With RuPaul’s Drag Race bringing back their Rate-a-Queen system for season 17, Billboard decided to rate each of the new queens every week based on their performance. Below, we take a look at the roast challenge to see which queens delivered the best jabs. Spoilers ahead for episode 10. Related ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 17 […]

For the first time in the history of Billboard’s Publishers Quarterly rankings, Warner Chappell swept the Hot 100 Songs, Top Radio Airplay and Country Airplay charts in the fourth quarter of 2024.  Although the music publisher’s Nashville division typically places first or second on the Country Airplay chart, this is the first time it has

On the evening of July 23, 2024, the last night of her global tour and her fourth sold-out date at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, a visibly emotional Karol G told the crowd of 55,000: “I’m going to say that truly, tonight will be the most amazing of my life.” It was, at the very least, a

Ringo Starr has long loved country music as evidenced on his most recent album, Look Up, released in January. Related Ringo Starr Gets a Little Help From His Friends on New Album, ‘Look Up’: ‘It’s Far Out… 01/10/2025 The Beatles drummer brought that love to life with two concerts taped at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium Jan. 14-15

The Academy of Country Music has announced ACM Radio Awards nominees for the 60th ACM Awards, including double nominations for KCLR-FM in Columbia, Mo.; WHKO-FM in Dayton, Ohio; WIVK-FM in Knoxville, Tenn.; WQDR-FM in Raleigh, N.C.; WSIX-FM in Nashville; WUSN-FM in Chicago; WUSY-FM in Chattanooga, Tenn.; and WYCT-FM in Pensacola, Fla. Winners of the ACM

At the first official Academy of Country Music Awards show in 1966 — held in Los Angeles and hosted by Bonanza actor Lorne Greene — Buck Owens took home top male vocalist, Bonnie Guitar won top female vocalist, and a young upstart named Merle Haggard snagged new male vocalist. Two years prior, artist Tommy Wiggins,

While BLACKPINK did not debut until the summer of 2016, Korean label YG Entertainment first introduced JENNIE to the world in early 2012 by releasing a photo of the then-16-year-old K-pop hopeful with the caption “Who’s That Girl?” on its company blog. The watchful online community of music fans instantly fell in love with her,

While he initially carved out a reputation as a hard partier, John Summit is changing his habits. On Monday (March 10), the producer announced via social media that his “first fully sober tour” is “in the books.” Related John Summit Breaks Down His DJ Hustle and Why Touring Is Like ‘Lord of the Rings’ 03/06/2025 “Not