The Encanto Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, featuring eight original songs by Tony®- and Grammy®-winning songwriter/composer Lin-Manuel Miranda ("Hamilton," "Moana") with an original score by award-winning composer Germaine Franco ("Dora and the Lost City of Gold," "Little," "Tag"). Sebastián Yatra performs the original song “Dos Oruguitas” in Spanish in the film and “Two Oruguitas,” the English-language version of the song, in the end, credits. Previously-announced artist Carlos Vives performs “Colombia, Mi Encanto.” The physical soundtrack will be available on Dec. 17. Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Encanto opens in theatres on November 24, 2021. On diving into the music of the Colombian-set story, Miranda said, "A lot of the rhythms are familiar to me, but the instrumentation and orchestration are different and often unique to Colombia. One of the most fun things is that the accordion is so central to the music. It was really a joy immersing myself in artists I didn't know and doing deeper dives into those I've grown up loving-like Carlos Vives, who we're lucky enough to work with on this movie. This entire process has been about falling in love with Colombian music and culture and getting to play in that space." Award-winning composer Germaine Franco is behind the original score for "Encanto." Franco worked closely with filmmakers and Miranda to create a signature score that complemented the songs and story.

Christina Aguilera keeps the momentum going as she releases her latest Spanish-language single, "Somos Nada." Last month, the diva returned with the female empowerment anthem Pa Mis Muchachas, featuring Becky G, Nicki Nicole and Nathy Peluso, and this is the follow-up. The latest singles are part of Aguilera's highly anticipated Spanish-language album, which will mark her first Latin album since Mi Reflejo was released in 2000. Check out the emotional and action-packed music video for "Somos Nada" above, and get excited about this new era of Xtina. Speaking about the collection, which Christina is producing alongside her next English-language record, she recently admitted: “It’s been something I’ve wanted to do for so many years. “I have an amazing team behind me that’s so supportive. I’ve been in music for a long time, but there’s nothing like being around Latin musicians and artists, the energy they bring to the table, the love and the passion they bring and exude." Aguilera took the stage last night (Nov 18) during the Latin Grammys to perform "Somos Nada," as well as her song "Pa' Mis Muchachas" with Becky G, Nathy Peluso, and Nicki Nicole. It's also the first time the pop star with Ecuadorian roots has attended the Latin Grammys since the first-ever award ceremony in 2000. Talk about a comeback!

Over the weekend, Swift performed the full 10-minute version for the first time on Saturday Night Live. While she ran through the track’s harrowing recounting of a past relationship, footage from "All Too Well: The Short Film" played on the backing screen. Taylor. Now she has added yet another variation to the expanding universe of "Red" deep cut “All Too Well” with “All Too Well (Sad Girl Autumn Version)” recorded at Long Pond Studios in upstate New York. “One of the saddest songs I’ve ever written just got sadder,” Swift posted on Twitter, and it isn’t hyperbole. She said she drove to Long Pond Studios in upstate New York to track the song with Dessner and Low. Her 2020 "Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions" documentary was also set at the isolated studio in the woods. Like the track that appears on "Red (Taylor’s Version)," the song is an extended 10-minute poignant reflection on a heart-wrenching breakup. The shorter original track appeared on 2012’s "Red." The new take earns its Sad Girl stripes with its soft piano beginnings buoying her hushed opening vocal, which receives touches of lush layering accentuating the emotional lyrics as the song progresses. The latest version of the track follows the release of the epic Swift-directed "All Too Well" a short film starring Stranger Things‘ Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien. Earlier in the week, Swift dropped the video for “I Bet You Think About Me,” which was directed by Blake Lively.

Michael Bublé has re-released his holiday album "Christmas" as it celebrates its 10th Anniversary with a deluxe edition. In addition to the original CD and exclusive green vinyl, the collection will include a 7-track bonus CD with two newly recorded songs: “The Christmas Sweater” and “Let It Snow,” as well as “Winter Wonderland,” a duet with Rod Stewart. Just months after the February 2003 debut of Michael Bublé's first studio album for Reprise Records, the Canadian crooner released an EP of Christmas music. "Let It Snow!" reinforced the young artist's connection to the great vocalists who had inspired him as it featured such classics as "White Christmas," "The Christmas Song," and the Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn-penned title track. Eight years later, Bublé finally released a full-length seasonal set. 2011's simply-entitled "Christmas," his fifth album for Reprise, shot to No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Boasting the familiar likes of "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," and "A Holly Jolly Christmas," the album was his third chart-topper. It's gone on to become his most successful LP to date, with over 4 million copies sold in the U.S. and 12 million worldwide. It's also had four billion streams (calculated as equivalent to 60 million albums). The album also won a Juno Award for Album of the Year, making it the first-holiday album to win the award.

Jennifer Lopez has dropped a new track entitled “On My Way (Marry Me),” the first track from her upcoming rom-com "Marry Me." The uplifting piano ballad is about finding romance and will be part of the film’s soundtrack, which will feature original songs by Lopez and her co-star Maluma. The trailer for the film dropped Thursday alongside the track. In the movie, Packed with original songs by Jennifer Lopez and global Latin music star Maluma, Marry Me arrives next Valentine's Day with Lopez starring as musical superstar Kat Valdez and Owen Wilson as Charlie Gilbert, a math teacher-total strangers who agree to marry and then get to know each other. An unlikely romance about two people searching for something real in a world where value is based on likes and followers, Marry Me is a modern love story about celebrity, marriage and social media. Kat Valdez (Lopez) is half of the sexiest celebrity power couple on Earth with hot new music supernova Bastian (Maluma, making his feature-film debut). As Kat and Bastian's inescapable hit single, "Marry Me," climbs the charts, they are about to be wed before an audience of their fans in a ceremony that will be streamed across multiple platforms. Lopez recently joined LL Cool J during his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, where she sang their collaboration “All I Have.” She also headlined the 10th annual Global Citizen concert in September.

James Blunt has released his greatest hits album, "The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004- 2021)," via Atlantic Records. The 30-song collection spans the musician’s 17-year career that has spawned over 23 million album sales, a global smash hit including hits like “You’re Beautiful” and “Cold.” The album features four new songs, “Love Under Pressure,” “Adrenaline,” “I Came for Love,” and his latest single “Unstoppable.” as well as four exclusive live performances from around the world, including at Glastonbury Festival. “Amazingly, I’m releasing my greatest hits,” Blunt said in a statement. “I wanted to call it 'Greatest Hit (& Songs I Wish You’d Heard),' but the good people at Atlantic Records suggested I call it something more sensible, so it’s called The Stars Beneath My Feet.” He added: “If you’d ever wished that James Blunt had only ever released one album — this is that album. It’s 30 awesome songs, including live performances from Glastonbury and elsewhere, and four new songs. To celebrate its release, I’ll be heading out to tour the world all next year. I can’t wait to see you then.” Blunt has also announced a U.K. tour for 2022, including a performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall on July 23rd. The tour kicks off February 3rd in Brighton, U.K., and stops in Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, and more.

New Zealand singer-songwriter Pip Brown of Ladyhawke fame has gone through a busy year thus far. She released two singles, and now she releases her new album "Time Flies." The new album is an extraordinary collection that fuses intimate subject matter and upbeat guitar-led rock with irresistibly catchy electronic elements. Since her acclaimed 2016 album "Wild Things," Pip has gone through a personal transformation in the half-decade. Pip has openly struggled with mental health, anxiety and depression for a long time and, after dealing with severe postnatal depression + a severe skin cancer condition which has thankfully seen a full recovery, was able to successfully procure the right balance of therapy and medication, which is so individually specific. When she embarked on writing songs for this new record in 2019, there was a sense of freedom in work. “I was feeling pretty grateful to be alive and making music, so I felt like I didn’t ‘care’ anymore - not in a bad way, I just stopped overthinking it.” Time Flies was produced with a host of incredible collaborators. The new album comes equipped with a new video game component. The limited-edition Ladyhawke Game Cartridge Keychain features a custom video game based around "Time Flies," which pairs a download of the upcoming album with a quest to help Ladyhawke finish the album “while encountering various characters” from the LP universe.

Fresh off the heels of her powerhouse performance at this year’s acclaimed Head In The Clouds festival, Jakarta-born, LA-based singer-songwriter and producer NIKI have released a new sonically rich single and music video called “Spilt” via 88rising. A slow retro burn, with a country-ting along with NIKI’s sweet rasp, “Split” sees the 22-year-old artistic force chronicling the ache of feeling split between two worlds and two homes. Written by NIKI herself and produced with frequent collaborators Jacob Ray and Bekon & The Donuts, “Split” depicts the emotional pull and turmoil the pressure to continually adapt brings. “I wrote it about having to split myself between Indo and LA and feeling like I have to constantly ‘split the difference’/ adapt/ assimilate all the time. It’s a song about home and identity or maybe the struggle to find either,” NIKI said via a press release. An album of 88’s closest friends, family, and collaborators that brings together listeners from around the world into the universe of the Asian-American experience, "HITC3" is due out in early 2022. The collection follows the mega-successful return of 88rising’s acclaimed Head In The Clouds Festival, which took place last weekend. ‘Split’ marks NIKI’s latest single after August’s "Every Summertime," which later appeared on the official soundtrack for Marvel’s "Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings." Later that month, she guested on electronic pop duo HONNE’s "Coming Home."

Acclaimed singer Bryson Tiller released his "Killer Extinct 2" mixtape, a sequel to his 2011 mixtape, "Killer Instinct Vol. 1." Before he serves his next album, he has dropped his holiday project called "A Different Christmas." Tiller says the project is inspired by Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and one of his “loneliest holiday seasons ever.” “Before we get into my next album, I wanted to share another special project I worked on for you guys. This one was really fun to make. He was inspired by Bieber, Ariana, and by one of my loneliest holiday seasons ever." Tiller decks the hall with Kiana Ledé on “Presents,” while Tayla Parx can be heard on “Ain’t a Lonely Christmas Song.” His daughter Halo also joins her dad on the closer, “Winter Wonderland.” In October, Tiller released another EP, "Killer Instinct 2: The Nightmare Before," a mixtape featuring instrumentals from Normani, Chris Brown, and Outkast, to name a few. The Halloween drop and forthcoming Christmas project are intended to tide fans over while they wait for the artist’s next full studio album, "Serenity," is set to debut next year. “So I’m excited about that. That’s going to be something different that I’ve never done before. And with that, I plan on making an R&B album, a Hip Hop album, and a Pop album.” "Serenity," which was teased at the beginning of 2021, is described as a genre-blending musical compilation.

St. Louis-based R&B recording artist Trey Forever returns with a fresh EP titled "Heartbreaks Don't Last Forever." Trey Forever decides to keep things short and sweet with this 2-track body of work in an effort to give listeners a taste of what's to come. Consisting of the self-produced songs, "You Bad" and "All For You," Trey Forever croons over dark, atmospheric vibes that have become quite popular in today's R&B. With the first day of Spring right around the corner, Trey Forever's "Heartbreaks Don't Last Forever" is a much-welcomed change in temperature, even though Winter is still very much here. Hailing from the cityscapes of St. Louis in Missouri, R&B recording artist Trey Forever has been hitting the ground running in the music industry relentlessly since 2016 and has captivated thousands of fans and listeners since coming out of the gate, including over 1 million SoundCloud. His versatile style became apparent when he dropped his debut single “Drunk Conscious” shortly after coming out the gate, which garnered Trey Forever critical acclaim and positive reception in the R&B scene. Shortly after, the rising Singer quickly motivated to drop his follow-up single Heal and “Drunk Conscious” Music Video. With mainstream sensibilities and an ambition to truly make his way to the top, Trey Forever has more considerable prospects down the line to make sure he remains completely active, authentic, and attention-grabbing as a recording and performing artist. He's currently gearing up for a radio tour slated for 2018.

Australia’s GRAACE returns with her stunning new single "Half Awake" and announces her second EP, "Self Preservation," which will be released in February. "Half Awake" is a raw, haunting ballad that remembers her father's passing ten years ago. Backed in the main by nothing but an acoustic guitar and subtle, distorted electronic sounds, the sparseness of the accompaniment allows GRAACE’s vibrant, captivating, heartbreaking voice to be the shining star of the track. “As someone who has dealt with death, it’s hard to sing about, but I love songs that are about loss,” GRAACE says. “So, I thought, why don’t I do that for the people who have lost someone in their lives? In January, it'll be ten years since I lost my father. I think it’s beautiful to finally be able to write about it, to move on and grow.” The EP marks a turning point in GRAACE’s career, born out of the contemplation and reflection enforced by lockdown where she realized she no longer felt connected to the music she had been creating and made the move to return to her roots of honest, intimate more natural songwriting, citing Olivia Rodrigo and Phoebe Bridgers as major influences. After breaking through in 2017 collaborating with Hayden James on the hit single ‘Numb’, GRAACE has become one of Australia’s most promising and popular young artists, with her singles attracting global streams in the millions.

17-time Grammy Award-winning musician Sting has released "The Bridge," a brand-new album via A&M/Interscope/Cherrytree Records. "The Bridge" showcases Sting’s prolific and diverse songwriting prowess, with this new set of songs representing styles and genres explored throughout his unrivalled career. The lead track “If It’s Love” is an upbeat, breezy and infectious pop tune exhibits his undeniable gift for melody. Sting likens contemplating his romantic feelings to calling the doctor about his symptoms in his signature voice and taking a different approach to a straightforward love song. "The Bridge" was written in a year of the global pandemic and found Sting ruminating on personal loss, separation, disruption, lockdown, and extraordinary social and political turmoil. Exploring many concepts and themes, a “bridge” represents the enduring and ever-evolving link between ideas, cultures, continents, and even the banks of a river. It’s also a route into the past, and so it was that Sting found himself considering the music and the places that have formed his foundations, and that indeed are embedded in his very DNA. He explains, “These songs are between one place and another, between one state of mind and another, between life and death, between relationships. Between pandemics, and between eras – politically, socially and psychologically, all of us are stuck in the middle of something. We need a bridge.”

Australian singer Kylie Minogue album "DISCO" (Guest List Edition)" follows the 2020 release of "DISCO," Kylie’s eighth UK No.1 album, which saw her make chart history once more as the first female artist to have a UK No.1 album in five consecutive decades. Now a 3CD deluxe edition features the 16-track version of "DISCO" on the first disc, new collaboration tracks and remixes on CD 2, the "Infinite Disco" live stream audio on the third CD. With this brand-new edition, Kylie released new tracks "A Second to Midnight’ (with Years & Years)," "Can’t Stop Writing Songs About You" (with Gloria Gaynor) and "Kiss of Life" (with Jessie Ware). These new songs will be featured alongside remixes plus established favourites, including "Real Groove (Studio 2054 Remix)" with Dua Lipa. Kylie’s record-breaking fifteenth studio album "DISCO" was released to widespread acclaim last year and was hailed as ‘an irresistible tonic to real life. For "DISCO," Kylie worked with long-time collaborator Biff Standard plus Sky Adams (with whom she worked on Golden), Teemu Brunila (David Guetta, Jason Derulo) and Maegan Cottone (Iggy Azalea, Demi Lovato), alongside others. The album was primarily recorded in lockdown, with each team member recording and working from a separate location, leading to Kylie having a vocal engineering credit on all but two of the sixteen tracks on the record.

Record-breaking global sensation Leona Lewis has released the special repackaged release of her 2013 studio album "Christmas, With Love Always" from the original "Christmas with Love." The album includes the original festive track-listing as well as some highly anticipated new music. Brand new original song ‘Kiss Me It’s Christmas’ is a Christmas smash-in-waiting, a gorgeous duet featuring Ne-Yo. The song was co-written by Richard “Biff” Stannard (Spice Girls). "Christmas, With Love Always" also includes an incredible cover of the Bee Gees disco classic ‘If I Can’t Have You,’ reimagined into a stunning piano-strings ballad that showcases a powerhouse vocal of which Leona is renowned for worldwide. 2013’s "Christmas, With Love" is perhaps best known for its lead single "One More Sleep," an original song that saw Leona break the record for the most Top 5 hits for a British female solo artist. Last year saw the platinum-certified festive hit have its biggest year since its 2013 release. It has featured consistently in the Top 10 streamed catalogue Christmas songs year-upon-year as a Christmas staple alongside the likes of Mariah Carey’s 1994 massive smash ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You.’ Official Charts Company hailed ‘One More Sleep’ – which was co-written by Lewis – as “a new Christmas classic.” This November/December, Leona will play a major arena tour with Gary Barlow as his “Very Special Guest,” with 16 dates across the UK. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster and Gigs and Tours.

Perhaps the biggest comeback in music history is the legendary Swedish pop band Abba's new album "Voyage." A new limited edition has dropped that includes ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits released in 1992; the record is the second-biggest seller of all time in the UK with sales of 5.61 million, only behind Queen's Greatest Hits. It serves as their first studio album since "The Visitors," 40 years ago, and their dissolution in 1982. The album was announced on a YouTube live stream in September 2021. Abba got together again in June 2016 and sang "The Way Old Friends Do" at a private party in Stockholm. Two years later, in April 2018, they announced that they had recorded two new songs: "I Still Have Faith In You" and "Don't Shut Me Down," the lead singles for "Voyage" with which the band had already played gave a foretaste of the new album. A third single was released in October with "Just A Notion." In keeping with the new album, Abba has announced a unique live show: on May 27, 2022, the "Abba Voyage Show" will start in London, a digital performance that has never before existed in this form. In a specially built arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Abbas Avatars will sing and dance on stage, accompanied by a 10-person live band. In reality, the four actual Abba members are now all over 70, but their "Abbatars" were created based on their 1979 images.

Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter FLETCHER has joined forces with trailblazing pop star Hayley Kiyoko for a breathlessly fun new single called “Cherry” via Capitol Records. “Cherry” finds the two fearlessly honest artists serenading the object of their crushed-out lust. Co-written by FLETCHER, Hayley, and Mary Weitz (Normani, Remi Wolf), “Cherry” is a sugary-sweet piece of pop perfection spiked with seductive wordplay. With production from FLETCHER’s repeat collaborator Jonah Shy, the track unfolds in dizzying grooves and bright synth bursts as FLETCHER shows off her effortless vocal flow and supremely confident lyrics. Hayley introduces at the second chorus, adding to the song’s ultra-vivid storytelling and irresistibly flirtatious mood. As the two trade-off vocals, “Cherry” ultimately captures the carefree thrill of surrendering to pure pleasure. "I had such a blast working on Cherry with FLETCHER," Kiyoko added. "We’ve been trying to collaborate for years, and this song couldn’t be more perfect for us! I hope the fans love it and can blast it while feeling flirty, playful, and free." "Cherry" is part of a great end of the year for queer girl pop. Not only have we had FLETCHER’s other single "girls girls girls" (which cleverly reclaims Katy Perry’s queerbaiting breakout song "I Kissed a Girl"), but we’ve also gotten some all-time classics from MUNA and Zolita.

Maxwell has made his return with a new single, “Off,” along with the announcement that he plans to release "blacksummers’NIGHT" in spring 2022. The album will complete his trilogy that began with 2009’s "BLACKsummers’night" and continued with "blackSUMMERS’night" in 2016. The new track Off" was produced by Maxwell and longtime collaborator Hod David. Along with the single, Maxwell has announced a 2022 tour of the United States and will be joined on the trek by Anthony Hamilton and Joe. Find his schedule below. "Off" finds Maxwell in the mode he's operated in so well for decades: creating bedroom jams with eternity on the mind. That applies to the depth of feeling Maxwell croons about and the music itself, a richly textured mosaic with effortlessly pristine nature. Like his ’90s neo-soul peers D’Angelo and Erykah Badu, Maxwell, mercurial master of smoothly sexy spaced-out R&B, operates on his timetable. In the past 25 years, Maxwell has only released five studio albums, and they’re all lush and idiosyncratic bangers. Two of those five albums have been parts of a planned trilogy, but Maxwell hasn’t been in any hurry to complete that trilogy. Next year, Maxwell will embark on a tour of the United States. Anthony Hamilton and Joe will open the dates. Presale begins on November 22, with general sale tickets available on November 23.

Jessica Mauboy has premiered her first new song in almost two years, with the shimmery and disco-influenced "Glow." The new single from the proud Kuku Yalanji and Wakaman woman is a bit of a needed refresh, reboot and reintroduction to the Jessica Mauboy we’ve known for the last decade. She has spent the last couple of years reflecting on the kind of person she is; Jessica noted in a release that she had grown tired of being a “yes” person and instead needed time to step back, start over, and allow herself to grow. “I got tired of being a yes person,” Mauboy said of the single in a statement. “Mentally, it was self-destructive: my body and my mind were saying, ‘Hey, you gotta really take care of yourself. 'Glow' stems from realizing it’s okay to stop, zoom out and start over fresh.” The song also marks Mauboy’s debut release since signing to Warner Music Australia after spending 14 years with Sony Music Australia. With the latter, she released four albums, including 2019’s "Hilda." "Glow" is accompanied by a Ribal Hosn-directed music video that sees Mauboy perform among a sea of golds, reds and glitter. Mauboy is set to embark on a nationwide tour next year, hitting Canberra, Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne, before wrapping things up in the Gold Coast. Caiti Baker is on board to open for Mauboy across all dates.

Jasmine Thompson and Calum Scott have teamed up for the new piano ballad “Love Is Just a Word.” The two singers co-wrote the track with Jon Maguire, and Jackson Ducasse directed the official music video. “I went to Wales to work with the producer Jon Maguire, and I remember having the opening lyric in my head,” Jasmine said in a statement. “We spent two days working together and managed to make something we were both super proud of. A few months after the session, totally out of the blue, Jon messaged me with an updated version, including Calum! It was so magical hearing his voice on it, and I felt so honoured that he wanted to be a part of the song – it immediately felt like the missing link. We had such a laugh; I couldn’t keep a straight face while recording; Jon had to stick us in separate rooms, but that voice… magical. The song was inspired by slow dancing around my kitchen during the lockdown, and it felt like I was hearing these love songs from my childhood with fresh ears, and I really wanted to capture how they made me feel.” Calum added, “My producer and I were about to sit down and finish a song that we had written for my album when he mentioned a demo he wanted to play me that he had written with Jasmine. As a big fan of her work already, we sat and listened and as soon as the demo ended, I told him I wanted to help them finish it and be part of it somehow! I love the simplicity of the lyrics but using iconic love songs to imagine how they would be without the key ingredient of love was what really pulled me in. I’m a huge fan of Jasmine’s voice, her songwriting and her energy, so to not only to work but to duet with her has been truly amazing.”

Further cementing her worldwide conquest, Brazilian pop icon Anitta releases her latest seductive Spanish single, “Envolver,” along with a music video. “Envolver” is another hit single in an extensive repertoire of hits like “Me Gusta” with Puerto Rican phenom Myke Towers and fellow powerhouse and rapper Cardi B, her global breakout single “Girl From Rio,” and her most recent scorching crossover hit “Faking Love” featuring rapper Saweetie. In her latest single, Anitta weaves a story about female desires with provocative and flirtatious lyrics that hone in on her belief that women should be unapologetic about their seductive natures. Her explosive lyrics and charismatically powerful vocals are laced over iconic Reggaeton and Urbano sounds, making for something that will get audiences everywhere to dance. The music video for “Envolver,” which Anitta directed, features her turning up the heat for a compelling and flirtatious performance that will probably make viewers seek out an ice bath when all is said and done. Anitta starts dressed in a sporty and sexy gray crop-top hoodie and jogging pants while singing about how much she wants to “eat you up.” “Envolver” is the fourth single for Anitta this year. It comes after “Faking Love,” “Girl from Rio,” and “Loco.” The superstar songstress and performer will be taking to the 2021 Latin Grammy stage on November 18th for a special performance. The ceremony will be broadcast live from Las Vegas, NV, on the Univision Network.