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Quavo Records Two New Songs Live on Plaqueboy Max’s Livestream

Quavo appeared on a recent livestream with PlaqueBoyMax and recorded two new songs during their time together. On Tuesday, Quavo sat down with PlaqueBoyMax in the studio during the producer’s recent livestream and hopped in the booth to record some new tracks live for the viewers. The first song, “Nun,” has a rambunctious trap beat, […]

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Connie Francis’ Deep Cut ‘Pretty Little Baby’ Becomes a Viral Hit 63 Years Later

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 blink of a TikTok clip.  This week:

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Rihanna’s Best Pregnancy Fashion Moments, From the Super Bowl Stage to the Met Gala Red Carpet

Rihanna has always been one of music’s biggest fashion icons. And when she started growing her family, that certainly didn’t change.   If anything, the Fenty mogul’s status as a trendsetter only solidified more as she began welcoming kids with partner A$AP Rocky, starting with RZA in 2022 and followed by Riot Rose the next

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SoundCloud CEO Pens Open Letter Clarifying Company’s Position On AI, Terms of Service Revision

SoundCloud CEO Eliah Seton has today (May 14) published an open letter clarifying the company’s position on AI. This letters follows backlash that happened last week after AI music expert and founder of Fairly Trained, Ed Newton-Rex, posted about SoundCloud’s terms of service quietly changing in February 2024 to allow the platform the ability to “inform, train,

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MOLIY & Silent Addy’s ‘Shake It to the Max’ Hits No. 1 on the U.S. Afrobeats Songs Chart

The Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart welcomes a new No. 1 – and first new leader of 2025 – as MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea’s “Shake It to the Max (FLY)” remix rises from the runner-up spot to rule the list dated May 17. Related New Around the World: Amaarae, Moliy & Kali Uchis

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Hayashiya Tsuruko Talks Being a Woman in Rakugo & Passing Tradition to Next Generation: Billboard Japan Women in Music Interview

Billboard Japan’s Women in Music initiative launched in 2022 to celebrate artists, producers and executives who have made significant contributions to music and entertainment and inspired other women through their work, following the footsteps of Billboard’s annual Women in Music honors since 2007. This interview series featuring female players in the Japanese entertainment industry is

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Blake Lively Asked Taylor Swift to Delete Texts and ‘Demanded’ Public Support, Justin Baldoni Claims

Justin Baldoni’s lawyers claim Blake Lively asked Taylor Swift to delete text messages and used “extortionate threats” to try to get a statement of support from the pop superstar in the It Ends With Us legal battle — accusations, attributed to an anonymous source, that Lively’s lawyers say is “categorically false.” The salacious allegations come

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The ‘Promoter 101’ Podcast Is Back — Just in Time for Higher Ticket Prices and Music Fest Fatigue

After taking a few years off, the irreverent and one-of-a-kind podcast Promoter 101 is back and dropping hot takes on the concert business like it’s 2018 all over again.  Understanding why music manager Luke Pierce and Live Nation promoter Dan Steinberg revived their podcast is nearly as complex as understanding why they stopped in the

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