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Leona Lewis and husband Dennis are reportedly expecting their first child together, it has been claimed. The 36 year old X Factor star is said to be "over the moon" by the news. A source said: “Leona and Dennis are absolutely over the moon.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Oscars will feature an unusual all-star band starring Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, legendary singer-percussionist Sheila E. and iconic jazz pianist Robert Glasper along with musical director Adam Blackstone, show producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan announced. The Oscars air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at 8 p.m.

Singer-songwriter Sam Ryder will be representing the United Kingdom at the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, set to be held in Turin, Italy in May 2022 with the song SPACE MAN.The 31 year old hopeful will compete against the rest of Europe in the hopes of the UK being crowned the winner of the competition. Sam has some serious singing credentials already under his belt and has racked up millions of likes on social media before being selected as this year's singer. But who is the artist set to fly the flag for the UK? Let's take a look.

Naman Ramachandran Singer-songwriter Sam Ryder will represent the U.K. at the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Turin, Italy in May 2022 with the song “Space Man.” With over 12 million followers and 100 million likes on TikTok, Ryder is currently the most followed U.K. music artist on the platform.

TikTok superstar Sam Ryder is set to represent the UK at Eurovision 2022 and we’ve got high hopes for him. The Essex-born singer has stunned his 12million followers with covers of Adele, Alicia Keys, and Justin Bieber songs – and now he’s headed to the world’s stage with his original song Space Man. Our only request is that he gets a wind machine for those glorious locks.

The Masked Singer is back!

TikTok star Sam Ryder is reportedly being lined up to represent the UK at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.According to the The Mirror, BBC bosses are preparing to reveal the viral star as this year’s entrant with his recent single ‘Space Man’.Ryder found viral acclaim after he started posting covers and at-home karaoke tracks at the beginning of lockdown in March 2020. By the end of the year, he was crowned TikTok’s most popular artist account.With 7.7million followers and a range of famous fans including Justin Bieber and Alicia Keys, Ryder recently performed for an NME Home Sessions performance.It was announced last year that TaP Music – the global music publishing and management company behind the likes of Dua Lipa and Lana Del Rey – will collaborate with the BBC to choose a track and artist to represent the UK at the Song Contest.Meanwhile, Russia was recently banned from competing in this year’s Eurovision following backlash to an earlier statement from organisers saying the country would be allowed to compete despite launching a military assault on Ukraine.Ukraine officially severed diplomatic ties with Russia, and declared martial law, after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an attack on the neighbouring nation last month.Ukraine’s entrant, Alina Pash, will also no longer represent her home country at this year’s event, the competition also recently announced.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor“Clive Davis: Most Iconic Performances,” a four-art series featuring concert clips chosen by and interviews conducted by the legendary music executive, will premiere exclusively on Paramount Plus in the U.S. and internationally beginning Wednesday, March 23.In this special miniseries, culled from his virtual 2021 pre-Grammy Gala events, sees Davis taking viewers through some of his favorite musical performances from the last few decades.

Alicia Keys has been steadily adding accomplishments to her long list of achievements, and recently she's added another one — writing a graphic novel! Named after her iconic single, the coming-of-age tale follows 14-year-old Lolo Wright as she discovers powers she never knew she had. Described by publisher HarperCollins as a story about «finding the strength within when your whole world changes in an instant,»  is co-written by Andrew Weiner and illustrated by Brittney Williams. Sitting down to speak with ET about her recent ventures, Keys shared that the graphic novel had been in the works for «at least five years.»«This has been a long process to get it all together, how we want it and to find the perfect illustrator and to really find the right partnership and finish the whole story,» she explained. «So, it takes time, and, you know it's a blessing obviously, that it's here today and I'm so excited about it.»The «Girl on Fire» singer gushed about the story, sharing that she believes there is «so much» within the novel that anyone can find relatable.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAvril Lavigne, Maren Morris, Alicia Keys and other artists will appear in “iHeartRadio SeeHer Hear Her: Celebrating Women Who Make Music and Culture,” a celebration on the radio network taking place on International Women’s Day on March 8.The event will highlight successful and influential artists in music during a live one-hour special that will stream on iHeartRadio’s YouTube and Facebook pages on March 8 at 8 p.m. ET (available on demand through March 14).iHeartMedia is the largest radio network in the U.S.

As Kanye West’s ‘Donda 2’ album continues to be exclusive to his own Stem Player device, the rapper’s other albums are doing well on other services because of the hype around the new record. A quick look at the US iTunes hip hop chart shows he has four albums in the top 20.

Kanye West took to Instagram on Sunday to post a photo of himself spending time with his longtime friend Elon Musk.In the snap - which has a mysterious blue tint - shared with his 14.9M followers the rapper, 44, is seen laying next to the SpaceX CEO, 50, on the ground.'YE [globe emoji] ELON [rocket emoji],' the DONDA hitmaker captioned the enigmatic shot. Friends: Kanye West, 44, took to Instagram on Sunday to share a mysterious blue-tinted photo of himself with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, 50The Tesla CEO was also seen attending West'sDonda 2 album release party last Tuesday, which took placeat LoanDepot Park in Miami.

Kanye West is bringing his new album to life, with the help of a few superstar friends.

Chris Willman Music WriterCoincidentally or not, Kanye West’s livestream and theatrical simulcast of his “Donda Experience” event Tuesday night seemed to make some use of a staging conceit that Adele had recently nixed for her scotched Las Vegas residency. The latter singer had reportedly balked at a design that would have had appear to be in or floating atop the middle of a large pool.

Just when it seemed like Kanye West was cooling off his feud with Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian, he strikes again! And things are only getting more concerning.

Kanye West is making Kim Kardashian‘s Saturday Night Live monologue a part of his new album.

Kanye “Ye” West might not be a fan of all of Kim Kardashian‘s “Saturday Night Live” monologue, but he did sample a portion of it on Tuesday night for his Donda 2 listening event in Miami at the LoanDepot Park.

Kanye «Ye» West sampled a portion of ex Kim Kardashian's monologue during his listening event at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday. «I married the best rapper of all time. Not only that, he's the richest Black man in America,» Kim says in the sampled monologue from last October.

Kanye «Ye» West might not be a fan of all of Kim Kardashian's monologue, but he did sample a portion of it on Tuesday night for his listening event in Miami at the LoanDepot Park. At one point, his famous ex is heard declaring, «I married the best rapper of all time. Not only that, he's the richest Black man in America.

Alicia Keys was unmissable in a vibrant yellow outfit as she became one of the first arrivals at a highly anticipated listening event on Tuesday for Kanye West's upcoming album Donda 2.The 41-year-old singer–songwriter was spotted stepping out of her SUV at Miami's LoanDepot Park stadium, where West was set to debut the album.The 44-year-old rapper's latest musical premiere comes amid his ongoing feuds with his estranged wife Kim Kardashian, 41, and her comedian boyfriend Pete Davidson, 28, which he has carried out publicly on social media. All eyes on her: Alicia Keys, 41, stood out in a vibrant yellow ensemble as she arrived at Kanye West's Donda 2 listening event atLoanDepot Park stadium in Miami on TuesdayAlicia was unmissable in her busty neon yellow crop top, which featured a strap across her toned midriff.She matched the top with a set of high-waisted figure-hugging yellow pants, and she elevated her 5ft6in stature with yellow pumps.The hitmaker completed her ensemble with a long yellow hooded raincoat.

Alex Gonzalez Coming of age is a perennial theme in music, be it Billie Eilish singing about the joys and woes of growing up on “My Future,” or Olivia Rodrigo baring her soul on “Brutal.” For the band Fun., which released its seminal second album “Some Nights” 10 years ago today (Feb. 21), that moment came as its frontman, Nate Ruess, was nearing 30.Joined by multi-instrumentalists Jack Antonoff and Andrew Dost, Reuss wanted to create a work that pivoted from the highly arranged sound of their debut album “Aim and Ignite” to more of a pop and hip-hop influence.It’s little wonder since, at the time “Some Nights” was conceived, Fun. had Kanye West, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé and Drake in high rotation.