Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Threw 6 Mafia are set to join forces for the Thuggish-Ruggish-Mafia Tour later this year. The 24-city North American trek is set to kick off on Aug. 21 in Arkansas and then make stops in Indianapolis, St. Louis, New York, New Jersey, Virginia Beach, Charlotte, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Tampa Bay, Dallas, […]
Just days after performing the Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House” with Olivia Rodrigo at New York’s Governors Ball over the weekend David Byrne announced his 11th solo album, Who Is the Sky? The follow-up to Byrne’s 2018 LP American Utopia is due out on Sept. 5 via Matador Records. Related Olivia Rodrigo Brings Out
During JPEGMAFIA‘s rambunctious set at this year’s Governor’s Ball, I watched as a young teenager stumbled out of the crowd, caked in sweat and mud. His glasses were fogged up, tilted at an angle across the pointed frame of his nose. He correcte them and looked at me and my friend I brought along for
“You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince.” Suffering through bad relationships to finally find the ideal romantic partner is a universal story that’s understood by men and women of every age, and of every generation. It’s at the heart of most Hallmark movies and a number of fairytales. And
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Music and variety programming are well-represented on the list of six 2025 honorees set to join the Television Academy Hall of Fame. The inductees are talk show host Conan O’Brien, prolific composer Mike Post, producers Ryan Murphy and Don Mischer (who died on April 11), and actors Henry Winkler and Viola Davis. The 27th Hall
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Secretly Group has announced a partnership with Merge Records as the veteran indie label’s co-founder and co-president exits the business. The announcement sees Secretly co-founders Ben Swanson, Chris Swanson, Darius Van Arman and Phil Waldorf acquiring a 50% stake in the company. Meanwhile, Merge co-founder Mac McCaughan will continue in his role as label president
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For every milestone in a kid’s life, there’s a CoComelon song — and now parents have a brand-new potty-training anthem to add to their toolkit, premiering exclusively on Billboard Family. As part of the “CoComelon Can Help” campaign, an animated video for “When You Gotta Go, You Gotta Go!” hits CoComelon’s YouTube page on Tuesday
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Anthem Music Publishing has acquired a catalog of songs written and recorded by Country Music Hall of Fame crooner Marty Robbins. Among the titles in the newly-acquired catalog are Robbins’ 1960 hit “Big Iron,” which reached No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on Billboard’s country chart. The catalog also includes Robbins’
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Taboo is joining the universe of Dora the Explorer. The Black Eyed Peas member wrote a new song titled “Melodía” for Paramount+’s DORA animated series, and Billboard has an exclusive first look at the number. In a preview of the upcoming episode — titled “Dora’s Song for Papi” — Dora and her trusty BFF Boots
Tencent Music Entertainment, China’s fast-growing streaming platform, announced on Tuesday (June 10) it plans to acquire Ximalaya, a Shanghai-based service for streaming podcasts and audiobooks. Under a merger agreement signed today, Ximalaya will become a wholly owned subsidiary of TME, subject to regulatory approvals and closing conditions. According to filings with the SEC and the
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