R&B star Trey Songz will start 2017 in court after he was charged with allegedly assaulting a police officer following an onstage meltdown in Detroit, Michigan.

Elton John reportedly broke down in tears as he paid tribute to late pal George Michael during his Las Vegas residency on Wednesday night.

Debbie Reynolds, the mother of Carrie Fisher, has died the day after her daughter.

Pink had a Christmas bonus after giving birth to her second child on 26 December.

Jazz drummer Alphonse Mouzon has died at age 69 after a short battle with cancer.

Sir Elton John is expected to perform at the funeral ceremony to farewell George Michael.

Neil Young released his latest album, Peace Trail, on December 9. It very well could be the biggest flop of his career.

Latin superstar Marc Anthony has filed for divorce to officially end his marriage to model Shannon De Lima.

Carrie Fisher was not a musician, but she touched many in the music world.

Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd doesn't think that the band should retire.

George Michael's longtime partner Fadi Fawaz has confirmed he found the singer's body on Christmas Day.

MØ is a no-show for Australia’s Falls Festival over new years.

In 2016 the music world lost more greats that in any other single year.

Actress Carrie Fisher has died at age 60, just days after suffering a heart attack on her way from London to Los Angeles.

Pop punk Avril Lavigne is bouncing back from her battle with Lyme disease with plans to release her first album since 2013.

George Michael's loved ones are "touched beyond words" by the outpouring of support following the pop icon's death on Sunday.

Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder surprised a Maryland family facing a Christmas without a home by handing them $10,000.

Rick Springfield is in mourning for his mother, Eileen Louise Springthorpe, who died on Wednesday, December 21.

Michael Buble’s ‘Christmas’ was the biggest selling Christmas album for 2016 as well as the previous five Christmas periods.

Australian music legend Stevie Wright died 12 months ago today.

U2 have some big plans for 2017 in the 30th anniversary year of 'The Joshua Tree'.

The horror that has been 2016 continued during the Christmas season with the deaths of George Michael on Christmas and Status Quo's Rick Parfitt on Christmas Eve.

George Michael's former Wham partner Andrew Ridgeley has led the tributes to George following the death of the British superstar on Christmas Day.

British superstar George Michael has died at age 53.

The John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John (aka FONJie) seasonal collaboration "Friends for Christmas" stays for a second week at the top of the ARIA Albums chart this week.

The Clean Bandit, Anne-Marie and Sean Paul track "Rockabye" is atop the ARIA Singles Chart for a fourth straight week, and now the last No.1 for the 2016 chart period.

Christmas Day, it is the day James Brown died.

Rick Parfitt, longtime vocalist and guitarist for Status Quo, has died at the age of 68.

Bruce Springsteen has released his performance from November 22, 2009 at Buffalo's HSBC Arena, a show that would turn out to be the final one for Clarence Clemons.

Mariah Carey can't wait to hop in her real-life reindeer sleigh in Colorado this Christmas (because that is apparently what people with too much money do).