Kim Jong-un's rumoured ex-lover and pop star visits South Korea in a show of inter-Korean Olympic faith.

The vibrancy of Nigeria’s music industry has had a sizable economic impact for the country. Price Water House Coopers’ Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2017 to 2021 forecasts that revenue from the sector will hit 73m dollars.

Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw reports on a Danish pop star who is now topping the charts in China.

No one could have predicted that Teniola Apata, or "Teni, The Entertainer", would become an Afro-pop star in relatively conservative Nigeria. The 26-year-old artist is challenging conventions and hopes to go on to conquer the international scene.

The K-pop star and actress Sulli has been found dead at her home south of Seoul, police say. There were no signs of foul play, but officers did not find a suicide note.

An English Heritage blue plaque is put up in Brixton, south London, for Winifred Atwell, the first Black artist to have a number one in the UK singles chart. The Trinidad-born ragtime pianist released 'Let's Have Another Party' in 1954, when it spent five weeks at the top spot. The installation of the blue plaque is the culmination of a campaign devised by the Nubian Jak Community Trust, in which temporary plaques acknowledging Black Londoners have been put up in different locations around the capital.

Teen pop star Olivia Rodrigo features in a Twitter video posted by the White House encouraging young Americans to get vaccinated against Covid-19. "It doesn’t matter if you’re young and healthy," Rodrigo says, "getting the vaccine is about protecting yourself, your friends and your family. Let’s get vaccinated!"

Seungri, once part of South Korea's K-pop 'royalty,' was convicted on charges related to arranging sex workers for potential investors in his entertainment firm.

Going back to live performances is very much on the mind of musicians these days, after months of introspective confinements and home recordings due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. Ben Shemie from Suuns tells us more about his band's new album "The Witness", whose instinctive new sound will soon be taken to the stage, first in their native Canada and then on tour in Europe.

Afghan pop star Aryana Saeed, an indefatigable women's rights activist, made only one request of her fiance before heading to Kabul airport when the Taliban took over the city: "just shoot me in the head but don't let them take me away alive".

Latvian singer Intars Busulis had millions of fans in Russia and a successful concert career. But he has given all that up now. He is writing pro-peace songs and using social media to try to show Russians what is happening in Ukraine. The move has come at some cost.

The Latvian pop star who left Russian fans behind to stand with Ukraine. Latvian singer Intars Busulis had millions of fans in Russia and a successful concert career. But he has given all that up now. He is writing pro-peace songs and using social media to try to show Russians what is happening in Ukraine.