Digital media star Lauren Giraldo is getting ready to release her first EP, andBillboard has the exclusive premiere of her debut single, “Only Lovers.” Watch its lyric video below.

The 19-year-old Giraldo -- who gained popularity through Vine, where she collected more than 3.3 million followers -- will take the new tune out on the road when she goes on tour beginning Feb. 15 in San Francisco. The EP is due out in mid-2017.

“‘Only Lovers’ is such a special song for me,” Giraldo says of the pop track, which she co-wrote. “It’s the first time that my audience will get to hear my original music. ‘Only Lovers’ is written about emotions I was dealing with and writing the song was such a freeing and rewarding experience! After waiting for so long to release my original music, I am so excited to share this exciting moment with everyone that has been supporting me since the beginning of my career and I can’t wait to perform live for everyone.”

​Giraldo has 1.6 million followers across Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. She also hosts her own Fullscreen show, Lady Bits, which premiered on Jan. 10.

American Idol Season 14 winner Nick Fradiani is forging ahead with the release of the video for his new song, "Love is Blind."

Despite recently parting ways with Big Machine Records, Fradiani debuted the clip -- which features the Connecticut native surprising a newlywed couple at a wedding with an acoustic version of the romantic love song -- at their reception.

It's a sweet moment, as Fradiani sings "I know love can be a scary thing/but you are more than worth it" -- as couples come together to dance with the bride and groom on the dance floor.


“When I first sat down and wrote 'Love Is Blind' with two other great writers,” Fradiani wrote on his Facebook page. “I said ‘let’s write a love song that people will play at weddings.’ Over a year after I wrote the song, I was able to surprise a couple and play it for their first dance as husband & wife.”

Rumors recently surfaced that a potential new Mariah Carey single could make its way to the public within weeks, in an attempt to deflect from her disastrous (though already legendary!) New Year’s Eve performance. And while an actual musical clip or official confirmation has yet to surface thus far, a new report from TMZ indicates new music from Mariah is well on its way.

Carey reportedly already recorded a song with rapper YG and shot a music video to support the track — all in the span of 24 hours.

The site goes on to say the “Heartbreaker” singer wrote the song with her breakup from ex-fiance James Packer in mind and hopes the track “will be an anthem for women overcoming harsh breakups.”

The alleged new song — the title of which has yet to be released — will reportedly air during the Mariah’s World season finale on Sunday, January 29.

Showbiz 411’s Roger Friedman initially reported that LA Reid had plans to drop a new Mariah single in the weeks following her New Year’s Eve performance to gain back public favor.
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“I hear that LA Reid and Epic Records want to release a new single by Mariah in three weeks,” Friedman reported. “They’ve got it, and feel that she needs something on the radio to remind people Carey can really sing – not just lip sync.”

WorldStarHipHop founder Lee O'Denat -- better known as "Q" had been trying to loose weight before his death.

Q, the founder of WorldStar, had been working hard at the gym and on the treadmill -- sometimes at 5 AM. People close to him say he was over 300 lbs. at his heaviest, but had been trying to shed weight to look his best for his new MTV reality show ... slated to premiere in the Spring.
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The show revolved around 43-year-old Q, his website's crazy videos and celebrity guest appearances. Q had been telling friends how insanely busy he'd been juggling the show and his new gym life.
TMZ broke the story, Q died in his sleep Monday night. 

According to the San Diego County Coroner. Autopsy results also list "obesity" as a contributing condition. He failed to respond to CPR, and was pronounced dead on the scene.

On Tuesday, Bebe Rexha took to social media to reveal that she will be going out on tour to supportsher debut solo album All Your Fault (Pt. 1), which drops February 17.

“It’s official. I’m so excited to bring you the #AllYourFaultTour in March. VIP packages tomorrow, presales Thursday, and general sales Friday!” Rexha captioned an Instagram photo that shares a total of 20 tour dates.

Rexha also disclosed that a second tour leg with all international dates is to be announced in a few days. “I’m going to as many countries as possible for my #Rexhars,” she wrote on Twitter.

@BebeRexha Second tour leg with all international dates coming in a few days. I'm going to as many countries as possible for my #Rexhars. 

The Brooklyn native kicks off her North American shows on March 1 in Dallas, Texas and will wrap up at the end of the month in Washington, D.C. Although it is Rexha’s first time headlining her own tour, the 27-year-old has previously opened for big names such as Nick Jonas and Elle Goulding, as well as co-headlined Warped Tour.

Earlier this month, Rexha told Daily Star that her upcoming album is “extremely personal.”

“I did not hold back, I talk about everything from ex-boyfriends to friends, and growing up in LA,” she spilled. I’m very insecure and I tend to hold things close to my heart, the album is purely about me and my experiences so that’s a huge thing. I do believe in myself, it’s just that everyone will judge me on this and that’s hard, I’ve not played it to many people, I tend not to want to show it off before it’s out.”

“I Got You,” the second single off All Your Fault is Rexha’s first Hot 100 as a lead artist; however, she has penned and been featured on chart-topping hits including David Guetta’s “Hey Mama” and G-Easy’s “Me, Myself & I.”

SZA is finally about to deliver her highly-anticipated debut album to fans.

During an interview with Billboard, SZA finally confirmed the release date for her upcoming studio project, CTRL, revealing that it is set to drop on February 3. That means that in just one week, fans will have new SZA tunes coming straight to their ears.

While speaking to the music outlet, the vocalist also revealed her writing process for her latest single, “Drew Barrymore.”
“I [wrote about] my younger life, which was haphazard: being at ­sleepaway camp away from my parents, being the only black girl, not even noticing until I got older, dealing with boys, self-hate, growth, and God,” she said. “It’s the first time I’m literally writing about my life instead of figuratively writing about it.”

SZA also says that a lot of her inspiration for the project came from candid conversations with Rick Rubin.

“I had this mentality that ‘more is more,’ more reverb, more background [vocals]. I played him a bunch of songs, and he would tell me, The more you take away from any piece, the more room you create for everything else to be beautiful and grow.’ I never felt that before, the editing urge,” she says. “Once you strip everything down, you’re forced to say something.”

CTRL is available on Feb. 3.

2016 Best Actress Academy Award winner Brie Larson, 2007 Best Supporting Actress winner Jennifer Hudson, previous Oscar nominees Ken Watanabe, Jason Reitman and Emmanuel Lubezki, and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominees for the 89th Academy Awards, airing live on February 26, 2017 from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

One of the most anticipated announcements, ('cause we are a music show), Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Best Original Song), which sees selections from La La Land, Trolls, Jim: The James Foley Story and fighting for the Oscar this year.

From the joyful “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” to the musical magic of La La Land‘s “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” and “City of Stars” (which took home the 2017 Golden Globe for Best Original Song), listen to all the songs that are nominated for Best Original Song at the 2017 Oscars ceremony below — and decide which one should win.

1. “Audition (The Fools Who Dream),” La La Land, performed by Emma Stone and composed by Justin Hurwitz
2. “Can’t Stop The Feeling!” Trolls, performed by Justin Timberlake and composed by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Shellback
3. “City of Stars,” La La Land, performed by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone and composed by Justin Hurwitz with lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
4. “The Empty Chair,” Jim: The James Foley Story, performed by Sting and composed by Sting and J. Ralph.
5. “How Far I’ll Go,” Moana, performed by Auli’i Cravalho (and Alessia Cara) and composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Following on the announcement of their partnership at the Golden Globes, Dick Clark Productions and Twitter have teamed up again to live-stream red-carpet programming from three upcoming awards shows.

The companies said Monday that they will live stream the red-carpet preshows for the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards, and the 2017 American Music Awards.

In addition, Twitter will live stream the seventh annual Streamy Awards in partnership with DCP and Tubefilter, set to air in fall 2017.

The live preshows will include talent interviews and incorporate Twitter conversations into the programs along with questions from Twitter users. More details will be announced on each show at a later date.

The ACM Awards are set for April 2, while the BBMAs will be handed out May 21 and the AMAs in November. The Streamy Awards are set for fall 2017.

The programming, produced by Dick Clark Productions and DCP partners, will be available around the world and will feature "TV-style" commercial ad spots.

DCP and Twitter previously partnered with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on an exclusive, live official preshow at the Jan. 8 Golden Globe Awards that drew 2.7 million unique viewers.

"Twitter is where conversations about award shows happen live," said Anthony Noto, chief operating officer at Twitter. "After a successful collaboration with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Dick Clark Productions on our exclusive Golden Globes red-carpet show, we're excited to partner again with DCP to bring more live programming to Twitter."
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Added DCP president Mike Mahan: "We are thrilled with the success of the Golden Globes red carpet pre-show and look forward to working with Twitter on additional shows. By offering a unique online viewing opportunity, we are able to expand the audience experience and generate deeper, more compelling conversation."

Despite the controversy surrounding Tidal’s alleged fraudulent subscription base, the streaming company announced that Sprint is buying 33 percent of Tidal.
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According to Market Watch, the deal would cost Sprint $200 million and make them competitive in the wireless field. For consumers, this partnership will bring exclusive content to 45 million post and prepaid customers of Sprint. In addition, Sprint Chief Executive Marcelo Claure will join Tidal’s board.

This news comes after reports surfaced of Tidal possibly inflating their subscriber numbers within the past year. A Norwegian newspaper was able to obtain internal reports from the streaming service, which shows that Tidal only had 350,000 subscribers when Jay Z announced in September 2015 that the streaming company reached 1 million users. Last March, when Tidal announced it reached 3 million subscribers it actually had only 1.2 million activated accounts and 850,00 subscribers.

GUY Sebastian has fuelled rumours that The X Factor is headed for the chopping block.

“I think the speculation is probably fairly accurate, it was a disappointing year,” said the inaugural Australian Idol winner from Tamworth, where he was attended the Toyota Star Maker grand finale yesterday afternoon.

“X Factor was always going to be a very short thing for me,” the star confessed.

Taylor Sebastian, who himself came to prominence via a talent show 14 years ago now, confirmed that even if the Seven format does return, he will not.

“X Factor was always going to be a very short thing for me. I wasn’t going to do last year, and it came back that it was only a very short run, so I did it,” the father-of-two added.

Last year, only 751,000 tuned in to see Isaiah Firebrace take out the title — significantly down on over 1.045 million viewers that saw the winner crowned back in 2015.

Sebastian confirmed that even if the Seven format does return, he will not.2016’s season of The X Factor went through a major revamp with Iggy Azalea, Adam Lambert and Mel B replacing Dannii Minogue, James Blunt and Chris Isaak as judges alongside Sebastian.

Last year, only 751,000 tuned in to see Isaiah Firebrace take out the title.The season was marred by Sebastian’s feud with fellow judge Iggy Azalea, who he branded a “bit of a weirdo”. Lambert and the Fancy singer also didn’t get along, with the sometimes Queen frontman calling the rapper from Mullumbimby a diva.
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“She shows up late, you never know what you’re going to get with her. It is never boring. I will tell you that,” he said.