Pink and Pharrell Williams are at legal odds over the use of a name.

According to legal documents obtained by ABC News, Pink's lawyers have filed suit against the "Happy" artist because he's attempting to trademark "P.Inc." Pink's camp argues that would "likely cause confusion, mistake and/or deception” among consumers who see it.

Pharrell's request shows that he intends to use the trademark for a wide range of music-related ventures. Pink's suit argues that her trademark has priority because she's owned it longer; that Pharrell's term is "similar" to her trademark in "sight, sound, meaning and commercial impression"; and that her and Pharrell's "goods and services are identical and/or closely related."

The suit contends Pink "will be damaged" if Pharrell is allowed to trademark his term.

Billboard reported that Pharrell has also been sued by Victoria Secret's PINK brand for the same reason.

At press time, Pharrell's reps had not responded to ABC Audio's request for comment.

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When you win an award and you don't attend the ceremony, they mail you your trophy. Well, Ed Sheeran just received a special delivery.

At the Creative Arts Emmys in January, Ed won his first Emmy for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for "A Beautiful Game," the song he co-wrote for the show Ted Lasso. On his Instagram Story on April 19, Ed shows off his gleaming, golden Emmy statuette. "It arrived. Woof," he captioned the photo.

Also on his Instagram Stories, Ed announced a new hobby: a record club. He posted a photo of him holding Britney Spears' debut album and wrote, "'Ello folks, going to start sharing some of my favourite records -- sign up to be a part of Teddy's Vinyl Breakfast. Happy Record Store Day for Saturday." The post includes a link to sign up.

Record Store Day 2024 is on April 20.

In the past, Ed has said that listening to vinyl is a daily ritual for him. "Every morning I get up with my daughter and give her breakfast with milk. Every morning we put on a vinyl of some sort," he said. "I have this wall of vinyl, and she'll go along with a finger and flick along it and go, 'This one.'"

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The album was a surprise, but the Spotify record isn't. Taylor Swift's double album, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, has broken the streaming platform's record for the most-streamed album in a single day, ABC Audio has confirmed.

The 31-track album has taken the title from the previous most-streamed album of 2024, Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter.

Meanwhile, fans have pored over the lyrics of Taylor's new songs, determining which tracks are about who, but some things appear to be obvious. "The Alchemy" and "So High School" are said to be about her current boyfriend, Travis Kelce, for example, while "So Long London" is likely about her ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn.

Fans feel the song "thanK you aIMee" is about Kim Kardashian, not just because the letters "KIM" are the only ones capitalized in the title, but also because of the lyrics, which are about how Taylor emerged triumphant despite and because of the bullying of a particular woman. Taylor sings, "I can't forgive the way you made me feel ... / I can't forget the way you made me heal." 

Fans also believe the song "Cassandra" is about Kim K., especially because of the line, "they filled my cell with snakes."

There are also a surprising number of songs that appear to be about The 1975 frontman Matty Healy, who Taylor dated for about a month in 2023 after her breakup with Joe. These include the title track, "Guilty as Sin?," "The Black Dog," "Fresh Out the Slammer," "I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)," "loml," "Down Bad," "Peter" and "But Daddy I Love Him," just for starters.

Taylor's also been lurking: She "liked" a post that ranks her ex-boyfriends with Travis' name on top and another one that described Joe as a Hunger Games "tribute" who died.

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Many artists have written songs about being jealous of their partner's ex-lovers, but on Dua Lipa's new album, Radical Optimism, she's thanking the woman her boyfriend dated before her.

Speaking to Zach Sang for the Amazon Music channel on Twitch, Dua explains that the song "Maria" is about expressing gratitude for whoever had your significant other before you did.

"I think this way: When you go through a breakup, that person's gonna go and be so much better for someone else now," she explains. "Because I feel like, whatever happened here, they've learnt, and they're gonna put it into action in the next relationship."

"I think everyone has done that for someone, or someone has done that for them," she continues. "With every relationship, you grow and you become, hopefully, a better version of yourself from the experiences that you've had."

She concludes, "So 'Maria' is really about being grateful to the ex, and being like, 'Thank you for doing that,' because we all grow. We all learn. And now I have this person who's just, like, meant for me in that way."

Dua also agrees with Sang that the theme of the album is about "losing one person but then finding the person who's right." She doesn't indicate who "Mr. Right" is, though lately, she's been seen getting cozy with actor Callum Turner.

In the same interview, Dua describes Radical Optimism, which comes out May 3, as "psychedelic," "very vulnerable and honest," "organic," "dancy and personal" and "experimental."

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Singer Mandisa, who reached the top 10 on American Idol season 5 and later became a Grammy-winning Christian artist, has died, ABC Audio has confirmed. She was 47.

“We can confirm that yesterday [April 18] Mandisa was found in her home deceased," her rep said in a statement to ABC Audio. "At this time we do not know the cause of death or any further details. We ask for your prayers for her family and close knit circle of friends during this incredibly difficult time.”

Mandisa finished ninth on the American Idol season that was won by Taylor Hicks and also gave us Katharine McPhee, Chris Daughtry and Kellie Pickler. During her time on the show, Simon Cowell made cruel comments to her about her weight. She told him she forgave him, adding, "If Jesus could die so that all of my wrongs could be forgiven, I can certainly extend that same grace to you." Cowell then apologized to her.

After her time on Idol, Mandisa released her debut album, True Beauty, in 2007. It debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart and received a Grammy nomination — one of five nods she'd eventually receive. In 2014, her album Overcomer won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album. Her most recent album, Out of the Dark, came out in 2017.

In 2022, she released a memoir, also called Out of the Dark, in which she detailed her past trauma and mental health struggles.

In a statement, David Pierce, the chief media officer of K-Love, a Christian radio network, wrote on social media, "Mandisa struggled, and she was vulnerable enough to share that with us, which helped us talk about our own struggles. Mandisa’s struggles are over, she is with the God she sang about now."

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In one of her new songs, "Clara Bow," Taylor Swift mentions Stevie Nicks, and the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has actually penned a poem that's included in Taylor's new album.

The poem is titled, "For T - and me ..." and it's noted that it was written "September 13 at 8:50 p.m."  It starts, "He was in love with her / Or at least she thought so / She was broken hearted / Maybe he was too / Neither of them knew."

“She was way too hot to handle / He was way too high to try ... she was on her way to the stars / he didn't say goodbye," she continues.

The middle part of the poem reads, in part, "She brings joy / She brings Shakespeare -- / It's almost a tragedy -- / says she / "Don't endanger me -- (pause) / Don't endanger me."

Later, Stevie writes, "He really can’t answer her / He’s afraid of her / He’s hiding from her / And he knows that he’s hurting her / She tells the truth / She writes about it / She’s an informer / He’s an ex-lover / There's nothing there for her / she's already gone / there's nothing that can stop her."

The poem ends, "She was just flying / through the clouds / When he saw her / She was just making her way / to the stars / When he lost her…”

It's not clear which of Taylor's ex-lovers the poem is about. In her own lengthy prologue to the album, Taylor describes being involved with two men who both let her down in different ways.

Taylor and Stevie performed together in 2010 at the Grammy Awards. In June of 2023, Stevie said that she was grateful to Taylor for her song "You're On Your Own, Kid," which she said helped her come to terms with the death of her Fleetwood Mac bandmate Christine McVie.

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Taylor Swift's new album, The Tortured Poets Department, is here and it's a double album.

The singer's 11th studio album arrived at midnight on April 19, and it was swiftly followed up two hours later with a drop of 15 additional songs.

"It’s a 2am surprise: The Tortured Poets Department is a secret DOUBLE album," the singer said in a social media post. "I’d written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years and wanted to share it all with you, so here’s the second installment of TTPD: The Anthology. 15 extra songs. And now the story isn’t mine anymore… it’s all yours."

The album features the songs "The Manuscript," "The Bolter," "The Albatross" and "The Black Dog." There are two guests: Post Malone, on the song "Fortnight," and Florence & the Machine, on "Florida!!!" Taylor's co-writers include Post, Florence, Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, though two songs were solely written by Taylor.

A music video for "Fortnight" will be released at 8 p.m. ET on April 19. This was hinted in a video posted on Taylor Nation announcing the video: It shows a white board with 14 tally marks on it. "Fortnight" means 14 days.

The intense anticipation for the album, which has been building since Taylor announced it on February 4, is reflected in the fact that the Spotify countdown page became the most presaved page in Spotify history. The page included video snippets of Taylor revealing song lyrics: "As she was leaving it felt like breathing," "Lost the game of chance, what are the chances?" and "One less temptress. One less dagger to sharpen."

Here are the titles of the songs on The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology:

"Fortnight" (featuring Post Malone)
"The Tortured Poets Department"
"My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys"
"Down Bad"
"So Long, London"
"But Daddy I Love Him"
"Fresh Out the Slammer"
"Florida!!!" (featuring Florence & the Machine)
"Guilty as Sin?"
"Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?"
"I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)"
"Loml"
"I Can Do It With a Broken Heart"
"The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived"
"The Alchemy"
"Clara Bow"
"The Black Dog"
"imgonnagetyouback"
"The Albatross"
"Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus"
"How Did It End?"
"So High School"
"I Hate It Here"
"thanK you aIMee"
"I Look in People's Windows"
"The Prophecy"
"Cassandra"
"Peter"
"The Bolter"
"Robin"
Bonus Track: "The Manuscript"

(This story has been updated from a previous version.)

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The board meeting has begun: Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department has arrived.

A post on the official Taylor Nation Instagram includes the "agenda" for the board meeting: "Department members will stream The Chairman's manuscript ... press play simultaneously so all members can review the evidence together. Relaxed poets, consult your tortured muse before attending."

The agenda lists what you'll need for the meeting, including a "department-issued uniform," "talismans, charms + snacks" and — because it's Taylor — a "dictionary."

The album features 16 songs plus four bonus tracks available on various iterations: "The Manuscript," "The Bolter," "The Albatross" and "The Black Dog." There are two guests: Post Malone, on the song "Fortnight," and Florence & the Machine, on "Florida!!!" Taylor's co-writers include Post, Florence, Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, though two songs were solely written by Taylor.

A music video for "Fortnight" will be released at 8 p.m. ET on April 19. This was hinted in a video posted on Taylor Nation announcing the video: It shows a white board with 14 tally marks on it. "Fortnight" means 14 days.

The intense anticipation for the album, which has been building since Taylor announced it on February 4, is reflected in the fact that the Spotify countdown page became the most presaved page in Spotify history. The page includes video snippets of Taylor revealing song lyrics: "As she was leaving it felt like breathing," "Lost the game of chance, what are the chances?" and "One less temptress. One less dagger to sharpen."

Here are the intriguing titles of the songs on The Tortured Poets Department:

"Fortnight" (featuring Post Malone)
"The Tortured Poets Department"
"My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys"
"Down Bad"
"So Long, London"
"But Daddy I Love Him"
"Fresh Out the Slammer"
"Florida!!!" (featuring Florence & the Machine)
"Guilty as Sin?"
"Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?"
"I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)"
"Loml"
"I Can Do It With a Broken Heart"
"The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived"
"The Alchemy"
"Clara Bow"

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Sheryl Crow was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last year and she invited Peter Frampton, the first artist she ever saw in concert, to perform with her. The inductees for the hall's Class of 2024 will be announced during the April 21 episode of American Idol, and this year Frampton is on the ballot, which Sheryl is very happy about.

"I'm very excited. You know, he definitely is somebody that is worthy of being in the Rock Hall. I mean, all the way back to Humble Pie [the band he was in from 1969 to 1971]," Sheryl tells ABC Audio. "And there's so many people on the ballot this year I feel like should be in."

"I mean, I grew up listening to Foreigner," she says, naming another group that's up for induction this year. "Whether you love them or you don't love them, I mean, that was the sound — them, and Boston and Kansas, they were the soundtrack to my, you know, radio years as a kid."

Sheryl also throws her support behind one of her contemporaries, plus two of the female artists who appear on the ballot this year: Cher and the late Sinéad O'Connor.

"Certainly Lenny Kravitz," she says. "I mean, if you're going to look up 'rock star' in the dictionary, you will see a picture of him in leather pants. So, a lot of great people on [the ballot]. And yes, Cher and Sinéad." 

In addition to the artists Sheryl mentioned, this year's potential inductees include Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Sade, Oasis, A Tribe Called Quest, Jane's Addiction, Kool & the Gang, Eric B. & Rakim, Ozzy Osbourne and Dave Matthews Band.

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Kelly Clarkson has confirmed the April 19 release of "From the Jump," a duet with English singer James Arthur, best known for his hit "Say You Won't Let Go." She wrote on Instagram, "I love singing with artists that inspire me and vocalists that I adore! So when@jamesarthur23sent me this song, I quite literally jumped to be on it (see what I did there). I hope you enjoy this beautiful song." James replied in the comments, "Can't believe this is happening. thanks for blessing this song Kelly!"

Melissa Etheridge's new Paramount+ docuseries I'm Not Broken will premiere during the 2024 Tribeca Festival, taking place June 5-16 in New York City. The two-part series features Melissa writing a song inspired by correspondence from incarcerated women at the Topeka Correctional Facility in Kansas, then performing it for them at the prison. The premiere will be followed by Melissa playing a short acoustic set at New York's Beacon Theatre.

Variety reports that Melissa is also one of the co-chairs of Mobilize Recovery Across America 2024, a bus tour kicking off September 20. At each stop, partners, volunteers and members of the recovery community will offer training and listening sessions, overdose prevention education and talks about addiction, recovery and mental health. Melissa lost her son Beckett to opioid addiction in 2020.

Not only has Taylor Swift revealed that the first single from her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, is "Fortnight," she also revealed a mysterious #ForaFortnightChallenge on YouTube Shorts. A fortnight is a period of 14 days, in case you don't know. Oh, and that Taylor Swift Apple Music lyrics search has revealed the sentence, "We hereby conduct this post mortem." But of what? Her relationship? We'll know in a few hours.

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Taylor Swift isn't in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — yet — but the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland is celebrating the release of her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, on April 19 with a day full of activities.

Taylor Swift Fan Day at the museum will include her music playing all day, as well as photo ops for Swifties in front of the giant letters that spell out "Long Live Rock" on the museum's outside plaza.

In addition, fans can check out some of the Taylor memorabilia at the museum, including the cardigan she wore in the music video of the same name and the outfit she wore in the video for "willow." 

There will also be friendship bracelet making, music videos being shown in the museum's theater, a trivia contest and a playback of the new album at 2:30 p.m., plus Taylor merch in the on-site store.

By the way, Taylor becomes eligible for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2031.

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A woman who allegedly sent Harry Styles 8,000 cards in less than a month has been jailed and forbidden from seeing him perform, The Western Telegraph reports.

Myra Carvalho, 35, was sentenced to 14 weeks in jail after she pleaded guilty April 16 to the charge of "stalking involving serious alarm or distress." She's also under a 10-year restraining order and isn't allowed to attend any live Harry performance. 

In addition, she's forbidden from contacting Harry, either "directly or indirectly," and can't go to a particular area of London.

According to the BBC, when Caravalho first appeared in court in London back in February, prosecutors said that she also sent Harry handwritten letters, two of which were delivered to his home. The 8,000 cards, some of which were "wedding cards," were e-cards delivered online.

Caravalho, a Brazilian citizen, had traveled to the U.K. in December 2023; her family did not know she was in the country, prosecutors said.

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Elton John's 1974 album, Caribou, turns 50 this year, and a special sky-blue vinyl edition of the album, including a second disc of bonus tracks, will be available on Record Store Day April 20. But fans can watch never-before-seen footage of Elton's first live performance of one of the album's big hits, "The Bitch Is Back," right now.

In 1974, Elton became director of his favorite football team, Watford FC. In order to give the team a financial boost, he staged a benefit concert at the team's home field, Vicarage Road, marking the first time a concert ever took place there. Tickets cost one pound — the equivalent of about 15 bucks today — and Elton took the stage wearing a yellow and black outfit inspired by the team's nickname, the Hornets.

During that show, which drew 40,000 fans, Elton sang "The Bitch Is Back" — a full two months before its parent album, Caribou, was released in June; the single didn't come out for another three months. When it did, it hit the top five on the Billboard Hot 100. The album's first single, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me," had reached #2.

Fun fact: "The Bitch Is Back" got its title from something Bernie Taupin's then-wife, Maxine, would say whenever Elton was in a bad mood or throwing a tantrum.

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After much speculation, Taylor Swift has revealed what the first single from her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, will be: "Fortnight," featuring Post Malone.

Taylor posted artwork for the single on Instagram Thursday and wrote, "The first single from The Tortured Poets Department is………… Fortnight featuring @postmalone. I’ve been such a huge fan of Post because of the writer he is, his musical experimentation and those melodies he creates that just stick in your head forever."

"I got to witness that magic come to life firsthand when we worked together on Fortnight," she continued. "Honestly can’t wait for you guys to hear this song at Midnight TONIGHT and see the video at 8pm ET TOMORROW."

Post is one of two special guests on The Tortured Poets Department; the other one is Florence + the Machine, on the song "Florida!!!"

By the end of the year, it's likely that Posty will be able to brag that he appeared on not one but two of the biggest albums of 2024: he's also featured on Beyoncé's new album, Cowboy Carter.

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Dua Lipa has spoken about how some of her new album Radical Optimism was inspired by her dating experiences, including "Training Season." But now, she's revealed her worst-ever first date — potential suitors, take note.

As part of her ELLE cover story, Dua made a video for Starstruck, the magazine's video series where people talk about their star signs with the magazine's resident astrologers, The AstroTwins. Dua tells them that her perfect first date would be going for a walk in the park. She says her worst experience was "f****** indoor skydiving."

"Horrible! My extensions got tangled ... I was not having fun," she adds. "Never again!"

In her cover story, Dua talks about how, at this point her career, she doesn't want to do anything unless it's fun.

"Whether I’m performing or going out, if it’s not fun, I don’t want it,” she says. “You have to make room for joy. The world can be burning down, but god**** … if you didn’t spend any of your life trying to be happy, I don't know what you’ve done.”

She doesn't even mind if people think she's having too much fun. On being dubbed "Vacanza Queen" because of the fabulous vacation pictures she posts on Instagram, Dua says, "I’ve been busy for almost 10 years Every single day, I’ve had some bit of work to do. But people are going to say something anyway."

"People say a lot of mean things about a lot of people ... [and if that's] what I'm getting, then I’ll take it," she adds.

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