Taylor Swift fans are very, very used to the pop star surprising them — but she might have just outdone herself with the announcement that she’s purchased back the masters to her first six albums, following an arduous six-year fight to do so. Related Taylor Swift Buys Back Her Masters: Read Her Full Letter 05/30/2025 The […]

Thom Yorke is speaking out for the first time about a confrontation with an audience member at one of his gigs in Australia last year that the Radiohead singer said left him emotionally distraught. In a lengthy Instagram post on Friday morning (May 30), Yorke described his feelings about “some guy shouting at me from

Does it even feel like summer if Darkoo doesn’t drop? After last year’s “Favourite Girl” and “Focus On Me (All the Sexy Girls In The Club)” earlier this year, she’s giving the girls another reason to whine their waists with “Like Dat.” And three years after their sweet “2 Sugar” collab from his More Love,

It’s a better-late-than-never Executive Turntable, Billboard’s weekly compendium of promotions, hirings, exits and firings — and all things in between — across the music business. Earlier this week, we revealed our annual list of executives driving the success of country music, and today welcomes a first-ever industry-wide Power List for our mates in the United Kingdom.

After six long years and four album re-records, Taylor Swift has finally won back control of her masters. But what does that mean for the long-awaited, highly anticipated Reputation (Taylor’s Version)? Related Taylor Swift Buys Back Her Masters From Shamrock, Reclaiming Her First Six Albums 05/30/2025 In a letter on her website announcing that she’d finally

Taylor Swift is finally able to say “You Belong With Me” to her master recordings now that she has reclaimed them. The pop superstar announced on Friday (May 30) that she has purchased them from Shamrock Capital, six years after Scooter Braun first acquired her catalog from Scott Borchetta. Related Taylor Swift Buys Back Her

In “The Stars Behind the Stars” franchise, 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 are essential to an artist’s team and its

Gelo is ready to stamp his rookie of the year season with a slam dunk. The “Tweaker” rapper announced on Thursday (May 29) that his debut album, League of My Own, is slated to arrive on June 27 via Def Jam Records. Related GELO Nets First Radio Chart No. 1 With ‘Tweaker’ on Rhythmic Airplay 03/24/2025

In 2019, I signed a band called The Marias to my label, Nice Life. Also in 2019, after years of hard work and patience, Nice Life artist Lizzo would crash onto the world stage. But in less than a year, my world — our world — would start to unravel. In the summer of 2020,