At 2025’s two biggest music awards shows thus far, winning musicians have used their platforms to try to foster change. At the Grammys in February, Chappell Roan sparked debate when she challenged record labels to provide better healthcare provisions and a living wage for stars, saying, “Labels, we got you, but do you got us?”

Ye (formerly Kanye West) is giving the sound of his next album a new label, which finds the Chicago native digging his heels into a recent string of antisemitic remarks. “This next album got that antisemitic sound,” West posted to X on Thursday afternoon (March 6). “My new sound called antisemitic.” Related Adidas Says Last

All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. With classic hits like “Silent All These Years,” “Crucify” and “Strange Little Girl,” Tori Amos is a very accomplished singer-songwriter. While

LyricFind is suing Musixmatch over allegations that its rival struck an exclusive licensing deal with Warner Music Group (WMG) that’s “unprecedented in the music industry” and is aimed at securing an illegal monopoly for providing lyrics to streamers like Spotify. In a complaint filed Wednesday (March 6) in San Francisco federal court, LyricFind accuses Musixmatch

James Brown, the trailblazing Godfather of Soul who passed in 2006, places a new song on a Billboard chart for the first time since 1993 as his co-billed collaboration with 310babii, “Bad,” reaches No. 37 on the Rhythmic Airplay chart dated March 8. The new single samples Brown’s “The Boss” from his 1973 album, Black

Chappell Roan is talking two of her favorite things while in Paris this week: fashion and music. More specifically on the latter front, she revealed her favorite lyric of all time (and it happens to be an iconic Nicki Minaj bar). Related Chappell Roan Announces ‘The Giver’ Release Date & Reveals Whether She’s Making a

Morgan Wallen gets personal about his anxieties on an unreleased song titled “I’m a Little Crazy,” a snippet of which the country superstar shared Thursday (March 6) on Instagram. In the short clip, Wallen’s crackling voice soars over resonant finger-picked guitar as he sings about the lengths he goes to in order to feel safe