Veteran music journalist Gerry Wood died on Saturday (May 3) in Inverness, Fla. He was 87. Wood was Billboard’s Nashville bureau chief and country editor in 1980 when he was promoted to editor-in-chief of the magazine, resulting in a transfer to the publication’s New York headquarters. He served in that capacity through 1983, when he left Billboard, […]

The lineup for this year’s KCON LA just got even more robust, with aespa, NCT 127 and several more star K-pop acts joining the list of previously confirmed performers in a second wave of lineup announcements unveiled Monday (May 12). Related P1Harmony, SEVENTEEN’s HxW & More Among KCON Los Angeles 2025 Performers 04/28/2025 In addition to

In her 1991 documentary Truth or Dare, Madonna declared that Sean Penn was the love of her life. And more than three decades later, the actor is sharing his thoughts on it. In an interview on The Louis Theroux Podcast posted Monday (May 12), Penn said that his superstar ex-wife was “very sweet” for her

Latto really needs “Somebody,” and she announced on Monday (May 12) that she’s dropping her new single with that name on Friday. “Greetings from Jamaica,” she wrote on Instagram under the island-inspired artwork. She first teased the single on X back in March with a one-minute clip of her playing it in the car. “I’m

Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem had a big influence on one of the biggest movies of the year. In a clip posted by IMAX on social media, Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier explained how going to see Christopher Nolan’s movie Tenet at IMAX headquarters while working on music videos with the two cousins during the pandemic

Fuerza Regida makes a splash across Billboard‘s charts with the arrival of 111XPANTIA, the group’s ninth studio album, which debuts at Nos. 1 and 2 on the Top Regional Mexican Albums and Top Latin Albums charts (dated May 17), respectively. The 12-track set also opens at No. 2 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, becoming the

Los Alegres del Barranco, their manager and their concert promoter will face criminal proceedings for projecting images of a criminal leader during a March performance in the state of Jalisco, a judge ruled Monday (May 12). During a hearing at the Puente Grande Penitentiary in Jalisco, Mexico, the judge did not order preventive detention; the