With his latest LP teaser, Lil Nas X is just about ready to point into the audience, shouting “You get an album! And you get an album! Everybody gets an album!” In a new Instagram post, Lil Nas X unveiled a makeshift trailer of sorts for something called The Montero Show. The new clip sees Nas dressed in […]

A remake of The Bodyguard is officially underway. The popular 1992 romantic thriller — which starred Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner — will be reimagined by Matthew López, the Tony-nominated playwright of The Inheritance, Variety reported on Wednesday (Sept. 15). Lawrence Kasdan of Kasdan Pictures and Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of Rideback are set to produce

Karol G. joined Billboard and Rockstar Energy Drink for an exclusive virtual performance at this year’s Summer Spotlight concert series, where she dazzled a global audience with some of her biggest tracks. The Colombian star and eight-time finalist at the 2021 Billboard Latin Music Awards headlined the first of two Rockstar Energy Drink Summer Spotlight

Lauren Daigle, Elevation Worship, KB, CeCe Winans and Zach Williams are the first performers revealed for this year’s GMA Dove Awards. The in-person ceremony is set for Oct. 19 at Lipscomb University’s Allen Arena in Nashville. Elevation Worship, Winans and Williams are among the most-nominated artists heading into this year’s ceremony, with Elevation Worship earning

Kid Cudi is extending himself to Lil Nas X. For Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2021 list, published on Wednesday (Sept. 15), Cudi wrote about Lil Nas X and declared his support for the “Industry Baby” artist after the 22-year-old tweeted that Black male rappers aren’t interested in working with him. “When I saw

Earlier this year, Universal Music Japan’s President/CEO Naoshi Fujikura was named one of the global industry leaders driving the success of music business outside the U.S. on Billboard’s International Power Players list. Fujikura was recognized for shifting his company’s focus toward streaming in a market known for its weight on physical music sales, while also

In 2013, when the Japanese technology company Softbank offered to buy Universal Music Group for $8.5 billion, some analysts were surprised that UMG parent company Vivendi declined what was characterized as a generous offer. That was before the streaming boom. In late 2019, Chinese company Tencent Holdings agreed to buy up to 20% of UMG at

Bad Bunny has been named one of the Most Influential People of 2021 by TIME. On Wednesday (Sept. 15,) the magazine revealed its annual TIME100, featuring “extraordinary leaders from around the world working to build a better future, from entertainers striving to make Hollywood more inclusive to activists fighting for sustainability and human rights. … They

Charley Crockett may have come to his artistry relatively late — “I’m a slow learner who started at age 31,” he says — but he’s making up for lost time. Boasting a buttery, yet crackling tenor that recalls iconic Texas artists from Willie Nelson to Freddy Fender, Crockett is releasing his 11th album since 2015

Måneskin’s “Beggin’” has been one of the most unlikely hit singles of the year, a rock cover of The Four Seasons’ 1966 soul-pop smash that the Italian quartet recorded in 2017 and watched go viral on TikTok years later. After crossing over to streaming platforms, the cover has taken off around the globe in recent