J. Cole announced Monday (Sept. 27) that his second-ever Dreamville Festival will take place over two days in April 2022. For the first time since its official debut in 2019, Dreamville Fest is expanding to a two-day format from April 2-3, 2022. It will take place at Dorothy Dix Park in Raleigh, N.C. The 2019 edition […]

Universal Music Group’s first week as a public company was a resounding success for former owner Vivendi — which still owns a 10% stake — and UMG’s existing shareholders, Tencent and Pershing Square Holdings.   Last Tuesday, on UMG’s first day of trading on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange, shares soared 43% above an 18.50 euros ($21.68) reference price set ahead of the listing, likely

A remake of the 1992 romantic drama film The Bodyguard is coming, and Billboard wants to know: Which pop star could play Whitney Houston’s role? Variety first reported the news and wrote that Cardi B’s name has been floated around, with Channing Tatum as her potential co-star. Halle Bailey of Chloe x Halle is already playing Ariel in the upcoming 2023

What role should artists take when it comes to social justice issues? Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Kany García, Cuban artist Yotuel and ChocQuibTown’s Goyo and Tostao come together for a candid conversation on speaking out and against social inequalities in the premiere episode of Billboard’s Cultura Clash. Hosted by Latin music and culture executive AJ Ramos,

The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” is again the biggest song in the world, as it tallies a ninth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart and a seventh frame atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. survey. Meanwhile, two songs enter the top 10 of each global chart for the first

On Monday (Sept. 27), disgraced R&B singer Robert Sylvester Kelly, known as R. Kelly, was found guilty of all nine charges brought against him by the government, including racketeering and sex trafficking. The verdict was delivered after two days of deliberation by a member of the jury, which consisted of seven men and five women.

Lil Nas X is running a victory lap after his debut album Montero churned out three top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. As Montero debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 this week with 126,000 equivalent album units earned, according to MRC Data, “Industry Baby” with Jack Harlow, former No. 1 hit “Montero (Call Me By

Lil Nas X lands 11 songs, all from his new LP Montero, on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Oct. 2). Three of the set’s songs infuse the top 10, a new weekly best for Lil Nas X. Montero (Lil Nas X was born Montero Hill) launches at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with

It has been an incredible couple of years for SAINt JHN, a Guyanese-American singer, songwriter and record producer from Brooklyn, NY. Yet, despite his recent success and tireless work ethic, he’s just getting started. He’s written songs for Usher, Jidenna, Beyonce and more. Still, when a dance remix of his 2016 song “Roses” went viral

From classmates to music greats, hitmakers Denzel Baptiste and David Biral of genre-bending production duo Take A Daytrip are the Grammy-nominated creative geniuses behind 16 Billboard Hot 100 tracks. That tally includes five platinum-selling top 10 hits — “The Scotts” by Travis Scott & Kid Cudi (No. 1), “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” by