Following the 2021 Met Gala and two days after the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, New York will host yet another epic event: The Verzuz battle between Ja Rule and Fat Joe will officially commence on Tuesday night (Sept. 14). The showdown will go down at the Hulu Theater at New York’s Madison Square Garden, which also hosted […]

Drake’s historic week on Billboard’s charts (dated Sept. 18) is especially highlighted on the Streaming Songs survey, where he boasts the top 14 titles. Previously, the most songs that an artist had placed from No. 1 on down on Streaming Songs in a week was eight, by Drake himself, on July 14, 2018, concurrent with

After two years of pandemic postponement, the C2C: Country to Country festival will return March 11-13, 2022, in London, Glasgow and Dublin, with headlining sets from Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert and Darius Rucker. Other artists taking part in the three-day festival include Callista Clark, Russell Dickerson, Flatland Cavalry, Ashley McBryde, Scotty McCreery, Kip Moore, Runaway June, Tenille

Grimes was a vision in futuristic silver at the Met Gala on Monday night (Sept. 13), rocking a Dune-inspired gown and enormous sword — which was apparently made out of “fermented guns” — to match her metallic mask. The 33-year-old singer explained to Vogue that her custom body-hugging Iris van Herpen gown — made of liquid

A new wave of artists is ready to hit the stage during the 2021 Billboard Latin Music Week, returning to Miami from Sept. 20 to 25 with a weeklong event that unites the top Latin hitmakers, influencers, and executives, and features live performances and conversations with superstars. Indie Dominican newcomer The Change, soulful Colombian twins

Two Mike Patton-led bands, Faith No More and Mr. Bungle, have canceled their September and October tour dates due to “mental health reason,” he announced on Tuesday (Sept. 14). “Sorry to report that due to mental health reasons, I cannot continue with the currently scheduled Faith No More and Mr. Bungle dates,” he said in an official

Lady Gaga launches at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart (dated Sept. 18) with Dawn of Chromatica, her seventh career leader. The remixed set, released Sept. 3, earned 11,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Sept. 9, according to MRC Data. The album sports remixes of songs first released on her 2020

The 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, which aired live on Sept. 12, scored the top spot in prime time cable across key demographics, the network announced on Tuesday (Sept. 14).   In an early report about viewership of the 2021 VMAs, the network cites a 9% increase in Total Minutes Consumed (TMC) compared to last year. According to MTV’s parent company ViacomCBS, TMC

Thomas Rhett’s “Country Again” ascends to No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart dated Sept. 18, marking his 17th leader on the list. In the tracking week ending Sept. 12, the song increased by 12% to 28.2 million audience impressions, according to MRC Data. Rhett wrote “Country Again,” released on Valory Music, with Zach Crowell

The “Moving Our Music Pa’lante” panel is set to take place at Billboard’s Latin Music Week 2021, which returns to Miami with a weeklong (Sept. 20-25) event that unites the top Latin hitmakers, influencers and industry leaders, and features live performances and conversations with superstars. Presented by HBO Max and moderated by Billboard’s Leila Cobo, the