Cristin Maher

The 2012 BET Awards were quite the star-studded, with performers like Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Usher, Nicki Minaj and many more filling the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Photographers captured some of hip-hop and R&B’s hottest artists mingling in the audience, hanging out backstage, or performing for viewers all over the nation at the 2012 BET Awards.

It’s hard to tell who the 2012 BET Awards winners will be, but Beyonce and Kanye West are the frontrunners for nominations, and almost immediately, Yeezy picked up his first award for the evening. After an energy-packed performance of ‘Mercy’ and ‘Cold,’ West and Jay-Z (who surprised him during the acceptance speech, coming out from backstage) took home the 2012 BET Award award for Best Group. Rea

Over the weekend, Dev performed at KTU’s KTUphoria concert in New Jersey. While the highlight of her appearance at the PNC Bank Arts Center might’ve been connecting with her fans from the stage, there’s no doubt that meeting the stars of VH1′s ‘Mob Wives’ was a memorable moment.

Before the ‘American Idol‘ winner of Season 11 was crowned on tonight’s (May 23) big finale, Rihanna hit the stage with a troupe of tribal dancers to perform her latest hit, ‘Where Have You Been.’ Earlier today, RiRi tweeted a picture of herself with some serious dreadlocks, and now we know why! She was rocking a massive ponytail of dreads and straight bangs during her performance, which was impre

Are you ready to get your scream on, Beliebers? Justin Bieber has announced a slew of tour dates for fall 2012 well into the early winter months of 2013. In support of his album ‘Believe,’ slated for release on June 19, Bieber will embark on his massive Believe North American tour that will hit many major cities throughout the U.S. and Canada.

The winners of the 2012 Billboard Music Awards were announced during tonight’s (May 20) show, held at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. Justin Bieber won the first award of the night, taking home the prize for Top Social Artist thanks to his 22 million plus followers on Twitter and the 43 million ‘Likes’ he has on Facebook. Katy Perry was also honored in the beginning of the 2012 Billboard Music A

The pop stars at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards might get excited over the awards portion of the ceremony, but the stellar performances are really what keeps the audience and at-home viewers engaged. In this performance list for the 2012 Billboard Music Awards, we are recapping all of the dazzling live shows that artists like Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Kelly Clarkson treated us to

Beloved producer and television/radio host Dick Clark has died at the age of 82, according to sources at TMZ. Clark reportedly suffered a massive heart attack this morning, April 18, due to complications from an outpatient procedure he underwent at St. John’s hospital in Los Angeles last night.

In January 2012, after touring non-stop and dropping a new album, Rihanna took a much-needed vacation in Hawaii. The ‘Where Have You Been’ songstress just shared pictures from her Hawaiian beach adventure on her official Facebook page, and there’s some sexy pictures of the Bajan skinny dipping and posing in sultry position whilst soaking up the sun’s rays.

Tonight on ‘American Idol,’ soul man Joshua Ledet was challenged to sing a song from the ’80s, and even though the 19-year-old powerhouse wasn’t even alive in this era, he nailed Simply Red’s cover of ’If You Don’t Know Me by Now,’ which was a hit for the English band back in 1989. Ledet admitted to being “spoiled” by his family back at home, but he seemed all man and not a bit mama’s boy tonight

Jay Sean might’ve been missing from the music scene for a while, but all of that is about to change with his forthcoming album.

Nicki Minaj has revealed the cover art for her ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ album, which is slated for release on April 3.

Although a leaked version of Dev‘s eery ‘Take Her From You’ video has been swirling around YouTube for a few months now, the clip  is just gaining official recognition from Dev’s camp as well as finally landing on VEVO. The black-and-white clip finds the California songstress channeling her inner Black Widow as she drags a body bag (that occasionally moves) around city streets.

RiRi was rehearsing for her appearance on ‘The Jonathan Ross Show,’ and yesterday she was getting sexified at her cover shoot for the British version of Esquire magazine.

The lineup for the U.K.’s 2012 V Festival has been announced, and thanks to scheduled performances from Nicki Minaj and David Guetta, pop will be well represented at the alt rock-centric concert. While it hasn’t been confirmed that the ‘Turn Me On’ collaborators will be taking the stage together during the festival, Minaj and Guetta have officially signed on to perform at the two-day concert. Read

Dev gives fans a glimpse of what she’s packing inside her convertible in her new video for ‘In My Trunk.’ Shot in the bustling metropolis of Los Angeles, Dev teams up with her buddies the Cataracs, who likely produced this heavily Auto-tuned track for her upcoming debut album ‘The Night the Sun Came Up.’

A cryptic tweet from is leading some to believe Lil Wayne is engaged to his girlfriend, Italian model Dhea! In addition to Weezy possibly putting a ring on it and settling down with the brunette beauty, some gossip sites are also reporting that Ms. Dhea is pregnant with the rapper’s baby!

The 2012 Grammy Awards were chock full of amazing performances, with Bruno Mars opening the show with a vivacious, dance-filled performance of his song ‘Runaway.’ Alicia Keys paid homage to the late Etta James, while fellow soulful diva Jennifer Hudson gave an outstanding tribute performance to Whitney Houston, who died just one night before the 2012 Grammys. Adele made her comeback with a rousing

The 2012 Grammy Awards are finally here! Tonight on the televised awards ceremony, the stage was overflowing with explosive performances from a variety of artists in the pop, R&B, hip-hop and rock genres.

Tonight at the 2012 Grammy Awards, pop stars hit the red carpet for pictures prior to the big event. Like any other A-list award show, stars like Adele, Bruno Mars, David Guetta, Kelly Rowland, Wiz Khalifa plus many more hit the red carpet at the 2012 Grammy Awards dressed to the nines.