A superfan accused of hacking Kelsea Ballerini and leaking her unreleased music has reached an agreement with the star’s lawyers not to share her songs with anyone else — and to name any people he’s already sent them to. Just a week after Ballerini sued Bo Ewing over accusations thatContinue Reading
The Pet Shop Boys are sharing their thoughts on Taylor Swift following the release of the superstar’s 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department. In an interview with The Guardian, the group’s Neil Tennant shared, “I was looking at the chart earlier today … and it’s all Taylor Swift.” HeContinue Reading
Denise Welch recently quipped she “wasn’t aware” of The Tortured Poets Department‘s release — which now makes two people in Matty Healy‘s family who haven’t heard Taylor Swift‘s new album. The British talk show star — mom to The 1975‘s frontman — talked about the pop star’s latest project withContinue Reading
The Rolling Stones will launch the group’s Hackney Diamonds North American tour on April 28 at NRG Houston, and the lineup of openers for various dates on the tour includes a few heavy-hitters from country and Americana circles. Reigning CMA entertainer of the year Lainey Wilson, as well as TylerContinue Reading
On today’s episode of Billboard‘s Chart Rewind, we look back at Blondie hitting their first of four No. 1s on the Hot 100 with their hit “Heart of Glass” in 1979. Narrator:Blondie hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 this week in 1979. “Heart of Glass” was the group’sContinue Reading
Billboard‘s Editorial Director of R&B and Hip-Hop, Gail Mitchell, and Billboard‘s Executive Editor, West Coast & Nashville, Melinda Newman, Doctor of Musicology Jada Watson and singer-songwriter Ink discuss the intersectionality of the Black history of country music. Ink:Coming from a powerful voice like Beyoncé, she just took us all backContinue Reading
Audacy has reduced its workforce by 2%, according to a company spokesperson. Affected employees included a Boston sports reporter who was laid off the day before today’s NFL Draft, a Chicago afternoon news anchor and roughly 98 other employees, according to reports. “It’s like, ‘How many layoffs can they goContinue Reading
Ye (the artist formerly known as Kanye West) has deleted his X account seemingly after receiving a wave of backlash for announcing a new adult content website. On Wednesday (April 24), the rapper tweeted a six second video with the phrase “Yeezy Porn Is Cumming,” directing viewers to “go to yeezy.com.”Continue Reading
In 2021, with nearly four decades of recording under her belt, 15-time Grammy winner CeCe Winans released her first live album, Believe for It. However, with the world still reeling from COVID, she and her team were forced to shift the dynamics of making the album, recording the project inContinue Reading
Beyoncé has a new bestie. It all started when a TikTok user named Bea Fabregas shared an adorable video of her two-year-old toddler named Tyler asking where Bey is during a pizza date. When Fabregas explained that she doesn’t know the 32-time Grammy winner personally, Tyler insisted that Beyoncé isContinue Reading
Country music star Mickey Guyton sat down with BMAC CEO and president Prophet for a one-on-one conversation at Black Music Action Coalition, in partnership with Billboard presents Act II: A Conversation Around “Three Chords and the Actual Truth.” Mickey Guyton:When this was starting, I remember going up to my recordContinue Reading
Mexican music star Carin León will hit the road with his Boca Chueca Tour 2024, which is set to kick off Sept. 27 in Reading, Pa. Promoted by AEG Presents in partnership with CMN, the trek will hit major cities across North America and Europe, including one night at the MadisonContinue Reading
Lil Nas X has been testing the waters on new music throughout the year, and a nother previously teased single has finally arrived. “Trust Me” landed on the Grammy-winning artist’s SoundCloud page on Wednesday (April 24) after fans reacted positively to the snippet earlier in 2024. “this song means aContinue Reading
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Selena Gomez showed off her shoe game while kicking it courtside at the New York KnicksContinue Reading
Regardless of where she placed, there’s no question that Plane Jane left an impact on season 16 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Related ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Runner-Up Sapphira Cristál Feels ‘Very Seen’ After Miss… 04/25/2024 As one of the two most winning queens of the season, Plane entered the finale (whichContinue Reading
Sometimes, having some extra time on your hands can be a good thing. The Motown Papi YouTube channel is the perfect example of that. As fans await for Kendrick Lamar to respond to the multiple diss tracks Drake has released over the past few weeks, the person behind this accountContinue Reading
Flavor Flav isn’t letting hate slide. After learning that Jelly Roll recently quit social media due to relentless bullying about his weight, the rapper came to the country star’s defense in a heated video posted to social media Wednesday (April 24). Related Bunnie XO Says Jelly Roll Quit Social MediaContinue Reading
Fans have a lot of reason to want to see Selena Gomez find love. The singer-actress has been open about her struggles with heartbreak in the past, and her on-off relationship with Justin Bieber, as well as their painful final breakup in 2018, was highly publicized. But while 2023 broughtContinue Reading
Bon Jovi rocked launched to fame in the era when rock stars still toured the world in jumbo jets with the band’s name painted on the side. Four decades after the group’s inception, most people can name at least one Bon Jovi song, with the band clocking 10 Hot 100Continue Reading
More than 250 artists including Billie Eilish, Lorde, Fall Out Boy, Diplo, Becky G, Green Day, Sia and many more signed an open letter on Thursday (April 25) to the Senate Committee on Commerce urging Congress to pass the Fans First Act. The artists argue that the bill advocating forContinue Reading
Festival season is in full swing! We’re breaking down all the headlining acts for this year’s festival season. Tetris Kelly:Lana Del Rey, Post Malone and more have been announced as some of the headlining acts of the 2024 music festival season, and we have the rundown on all this year’sContinue Reading
Armada Music‘s BEAT Music Fund has acquired Cloud 9 Music, an Amsterdam based music publisher. As part of the acquisition, the teams of Armada Music’s existing publishing company, Armada Publishing B.V., and Cloud 9 Music will merge to form Armada Music Publishing. The company’s BEAT Music Fund is dedicated toContinue Reading
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Twenty One Pilots drummer Josh Dun makes his directorial debut in the just-released clip for the Columbus duo’s latest preview of their Clancy album, “Backslide.” The visual for the mid-tempo tune debuted on Thursday morning (April 25) and it finds singer Tyler Joseph tooling around town on his red andContinue Reading
This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles celebrating the music of 20 years ago. Our 2004 Week continues here with our list of the year’s best deep cuts — our staff’s favorite ’04 album tracks that were never released as official U.S. singles. For a long time, it seemed likeContinue Reading
Here’s some dynamite news for ARMY: BTS‘ RM has announced that his second solo album is on the way! Right Place, Wrong Person is set to arrive on May 24, and will feature 11 tracks “infused with alternative music and rich sounds,” according to the press release. The K-pop superstarContinue Reading
Barbra Streisand is back with her first new song in six years, releasing “Love Will Survive” for Hulu’s The Tattooist of Auschwitz Thursday (April 25). Related Elon Musk & Rupert Murdoch No Longer Receiving Ruth Bader Ginsburg Award After Criticism From… 04/25/2024 The emotional track finds the eight-time Grammy winnerContinue Reading
The iHeartCountry Festival Presented by Capital One is returning to Austin, Texas, on May 4, featuring performances from Keith Urban, Jason Aldean, Jelly Roll, Old Dominion, Lady A, Riley Green, Ashley McBryde, Brothers Osborne and Walker Hayes. The festival, hosted by iHeartMedia nationally syndicated on-air personality Bobby Bones, will onceContinue Reading
Mike Pinder, the last surviving original member of psychedelic rock of 1960s/70s prog rock band the Moody Blues has died at 82. The pioneering keyboardist/singer credited with helping to introduce the mellotron into the rock arena passed away on Wednesday (April 24) at his home in Northern California of undisclosedContinue Reading
Back in 2002, Sean Paul’s “Gimme the Light” reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, kicking off one of the most prolific crossover careers in dancehall history. Two decades later, Ice Spice, one of the hottest names in contemporary hip-hop, announced her own “Gimme the Light”-sampling single during her 2024Continue Reading
Lay Bankz’s “Tell Ur Girlfriend” is a No. 1 song on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart, vaulting from No. 11 to the top of the ranking dated April 27. The TikTok Billboard Top 50 is a weekly ranking of the most popular songs on TikTok in the United StatesContinue Reading
Benny Blanco is set to receive the BMI President’s Award at the 2024 BMI Pop Awards. The private event, hosted by BMI president & CEO Mike O’Neill and vice president, worldwide creative Barbara Cane, will be held on Tuesday, June 4, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.Continue Reading
On April 25, 2009, Rascal Flatts’ “Here Comes Goodbye” ascended to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, becoming the 10th of the trio’s 12 leaders. Related Chart Rewind: In 2006, Rascal Flatts Had the ‘Most’ Popular Country Hit 04/25/2024 The song was written by Clint Lagerberg and Chris SlighContinue Reading
Peter Shapiro has added another room to his ever-expanding portfolio of classic venues, inking a long-term lease to manage and program the historic Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, NY. Situated in the Hudson Valley’s bucolic Catskills region, the storied theater was built in 1989 to accompany the Bearsville Studios, where artistsContinue Reading
It wasn’t the technicolor morphing cars, or the giant robot shooting lights from its eyes into the crowd. It wasn’t the lava-lamp-like oozes, or the stories-tall geometric patterns, or the hyper-detailed videography of misty mountain ranges and sun-drenched clouds. No, the trippiest part of Phish’s Sphere visuals was the “YouContinue Reading
A Houston judge has denied Travis Scott’s motion to be dismissed from sprawling litigation over the 2021 disaster at the Astroworld music festival ahead of a looming jury trial next month. Scott’s attorneys had argued that the star himself could not be held legally liable for the deadly crowd crushContinue Reading
The third annual Gold Gala event will take place at the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles on May 11 and feature appearances from Saweetie, Lucy Liu, Cynthia Erivo, Padma Lakshmi and the cast of Beef. The definitive annual gathering of top Asian Pacific and multicultural leaders will bring togetherContinue Reading
Jelly Roll “righted a wrong” to a fellow performer and offered up a brand new song during a concert Wednesday night (April 24) on the eve of the NFL Draft in Detroit. Related Bunnie XO Says Jelly Roll Quit Social Media Due to Being Bullied About His Weight 04/25/2024 Fresh offContinue Reading
Public Enemy co-founder Chuck D and Hip Hop 4 Peace founder Tina Marie Tyler are among the honorees for the upcoming Rap 4 Peace: A Hip-Hop Gun Violence Awareness Conference & Gala. The event will be held on National Gun Violence Awareness Day (June 2) at Shutters on the BeachContinue Reading
In addition to our Peggy Gou cover story, check out this Q&A with Aaron Sinclair, who photographed Gou for Billboard‘s AAPI issue. Tell us a little about your own background. I was born and raised in L.A. and spent most of my life growing up in downtown. I spent aContinue Reading
As Peso Pluma‘s main songwriter, Roberto Laija penned some of the Mexican star’s early hits, including “El Belicon,” “Siempre Pendientes,” “PRC” and “AMG,” all of which helped catapult the artist to the top of the global charts. Now, after writing multiple corridos-turned-anthems, and becoming a bonafide hitmaker, Laija — who isContinue Reading
Superstar DJ Peggy Gou talks about her debut album ‘I Hear You’ coming out in June, working with artist Olafur Eliasson on the album cover, her collaboration “I Believe In Love Again” with Lenny Kravitz, how much she loves her job and traveling all over the world, how her fansContinue Reading
On a hulking gray building on a wide boulevard once bisected by the Berlin Wall, a silver call button grants access to an expansive, shadowy, unfurnished foyer. Ascend a winding set of stairs and open the door at the top, and you’ll find the office of the CEO: South Korea-bornContinue Reading
You couldn’t throw a juggling stick in Las Vegas last week without hitting a Phish phan who was totally phreaking out about the band’s mind-melting run of shows at the Sphere. Definitely count comedian and The Price Is Right host Drew Carey among those whose minds were pried open byContinue Reading
President Joe Biden signed into law a national security bill on Wednesday that would force TikTok to be sold by its owner, ByteDance, or face a possible ban in the United States. Minutes later, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew responded with a video posted to the platform, declaring that “rest assured, we aren’t goingContinue Reading
Andra Day, The War and Treaty, Shinedown and Ravyn Lenae are the first performers announced for the inaugural Grammy Hall of Fame Gala. The gala, co-presented by the Recording Academy and the Grammy Museum, will take place on May 21 at the Novo Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Veteran CBSContinue Reading
Concord and Blackstone are in a bidding war to acquire the equity of Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF). On Wednesday (April 24), Concord bid $1.25 per share for HSF’s share capital, beating Blackstone’s offer of $1.24 per share (1.00 GBP), or $1.5 billion, announced on Sunday (April 21). In response toContinue Reading
It never hurts when your boyfriend’s mom thinks you’re really good at your job. In Taylor Swift‘s case that means getting a five-star review from Donna Kelce for her record-shattering new double-album, The Tortured Poets Department. Mama Kelce spoke to People magazine this week at a QVC event in LasContinue Reading
Primary Wave Music strikes a deal to acquire Neil Finn’s music publishing catalog and writer’s share of public performance for his work with Crowded House, the legendary Kiwi artist’s folk-rock favorites. Songs included in the deal are the classics “Better Be Home Soon,” “Weather With You” and “Don’t Dream It’sContinue Reading
Reba McEntire is back in the saddle as host of the Academy of Country Music Awards, returning to the top job for a record 17th time. The veteran country artist will lead the 2024 edition of the ACM Awards, set for Thursday, May 16, at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT/5Continue Reading
Miss Cleocatra is a one top cat with class and style but, it turns out, she doesn’t have nine lives. The feline got ousted during episode 8 of The Masked Singer’s 11th season, which aired Wednesday, April 24. The theme was “Girl Group Night,” and the celebrity contestants – andContinue Reading
Taylor Swift sets a new career mark in the U.K., as The Tortured Poets Department mounts a massive lead in the national chart race. In just three tracking days, Tortured Poets (via EMI) notches a U.K. career best opening week for Swift with more than 220,000 combined units, according toContinue Reading
Newcomers Oscar Ortiz and Edgardo Nuñez combine efforts for their first No. 1 on any Billboard chart as “First Love” ascends 3-1 on the April 27-dated Regional Mexican Airplay ranking. The song was released Dec. 23 via BadSin Records, the music management company co-owned by Ortiz and his brothers KevinContinue Reading
The 2024 Latin American Music Awards are taking place this Thursday, April 25, live from Las Vegas via Univision. Before all the glitz and glam, Billboard was backstage at rehearsals catching up with some of the night’s nominees and performers. Under the theme “We Speak Música,” the awards ceremony willContinue Reading
Thursday, April 25 2024 Plenty coming up and LockedIN TV is working on your calendar!Continue Reading
As Machine Gun Kelly says in a new episode of Hot Ones Versus: “You have got to be out of your motherf—ing mind” if you think he wants any smoke from the Swifties. MGK goes head-to-head with his friend and fellow musician Trippie Redd in the new episode, which turnsContinue Reading
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Victoria Beckham is expanding her fashion résumé. The former Spice Girl released her first collection withContinue Reading
The 100 Percenters, a musicians’ advocacy group, announced Wednesday (April 24) that several music organizations have signed a pledge designed to hold companies accountable for ensuring workplace safety. Signees to the pledge, which was devised by The 100 Percenters, include the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), BMI, the Recording Academy,Continue Reading
Sierra Ferrell and Steep Canyon Rangers will spearhead the annual International Bluegrass Music Association’s IBMA Bluegrass Live! festiavl powered by PNC when it returns to downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on Sept. 27-28. Also on the main stage are special guests Chatham County Line, Sierra Hull, Sam Bush, Rhonda Vincent &Continue Reading
Madison Beer has gone full Jennifer Check. The 25-year-old singer shared the official music video for her viral hit, “Make You Mine,” on Wednesday (April 24), and in the Jennifer’s Body inspired clip, Beer acts as a cheerleader who teams up with her best friend to lure and kill andContinue Reading
Broadway Bares is back, and this time, the annual charity burlesque spectacular hits the jackpot with a sinful Las Vegas theme: Hit the Strip. Each year, the razzle-dazzle show brings together Broadway’s finest dancers in a music-filled evening, produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA). More than 150Continue Reading
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Sabrina Carpenter has been keeping busy after making her SKIMS campaign debut. Along with performing forContinue Reading
Kim Petras is taking a break to heal. The 31-year-old superstar took to social media on Wednesday (April 24) to announce that she is canceling her scheduled festival performances this summer. “My buns, I’m devastated to be writing this but I’m going through some health issues and under medical adviceContinue Reading
It’s Wednesday, April 24th, and we have legal issues and confessions to share with you. Unfortunately for over 170 million users, TikTok is officially banned in the US unless the owners of the app can find a new owner in the next 9 months. Is Megan Thee Stallion going backContinue Reading
Elliott “YN” Wilson is re-entering the journalistic landscape after being named editorial director of hip-hop journalism overseeing UPROXX, HipHopDX and Dime Magazine. The news follows the announcement on Wednesday (April 24) that all three brands were acquired by media veteran Jarret Myer to form UPROXX Studios alongside Complex alum RichContinue Reading
Becky G has a double celebration this week: co-hosting the 2024 Latin American Music Awards and reaching 10 years since the release of “Shower.” Joining Thalia, Alejandra Espinoza and Carlos Ponce, Becky (real name: Rebbeca Marie Gomez) will co-host the award ceremony that will be presented in a combination ofContinue Reading
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Believe reported strong first-quarter revenues of €230.3 million ($248.5 million) on Wednesday (April 24) despite foreign exchange fluctuations that led to slower organic growth compared to the final quarter of last year. The company reported an adjusted organic growth rate of 16.1%, which was in line with guidance, although downContinue Reading
Tate McRae slowed things down at her recent concert in London for a stripped-back cover of Ariana Grande‘s “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love).” In a clip from the Canadian singer/songwriter’s pair of sold-out shows at the Apollo Theatre on April 22-23, McRae wears a green tracksuit whileContinue Reading
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. The Main Stage has landed in Las Vegas with RuPaul’s Drag Race LIVE! If you couldn’tContinue Reading
Papercuts, the first greatest-hits compilation from Linkin Park, debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums chart dated April 27. The set bows with 44,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in its first week (April 12-18), according to Luminate. The majority (23,000) is from streamingContinue Reading
Matty Healy is rumored to be one of the tortured poets on Taylor Swift‘s new album, but he doesn’t seem to be affected by it. The 1975 frontman was approached by paparazzi in Los Angeles on Wednesday (April 24), where he was asked how he felt about his “Taylor dissContinue Reading
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In our franchise “The Stars Behind the Stars,” Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors share stories that have yet to be told, directly from those who aren’t often in front of the spotlight. Think “todo lo que no se ve detrás de cámaras,” or “everything that happens behind the scenes.” These unsung heroes areContinue Reading
Ten weeks after Prince Royce and Gabito Ballesteros monopolized Billboard’s Tropical Airplay chart with “Cosas De La Peda,” the song slides to the top of the overall Latin Airplay chart (dated April 27), up from No. 3 a week ago. The hit is the seventh single from Royce’s album, LlamadaContinue Reading
Chance the Rapper is making his long-awaited comeback. The Chicago MC has announced a new mixtape entitled Star Line inspired by his trip to Ghana and Marcus Garvey’s Black Star Line — a short-lived shipping and transportation endeavor meant to transport goods, services and African-American tourists to and from Africa.Continue Reading
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson confesses how at one point he wanted to be a country star, his upcoming dream performance with Chris Janson and more! Tetris Kelly: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is a true country fan, but did you know he’s a country singer too? Dwayne Johnson may have appearedContinue Reading
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Bon Jovi gets the documentary treatment in Thank You Good Night, The Bon Jovi Story, premieringContinue Reading
After reaching 1 billion streams on Spotify last year, Eminem’s “Mockingbird” video has entered another billion club with the introspective clip surpassing 1 billion views on YouTube. The 2004 Encore single is Em’s fifth solo video to cross 1 billion views and his sixth overall including Akon’s “Smack That” (EminemContinue Reading
Madonna is performing a series of five concerts in Mexico City this week as part of her Celebration Tour, an occasion that the Queen of Pop has taken to reiterate her love for Mexican culture and one of its most iconic figures: the famous painter Frida Kahlo. “As you know,Continue Reading
The four finalists of PRODUCE 101 JAPAN THE GIRLS, one of the largest audition programs ever held in Japan, are set to make their Japan debut from Universal Music on June 19 as the brand-new group IS:SUE. The members are RIN (Rin Aita), NANO (Nano Kenmotsu), YUUKI (Yuuki Tanaka), andContinue Reading
Celine Dion is opening up about her surprise appearance at the Grammys earlier this year, which marked the singer’s first appearance since being diagnosed with the rare neurological disorder Stiff Persons Syndrome in late 2022. In a video with Vogue France, in which Dion recounts memories she associates with someContinue Reading
Alone in his house, surrounded by friends. That’s the contradictory state presented in John Morgan’s first radio single, a collaboration with Jason Aldean titled “Friends Like That.” The two singers are pals at a professional level, for sure, since Morgan wrote three of Aldean’s recent hits and is signed toContinue Reading
Jess Glynne shares the story of how she wrote and recorded the song “Hold My Hand” with Jack from Clean Bandit on Billboard‘s How It Went Down. She shares the spontaneity of the song’s lyrics coming together, how it’s remained relevant four years after its release and more! Jess Glynne:Hey,Continue Reading
Welcome to Billboard Pro‘s Trending Up newsletter, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry’s attention. Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blinkContinue Reading
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. If you’re looking for Spanish-language movies, TV shows, sports and news online, one of the bestContinue Reading
Kate Hudson is reminiscing on her time on Glee. The star sat down with Glee star Jenna Ushkowitz on the newest episode of her Sibling Revelry, which the Almost Famous actress hosts with her brother Oliver Hudson. “It was a very dramatic set,” Kate recalled of the hit Fox series.Continue Reading
Singer-songwriter Forrest Frank hits the top five with his maiden entry on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart. The Houston native and Baylor University graduate’s four-song EP God Is Good enters the April 27-dated chart at No. 5. Released April 12, it earned 4,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. inContinue Reading
Concord Music raised its bid to take over Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF) on Wednesday (April 24) to $1.25 per share, one penny higher than the competing offer that Blackstone floated on April 20 — further ratcheting up the fight for control of the music rights company’s assets. Related What’s NextContinue Reading
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, hasn’t just broken records, but left EasterContinue Reading
Radiohead has officially entered YouTube’s Billion Views Club, as the video for their 1992 classic, “Creep,” surpassed a billion views on the platform. The milestone marks the UK rockers’ first video to accomplish the feat. The clip is simple but effective, featuring the band — comprised of Thom Yorke; brothers JonnyContinue Reading
This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles celebrating the music of 20 years ago. Our 2004 Week continues here with the story behind Bowling for Soup’s “1985,” a ruefully nostalgic top 40 hit that has taken on a different meaning for its creators now that it’s been longer since itsContinue Reading
Drake and Ye — formerly known as Kanye West — have just about seen it all throughout their decorated careers. The pair of rap titans have been friends, collaborators, mentors, enemies and more over the course of the last 15 years. The 6 God once hailed Ye as the “mostContinue Reading
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. The 2024 NFL Draft is rolling into the Motor City! The three-day draft event kicks offContinue Reading
Taylor Swift‘s The Tortured Poets Department is now the only album in Spotify history to surpass one billion streams in a single week, the streaming service announced Wednesday (April 24) — and it only needed five days to do it. Related ‘The Tortured Poets Department’: All the Records Taylor Swift’sContinue Reading
The controversies surrounding Nick Carter and his late brother, Aaron Carter, will be delved into for an upcoming Investigation Discovery docuseries, and the trailer for the project was released on Wednesday (April 24). The four-part series, Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter, will explore “the accusations of sexual assault against Nick CarterContinue Reading
Every month, Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors spotlight a group of rising artists whose music we love. Think “diamantes en bruto,” or “diamonds in the rough.” These are newcomers who have yet to impact the mainstream — but whose music excites us, and who we believe our readers should make a point to discover.Continue Reading
Kid Cudi is canceling his upcoming Insano World Tour due to an injury suffered while performing at Coachella over the weekend. Cudi relayed the news to his fans in a heartfelt note on Wednesday (April 24), in which he revealed that he actually broke his calcaneus — the bone thatContinue Reading
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Drone use has skyrocketed since its integration into the market, with now more than 1.7 millionContinue Reading