JoJo Siwa has made Dancing With the Stars history. During the premiere of the show’s 30th season on Monday (Sept. 20), the popular children’s entertainer danced with pro dance partner Jenna Johnson to a cover of Jet’s signature 2004 hit, “Are You Gonna Be My Girl?” to rave reviews from the judges. Siwa and Johnson […]

At the close of its first day of trading on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange today (Sept. 21), shares of the Universal Music Group were up 36.5% over its initial reference price of €18.50, ending the day at €25.10 ($29.43) and giving the company a market capitalization of €45.51 billion ($53.36 billion). The share price

The biggest week in Latin music is back in Miami. Entertaining fans for over 30 years, Billboard Latin Music Week is the premier destination for Latin’s top hitmakers, actors, influencers, and industry leaders. The week-long event presented by Samsung Galaxy is full of one-of-a-kind conversations, workshops, exclusive performances, and showcases and features Daddy Yankee, Karol G, Natti Natasha and many more. Attendees can catch the Samsung Galaxy suite of devices from

Latin Music Week kicked off in full force Tuesday (Sept. 21) with a morning motivational speech by writer Daniel Habif. “Being here today together is a privilege. Thank you for being here,” Habif said. “This week is a great advance, voices that are beyond our time. Friends and colleagues from our industry. Let’s remember that

Cabaret Voltaire founding member and pioneering industrial musician Richard H. Kirk has died at age 65. The industrious multi-instrumentalist’s label, Mute Records, released a statement confirming his death in an Instagram post. “It is with great sadness that we confirm our great and dear friend, Richard H. Kirk has passed away,” Mute shared. “Richard was a

Jay Wheeler helped Billboard Latin Music Week kick off in style with a Monday (Sept. 20) night concert at LIV Nightclub at Fontainebleau in Miami. After daytime workshops and check-in, attendees let loose to the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter during Elite Media & Marketing Presents: The Billboard Latin Music Week Kickoff Showcase Event, Featuring Jay Wheeler, Presented

Today at the Ivor Novello Awards, the Ivors Academy and Music Rights Awareness announced that they were teaming up on a new initiative, Credits Due, to make sure all songs are tagged with the metadata that services need to pay composers. “Most musicians don’t think about it when they’re in the studio,” ABBA frontman and

On Tuesday (Sept. 21), Billboard announced a brand-new Facebook Watch series centered on Maluma, Anitta, Prince Royce and Mariah Angeliq, spotlighting the four Latin hitmakers during Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month. The four-part series, titled 12 Hours With…., will dig deep into the four artists’ stories about how their heritage and roots helped build a foundation for their music

Over the past few years, familiar elements of ’90s country music have made their way back to country radio through a new generation of artists, such as Luke Combs, Scotty McCreery, Jon Pardi and Carly Pearce. In a track from his latest album, Same Truck, McCreery name-checks some of George Strait’s biggest songs, while both

Ever since scoring her first top 10 on the Hot Latin Songs chart in 2017, Karol G has been unstoppable. The Colombian pop-urban artist previously entered the prestigious Billboard chart with her singles “Hello” with Ozuna and “Casi Nada” but it was her Bad Bunny-assisted track, “Ahora Me Llama,” that nabbed her the first top