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Tributes to Quincy Jones, L.A.’s Resilient Spirit Amid Wildfires, to Highlight 2025 Grammys

A series of special performances will highlight the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 2), including a salute to the life and legacy of Grammy legend Quincy Jones, tributes to the spirit of Los Angeles, which is beginning the long process of rebuilding after devastating wildfires, and the annual In Memoriam segment. Related Beyoncé […]

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Travis Kelce Can’t Believe His Taylor Swift Eras Tour Cameo Is Nominated for an Award: ‘No Way!’

The competition won’t stop for Travis Kelce after the Super Bowl. A few weeks after the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles in February, the tight end will run against the likes of Chappell Roan, Cher and Selena Gomez for favorite surprise guest at the iHeartRadio Music Awards — something he can’t believe

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John Summit, Grupo Frontera & Koe Wetzel to Headline Billboard THE STAGE at SXSW 2025

Billboard is making its way back to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, for three star-studded concerts from March 13 to 15. Billboard THE STAGE at SXSW will take place at the the iconic Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park, and will kick off Thursday (March 13) with a performance by Texas native and country superstar Koe

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Women in Music Are Holding Onto Gains, But With Room to Grow: 2025 Annenberg Inclusion Report

As the music industry prepares to celebrate at the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 2), the latest report from Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative suggests that things for women in music are holding steady but not moving forward. The study is based on the year-end Billboard Hot 100

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Irving Azoff on Planning FireAid and the Generosity of Artists, Sponsors and the Ballmers: ‘The Outpouring Is Historic, But So Are The Fires’

Before the first note is played at FireAid on Thursday (Jan. 30), more than $60 million dollars will have already been raised from ticket sales and sponsorship dollars for wildfire recovery and prevention efforts from the fires that have ravaged the Los Angeles area. Add to that the donations from viewers watching live on more

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First, at Last: Icons Who Scored Their Initial No. 1 Albums on the Billboard 200 in the 21st Century

While some artists shoot to the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart with their debut efforts, it sometimes takes years — or decades — to hit No. 1 for the very first time. In the first quarter of the 21st century, we’ve seen a who’s who of acts with illustrious careers on the Billboard

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Imogen Heap on Viral ‘Headlock’ Success, AI and Ariana Grande: ‘There’s a New Type of Energy This Time’

Few people have had a better start to 2025 than Imogen Heap. Over the past few weeks, the pioneering producer and songwriter has scored her first-ever chart hit with “Headlock” – lifted from 2005’s spellbinding LP, Speak For Yourself – and has found herself receiving “dozens upon dozens” of collaboration requests, she tells Billboard UK

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Cynthia Erivo, Teyana Taylor & More Set as ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Honorees

Newly minted Academy Award nominee and Emmy-, Grammy- and Tony-winning actress Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), actress-director Teyana Taylor (A Thousand and One), Emmy-nominated industry veteran Marla Gibbs (227) and Emmy-nominated creator, writer and-producer Raamla Mohamed (Reasonable Doubt) are 2025’s honorees for the ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards. The 18th annual gala will take place Feb.

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