YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s Sincerely, Kentrell enters the Billboard 200 at No. 1 this week. The title includes the rapper’s first name, Kentrell. It’s the 11th No. 1 album by an artist who goes by a stage name to include the artist’s real name in the title. This is a contemporary phenomenon. Ten of the […]

Jon Stewart got off a great line on Feb. 27, 2002, when he was hosting the 44th annual Grammy Awards. After a small army of people took the stage when the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack won album of the year, Stewart joked, “I want to point out that you get to come up

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Billboard put together the 20 longest-leading No. 1 songs on the Latin Pop Airplay chart. The list includes early 2000 pop anthems such as “No Me Doy Por Vencido” by Luis Fonsi to Shakira’s “Suerte” and Ricky Martin’s “Tal Vez.” It also includes more contemporary hits such as Rauw Alejandro’s “Todo

Eight-time Grammy-award-winning singer Tina Turner has sold a sizable portfolio of music rights from her solo career to BMG, the company announced Tuesday (Oct. 5). Through the acquisition, BMG will become “a partner in all of Tina Turner’s music interests,” according to a statement made by the company, including Turner’s artist’s share of her recordings,

One thing was missing when John Forté began recording his latest album: self-doubt. “Unlike past projects, I wasn’t burdened down by self-doubts like ‘I don’t know if I can do this,’” says the Grammy-nominated rapper-songwriter-producer. “Early on, I realized I had to get out of my own way and ride downstream with the experience.” The

Adele is in deep rollout mode for her upcoming studio album after numerous “30” billboards popped up all over the world and she announced her upcoming single “Easy On Me.” Ahead of her new album cycle, Billboard wants to know: Which of her previous projects is your favorite? Her debut studio album 19 starts off the numerical series and ushered

There’s a sort of palpable theatricality in the music of Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum. That’s not an accident. The New York City-based trio — vocalist Michael C. Hall and instrumentalists Peter Yanowitz and Matt Katz-Bowen — met while performing together on Broadway in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Since gelling on that production then

When Julieta Venegas found out Tainy wanted to collaborate with her on a his new song, she recalls her initial reaction as, “Really, me?” But unbeknownst to Venegas – whose pop-leaning classics such as “Lento,” “Andar Conmigo” and “Me Voy” soundtracked the early 2000s – the chart-topping producer is a fan of the Mexican singer-songwriter

In a new interview, Olivia Rodrigo addresses criticism about the originality of her Billboard 200-topping debut album Sour after she retroactively added songwriting credits to a handful of her hit songs. “I think it’s disappointing to see people take things out of context and discredit any young woman’s work,” the 18-year-old told Teen Vogue. “But at

The dawn is coming very soon, according to The Weeknd, who declared that his upcoming fifth studio album “is complete.” On Monday’s episode of his Apple Music 1 radio show Memento Mori, The Weeknd shared some major life updates during his apology for temporarily pausing his weekly show. “A lot has been going down, a lot