Artistic, literary and performing arts

Bob Dylan sold his entire catalogue of recorded music to Japan's Sony Corporation in July last year.

A jazz musician from Kyrgyzstan, Vikram Ruzakhunov, who was detained on suspicion of terrorism, was released from custody.

"Shape of You" from the British artist's third album ÷ ("divide") reached the 3 billion listens milestone on Spotify on 22 December.

Adele and Ed Sheeran lead in the number of nominations.

A court in Minsk sentenced the leaders of the Belarusian fantasy-folk music band Irdorath Vladimir and Nadezhda Kalach, who performed at the protests in Belarus in 2020, to two years in prison.

HBO Max has released the first teaser for the Harry Potter 20th Anniversary Special: Return to Hogwarts.

Rowling is primarily a schoolteacher, she watched children grow up, so the characters of her «Harry Potter» looks like alive.

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) has released its list of nominees for the 2022 Grammy Awards.

Music and poetry festival "Handshake of the republics" started in Tatarstan

The writers of the Oxford Dictionary have chosen "vax", meaning "vaccine", "vaccinate", "vaccinate", as the word of the year 2021.

The Terminator and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger urged humanity to cut down on one product to reduce its carbon footprint.

American actor and musician Jared Leto called the terminally ill Russian woman Anastasia Petrova and congratulated her on her birthday.

Italy received the right to host the competition after the victory of the Maneskin band.

The family of French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo reacted to the publication of the intimate memoirs of his mistress, artist Carlos Sotto Mayor.

It is noted that the song dates back to 1970.