Shortly after Olamide presented EMPIRE founder and CEO Ghazi with the Clive Davis Visionary Award at Billboard‘s first Global Power Players event in London last month, the YBNL label boss didn’t rest on his laurels and continued refining his craft on his 11th studio album, Olamidé. The Nigerian rap legend taps in with Wizkid twice on […]

After several years of rumors, the long-awaited follow-up to Bruce Springsteen’s 1998 Tracks box set is upon us with the release of Tracks II: The Lost Albums on June 27. Even during the gap years between official releases, The Boss was always working on songs and recording, be it a hotel room in Los Angeles

The U.S Supreme Court has agreed to review a billion-dollar lawsuit brought by the major record labels against Cox Communications and decide whether internet service providers can be held liable when their users download music illegally. The justices’ order list from Monday (June 30) grants Cox’s petition to review a $1 billion jury verdict won

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The launch of The Berry Gordy Music Industry Scholarship at The Herb Alpert School of Music was announced today (June 30) by Universal Music Group (UMG) in partnership with The UCLA Foundation. The new scholarship — which will support students enrolled in the school’s Music Industry program — is the next chapter in the 2024

Sabrina Carpenter‘s work with PLUS1 has been anything but stupid, slow and useless, as the pop star has now raised more than $1 million for mental health initiatives, LGBTQ+ rights and animal welfare on the site. Related Sabrina Carpenter, Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa & More Sign Open Letter for LGBTQ+… 06/02/2025 As announced by PLUS1

Rihanna strutted the blue carpet of the Smurfs movie premiere in Brussels, Belgium, on June 28, but it’s not the only “blue” thing she’s loving. U.K. radio network Capital asked the superstar what her go-to karaoke song is in a TikTok clip, and she revealed that it’s “Burning Blue” by Mariah the Scientist. Released on

Following Bob Vylan‘s controversial Glastonbury set on Saturday (June 28), the punk-rap duo was dropped by its booking agent, UTA, Billboard U.K. can confirm. Deadline first reported that UTA executives decided over the weekend to part ways with the duo — composed of Bobby Vylan and Bobbie Vylan — after assessing the comments made by

Clipse is restoring the feeling. Continuing with the Virginia-bred duo’s cinematic album rollout on Monday (June 30), Clipse — comprised of brothers Gene “No Malice” and Terrence “Pusha T” Thornton — “revealed the star-studded batting lineup of features slated to appear on Let God Sort Em Out come July 11. Related Steven Victor On the