That celebrities could use their cultural power to get fans to vote for a candidate struck me as ridiculous at best, snobby and condescending at worst.

Also nominated is Taylor Swift, who beat Beyoncé for Album of the Year when they first faced off in 2010. As L.A. Times pop music critic Mikael Wood reports – another showdown is looming.

A week after the US presidential election, fake posts are claiming superstar singers Beyoncé and Taylor Swift will no longer be performing in Republican states that voted for Donald Trump. Though