“My family lived in an American Idol household,” says Amanda Ibanez, who goes by Kiddo A.I.; specifically, Adam Lambert was the contestant who inspired her to pursue music. “I would get in front of the TV and sing and my brothers would make fun of me.” But her mother believed in her and encouraged her to […]

This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles celebrating the music of 20 years ago. Our 2005 Week continues here with a look at the unusual (and decades-spanning) path “Everytime We Touch” took to becoming a college basketball marching band jock jam. What’s the connection between ‘80s Scottish folk singer-songwriter Maggie Reilly and Duke University athletics? Cascada’s

Most of the time, Jelly Roll has a happy wife, happy life. But when he does this one thing, Bunnie XO definitely isn’t having it. Related Watch an Emotional Jelly Roll Send Off Daughter Bailee Ann to Her First Prom 04/14/2025 While guesting on The Jennifer Hudson Show Friday (April 18) alongside American Idol judge Luke

Luke Bryan has heard the jokes before. So when Jennifer Hudson asked him about their mutual friend and fellow country singer Blake Shelton on her syndicated talk show on Friday (April 18), American Idol judge Bryan had to first issue her a stern warning. Related Jelly Roll Reveals That This Bad Habit ‘Annoys’ Bunnie XO

Doechii‘s “Anxiety” music video is like a dream come true — but not a good one. Related Doechii to Headline ‘Create & Cultivate’ Women in Business Festival 04/15/2025 The video, which arrived Friday (April 18), starts out totally normal, with Doechii working on music on her bed — a visual callback to the setting of her

I’m not trying to force my truth on anyone,” Little Simz says firmly. “But I do need to talk about it, for me.” She’s referring to the shocking dissolution of one of her dearest friendships, which has played out publicly throughout the year. Four months after filing a lawsuit against longtime studio collaborator Dean “Inflo”

It’s time to drop the needle on another Executive Turntable, Billboard’s weekly compendium of promotions, hirings, exits and firings — and all things in between — across the music business. There’s been a fair share of news this week, so let’s get cracking. Sony Music Entertainment named Kevin Foo as managing director for Southeast Asia, overseeing

At the dawn of the new millennium, Nortec Collective transformed the traditional sounds of northern Mexico into something entirely unheard of — a fusion of regional Mexican and electronic music that redefined a generation. Shorthand for “norteño” and “techno,” Nortec was culture rewired, fusing the bright accordions and brassy tubas of banda with driving techno

A TikTok user who says she created the viral “Apple dance” to a Charli XCX song is suing Roblox over allegations that the company violated copyright law by selling her dance moves as an “emote.” In a lawsuit filed last week in Los Angeles federal court, Kelley Heyer says the online game platform used the

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