New Music Friday December 20: SZA, Katy Perry, Alessia Cara, Burna Boy and Extra

Comfortable New Music Friday! The weekend is right here, which implies extra streaming, new playlists and the very best that music has to supply — and ET has you coated for every thing in between.

Jonas Brothers have been added as performers at Dick Clark’s New Yr’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025. The brothers will kick off their twentieth anniversary celebrations with a career-spanning medley efficiency from New York’s iconic Occasions Sq., airing simply after midnight. They be a part of beforehand introduced performers Carrie Underwood, Lenny Kravitz, Alanis Morissette, Blake Shelton, Laufey, Luis Fonsi, Natasha Bedingfield, T-Ache and extra.

Alicia Keys can be celebrated on the fourth annual Recording Academy Honors Offered by the Black Music Collective going down on January 30, 2025. Alicia will obtain the Dr. Dre International Impression Award which celebrates musical excellence, entrepreneurial achievements, philanthropic efforts and a profound impression on a worldwide scale.

The Recording Academy additionally introduced the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award and Technical GRAMMY Award recipients for his or her Particular Advantage Awards Ceremony on February 1. Frankie Beverly, The Conflict, Dr. Bobby Jones, Taj Mahal, Prince, Roxanne Shante and Frankie Vallie are the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award honorees; Erroll Garner, Glyn Johns and Tania Leon are the Trustees Award recipients; and Dr. Leo Beranek is the Technical GRAMMY Award honoree.

Final evening, Usher wrapped the North American leg of USHER: Previous, Current, Future in Miami, FL. Usher had the gang on their ft and had shock visitors Uncle Luke, DJ Khaled and JT Cash becoming a member of him on stage. The North American leg has bought over 800,000 tickets, that includes 62 bought out exhibits. Usher will head to Europe subsequent yr, making stops in Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin and London.

Earlier this week, Large Time Rush hosted a particular one-night solely expertise for followers at Whole Mortgage Enviornment in Bridgeport, CT to have fun the vacations. BIG TIME RUSH ON ICE featured a sold-out live performance and skating spectacle. One of many largest surprises was when Carlos was offered together with his notorious black hockey helmet — a nod to their Nickelodeon present, this was the primary time that the helmet made an look at a Large Time Rush live performance.

Additionally this week, Spotify hosted Billions Membership Reside with The Weeknd in Los Angeles to have fun his standing because the artist with essentially the most tracks to achieve 1 billion+ streams on Spotify. He carried out his hits for an viewers of practically 2,000 of his prime Spotify Followers. Lionsgate has introduced The Weeknd’s first function movie, “Hurry Up Tomorrow” can be out Could 16, 2025, aligned with the debut of his album and live performance tour of the identical title. The movie is directed by Trey Edward Shults and stars The Weeknd, Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan.

Billie Eilish has partnered with Assist+Feed and American Categorical to supply important help for households and people throughout a number of cities on the HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR. This partnership will allow small companies to supply over 30,000 scrumptious and nourishing meals to group members in want throughout these cities.

SZA has launched her long-awaited album, SOS Deluxe: Lana, the expanded version of her critically acclaimed album SOS. She launched a music video for “Drive” which stars Ben Stiller. The album additionally options Kendrick Lamar, who she can be occurring tour with in 2025. SZA may even be starring within the upcoming movie “One in every of Them Days” with Keke Palmer out January 17, 2025.

Katy Perry launched 1432, the deluxe version of her album that options 4 further tracks, together with the never-before launched “OK.” Katy will kick off The Lifetimes Tour on April 23, 2025 with the primary exhibits in Mexico Metropolis.

SOS Deluxe: Lana – SZA