BTS are slated to perform at the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals event on Monday (Sept. 20). “Don’t miss musical performance by special guests @BTS_twt at UNHQ! They join @antonioguterres & world leaders at our SDG Moment event to inspire action for the #GlobalGoals & a better world for everyone,” the U.N. tweeted on Sunday afternoon […]

Billboard and Samsung Galaxy are teaming up to launch a first-of-its-kind competition to find the next unsigned superstar. The competition, called Billboard NXT, kicks off on September 28th with an official TikTok hashtag challenge. To participate, artists across the country must create a showstopping :60 cover of the new song “Out Out” by Joel Corry

Halsey dropped a dramatic live video for the song “I Am Not a Woman, I’m a God” over the weekend, in which she is splashed with blood while singing the track from her Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross-produced If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power album. The clip stars out with Halsey singing while staring intently at the

TikTok owner Bytedance is set to bring in screen time caps for Douyin, the Chinese version of the phenomenally successful app, for users under 14 years old as Beijing continues to crack down on the influence of tech companies in the country. According to a report in Bloomberg, Douyin made significant changes to its ‘youth’ mode last week, limiting

MUMBAI — In August, five months after CEO Prashan Agarwal’s sudden resignation, Gaana, India’s leading streaming platform, named Sandeep Lodha as his replacement. Lodha arrives at a challenging moment for both the 11-year-old company, considered the Spotify of India, and the country’s music market, which is still driven mostly by rising ad-supported streaming, while its

Ed Sheeran was crowned last Friday as the first British solo artist to claim a full year at No. 1 on the U.K. Singles Chart. This Friday (Sept. 24), he should extend that lead. Sheeran’s “Shivers” heads-up the First Look chart, which ranks singles based on sales and streaming activity over the first 48 hours

Miley Cyrus’ is the epitome of a confident pop star, an artist in control, who’s appeared on screen and the biggest stages since before she could walk and talk. The “Wrecking Ball” singer is also just like the rest of us. During her performance last Friday (Sept. 17) at Milwaukee’s Summerfest, Cyrus could sense a

The 73rd annual Emmy Awards, which were held at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday (Sept. 19), got off to a surprisingly hip start. Emmy host Cedric the Entertainer opened the telecast with a parody of Biz Markie’s 1990 hip-hop classic, “Just a Friend.” He was joined by LL Cool J, Lil Dickie and

Ed Sheeran replaces himself at the summit of the Official U.K. Singles Chart as “Shivers” (Asylum) starts at No. 1, for the singer and songwriter’s 11th leader. “Shivers,” the third track lifted from Sheeran’s forthcoming album = (Equals), bows with 59,000 chart sales, according to the OCC, including 9,000 sales on CD. With his fast-starting

The Crown’s Olivia Colman, Ted Lasso’s Jason Sudeikis, and multihyphenate Debbie Allen took home some of the top honors during the 2021 Emmy Awards, which was broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 19. Highlights from the ceremony include Leon Bridges and Jon Batiste performing a stripped-down rendition of “River,”