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- T-Pain began an acoustic tour in San Francisco, performing his hits without his usual Auto-Tune.
- Jerry Yester, a member of The Lovin' Spoonful since 1967, was arrested in Arkansas on 30 charges of possessing child pornography and was subsequently expelled from the group. In October 2018 he pleaded guilty to eight charges, and in July 2019 he was sentenced to two years in prison and mandatory registration as a sex offender.
- The Killers earned their fifth consecutive No. 1 album on the UK chart with Wonderful Wonderful. The album also reached No. 1 in the US and Australia.
- The album Orchestral Christmas Elvis was released, the third album in the series produced by Priscilla Presley.
- Cardi B's “Bodak Yellow” reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making her the first solo female rapper without a featured artist to top the chart since Lauryn Hill in 1998.
- The Killers achieved their first US No. 1 album with their fifth studio album Wonderful Wonderful, which also reached No. 1 in the UK.
- Foo Fighters were at No. 1 on the US album chart with their ninth studio album, "Concrete and Gold", their second album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Dave Grohl had ended a self-imposed six-month hiatus from music to record the album while recovering from an injury sustained on the Sonic Highways World Tour.
- Apple ended its Elvis Presley biopic project, which was backed by Harvey Weinstein.
- Shania Twain earns her second No. 1 on the UK albums chart with Now. It is her first studio album in 15 years and also reaches No. 1 in the United States, Canada, and Australia.
- Dolly Parton donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University Children's Hospital in Nashville, which had helped her niece during leukemia treatment. The donation was intended for research into infectious diseases in children. Parton announced the gift during a hospital visit and sang songs from her children's album I Believe in You.