To wrap day two of Billboard’s Latin Music Week conference (Sept. 20-25), guests were treated to an intimate showcase from three of Warner Music Latina’s rising stars: The Change, Las Villa and Micro TDH. To kick things off, the vibrant presenter promised an “incredible” show — and the acts absolutely delivered. From a mid-tempo indie set […]

Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, has been accused of ripping off an electro house duo for his track “Call Out My Name” off the 2018 EP My Dear Melancholy.  Suniel Fox and Henry Strange, who make up the group Epikker, are now suing Tesfaye and his credited “Call Out My Name” co-writers Frank Dukes and Nicolas Jaar,

Over its 20 seasons so far, The Voice has amassed a who’s who of pop superstars for its coaching panel, from Christina Aguilera to Alicia Keys. And for season 21 — which just premiered on Monday and continues Tuesday night (Sept. 21) — the reality singing competition really scored with its newest coach: Ariana Grande. The

LONDON – The British government has asked the U.K. competition enforcer to consider conducting a market study into the major record labels’ dominance of the music industry, and how they may leverage that power at the expense of artists, songwriters and independents. The referral to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) — which the government

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that by 2021, we’re living in an extremely digital world – and that includes the music business. Even compared to five years ago, a digital presence is more important than ever for up-and-coming artists who use livestreaming to connect with complete strangers and turn them into fans. That was a focal

J Balvin captures his fourth No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart as Jose debuts atop the Sept. 25-dated tally. The set, released Sept 10 via Sueños Globales/Universal Music Latino/UMLE, starts with 27,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week Sept. 16, according to MRC Data. Jose marks J Balvin’s sixth visit to the all-Latin genre Top

Colombian stars Greeicy and Mike Bahia kicked off the first couple panel at Billboard’s Latin Music Week on Tuesday (Sept. 21). The “Tech and the Vanguard Music Couple” panel, presented by Verizon, introduced the conversation of how technology can define a relationship in the 21st century. Moderator and Billboard assistant editor, Latin Jessica Roiz explained that Greeicy couldn’t be

From the start of the HBO Max panel during Billboard’s Latin Music Week conference in Miami (Sept. 20-25), one thing was made crystal clear: “HBO has been in this game for a long time,” as Leslie Cohen, senior vp content acquisitions for WarnerMedia, HBO Max/HBO, said. For the panel titled “Moving Our Music Pa’lante: How

Is this aca-awesome? Adam Devine will reprise his role as Bumper in a straight-to-series comedy sequel to the Pitch Perfect film trilogy. Elizabeth Banks, who starred as half the announcing team in the features and directed the second one, will exec produce via her Brownstone Productions banner. Unlike the movies, which followed an all-female a

Britney Spears’ conservatorship that has controlled her life and estate over the last 13 years has been under scrutiny in the court ever since The New York Times: Framing Britney Spears documentary premiered on FX and Hulu in February. Now Netflix is taking its own closer look at the pop superstar’s legal situation with a new doc called