Pop music

Judge orders pop singer D4vd to stand trial for murder, dismemberment of 14-year-old girl

He spent five days in a packed downtown courtroom, shackled in his seat as prosecutors presented graphic witness testimony and crime-scene photos.

d4vd performs at Gobi Tent during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 20, 2025 in Indio, California.
Dancing to Hayati with cast in a lantern shop in Shuk Hapishpishim.

Finding her own genre: Nicole Raviv blends Hebrew, Arabic, and pop into a new Israeli sound

AUSTRIAN DEFENDENT Beran A, who pleaded guilty to planning an attack on US singer Taylor Swift's Vienna concert in 2024, is escorted by security personnel in a courtroom during the last day of his trial in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, May 28, 2026.

Austrian who planned attack on Taylor Swift concert gets 15 years in prison

Harry Styles performs in Amsterdam at the first concert of the Together, Together tour.

Pop star Harry Styles to ‘Viva Palestina’ concertgoer in Amsterdam: ‘Correct’


Troubled Israeli superstar of the 1970s gets tribute in an exhibit at Haifa City Museum

The Israeli may have become an international success, particularly in the French-speaking world, but he was beset by personal demons.

MIKE BRANT in 1975.

‘People Magazine’ names Noa Kirel as one of the 'talented emerging artists' of 2022

The ambitious star seems to want to conquer all aspects of the entertainment world.

Noa Kirel poses on a red carpet as she arrives at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards at the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre in Seville, Spain, November 3, 2019

Miss Behave girl septet promises Motown vibes in Tel Aviv New Orleans Festival

“I have always been drawn to the classics. I remember I found an R&B record lying somewhere. I loved it, particularly American music.”

 THE MISS BEHAVE septet pays tribute to the Motown soul and R&B of the 1960s and 1970s.

Noa Kirel invokes Beyoncé in new English-language single

The single is Kirel’s opening salvo in her attempt to gain international stardom. Her Hebrew language songs are huge sellers and her clips are viewed by millions.

Noa Kirel poses on a red carpet as she arrives at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards at the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre in Seville, Spain, November 3, 2019

Britney Spears wants out. What happens next in her conservatorship?

Legal experts say that wanting out of a court-appointed conservatorship is easier said than done. Spears, now 39, will have to convice the judge that she is capable of managing her personal affairs.

Singer Britney Spears arrives at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York

Rami Kleinstein and Rita, 'first couple' of Israeli pop, reunite on stage

From the mid-1980s until the early 2000s, the couple were a veritable hit-making factory with twin solo careers that soared.

RAMI KLEINSTEIN and Rita.

Luis Fonsi, Nicole Scherzinger collaborate on 'She's BINGO' for Israeli ad

Over a million users around the world play "Bingo Blitz," making it the most popular free mobile game in the world in 2021.

 Luis Fonsi and Nicole Scherzinger in the clip for "She's BINGO"

Togolese-Israeli pop star Stephane Legar goes global

An unlikely star on the Israeli music scene.

STEPHANE LEGAR: I’m growing up and my music is growing with me.

Ari Gold, yeshiva student-turned-pop star and LGBTQ icon, dies at 47

Gold released seven albums, worked with homeless gay youth and worked to raise awareness about AIDS. While no longer Orthodox, he stayed connected to his Jewish identity.

Pop star and LGBTQ+ icon Ari Gold

Phil Spector, famed producer, dies of COVID at 81

Jewish recording genius convicted of murder in 2003, spent final years in prison

Music producer Phil Spector attends his murder trial at the Los Angeles Superior Court in 2007.