Snoop Dogg has paid tribute to his mom Beverly Tate, the author and evangelist who passed away Sunday (Oct. 24), at the age of 70. The hip-hop great turned to social media to share a string of throwback photos of himself and his beloved mom, who was born in McComb, Mississippi, in 1951. In one […]

BRISBANE, Australia — The pandemic punched a A$1.4 billion ($1.04 billion) hole in Australia’s live entertainment industry, as touring ceased, venues shuttered and the number of tickets to live shows dried up by close to 70%, a new report has found. Following a record year in 2018, the health crisis had a “devastating impact” on

Adele isn’t going easy on her chart competition. The superstar English singer blasted to No. 1 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart last Friday (Oct. 22) with “Easy On Me,” which got to the top in record-breaking fashion. Based on early sales and streaming data, “Easy On Me” will top the survey once again. Adele’s

Coldplay extends its U.K. chart streak, as Music Of The Spheres (Parlophone) rolls to No. 1 with year-best sales. Music Of The Spheres moves 101,000 combined units in its first week, to give the British band their ninth consecutive chart-topping solo album, a run that stretches back to their 2000 debut Parachutes. That sales figure

Adele’s comeback is complete, as the superstar English singer sets a U.K. sales record on her return. “Easy On Me” (Columbia) cruises to No. 1 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, Adele’s third leader in her homeland after “Someone Like You” (2011) and “Hello” (2015). The new track carves up the competition with 217,300 chart

Coldplay spiced up their set Saturday night (Oct. 23) with a little help from Sporty Spice herself. Mel C and Chris Martin took the stage together to perform the sultry Spice Girls classic “2 Become 1″ at Audacy’s 8th annual We Can Survive concert and benefit at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. “We were

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, MC Lyte, Trae Tha Truth, Questlove, Big Freedia, Erica Campbell and Recording Academy chairman Harvey Mason Jr. were among the honorees accepting their formal induction into Ebony magazine’s Power 100 Class of 2021 at an event held Saturday evening (Oct. 23) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The

“Moth to a Flame,” Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd’s new collab, has topped this week’s fan-voted new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll that was published Friday (Oct. 22) on Billboard, choosing “Moth to a Flame” as their favorite new music release of the past week. Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd’s shimmering club banger brought

J Balvin has released a statement about his “Perra” music video, which was removed from YouTube last weekend. The music video, in collaboration with Tokischa, showed the Colombian artist entering “el bajo mundo,” where he met up with the Dominican newcomer. The Raymi Paulus-directed visual had Balvin tugging at two Black women on leashes, a group of

Young Thug achieves his third No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Oct. 30) as his latest release, Punk, debuts in the top slot. The set earned 90,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 21, according to MRC Data. The 20-track Punk boasts an array of guest