New Music Friday Sept 11: John Legend, Ricky Martin, Kings of Leon, Jhené Aiko, Tinashe, LE SSERAFIM and More

Happy New Music Friday! The weekend is here, which means more streaming, new playlists and the best that music has to offer — and ET has you covered for everything in between.

Celine Dion is set to make her return to the stage this weekend with CELINE DION PARIS 2026, her limited engagement at the renowned Paris La Défense Arena. Celine will perform her most beloved hits in both French and English. Due to overwhelming demand, Celine announced 10 dates set for May 2027.

Miley will make her return to the stage with a two-night stand at Hollywood Bowl on October 16 and 18. There was a record-breaking demand for her shows with nearly 1.5 million fans in the pre-sale ticket queue. Miley’s lead title track “Bass Persuades” launched as the #1 most added song across U.S. radio this week, it was the #1 song on iTunes U.S., #1 Spotify Top Songs Debut in U.S. and #2 Top Songs Debut on Global chart.

Harry Styles will expand his record-breaking global Together, Together tour with 25 new dates across 12 cities in 2027. The 2027 dates kick off April 2, playing stadiums for the first time ever in the U.S. and Canada with back to back shows at State Farm Stadium in Phoenix, AZ, before continuing to Dallas, Los Angeles, Toronto, Atlanta and Chicago. Harry will then head to Europe for performances in Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome and Dublin before returning home to London for three shows at Wembley Stadium to close out the tour. Each city will feature different special guests including Tinashe, CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso, Kylie Minogue, Lainey Wilson, Q Marsden, The Womack Sisters, Getdown Services, Caroline Polacheck, Feist, LCD Soundsystem, Baby Rose and Tears For Fears.

MusiCares has named U2 – Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr – as the 2027 MusiCares Persons of the Year. U2 will be honored for their groundbreaking body of work and decades of using their reach, resources and music to support people and the fight for justice around the world. The 36th Annual Persons of the Year benefit gala will be held at a new location, Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on February 5, two nights before the 2027 Grammys at Crypto.com Arena.

The Country Music Association announced the nominees for The 60th Annual CMA Awards. Ella Langley leads with 9 nominations and other top nominees include Miranda Lambert with 7, Kacey Musgraves and Ben West with 5 nominations each, Cody Johnson, Chris Stapleton, Stephen Wilson Jr. with 4 each, Dave Clauss, Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson with 3 each. Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Ella Langley, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson are up for CMA Entertainer of the Year. Taylor Swift is nominated for Singer of the Year for “I Knew It, I Knew You.” Country Music’s Biggest Night hosted by Lainey Wilson will air November 18 on ABC, Disney+ and next day on Hulu.

Telemundo and Billboard unveiled the finalists for the 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards. Peso Pluma leads with 17, Tito Double P with 15, Fuerza Regida with 12, Karol G with 9, Prince Royce with 8, Bad Bunny with 7. The awards will air live on Telemundo and Peacock on October 22 from the James L. Knight Center in Miami.

YEONJUN is set to perform at the Global Citizen Festival in New York City on September 26. He will perform as the festival’s second male K-pop solo artist and will perform a standalone set with tracks from his most recent solo album, NO LABELS; PART 02, which debuted #1 on Billboard’s World Albums Chart.

JAŸ-Z wrapped historic two sold out nights at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London last weekend. Celebrating 30 years of “Reasonable Doubt” and 25 years of “The Blueprint,” JAŸ-Z performed hits like “Izzo,” “Empire State of Mind,” “99 Problems,” “Dirt off Your Shoulder” and more. He brought out special guest performers including Sampha, Dave, Sir Idris Elba, Giggs, DJ Khaled, Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean.

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Country Splash launched the first-ever multi-day beachfront country festival in Cabo this past weekend with performances from Riley Green, Tucker Wetmore, Dasha, Cameron Whitcomb, Lauren Watkins and more. Across three days, guests experienced poolside sets, sunset acoustic performances, nightly shows, curated wellness experiences and more at Paradisus Los Cabos. Riley closed out the inaugural weekend with a set including his hits and fan-favorites like “Different ‘Round Here” and “Think As You Drunk.”

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Plus, new music from John Legend, Ricky Martin, Kings of Leon, Jhené Aiko, Eric Church, Quavo and T.I., Dove Cameron, Bleachers, Tinashe, Darius Rucker, LE SSERAFIM, EVAN, Slayyyter and more.

“Daylight” – John Legend