Universal Music Group has formally notified the European Commission of its intent to acquire Downtown Music Holdings for $775 million, triggering a regulatory review. Although the deal falls below the EU’s usual thresholds for antitrust scrutiny, authorities in the Netherlands and Austria referred it to the commission, which now must decide by July 22 whether […]

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. Selena Gomez teamed up with Oreo to release a new flavor — and a song to go with it. The exclusive

Addison Rae announced the dates for her first-ever headlining world tour on Tuesday morning (June 17). The Addison Tour is slated to kick off on Aug. 26 at the National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland and keep the “Diet Pepsi” singer on the road through European gigs in England, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany before

For the eighth week in a row, not a single soundtrack appears in the top half of the Billboard 200. That’s the longest such shutout since 2021, when the pandemic disrupted moviegoing and as a result, diminished the opportunities for hit soundtracks. For 13 consecutive weeks that year, from July 31 to Oct. 23, no

Nearly a decade before contemporary Christian music (CCM) star Brandon Lake was headlining arenas, topping Billboard’s Christian Airplay charts and winning Grammy Awards, he was a young church worship leader in Charleston, S.C., who just wanted to record an album — and took an unorthodox route to making that happen. “I did a GoFundMe campaign.

The owner of the Jet Set nightclub in the Dominican Republic was arrested last week and charged with involuntary homicide over the tragic roof collapse on April 8 where 235 people died and nearly 200 more were injured. According to The New York Times, prosecutors arrested and charged club owner Antonio Espaillat on June 12

Zak Starkey isn’t the only one who has had enough of The Who. In a new Rolling Stone interview posted on Monday (June 16) the veteran session and touring drummer who was fired, rehired and then fired once more by The Who in a head-spinning span of several weeks earlier this year opened up about

On June 5, artist development went under the microscope at nonprofit ThinkLA’s annual Entertainment Brunch presented by Nextel, which hosted 450 entertainment industry professionals at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. This year’s edition of the brunch featured a trio of panels centered around the theme “The New Era of Disruption” in music, film,