2016 marked the 60th anniversary of Johnny Mathis' debut album, Johnny Mathis ("A New Sound in Popular Song") but it is 2017 that Columbia/Legacy are considering the real 60th for one of the great pop artists of the last seven decades.

On Monday morning, The Recording Academy announced their Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipients along with a number of other honors.

Andrew Dorff, a well known and respected country songwriter, died on Monday at the age of 40. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiners Office has not released a cause of death.

Early in Greg Lakes's career, he was part of a group called The Shame who released the single Don't Go Away Little Girl, co-written by Lake and a young Janis Ian.

Ex-Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx has shut down his Twitter account and announced he will no longer post on Facebook in a bid to refocus his life.

After teasing fans with a couple of his albums since October, Garth Brooks is now ready to unleash his entire catalogue exclusively on Amazon Unlimited.

The nominations for the 74th Golden Globe Awards have been announced on Iggy Pop is up for an award.

Celine Dion has reflected on her tough 2016 in a retrospective video recounting the highs and lows of the past 12 months.

Victims of the Tennessee wildfires have received their first payments from the $9.3 million relief fund set up by Dolly Parton.

KISS rocker Gene Simmons allegedly "politely declined" a request from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for the band to perform at his inauguration.

Entertainer Nick Cannon will be spending Christmas in hospital after seeking treatment for lupus.

Chance The Rapper and Jeremih have gone all Christmasy gifting fans the Christmas mix-tape ‘Merry Christmas Lil’ Mama’.

James Taylor has called off his February concert in Manilla, The Philippines due to the country's policies over drugs.

2016 will be on record as the year where we lost so many music icons. Noise11 iHeartRadio pays tribute to the artists who left us in 2016 in a special end of year edition of iHeartRadio Music News powered by Noise11.com.

New releases for this week encompass the 23rd and 30th of December.

Kanye West has paid a touching tribute to Italian Vogue Editor Franca Sozzani following her death on Thursday.

It really is a very tough time for the publishers of magazines. It seems, at times, that there are more titles on the shelves that are competing for fewer and fewer eyes.

Rapper Nicki Minaj has stepped in to replace Jennifer Lopez at a New Year's Eve party in Miami, Florida.

Bjork is fed up with being pigeonholed musically thanks to her gender and has called on music journalists to expand their minds.

Two country hitmakers from the 70's and 80's, Mel Tillis and T.G. Sheppard, have been ill but things may be looking up for both.

Blink-182's Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker still can't believe they've been nominated for their first-ever Grammy Award.

We were hoping for a drama free Rock and Roll Hall of Fame season with the likelihood that all of the bands were willing to see former members come back for the induction ceremony. Unfortunately, that dream lasted less than 24 hours.

Melanie Brown has cast serious doubt that the Spice Girls reunion will take place in 2017.

Jennifer Lopez has axed plans to ring in 2017 with a New Year's Eve appearance in Miami, Florida.

Singer Robin Thicke was overwhelmed with grief on Tuesday as he laid his father Alan Thicke to rest in California.

Justin Bieber has reportedly been indicted in Argentina over a 2013 altercation with a paparazzo.

We have lost so, so many great musical artists in 2016, a list of names that threatens to bury one of the most talented, Sharon Jones.

Richard Marx became one of the heroes of a Korean Air flight from Hanoi, Viet Nam to Seoul, Korea when a passenger became violent.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced the latest inductees on Tuesday morning with a total of six new members who were voted in out of the nineteen nominees and one special inductee who, in essence, was also among the nominated.

Emojis, those little graphics that are sprinkled throughout social media posts, are the current rage in the on-line world and stars and companies are starting to capitalise on the trend with their own emoji packages.