New Music Friday, April 25: Joe Jonas Megan Thee Stallion Lorde Benson Boone HAIM Shaboozey and More
Happy New Music Friday,
! The weekend is here, which means more streaming, new playlists and the best that music has to offer — and ET has you covered for everything in between.
Nominations for 2025 American Music Awards have been announced. Kendrick lamar is the leader with 10 nominations. Post Malone comes in second place with 8, Billie Eilish has 8 and Chappell, Roan, and Shaboozey each have 7. Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga and Morgan Wallen each have 6, while Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga and SZA each have 6. Taylor Swift has six nominations, which could help her to add more wins to the record-breaking 40 she’s already won this year. Chappell, Roan, Shaboozey and ROSE are among the first-time nominees. The world’s largest fan-voted award show hosted by Jennifer Lopez will air May 26 on CBS and Paramount+.
Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Chris Stapleton, Clint Black, Cody Johnson, Kelsea Ballerini, LeAnn Rimes, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts and Wynonna Judd have been added as performers for the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards. Reba McEntire is hosting the awards, which will be streamed live on Prime Video May 8. Kevin Hart has been appointed as host of Culture’s biggest night. The
BET Award celebrates its 25th Anniversary on June 9 with a live broadcast from the Peacock Theater, Los Angeles.Earlier in the week, Ed Sheeran played a surprise show at Santa’s Pub Nashville. Noah Kahan joined him to perform an unreleased song called “Old Phone”. Ed’s Coachella debut last week drew the biggest crowd on stage. Ed launched a brand new era in April with the release of his new single, “Azizam.” He will also be releasing a whole new album. ET sat with Katy before her first concert where she revealed, “It is over 85 shows.” It’s a show that is bigger than life. We have been working on it since over a year. Katy gave ET an exclusive behind the scenes tour backstage and showed how she has been preparing for her tour.
Stagecoach is taking place this weekend in Indio with headliners Zach Bryan, Jelly Roll and Luke Combs. The festival will be livestreamed on Amazon Music. The festival will be livestreaming on Amazon Music.Plus, new music from Smokey Robinson, Joe Jonas, Megan Thee Stallion, Benson Boone, Lorde, HAIM and more!What The World Needs Now
– Smokey Robinson“Heart by Heart” – Joe Jonas“Whenever” – Megan Thee Stallion
“Mystical Magical” – Benson Boone
Still Blooming
– Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra“What Was That” – Lorde
STING 3.0 LIVE
– Sting
“Down to be wrong” – HAIM
Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going: The Complete Edition
– Shaboozey
“No Secrets” – Jessie JWhy Not More?
– Coco Jones
“Lovesick Lullaby” – YUNGBLUD“Lush Life” – Seth MacFarlanePISCES
– James Arthur
“Pretty Ugly” – Zara Larsson“Una Noche Contigo” – Juanes
“ILYSMIH” – Kali Uchis
WITHERED
– d4vd“WASSUP” – Young Miko
“Me & A Beer” – Chris Janson
I Don’t Know How But They Found Me!
– Jensen McRae
“Country In The Clouds” – Dylan Marlowe feat Conner Smith“Come Jesus Come” – CeCe Winans feat Cody Johnson
“Luna” – Wisin & Kapo
“IF KARMA DOESN’T GET YOU (I WILL)” – Lauren Spencer Smith
“Losing You” – Grace Potter“Us Three” – Charlotte Lawrence
“Air” – GRYFFIN & Excision feat Julia Michaels
“Concrete Cowboy” – Lanie Gardner
Heartbreak Hysteria
– Sawyer Hill
What Not To
– Tucker Wetmore
Make ’em Laugh, Make ’em Cry, Make ’em Wait
– Stereophonics
“how u been?” – Natalie Jane“Infinity” – The Band CAMINO
Only Started Growing
– Jenna Raine“Not My Problem” – Noga Erez
Carolina Blue
– John Morgan
“Hold Me” – spill tab“Get Started” – Alison Wonderland“Bad Friends” – Sophie and the Giants
BUZZKILL
– Lyn LapidThe Good The Bad The Dollar Menu
– Ray Vaughn
“Never Give Up On Love” – Shelea
“Gunslinger” – Natalie Bergman
“POPSICLE” – Lilith Czar“Destiny” – Jason Ross & TELYKAST
“Caterpillar” – Florence Road“Game I Like To Play” – William Beckmann
“Holy Ghost” – Cooper Alan
“RPG” – TruththeBull
“Choker” – SkyDxddy
