On Tuesday (Nov. 2), Dan + Shay shared some disappointing news — followed by some happier news — with fans. First, the duo revealed they have had to cancel two upcoming shows on their Dan + Shay The (Arena) Tour due to a positive COVID-19 test within their touring camp. “A member of our immediate […]

Friends, family members and long-time clients are paying tribute to music manager, booking agent and entrepreneur Jesse Aratow of Madison House Entertainment, who died Friday (Oct. 29) after a sudden, unexpected illness. Aratow, 48, was a partner and agent at Madison House in Boulder, Colorado, managed singer JJ Grey and represented the String Cheese Incident. He

When music sales last boomed in the 1980s and 1990s, with many fans snapping up CD versions of the albums they already owned on cassette and vinyl, record companies quietly offered a rare concession to some of their top-selling ’70s and ’80s stars in order to re-sign them: they granted the artists ownership of their

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. You get a gift! You get a gift! You get a gift! Oprah Winfrey released her highly anticipated 2021 “Favorite Things” list this week, which details her top choices in every category from food,

Rosalía is set to drop her new album in 2022. The Spanish star took to social media to announce her forthcoming set is “coming soon,” and Billboard has confirmed it will be titled Motomami. Set to follow her 2018 Latin Grammy-winning El Mal Querer, the album announcement was accompanied by a 15-second montage with quick shots

Lorde reminds viewers that its humans’ duty to protect the planet for future generations in her new “Fallen Fruit” music video, which she released on Tuesday (Nov. 2). The video poignantly reminds us of the fragility of life on Earth, with the Garden of Eden metaphor referenced in the song’s title leading to Lorde’s main point

Daddy Yankee has become co-owner of Puerto Rican baseball team Los Cangrejeros de Santurce baseball team, Billboard has learned. The reggaeton superstar, born Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, is also an investor and will be joining Chairman Thomas Axon and President Justo Moreno as owners of the San Juan-based team, which hosts its home games at

H.E.R. leads the 2021 Soul Train Awards nominations with eight nods. Jazmine Sullivan and Chris Brown follow with six nominations each. Wizkid and Tems are next in line with five nods each, followed by Blxst with four. Silk Sonic, Doja Cat, and Yung Bleu each have three nods. H.E.R., Sullivan and Wizkid are each nominated

Ahead of the premiere of her forthcoming House Of Gucci film — which is out everywhere on Nov. 26 — Lady Gaga sat down with British Vogue for an interview, published on Tuesday (Nov. 2), to discuss playing Patrizia Reggiani in the movie, an experience that saw her fully immersing herself in the character for

For the first time in three years, Halestorm tops Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. “Back From the Dead,” the first taste of the band’s upcoming fifth studio album, jumps 3-1 on the survey dated Nov. 6. It’s Halestorm’s fifth No. 1 and first since “Uncomfortable,” which ruled for two weeks beginning in August 2018. The Lzzy