BE:FIRST’s “Gifted.” bows at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Nov. 1 to 7, coming out on top after one of the closest races between two songs since the inception of the chart. “Gifted.” ruled four metrics of the chart’s methodology this week — radio airplay, downloads, streaming, and video views […]

Spotify will acquire the audiobook distribution company Findaway as the audio giant seeks to scale its catalog and creator tools in a similar fashion to its podcast offerings, the company said on Thursday. Findaway has both a full-service and self-service audiobook production platform for authors, narrators and publishers. The self-service option connects independent authors to

LiSA shared a music video accompanying “Akeboshi” (“Morning Star”), her new track being featured as the opening theme of the Mugen Train story arc of the Japanese anime series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. Directed by Masakazu Fukatsu — the visual artist responsible for the videos for LiSA’s long-running hit songs “Gurenge” and “Homura,” as

Universal Music Group’s 10:22PM label has created a new virtual supergroup, KINGSHIP, comprised of four characters from the Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible token (NFT) project. Billed as the first group of its kind, KINGSHIP marks a potentially important step forward in the music industry’s adoption of NFTs. Bored Ape Yacht Club is one of

Don Omar’s new single “Se Menea” with rising star Nío García, which drops Thursday night (Nov. 11), is a fast-clipped, infectious merengue that’s both old-school and contemporary and signals even cooler stuff for Don’s much-anticipated new set. Don Omar and García had never met before, but it turns out García was a longtime, die-hard fan.

It’s been four years since Jack White released a full-length album, his last being Boarding House Reach in 2018. But on Thursday (Nov. 11), the rocker announced he’s making up for that gap with two upcoming albums both arriving next year on his Third Man Records. Fear of the Dawn is out April 8, followed by Entering Heaven Alive

Silk Sonic’s Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak delivered an amazing performance at West Hollywood’s Peppermint Club on Wednesday night, just two days ahead of the highly anticipated release of the duo’s debut studio album, An Evening With Silk Sonic. The event marked the duo’s first proper concert amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The fun-filled, invite only party

As the unofficial king of Bravo, Andy Cohen’s media universe consists of his long running talk show Watch What Happens Live (now in its 17th season), acting as mastermind of the popular Real Housewives franchise (including a recently announced iteration from Dubai), a namesake station on SiriusXM radio and his very own book imprint. It’s

Dr. Luke ranks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Producers chart for the first time, thanks to production work on three songs on the Billboard Hot 100. Doja Cat’s “Need to Know” and “You Right,” the latter with The Weeknd, place at Nos. 8 and 16, respectively. Dr. Luke solely produced both songs. He

When Ivan Cornejo was in middle school, he got his heart broken — an event that left him scarred and now fuels his inspiration for deep and dark lyrics that power his heartbreak tracks. And it wasn’t that long ago that the Mexican-American singer-songwriter was in middle school: The 17-year-old recalls feeling the urge to