On Monday, Nov. 8, two days prior to the annual CMA Awards, a collective of BIPOC country artists and speakers will come together for an event held simultaneously in Nashville and Los Angeles that will celebrate the impact of BIPOC artists on country music’s past, present and future. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. CT/4:30 p.m. PT, […]

The son of R&B legend Gladys Knight has been sentenced to serve two years in prison for failing to withhold payroll taxes for the restaurants that bore his mother’s name, federal prosecutors in Atlanta said. Shanga Hankerson opened his first restaurant, Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles, in Atlanta in 1997. Over the next several years,

Live Nation stock jumped nearly 19% on Friday (Nov. 5) following the company’s third quarter earnings report the day before. Share prices soared from $107.52 to an all-time high $127.75 before closing at $123.80, giving the company a $27.8 billion market value. A line from the Grateful Dead’s “Truckin’” perfectly describes concert giant Live Nation

Jay-Z has been mighty active on social media for the last few days. On Tuesday, the elusive rapper and entrepreneur joined Instagram to promote his new film The Harder They Fall, a western film co-produced by Jay himself, and in less than 48 hours, deleted the account, which had already amassed over 2 million followers.

Another week, another weekend well on its way. You know what that means—time to dance! It was an eventful week in the electronic music world. Galantis remixed Coldplay and BTS, foundational legends Kraftwerk announced a new 3D tour of North America, and we found time to sit down with both Solomun and Cerrone for 20

Brazilian sertanejo star Marília Mendonça has died in a plane crash in the state of Minas Gerais, according to an official statement posted to the singer’s Instagram page. The 26-year-old artist was on her way to perform in the city of Caratinga. All five passengers, including the plane’s crew, lost their lives in the accident.

Brazilian sertanejo star Marília Mendonça died Friday (Nov. 5) in a small plane crash as she was on her way to perform a concert in the state of Minas Gerais. She was 26 years old. A superb contralto with a deep, soulful voice that brought a touch of international pop sentiment to the traditional, accordion-accompanied

It’s beginning to look (and sound!) a lot like Christmas. To celebrate the annual flip to holiday music on iHeartRadio stations nationwide — starting Friday night (Nov. 5) at 5 p.m. local time — Kelly Clarkson, Pentatonix, Michael Bublé and Train will perform Christmas classics at the second annual iHeartRadio Holiday Special later this month.

Alex Rose and CNCO have joined forces on the new single “Pa’ Que Guaye,” and the music video premieres exclusively on Billboard below. Produced by Simon Restrepo and released via WK Records, with CNCO appearing courtesy of Sony Music Latin, “Pa’ Que Guaye” is an edgy reggaeton track that fuses urban beats with sultry R&B

Pershing Square Tontine Holdings — the so-called blank check company run by billionaire investor Bill Ackman that made a failed bid to invest in Universal Music Group earlier this year — is now fighting back against a lawsuit that claims the firm violated securities law. In a motion filed in federal court Thursday that aims