On Tuesday (Aug. 31), Billboard announced it’s launching a new radio show on SiriusXM next week called Billboard Live. The two-hour weekly live radio show will go on a deep dive into the hottest artists, releases, chart insights and music festivals and tours. Hosted by Billboard senior editor Lyndsey Havens and hip-hop editor Carl Lamarre, Billboard Live […]

Following a series of homophobic remarks he made about HIV and AIDS, DaBaby sat down with GLAAD and nine HIV organizations to learn more about his ignorant remarks. In a press release Tuesday (Aug. 31), GLAAD revealed that DaBaby was in attendance for a conversation with GLAAD, the Black AIDS Institute, Gilead Sciences COMPASS Initiative Coordinating Centers,

After weeks of teasing fans with exclusive looks at his debut album, Montero, Lil Nas X is once again delivering on his promise. On Tuesday (Aug. 31), the “Industry Baby” rapper revealed the official album cover art for Montero via social media. The album cover features Lil Nas X naked and levitating in the air, surrounded

Luke Bryan earns his 25th leader on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “Waves” swells from No. 2 to No. 1 on the Sept. 4-dated list. The song increased by 9% to 31.9 million impressions in the week ending Aug. 29, according to MRC Data. “Waves” — co-written by Zach Crowell, Ryan Hurd and Chase McGill — is

Blake Shelton likes to win on The Voice, and in the first promo for the upcoming 21st season, he’s clearly sweating the potential competition from the woman in the seat to his right. The country star — who is the all-time champ with eight wins to date — says, “I’m the returning champion of The Voice

Smoke Bulga is Maybach Music Group’s (MMG) newest signee, and he has already dropped off a new single, “Water Whip’N,” to celebrate his new deal. Featuring the boss Rick Ross and produced by GGAlmighty, the song interpolates Black Rob’s infamous hit “Woah” and was released with an accompanying video which includes cameos from Fat Joe, N.O.R.E.,

Wearing her best rockstar outfit — leather pants styled with silver chains — Karol G took the virtual stage on Monday (Aug. 30) to headline the first of two Rockstar Summer Spotlight concerts available only on Billboard from Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. ET through Sept. 1 at 6 p.m. ET. “I am very happy to be here tonight

LONDON – Hit records by AJR, Kontra K and KSI helped drive growth at BMG in the first half of 2021 as the music company posted a 5.2% increase (9% on a constant currency basis) in revenue to 296 million euros ($350 million) at the mid-year point ended June 30. That’s up from 282 million euros ($333.5

Now that Kanye West’s Donda album is finally out, it’s not surprising that the nearly two-hour, 27-track opus has been met with both praise and reproach. While some have given Ye props for once again laying his heart on the line with a collection of deeply emotional, meditative songs, others are … well, unimpressed. Count The

Heavy metal’s reputation as a niche music genre does not apply to Metallica. The Bay Area band’s self-titled fifth album (often called “The Black Album” because of its cover) debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated Aug. 31, 1991, and went on to become the biggest-selling album in the U.S. — 17.2 million