These days, the convenience and accessibility of streaming allows headlines to impact the Billboard Hot 100 quicker than ever before. Earlier this year, for example, no fewer than four DMX singles re-entered the Hot 100 within two weeks of the rapper’s untimely death. At the turn of the century, though, when Spotify was still a […]

Netflix’s Outer Banks claims three of the top five entries on Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind, for August 2021, including the No. 1 in Celeste’s “Strange.” Rankings for the Top TV Songs chart are based on song and show data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with

Following the launch of Spotify Greenroom, the live audio platform is set to debut its new weekly hip-hop show Most Necessary: Live with host Brian “B. Dot” Miller. On Tuesday (Sept. 14), B. Dot will bring Spotify’s Most Necessary playlist to life to discuss rising hip-hop artists, debate trending topics in the genre and dive deep into

In a series of tweets on Thursday night (Sept. 9), Halsey shared her struggles with feeling comfortable in their body after giving birth. “My pregnancy has changed my body so much,” wrote Halsey, who welcomed their first child, Ender, on July 14 with partner Alev Aydin. “Learning how to have a personal sense of style when

Billboard and Honda debuted their first official TikTok Hashtag Challenge with #CurameChoreo today, partnering with global music sensation Rauw Alejandro as part of the Honda Stage music program. Building on the original #Curame TikTok challenge inspired by Rauw’s hit song “Cúrame,” Billboard and Honda are encouraging fans to learn a new set of dance moves

Keyword of the week for many musicians was “expansion.” Cardi B and Offset expanded their blended family with the addition of their baby boy over the weekend, while Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced their family is growing with another baby along the way. Jenner’s estranged brother-in-law Kanye West’s lengthy album Donda has proven fruitful for him as

When Wizkid initially released his second major-label album on RCA, Made In Lagos, last September, it made a quick critical splash, riding its notable collaborations (Skepta, Damian Marley, Burna Boy, H.E.R., Ella Mai) and up-tempo, breezy vibe to the top half of the Billboard 200. But it was almost a year before the album truly

K-pop’s transition into the English market continues with Monsta X, the most recent group in the genre to sing outside of their usual Korean. On Friday (Sept. 10), Monsta X released “One Day” — their newest single — in English, along with a video to accompany the track. The video for the introspective and melancholic

First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos & albums that dropped this week. Mickey Guyton, “Love My Hair” Inspired to detail her own story after seeing a video of a young girl who was sent home from school because her hair was deemed by school officials as “too distracting,” Guyton

She’s only 17, but Kenzie (aka Mackenzie Ziegler) is already entering a new phase of her musical career with her new single “Happy for Me.” A gentle, mesmerizing song with a widescreen, sing-along chorus, “Happy for Me” finds Kenzie getting over a toxic ex while simultaneously enjoying a new person who helps her value her