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Sabrina Carpenter condemns 'evil' use of her music in White House video
AFP, Published on 03/12/2025
» NEW YORK - US pop singer Sabrina Carpenter on Tuesday disavowed the use of one of her songs in a video shared by the White House on social media, describing the clip depicting immigration enforcement raids as "evil and disgusting."
Celebrated soul musician D'Angelo dead at 51
AFP, Published on 15/10/2025
» NEW YORK - Grammy-winning musician D’Angelo has died at the age of 51 after “a prolonged and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer,” his family told US media on Tuesday.
Are women allowed their own dreams, wonders Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
AFP, Published on 30/03/2025
» PARIS - Twelve years after her last novel, best-selling Nigerian author and feminist icon Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is making a highly anticipated return with "Dream Count".
Grammys red carpet: all the drama, all the hotness
AFP, Published on 03/02/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Music's brightest stars on Sunday rocked the red carpet at the Grammys, music's biggest night in their sexiest, skin-baring ensembles.
Is it Beyonce's time? Music's A-listers ready for the Grammys
AFP, Published on 02/02/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Music's elite are congregating in Los Angeles for Sunday's Grammy awards, and Beyonce's name is on the tip of everyone's tongue: will Recording Academy voters finally give the megastar her due?
Beyonce leads Grammys pack at gala backdropped by fires
AFP, Published on 31/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES — Music's biggest stars including Beyonce and Taylor Swift will vie for top awards at Sunday's Grammys gala, a glitzy ceremony proceeding despite devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.
Beyonce and the Grammys: a tense relationship again at a head
AFP, Published on 29/01/2025
» NEW YORK — Beyonce is the most decorated artist in Grammys history, and her album releases have both triggered cultural earthquakes and reshaped music industry norms.
'Third way': Turkey's whirling dancers celebrate mystic Rumi
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» KONYA, Turkey - The skirts of whirling dervishes twirl in a symphony of disco colours celebrating mystic Sufi poet Rumi at a cultural centre in central Turkey's Konya.
Led by Taylor Swift's $1bn tour, 2023 concerts set record
AFP, Published on 09/12/2023
» NEW YORK - Led by Beyonce and Taylor Swift, whose "Eras Tour" was the first to bring in more than US$1 billion, ticket revenues from the top 100 concert tours of 2023 jumped to a record $9.17 billion, an industry magazine said Friday.
Designer Avido puts Kenyan slum on the fashion map
AFP, Published on 15/10/2023
» KIBERA (KENYA) - His creations are made in Kibera, the largest urban slum in Kenya, but have attracted the attention of global stars such as Beyonce and Bruno Mars and featured in Vogue magazine.