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NEW YORK (AP) — For many music fans, John Oates is most recognizable as one-half of the Grammy-nominated Hall & Oates , the multiplatinum soul-pop duo behind hits like “Rich Girl” and “Maneater" now riven by litigation.

TORONTO — A year before her death in 2019, Jackie Shane decided it was finally time to tell her life story.

First, Anitta took over Brazil. Now, the world. The trilingual Brazilian pop star has returned with a new album, the club-to-bedroom ready “Funk Generation.

LONDON (AP) — Chicken Kiev, AI-generated press releases and the annoyance of fan selfies while performing — there was a lot on the minds of the Pet Shop Boys as the iconic British duo prepared to release a new album.

A lawyer representing the estate of Tupac Shakur sent a cease-and-desist letter to Drake on Wednesday after he used an AI-generated likeness of the late rapper's voice in a diss track.

TORONTO — Shawn Hook is making his return to pop music after a tonsil cancer diagnosis threatened to silence his singing career.

In the last year, Tim Hortons has treated cottaging Canadians to a boat drivethru, revived its beloved Dutchie doughnut and launched flatbread pizzas.

HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has declined to dismiss hundreds of lawsuits filed against rap star Travis Scott over his role in the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in which 10 people were killed in a crowd surge.

BOSTON (AP) — A former Berklee College of Music student from China was sentenced Wednesday to nine months in prison for stalking and threatening a person who posted a flyer in support of democracy in the Asian country, authorities said.

St. Vincent is on fire. On her seventh full-length studio album, Annie Clark, who performs as St.