From 2006 through 2015, Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald made an astonishing $77.8 million in publishing income from co-writing such hits as Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl,” Avril Lavigne’s “Girlfriend,” Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the U.S.A.” and Kesha’s “Tik Tok.” Then came a devastating rape allegation from Kesha Rose Sebert. Suddenly, artists stopped working with […]

Mac Miller’s fan-favorite Faces mixtape debuts across multiple Billboard album charts (dated Oct. 30), including at No. 3 on Top Album Sales and at No. 1 on Vinyl Albums, following its commercial release on Oct. 15. The mixtape was initially released for free in 2014 but wasn’t commercially issued or distributed to streaming services until

Billboard isn’t quite old enough to have reviewed the angels heard on high or the mountains in reply, but it had a front-of-the-fireplace seat for the birth of Christmas music as we know it. Like the holiday itself, seasonal songs gradually grew into commercial silver and gold, as well as sentimental favorites, and by 2018,

Blxst tells Billboard that the day he wrote his first Hot 100 hit, “Chosen” featuring Ty Dolla $ign & Tyga, was just “a normal day.” There were no crazy studio sessions or out-of-the-ordinary experiences that gave way to his melodic hit inside his one-bedroom apartment in Inglewood.  “I was just working,” he remembers. “It felt

Robert “Bob” Rudolph, a jazz trombonist who played with bandleaders including Woody Herman and Sam Kenton, and went on to work for Monument Records, died of pneumonia on Oct. 8, 2021 in Hendersonville, Tenn. He was 82. Rudolph had a multi-tiered life in the music industry, according to his son John Rudolph, CEO of 1.618

 Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood’s “If I Didn’t Love You” rises to No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated Oct. 30). In the tracking week ending Oct. 24, the song gained by 9% to 30.3 million audience impressions, according to MRC Data. Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood’s “If I Didn’t Love You” rises to

Three members of the Quality Control team have been promoted to senior executive posts. Simone Mitchell is the newly appointed president of Quality Control Music, joined by executive vp Tamika Howard and vp artist relations Amber Mitchell. Commenting exclusively to Billboard, Quality Control CEO Pierre “P” Thomas and COO Kevin “Coach K” Lee addressed the

Lizzo is ready for scary season. The “Rumors” rapper teamed up with actress Sarah Paulson for a pair of TikTok videos in which they hilariously recreate one of the most horrifying scenes from Paulson’s series American Horror Story. In the videos posted on Monday Lizzo and Paulson lip synch to a fan-favorite scene from the

Travis Barker proved his love for fiancée Kourtney Kardashian is more than skin deep with a new tattoo of his beloved’s lips on his forearm. The reveal of the latest tat on Barker’s heavily adorned torso came after tattoo artist Scott Campbell posted an image of his handiwork with the caption, “Scorpio season. On @travisbarker

Some rockers mellow over time. Bruce Springsteen is becoming more of a Boss with age. The legendary band leader, now 72, is showing no signs of slowing down. Consider, since the world-locked down, Springsteen has cultivating his own purple patch. The New Jersey-bred artist teamed with former POTUS Barack Obama on the eight-part podcast series