Normani is set to perform her latest single “Wild Side” at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, the awards show announced Thursday (Sept. 9). After fans called on the VMAs with the hashtag #LetNormaniPerform to put the multi-platinum pop star on the performer lineup, the show finally delivered. “Are you ready to take a […]

Be good indeed. Beyoncé and Jay-Z, coming off the heels of their About Love campaign with Tiffany & Co., announced on Thursday (Sept. 9) that their charities BeyGOOD and the Shawn Carter Foundation have partnered with the luxury jewelry brand to launch the About Love Scholarship program. Together, they have pledged $2 million in scholarship funding to

Several country music artists woke up on Thursday (Sept. 9) to the news that they are nominees for the 55th annual Country Music Association Awards. Some artists were celebrating their very first CMA nods in certain categories, while for other artists, being nominated clearly never gets old. Carly Pearce earned her first CMA female vocalist

The 2021 MTV Video Music Awards are coming up this weekend, and the star power of the performer lineup keeps growing stronger. But who are you most excited to see? Doja Cat will pull double duty as the evening’s host, the first time in the show’s history that the host was also nominated for the video

How is the growth of streaming impacting creators in Canada? That’s the question at the heart of a study recently commissioned and now under review by the Canadian government. But the major record companies, which didn’t participate, are concerned that the report is inaccurate and misleading amid a broader debate over how creators should be

Willy Chirino has released a new version of his track “Que Se Vayan Ya,” 13 years after its original release, and it’s premiering exclusively on Billboard Thursday (Sept. 9). The award-winning salsa artist reeled in Cuban artists Lenier, El Micha, Chacal, Osmani Garcia, and Srta. Dayana to show solidarity with the Cuban community through this

Foo Fighters’ ’90s classic “Everlong” reaches Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, Hot Alternative Songs and Hot Hard Rock Songs charts for the first time, thanks to a viral live performance featuring 11-year-old guest drummer Nandi Bushell. “Everlong” bows at No. 19 on the Sept. 11-dated Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. It also starts

On Oct. 10, Nashville native Mitchell Tenpenny will fulfill a lifelong dream when he steps onstage at the Ryman Auditorium, for a sold-out show at the revered venue as part of his To Us It Did tour. “I’ve been to so many shows there, and just kind of grew up going there. So to get

Tokischa has shined with her groundbreaking and unapologetic music, bringing to the forefront the Dominican Republic’s thriving local scene. Singles such as the Rochy RD-assisted “El Rey De La Popola” and “Tukuntazo” with Haraca Kiko and El Cherry Scom have put her game-changing dembow (a genre built on dancehall) on the map. “Tukuntazo” even entered

Eight months ago, Nessa Barrett tattooed “pretty poison” on the inside of her arm as a physical representation of her mental and emotional anguish. “I went through a phase where I got a lot of dark stuff tattooed on me,” the 19-year-old singer-songwriter tells Billboard. “I was really going through it mentally.” The somewhat contradictory