Nicki Minaj celebrated her son’s 1st birthday last week, and she recently shared some kick-ass shots from the Kung Fu Panda-themed party. The rapper and her husband Kenneth Petty posed with their son, whom they call Papa Bear, in pictures shared to Minaj’s Instagram account on Tuesday. The couple’s superstar friends Brandy, Bia, Cassie, Tamar […]

TORONTO — Canadian music rights management fund Kilometre Music Group has closed two new Canadian song catalog deals with copyrights to 383 songs, giving them a stake in hits from Drake, Dua Lipa, Camila Cabello and Post Malone, among others. The $200 million fund, which launched in February and is financed by Toronto’s Barometer Capital Management, has purchased

Mitski is back with a new release titled “Working for the Knife,” along with an accompanying music video and a 2022 tour announcement. “Working for the Knife” marks the emotive singer’s re-entry to her personal and poetic landscape after a three-year hiatus after the 2018 release of Be the Cowboy. Produced by Mitski’s longtime collaborator

Taylor Swift accepted the grand award for special or variety TV for folklore: the long pond studio sessions at the 2021 Gracie Awards, which streamed online Tuesday night. Presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation, the Gracie Awards “honors exemplary programming created by, for and about women,” according to the organization.   Besides thanking her collaborators, including Jack Antonoff and

Wolfgang Van Halen remembered his father Eddie Van Halen on Wednesday (Oct. 6), the one-year anniversary of his death, with a touching reflection. The elder Van Halen died on Oct. 6, 2020, after a battle with cancer at age 65. “You fought so hard for so long, but you were still taken away. It’s just

Shane McAnally rules Billboard’s Country Producers chart (dated Oct. 9) for the first time on the strength of four production credits on the latest Hot Country Songs chart. Walker Hayes’ “Fancy Like,” which McAnally co-produced with Hayes and Joe Thibodeau, rules Hot Country Songs for a 12th week, with 43.2 million radio airplay audience impressions

Adam Levine is running out of real estate on his body for tattoos, but it looks like he found a new spot. The Maroon 5 frontman took to Instagram on Monday to share a close-up on his newest ink: a butterfly trapped in a cobweb that is directly centered on the artist’s neck. In addition

The 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards honored the genre’s hottest emerging and established acts — but who brought the most heat with their performance? Nelly made sure it was “Hot in Herre” when he brought a medley of his biggest hits, also including fellow Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s “Grillz” and “Dilemma.” Nelly also received

Love is in the air in the Latin music industry. Recently, some of the hottest names in the biz surprised fans with new significant others. “Todo de Ti” singer Rauw Alejandro and Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalia made their relationship Instagram official on the day of Rosalia’s 28th birthday, Sept. 25. Just two days earlier, Bad Bunny

As VP and head of Miami entertainment banking for City National Bank, Rodrigo Nieto Galvis helps steer the financial decisions of Latin acts, big and small. It wasn’t always so. Specialized entertainment banking is still an anomaly in Latin America, and Nieto Galvis, born in Colombia and schooled in the U.S. (with a master’s degree