Spoon announced the release date for their upcoming 10th album on Thursday (Oct. 28), Lucifer on the Sofa, which will drop on Matador Records on Feb. 11. The Texas group previewed the collection with the chugging rocker “The Hardest Cut,” which was co-produced by the band and Grammy-winner Mark Rankin (Adele, Iggy Pop). The video […]

Debuts take up the No. 1 spots on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums, Alternative Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts dated Oct. 30, thanks to strong numbers for Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres and Ice Nine Kills’ Welcome to Horrorwood: The Silver Scream 2. Spheres, Coldplay’s ninth studio album, bows at No. 1 on Top Rock

“We are the first family of country music. We built a dynasty,” Susan Sarandon’s character Dottie Cantrell Roman can be heard narrating a new preview for the upcoming country music drama series Monarch, which debuts Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022 on Fox. “We do what has to be done to protect the family.” The clip introduces

As the world was collectively entering uncharted territory at the onset of the pandemic, the gentlemen of Rüfüs Du Sol were in the desert, living their best lives. In early March of 2020, the trio had posted at a house up in Joshua Tree, Calif., approximately two hours east of Los Angeles, to write music

To kick-off the opening week of the 2021-2022 NBA regular season, the Brooklyn Nets enlisted several hip-hop acts to perform at halftime. After having rap luminary Busta Rhymes and dancehall star Kranium perform Sunday and Monday night at the Barclays Center, respectively, the Nets tapped rising rookie Capella Grey to showcase his talents at the

The October 30-dated Billboard global charts are very much about Adele. The British singer racked up 332 million streams around the world for the 11 songs from her four studio albums albums — including the first single from her upcoming collection, 30, “Easy on Me” — newly crowned atop both tallies. Elsewhere on the Billboard

Warner Music Latina has signed a worldwide exclusive deal with Colombian songwriter Keityn, Billboard can announce today (Oct. 28). Born Kevyn Mauricio Cruz Moreno, the 25-year-old artist is behind chart-topping hits such as “Tusa” by Karol G and Nicki Minaj, Maluma’s “Hawái” and J Balvin and Tainy’s “Agua,” to name a few. The deal will see future

In 2016, Avicii took to the stage one last time before he famously ended his touring career. This show happened at Ibiza’s massive club Ushuaïa, where the Swedish star closed the show with his most enduring hit. That song, “Levels” turns 10 today. Released in the U.S. on October 28, 2011, it is considered one

An upcoming 90-minute BBC documentary, Freddie Mercury: The Final Act, will feature new interviews with the band’s members discussing the final chapter of the late Queen singer’s life. According to Variety, the documentary will feature chats with Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor — bassist John Deacon retired from music in 1997 — as

Billboard and Samsung Galaxy have kicked off Billboard NXT, a first-of-its-kind singing competition designed to discover the next great unsigned artist, by selecting 12 multi-talented artists from across the country based on their performances in a hashtag challenge on TikTok. With the competitors selected and ready to show off their skills, each artist was asked