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The 2026 Grammys are taking place on Sunday (February 1), and there are some surprising names who won’t be getting any awards.

The awards show is taking place on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The ceremony will be broadcast live on CBS and streamed on Paramount+.

Kendrick Lamar leads the nominees with nine, followed by Lady Gaga with seven nominations, setting a new record for her. Gaga ties for the second-most nominations with producers Jack Antonoff and Cirkut. However, there were some very surprising snubs this year.

We have compiled a list of the most surprising snubs from the 2026 Grammys nominations. You sadly won’t see these artists taking home any awards during the evening’s ceremony.

Click through to see the most surprising snubs in the 2026 Grammys nominations…

The Weeknd is making history.

The 35-year-old entertainer’s After Hours Til Dawn Tour has grossed over $1 billion across 153 shows, making it the top earning male solo artist tour in history, via Live Nation.

After the tickets went on sale for his 2026 dates throughout Mexico, Brazil, Europe, and the UK, the tour has now sold over 7.5 million tickets.

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iHeartRadio is closing out 2025 with its annual iHeartRewind roundup, revealing the artists who ruled 2025.

The top artist of the year secured their position for the second consecutive year in a row, with over 2.7 billion total audience spins!

The following 2025 power players each racked up over two billion streams, dominating pop, hip-hop and country.

The 2025 edition of iHeartRewind captures the music fans streamed, replayed and obsessed over all year. To find this data, they put together total audience spins (TAS) and streams across iHeartRadio broadcast stations nationwide and on the iHeartRadio app.

Click through to find out which are the Top 10 artists of 2025, according to iHeartRadio…

The Weeknd and Shakira are headlining the 2025 Global Citizen Festival!

This year’s event is set to take place on Central Park’s Great Lawn on September 27.

There will also be performances by Tyla, Ayra Starr and Mariah the Scientist.

Global Citizen Ambassador Hugh Jackman will host the event, with additional participants to be announced in the coming weeks.

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The Weeknd is lighting up Los Angeles and night two of his four show takeover at SoFi Stadium was nothing short of explosive.

The 35-year-old global superstar is currently in the middle of a sold out four night residency at SoFi, packing the 70,000 seat stadium with his massive hits, moody visuals, and signature swagger.

Fans at Night Two (Saturday, June 22) were treated to an epic setlist spanning Dawn FM, After Hours, and Starboy plus deep cuts for the day one XO loyalists. The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, delivered theatrical lighting, haunting stage design, and hypnotic choreography, transforming the stadium into a surreal synth drenched fever dream.

The vibe was pure electricity. The crowd was singing every word. The set was over two hours of Abel in full command gliding through songs like “Save Your Tears,” “In the Night,” “Often,” and a crowd thumping closer with “Blinding Lights.

Abel broke the record for most shows by a male artist at Sofi with seven sold-out dates! He previously sold out three in 2022.

In a recent interview, the Grammy-winning entertainer revealed if he’s really going to drop his “The Weeknd” stage name.

Tom Cruise and Angela Bassett are hitting the red carpet at the latest premiere of their new movie!

The Oscar-nominated stars stepped out for the premiere of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning on Sunday (May 18) held at Lincoln Center in New York City.

Fellow cast members in attendance included Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Simon Pegg, Katy O’Brian, Charles Parnell, Greg Tarzan Davis, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany, Rolf Saxon, Tramell Tillman, and Stephen Oyoung along with director Christopher McQuarrie.

The Weeknd also made a special appearance at the premiere! Comedian Jeff Beacher was also at the premiere.

It’s been a very busy week for the Mission: Impossible cast. They first promoted the movie at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival before jetting to London for the world premiere.

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning hits theaters on May 23. Watch the trailer here!

FYI: Angela is wearing Kurt Geiger heels.

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The Weeknd is opening up about his stage name.

As the 35-year-old music superstar, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, attended the premiere of his movie Hurry Up Tomorrow in New York City on Tuesday (May 13), and he spoke about retiring his stage moniker.

“Have I started? Yeah, it’s getting there,” he told People.

“I mean, I’m on tour right now, so I can’t fully retire it.”

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