HIGHLIGHTED MUSIC NEWS OF THE WEEK

Thomas sold more than 70 million albums worldwide, with eight No. 1 hits and numerous top 10 singles on the country, pop and Christian charts.

Quincy Jones has taken aim at one of the biggest musicians of all time, Elvis Presley, and labelled him racist.

I am, of course, referencing Dylan’s Like A Rolling Stone, a six-minute tour de force from 1965 that transformed pop into a poetic art form.

“Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.” Playwright William Congreve wrote that in 1697, and it remains true today.

One of the best-selling artists of all time now has a marker on the Mississippi Country Music Trail.

Joni Mitchell got personal in a rare interview about how the evolution of her music made her male counterparts feel.

The International Indigenous Music Summit is getting ready to kick off, but this time with a virtual twist.

Ever tried to relax after a stressful day by putting on some music - a little Mozart, some gentle jazz - or perhaps a little Natalie Imbruglia? Well, now a start-up tech company says it is proving that the right playlist can have medical benefits.

ABBA new music will be released in 2021, confirms Björn Ulvaeus, who says the band is really united right now.

Sir Tom Jones yesterday smashed a record set by Bob Dylan to become the oldest male to top the UK album charts.

Sir Tom Jones knew he'd hit "the big time" before a Cilla Black concert when fangirls shred his raincoat to pieces.

Queen were so heavily in debt before the release of 1975's A Night At The Opera, they would have been forced to split if the album had not been a success.

Sir Paul McCartney was "shocked in a very pleasant way" by the contributions to 'McCartney III Imagined'.

Get your tissues ready. In a new trailer for the upcoming documentary Cher & The Loneliest Elephant, the iconic singer shares the emotional story of Kaavan and what moved her to help fight for his release.

Sony Music Publishing announced Wednesday that it acquired Paul Simon’s entire song catalog, which spans his six-decade music career.

Communication between the brain’s auditory and reward circuits is the reason why humans find music rewarding, according to new research published in JNeurosci.

Sophia, a robot designed by Hong Kong-based company Hanson Robotics who holds Saudi Arabian citizenship (no, really), shocked the usually unshockable art world last week by selling an NFT for 8,888.

"Did You Know That" columnist Curt Eriksmoen continues the story of the singer-songwriter and Minnesota native who spent a summer trying to play music in Fargo. He eventually, of course, ended up in New York City and found mainstream success through his records.

On Sunday March 28, Swedish group Roxette celebrate the 30th anniversary of their third album “Joyride” – the much anticipated follow-up to the band’s spectacular 1989 global break-through “Look Sharp!”.

"Saylists" are being launched on Apple Music to help young people with speech-sound disorders.