Adele’s “Easy on Me” skyrockets to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, following its first full week of tracking. A week earlier, it debuted at No. 68 from its first five hours of availability. The ballad becomes Adele’s fifth Hot 100 No. 1 and first since “Hello” ruled for 10 weeks in […]

This story is part of Billboard’s third annual package spotlighting the trends defining the independent business. When independent singer-songwriter Jake Scott started releasing music in 2018, he knew he’d need a strategy that would help him stand out. He ended up finding a method that simply never let people forget him. The 29-year-old Fayetteville, Ark., native

Megan Thee Stallion — aka the real HTown Hottie and Halloween enthusiast — has officially shared her first costume of the spooky season. The “Thot Shit” rapper took to Instagram and Twitter on Sunday (Oct. 24) to share her first of many anticipated Halloween costumes, which saw her paying homage to cult classic horror movie,

Sheerios only have to wait it out until Friday (Oct. 29) to finally get their hands on Ed Sheeran’s upcoming fifth full-length studio album, =. After keeping the sessions shrouded in secrecy, Sheeran has been gearing up for the big push by releasing the singles “Bad Habits” and “Shivers” and, on Monday (Oct. 25), dropping

For Billboard NXT, Billboard and Samsung Galaxy have joined together to find the next great unsigned talent — and after artists across the country entered in hopes of competing for the top prize, Billboard has chosen a dozen rising stars to participate in the first-of-its-kind singing competition. After Billboard NXT kicked off on TikTok in

If you take a peek at BIA’s Instagram page and stroll over to her bio section, you’ll see “Psalm 23″ sitting in plain sight. At the start of our interview, she doesn’t hesitate to unpack its significance and explains why she’s so deeply rooted in spirituality.  “‘The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want,’”

This story is part of Billboard’s third annual package spotlighting the trends defining the independent music business. We felt like [signing with Columbia] made sense at the time. It was a two-album deal with the option of continuing, and when we did the second record [Still Run in 2018], we were going through a tumultuous time

This story is part of Billboard’s third annual package spotlighting the trends defining the independent music business. When I first came to Los Angeles in 2015, I had some meetings [with labels] and got some interest. I didn’t have any leverage, so none of it made sense really. And then by the time I got established, I

Motown’s Jamila Thomas, Columbia’s Phylicia Fant, and entertainment attorney Alicia Ferriabough Taylor, Esq. will be honored at ASCAP’s 2021 Women Behind the Music event, which is set to take place on Wednesday (Oct. 27).   In an event titled “Women Behind the Music: Homecoming Edition,” ASCAP is set to host a virtual conversation “between the three women whose talent, drive and passion have powered some of today’s most

The production team behind this year’s pandemic-impacted Grammy Awards is getting back together for the 2022 broadcast, the Recording Academy announced on Monday (Oct. 25). Fulwell 73 Productions will again oversee all aspects of the show, with Jesse Collins, Raj Kapoor and Ben Winston serving as executive producers and Jeannae Rouzan Clay joining as co-executive