Adele wanted to make a statement by casting a black actor in the Hello video.

Kanye West was spotted for the first time since being hospitalised for a mental breakdown just before Thanksgiving.

Greg Lake has died at 69, just nine months after the death of his bandmate.

Grammy nominations are in and the Recording Academy did deliver some surprises.

COMMENT: The four-part series Hip-Hop Evolution starts by going right back to the foundations of hip hop.

YouTube has released the list of what videos had Kiwi's obsessed in 2016, including our very own Tape Face.

Chandelier singer Sia has surprised fans, announcing she's separating from her hubby just two years after they wed.

Is this album of blues covers by The Rolling Stones any good?

It was a version, albeit an edgy and ultimately inadvisable one, of the mannequin challenge.

Rare video of superstar set to fetch up to $5.4 million at auction.

Join Sarah Gandy from The Hits for the latest on this years Grammy nominations.

Rising pop star's wayward third album shows he hasn't yet worked out the best way forward.

For years, thousands of young people have flocked to Mount Maunganui for the New Year's Eve celebration. But not this year. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Here's one young 'It' girl who's not lining up for membership to the Taylor Swift squad.

The singer, 32, revealed she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder on The Today Show.

Taranaki has set an epic dance challenge for the rest of the world featuring John Key, Paul Henry, Paddy Gower and more.

Canadian police have had to apologise after threatening to punish drunk drivers with Nickelback's music.

WATCH: Remember that scene from Once Were Warriors where Jake and Beth sing Here Is My Heart? So do they.

A free cultural and music festival which was held in Napier every December for 13 years is being revived next weekend after a break

Little Mix are bringing their Glory Days tour to New Zealand next year for one show only in Auckland.

The troubled rapper is reportedly living separately from wife Kim Kardashian after his psychotic episode.

Watch: Crowded House's Neil Finn perform alongside Coldplay at their Auckland concert.

Hundreds gathered to say goodbye to pop pioneer Ray Columbus.

COMMENT: Suddenly the world doesn't seem such a terrible place anymore.

Fireworks, confetti cannons and LED wristbands are set to light up Mt Smart Stadium when Coldplay hit the stage on Saturday night.

Lianne La Havas had to stop to collect herself because the crowd was "too much" - in the best way.

New Zealand pop pioneer Ray Columbus has been fondly remembered this week.

Concerns about drunken behaviour has forced the Reggae by the River show to start four hours earlier.

Lianne La Havas talks redefining soul and learning life lessons from Prince ahead of her NZ show tonight at the Tuning Fork.

The beauty and mystique of Māori musical instruments were almost lost to the world. But Napier man Layton Robertson is playing his part to help revive them. Made with funding from NZ On Air.