Scott Shetler

What are you doing in October 2013? If you’re a fan of pop music, smooth harmonies and legendary boy bands, call your friends and start making plans to tour the Caribbean with all five Backstreet Boys, who have confirmed their 20th Anniversary Cruise.

Pittsburgh homies Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller join forces on ‘Goin’ Places,’ a previously-unreleased track on which the rappers dream about bigger things.

One year after David Guetta scored the biggest album of his career with ‘Nothing But the Beat,’ the French DJ is repackaging the album as ‘Nothing But the Beat 2.0,’ which features new collaborations with Sia, Ne-Yo, Akon and more.

While their record sales dipped slightly this past year, Lady Gaga and Beyonce remain the most powerful women in the music industry, according to Forbes. Their list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women in the World places Bey and Gaga in the same company as heads of state, CEOs and entrepreneurs.

Mariah Carey and a fur coat-wearing Rick Ross cheer on Meek Mill, who takes the ring as a boxer in a preview of Carey’s latest video, ‘Triumphant (Get ‘Em).’

The rumored next ‘American Idol’ judge continues to expand her empire. This morning (Aug. 21), Nicki Minaj tweeted a photo of her new perfume, titled ‘Pink Friday’ just like her debut album. Like Nicki herself, the bottle is colorful and endearingly strange.

How can a lawyer get a subpoena to a busy and hard-to-find man like Kanye West? Divorce attorneys for Kris Humphries took a unique approach when they had it delivered to the fashion-conscious rapper at Kim Kardashian‘s house inside a Nordstrom box, TMZ reports.

As wardrobe malfunctions go, this one’s a doozy! Katy Perry‘s relaxing day at the Raging Waters waterpark in San Dimas, California, became fodder for the paparazzi when her bikini slipped down after riding a slide and she exposed her backside to the world.

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian aren’t just into fancy dinners and fashion shows. They’re totally an adventuresome, outdoorsy couple too. The pair went zip lining and jet skiing in the jungle of Mexico during a recent vacation.

Beyonce and Jay-Z and dropping big bucks to get away for awhile. The New York Post reports the A-list couple is spending $400,000 to rent a house in the Hamptons for the month of August.

Rihanna and Drake are the leading contenders for the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, while Katy Perry, Beyonce, Skrillex, Lana Del Rey and Frank Ocean also scored multiple nominations.

Carly Rae Jepsen already has the Song of the Summer, according to the Teen Choice Awards, and now she has a new video with Owl City for their duet ‘Good Time’ in which the pair meet up at a lake with friends for a little bit of wholesome summer fun.

We weren’t expecting new music from Fergie in 2012 after she announced she wanted to take time off to hang out with husband Josh Duhamel and maybe have a baby. But she has returned as a solo artist with ‘Feel Alive,’ a dance track featuring rapper Pitbull.

Based on sales in its first day of release on Tuesday (July 10), Frank Ocean‘s ‘Chanenel Orange’ is expected to sell between 110,000 and 125,000 copies this week, which could be enough to take the No. 2 position on the album chart.

Acclaimed U.K. singer Ellie Goulding has just premiered a new track featuring rapper Tinie Tempah called ‘Hanging On.’ The singer made the reveal in a Facebook post, writing, “Here’s the beginning of my new journey. Enjoy and share responsibly.”

A patriotic, blinged-out Flo Rida took the stage this morning as part of the ‘TODAY’ show’s summer concert series to promote his new album ‘Wild Ones’ and its first three singles.

Now that Kanye West has won over Kim Kardashian, he’s aiming to gain the approval of her mom, Kris Jenner. Reports suggest the rapper bought her a $200,000 Bentley in addition to other expensive presents.

Usher showed the rock side of his personality with a new cover of Foster the People‘s ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ on which he played bass guitar.

What would a Kid Cudi album inspired by Dr. Dre sound like? We’ll find out soon, because Cudi revealed early this morning via Twitter that his next solo record will be called ‘Indicud’ and is partially influenced by Dre.

Justin Bieber is slowing things down during his European live performances with an acoustic show featuring familiar songs and a few new tracks. Today, Bieber tweeted a link to an 8-minute video of acoustic highlights from a recent appearance.