HOLLYWOOD (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - Will Smith announced his first album in 20 years. Will Smith has announced the release of his first album in two decades, titled "Based on a True Story," which ...

By Keith Caulfield While some artists shoot to the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart with their debut efforts, it sometimes takes years — or decades — to hit No. 1 for the very first time.

The "Pursuit of Happyness" actor announced a brand new album Thursday. "Based on a True Story," to be released in March, marks Smith's first full studio project since 2005's "Lost and Found." ...

Green Day is among the acts that debuted on the Billboard 200 in the '90s and led for the first time in the first quarter of the 21st century. By Keith Caulfield The 1990s brought a host of new ...

Rapper-turned-actor Will Smith marked his first album announcement in two decades with the release of a new song alongside Big Sean - with a Matrix-inspired music video. The actor and rapper ...

Every nominee at the Grammy Awards hopes to clinch the top prize of the night: album of the year. The coveted prize has previously gone to Hollywood icons like Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, and ...

Bey-lieve it or not: The 2025 album of the year category might be the most high-stakes Grammys race in years. The category has a little something for everyone this year – from the pink-drenched ...

Bob Dylan’s sophomore album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan showed that he wasn’t just another exciting artist to watch, he was a fantastic songwriter. The star’s first release, a self-titled ...

Hurry Up Tomorrow will first premiere as a studio album before its cinematic adaptation, a thriller starring Barry Keoghan and Jenna Ortega, arrives in theaters in May. But there’s a far more ...

The five-movement “Miroirs” is a microcosm of this album’s strengths and weaknesses. The birdsong of “Oiseaux Tristes” has rarely sounded so desolate, and, with carefully layered ...

In the tradition of Nelson’s concept albums of the 1970s, Irving shaped the material into what she considers a narrative sequence. “I kind of wanted a trajectory: You first meet someone ...