Indie music multi-hyphenate EMPIRE is offering artists the option to receive advances in Bitcoin through Cash App, the company announced Tuesday (Nov. 9), with the first artist to receive an advance that way being Money Man. The Atlanta MC has a long history with the technology and his new single “Blockchain,” released Friday, is off his […]

Megan Thee Stallion took a moment at Glamour’s Women of the Year event on Monday night (Nov. 8) to thank the most important women in her life who pushed her to succeed: Her late mother, Holly Thomas, and her late great-grandmother. Upon accepting the 2021 Woman of the Year award, the “Thot Shit” rapper made

If it’s good enough for Taylor Swift, it’s good enough for Starbucks. The coffee chain appeared to follow in Tay’s footsteps on Monday (Nov. 8) when it tweeted out “It’s Red Season,” along with coffee, sparkle, scarf and heart emoji, parroting the same phrase the singer recently used in her first Instagram Reel video in

Justin Bieber is getting in on the metaverse. The singer will perform songs from his album Justice in a live, virtual concert on Wave, a virtual entertainment platform, on Nov. 18. Audiences will get to interact with Bieber himself, who will be controlling his digital avatar by wearing a motion-capture suit. “I am a big

Twitch is launching a livestreaming incubator program called The Collective to help train and support musicians on the platform, the company tells Billboard. The program will group musicians into invite-only groups called collectives designed to help artists learn how to use and maximize the platform, with support from Twitch staff and industry partners including Amazon

A Houston judge issued an order late Monday night that will allow attorneys for Astroworld victims to inspect and photograph the site of Friday’s deadly incident and require organizers to preserve evidence, after both sides reached an agreement. The order, granted by Harris County District Judge Ravi K. Sandill and obtained by Billboard, will apply

Paul McCartney, already an activist in the fight for climate change, is urging leaders at COP26 — the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference — to acknowledge the part that animal agriculture is playing on our quickly deteriorating planet. McCartney — with the support of his family — is calling on COP26 delegates to adopt the Plant

BTS spends a third consecutive week at No. 1 on Billboard’s weekly Hot Trending Songs chart, powered by Twitter, as “Butter” holds atop the ranking in the third iteration of the chart (dated Nov. 13). “Butter,” released on HYBE/BigHit Music/Columbia, maintains its reign with 7 million Twitter mentions, up 157%, in the tracking week, which

Not unlike Paul McCartney’s charming pronunciation of “customer” in the Beatles’ “Penny Lane,” there’s a distinct British accent on Billboard’s charts of late. Most notably, Adele, born in London, tops the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Nov. 13) for a third week with “Easy on Me,” while Ed Sheeran, born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, launches atop

Ed Sheeran and Megan Thee Stallion were the subjects of the latest Billboard-centered matchups on VersusGame. As announced last month, Billboard and VersusGame have joining forces to bring music fans a one-of-a-kind, user-generated experience with games that test knowledge of pop culture for a chance to win prizes and monetize trend predictions. Billboard is hosting