her album that options 4 extra tracks, together with the never-before launched “OK.” Katy will kick off The Lifetimes Tour on April 23, 2025 with the primary reveals in Mexico Metropolis.
SOS Deluxe: Lana – SZA
1432 – Katy Perry
Vacation Stuff (Prolonged) – Alessia Cara
“Run Rudolph Run” – The Philly Specials & Jon Bon Jovi
Depraved: The Soundtrack Sing-Alongside
A Full Unknown (Unique Movement Image Soundtrack)
“Bundle By Bundle” – Burna Boy
“Received Rattling” – Gunna
“Do not Stroll Away” – NLE Choppa feat Carey Washington
Misplaced Pages – Tink
“See By” – Amelia Moore feat Coco Jones, Samara Cyn & Completely
“Contact” – THE DRIVER ERA
“O Come All Ye Devoted” from Candy Magnolias – Heather Headley
“fancy” – Artemas
“Superman” – Verdine White