Jimmie Allen, Brothers Osborne, Eric Church, Dan + Shay are among the big names confirmed to perform at next month’s 55th Annual CMA Awards. The Country Music Association announced the performers for its Nov. 10 CMA Awards on Thursday (Oct. 21), which also includes Mickey Guyton featuring Brittney Spencer and Madeline Edwards, Carly Pearce and […]

This story leads Billboard’s 2022 Grammy Preview issue, highlighting the artists, issues and trends that will define awards season. Halsey is quick. Quick to joke about their New Jersey accent slipping out after a few drinks. Quick to flip into scholar mode, explaining that one of their new songs is named after Biblical Adam’s forgotten first wife,

K-pop superstar CL has signed with TaP Music for management. The South Korean rapper-singer — who rose to fame as a member of the boundary-pushing girl group 2NE1 and just released her debut solo album, ALPHA — joins a roster that includes Dua Lipa, Lana Del Rey, Ellie Goulding, Noah Cyrus, Caroline Polachek and others.

In the past year, the work of songwriters has been pushed to the limelight: whether it was The Pact standing up for equity and fair treatment in publishing, or the Grammys announcing the abolishment of their “33% Rule” which prevented many songwriters from earning an Album of the Year award, or the slew of lucrative

YouTube is giving back to music makers of color. On Wednesday (Oct. 20), the streaming platform announced the #YouTubeBlack Voices Music Class of 2022 — which includes a total of 53 international artists, songwriters and producers who will receive partner support, seed funding to help develop their channels, bespoke training, workshops and access to networking programs

Four months ago, few would have guessed how quickly things would drastically change in Britney Spears’ conservatorship. In the coming weeks, circumstances could prove just as rapidly evolving, with the new temporary conservator of her estate digging into more than a decade’s worth of documents and her new legal team investigates the bombshell allegations she’s made

As filings to the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) become public in the next few days, a more informed conversation about future rates paid to music publishers will begin. As we start to assess the potential impact of the various rate proposals, my hope is that we can look beyond rhetoric of songwriters versus streaming services.

BRISBANE, Australia — Despite the pandemic, and the vast damage done to the live performance industry, Australasian rights society APRA AMCOS saw revenue blow past A$500 million ($374 million) for the first time in 2020-21. Group revenue grew to $506.9 million ($379 million), up 6.8% year-on-year, “a milestone result for us,” says CEO Dean Ormston.

Coldplay’s weeklong residency on The Late Late Show has reached its simmering point. The British pop-rock outfit took a different musical route on Wednesday night (Oct. 10), one that didn’t require members of the band on stage, save for frontman Chris Martin. In a late-night TV premiere, Martin performed “Human Heart,” a touching vocal track

Exactly one year after releasing its diversity and inclusion charter, European independent music companies’ association IMPALA has released its first annual report updating the work they have done so far to foster D&I in the European music industry. IMPALA’s stated goal with the report, which was issued today, is to “follow the work that’s been