Chaka Khan, St. Vincent, Haim and Amy Allen are among this year’s honorees at the 2026 Resonator Awards, which will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at Chaplin Studios (formerly known as Henson Studios) in Los Angeles. The Resonator Awards are presented by We Are Moving the Needle, which was founded in 2021 by Grammy-winning mastering engineer Emily Lazar.

“Empowered women empower women,” Khan, who is set to receive the Luminary Award, said in a statement. “I am honored to be part of a movement that celebrates the creativity, resilience, and determination of women creators everywhere. We lift each other and shine. Together, we are moving the needle.”

Fittingly, for an event being held during Grammy Week, several of the honorees are 2026 Grammy nominees.

Allen has four nominations this year – songwriter of the year, non-classical (an award she won last year), album of the year for her contributions to Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend (Allen won in that category three years ago for her work on Harry Styles’ Harry’s House); and two song of the year nods, for cowriting Carpenter’s “Manchild” and the Bruno Mars/Rosé collab “APT.”

Honorees Roselilah and Jayda Love are current record of the year nominees. Roselilah is nominated for co-producing the Kendrick Lamar/SZA collab “Luther”; Love as engineer/mixer of Doechii’s “Anxiety.” Love won a Grammy earlier this year for best rap album for Doechii’s Alligator Bites Never Heal.

Many other honorees are past Grammy winners. Khan is a 10-time Grammy winner. In addition, she will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy at the Special Merit Awards on Saturday, Jan. 31. St. Vincent, a six-time Grammy winner, is the only female solo artist to win multiple Grammys for best alternative music album. She has won in that category three times, for St. Vincent, Daddy’s Home and All Born Screaming. Gena Johnson has won two Grammys – best country album for Chris Stapleton’s Starting Over and best Americana album for Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s Weathervanes.

Other honorees include five-time Grammy nominees HAIM; 2025 Grammy nominee Bella Blasko (Taylor Swift, Gracie Abrams, The National); 2025 producer of the year (non-classical) Grammy nominee Alissia (Mary J. Blige, Anderson .Paak, Kaytranada); writer-producer duo Elvira Anderfjärd and Luka Kloser who crafted Addison Rae’s breakout debut album this year; and Betty Bennett, co-founder of the audio company Apogee Electronics.

Resonator Hall of Fame Awards will be presented to Elaine Martone, Jaime Sickora, Judith Sherman, Mary Mazurek and Michelle Sabolchick, and posthumously to songwriter Allee Willis, who died in 2019, and producer, songwriter and DJ Sophie, who died in 2021. Previous Hall of Fame inductees include Alicia Keys, Linda Perry, Ann Mincieli, Leslie Ann Jones and Marcella Araica.

The event will include a seated dinner, awards ceremony, and live performances. Funds raised will go to support the mission of We Are Moving the Needle – a nonprofit organization working to “radically reshape the future of the recording industry.” The organization empowers women, trans, and non-binary creators, producers and engineers to succeed through scholarships and grants, mentorship, research, advocacy, and community events.

“We Are Moving The Needle is about strengthening the music industry so creators can thrive on their own terms,” Lazar said in a statement. “The Resonator Awards are a reflection of that mission — honoring not only remarkable artistry, but the shared commitment to building an industry that lives up to its values.”

In 2019, Lazar became the first female mastering engineer to win a Grammy for best engineered album, non-classical for her work on Beck’s Colors. Two years later, she became the first mastering engineer to land three Grammy nods for album of the year in a single year. She was the mastering engineer on Coldplay’s Everyday Life, Haim’s Women in Music Pt. III and Jacob Collier’s Djesse Vol. 3. 

Here’s a complete list of this year’s honorees, with the presenters listed alongside them:

Luminary Award: Chaka Khan presented by Sia

Golden Trifecta Award: St. Vincent presented by Olivia Rodrigo

Disruptors Award: HAIM presented by Rostam

Powerhouse Award: Gena Johnson presented by Jason Isbell

Exceptional Ears Award: Bella Blasko presented by Aaron Dessner 

Exceptional Ears Award: Jayda Love presented by special guest

Calliope Award: Amy Allen presented by Laufey

All-Star Award: Alissia presented by Anderson .Paak

In Stereo Award: Elvira Anderfjärd and Luka Kloser presented by Addison Rae

Breakthrough Award: Roselilah presented by Emily Lazar

Equalizer Award: Betty Bennett presented by Tony Berg

Resonator Hall of Fame Awards: Elaine Martone, Jaime Sickora, Judith Sherman, Mary Mazurek, Michelle Sabolchick, Allee Willis (In Memoriam), SOPHIE (In Memoriam)

BRISBANE, Australia — Powered by concerts from AC/DC, Metallica and a slew of sporting concerts, Optus Stadium is crowned as Australia’s stadium of the year.

The Perth venue takes the top honors in the seventh edition of the fan-voted awards, organized by Austadiums, the online resource for Australian and New Zealand venues and events.

Optus Stadium secured 27.5% of the public vote, narrowly beating Adelaide Oval (23%) and Suncorp Stadium (18.2%).

The venue’s “continued success comes off another major year hosting high-profile AFL matches, international cricket, concerts, and special events,” reads a statement from Austadiums. “Its riverfront location, modern design, and strong match-day atmosphere continue to resonate with fans nationwide.”

Opening in January 2018, Optus Stadium has a standard seating capacity of 60,000, making it the country’s third-largest stadium, though the venue can be reconfigured to hold up to 65,000 for rectangular field sports, like soccer and rugby, and more for concerts, lifting to 70,000 or more with temporary seating. It’s owned by the Western Australian state government and operated by VenuesLive.

Optus Stadium has now won stadium of the year every year since 2019, with the exception of the inaugural 2018 vote, which was nabbed by the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The west won big as RAC Arena edged out east coast heavyweight Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne to snag best indoor arena for the third consecutive year.

“We’re proud to create unforgettable live experiences for the people of WA,” comments RAC Arena general manager, Michael Scott, in a statement, “and look forward to welcoming even more world-class events to the venue in 2026.”

Also, Adelaide Oval won a brace, for best oval stadium and most picturesque stadium, while Suncorp Stadium (best rectangular stadium) and GMHBA Stadium (best regional stadium) were in the winners’ circle.

The awards are a national, fan-voted competition recognizing excellence across Australian venues in six categories, with more than 570 stadiums and arenas eligible for nomination.

The numbers are in for Katy Perry’s Lifetimes tour, which wrapped last month with more than $134 million total gross ticket sales, according to figures provided by her management.

All told, the trek shifted upwards of 1.05 million tickets from 91 shows in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America, and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for good causes.

In the United States, fans generated more than $264,000 for Perry’s Firework Foundation, which aims to empower children from underserved communities through arts initiatives. And in the United Kingdom, north of £81,000 ($109,000) was secured for the Music Venue Trust, the charitable organization that protects, secures and improves the country’s grassroots music venues.

Live Nation backed the U.S. and Canada legs of the tour, which officially launched April 23 in Mexico City, and wrapped up Dec. 7 in Abu Dhabi — a seven-and-a-half month jaunt.

Along the way, Perry stopped by 23 countries, including China, where she performed six shows. Those concerts in China — two in Hangzhou, three in Shanghai and one in Haikou — sold out one minute after going on sale, Perry’s reps tell Billboard.

The Lifetimes Tour was themed around Perry saving the world by rescuing a motif-heavy kaleidoscope of butterflies, which represented her various musical eras. With the finishing line in sight, Perry got new ink tied into the theme.

The tour came off the back of 143, which debuted and peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 in late September 2024, for her seventh top 10 album in the U.S.

On the music front, Perry’s most recent release is “Bandaids” from early November 2025, a ballad that explores the end of a longterm relationship. The single, her first single since splitting with Lord of the Rings actor Orlando Bloom, topped Billboard’s favorite new music poll following its release.

Universal Music and Dean Lewis have cut ties following a wave of misconduct allegations against the Australian singer and songwriter.

A spokesperson for the major music company shared with Billboard a brief statement that reads, “We can confirm that Dean Lewis is no longer signed to Universal Music Australia or any Universal Music Group label.”

The split comes after multiple women turned to TikTok in the back-end of 2025, to address Lewis’ alleged inappropriate behavior with fans online.

The “Be Alright” singer responded by yanking his nominations for the ARIA and TikTok Awards, and by sharing a seven-slide apology on Instagram. “In the past few days,” he wrote in the post, published Oct. 30, “social media has made public a decade-plus of private conversations with a number of women, all of adult age.”

He continued, “from the bottom of my heart, I want to sincerely apologise to those I’ve hurt. This is not only an apology to the women who have spoken up, but those who haven’t and felt hurt by my words or behavior. I also need to apologise to my family and fans who I’ve gravely disappointed.”

The 38-year-old Sydneysider also assured he would make “a lot of changes,” and accept a “whole new set of rules” in how he engages with fans or respond to messages.

Lewis boasted a decade on the Universal Music roster, having signed with Island Records and Universal Music Australia in April 2016. Since then, Lewis has accumulated 15 billion streams and shifted 7 million albums and EPs worldwide, and has been one of Australia’s leading international breakthroughs.

An international hit landed with “Be Alright,” which peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and logged 29 weeks on the tally in 2018 and 2019. The single just missed out on the top 10 in the U.K., where it peaked at No. 11. Lewis followed it up with a second top 40 hit, 2022’s “How Do I Say Goodbye,” which peaked at No. 23 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart.

His debut 2019 album A Place We Knew cracked the top 40 in the United States and the United Kingdom and went to No. 1 in his homeland. Universal Music issued his second album The Hardest Love, peaking at No. 4 in Australia in 2022, and last year released The Epilogue, topping out at No. 2.