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‘Billboard Unfiltered’: A$AP Rocky’s Not Guilty Verdict, Reviewing Drake & PartyNextDoor’s ‘$$$4U’

Billboard Unfiltered returned with a new episode on Wednesday (Feb. 19), and instead of the traditional Friday taped release, the crew elected to go with a raw, live version of this week’s show. Related Watch A$AP Rocky Leap Over Courtroom Railing Into Rihanna’s Arms Seconds After Not… 02/19/2025 Deputy director of R&B/hip-hop Carl Lamarre was […]

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Cloud Music Profit More Than Doubled in 2024 on Subscription Gains

Cloud Music’s revenue from subscriptions grew 22.2% year over year, helping the Chinese music streaming company post a 113% increase in profit, to 1.7 billion RMB ($233.4 million), as revenue increased by only 1%, to 7.95 billion RMB ($1.09 billion), the company announced Thursday (Feb. 20). Revenue from online music services increased 23.1% to 5.35

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Laufey Asks ‘Why Can’t I Be Both?’ in TIME ‘Women of the Year’ Story About Her Unique Jazz/Classical/Pop Hybrid Style

Being an innovator can often mean traveling a lonely road. Singer/songwriter Laufey knows that better than most. The 25-year-old Berklee College of Music grad who has spent the past four-plus years plumbing the tricky confluence of jazz, classical and pop is lauded as a Gen Z innovator in TIME magazine’s Women of the Year feature.

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DJ Paul Denies Allegations Three 6 Mafia Was Satanic: ‘It Was Just an Image’

Three 6 Mafia had been hit with Satanism allegations in the past and DJ Paul hopped on Bunnie XO’s Dumb Blonde Podcast earlier this week to clear the air. Paul explained that the satanic imagery was essentially “just an image” for the Memphis crew, and it started with DJ Infamous referring to the group as

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5 Reasons Why Chappell Roan’s ‘Pink Pony Club’ Finally Hit the Hot 100’s Top 10

The biggest song in the country is, once again, “Not Like Us”: After Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss became the centerpiece of his Super Bowl halftime performance earlier this month, the song shot back up to No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart for its third nonconsecutive week in the top spot. Yet in the same

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Publishing Briefs: Reach Throws Fitz a Deal, Plus ‘Cowgirls’ Co-Writer Finds Home at Range

This is Publishing Briefs, a semimonthly bulletin of recent signings, deals and doings in the wide world of music publishing. In case you missed it, the Copyright Office requested public comment on “factors that may be contributing to the formation of new PROs” and Puerto Rican reggaetón star Yandel signed a worldwide publishing administration deal

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Kameron Marlowe on Crafting Heartbreaking ‘Sad Songs For the Soul’: ‘It’s a Passion Project’

On Kameron Marlowe’s third Sony Music Nashville album, Sad Songs For the Soul, out Friday (Feb. 21) he’s veered from crafting a standard country project to fashioning a concept album focused on those with shattered hearts. As he sorted through songs he’d written since signing with Sony Music Nashville in 2020, he realized he had

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Kendrick Lamar Holds Entire Top 4 of TikTok Billboard Top 50, Led By ‘Not Like Us’

Kendrick Lamar’s music has been inescapable on TikTok in recent days, a fact no better highlighted than the rapper taking the entire top four of the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart dated Feb. 22, paced by his Drake diss track “Not Like Us” at No. 1. Related Drake & Kendrick Lamar’s Rocky Relationship Explained 02/14/2025 The

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Kim Kardashian Slams Critics of North West’s Controversial ‘Lion King’ Performance

Kim Kardashian was in protective mother-lion mode after North West‘s performance in the Hollywood Bowl’s Lion King production received backlash.   Related Kim Kardashian Appears to Comment on Ex-Husband Kanye West’s Changes During Marriage: ‘You Can’t… 02/13/2025 On the latest episode of Hulu’s The Kardashians Thursday (Feb. 20), the reality star clapped back at critics of

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