This story is part of Billboard’s annual 40 Under 40 list, recognizing the music industry’s trailblazing young executives. SK SharmaChief analytics officer, Ingrooves Music Group At 23, Sharma graduated from Caltech with a PhD in chemical physics and physical chemistry. Sixteen years later, he’s far from the lab — but using the same skills leading […]

Metallica announced on Wednesday (Aug. 25) that its All Within My Hands Foundation has donated $50,000 to aid earthquake relief in Haiti following a recent devastating temblor. “At least 2,207 have died, over 12k injured & 50k homes destroyed by the devastating 7.2 quake,” the organization wrote in a tweet announcing the donation. According to

This story is part of Billboard’s annual 40 Under 40 list, recognizing the music industry’s trailblazing young executives. Ileana DiezMarketing executive After leaving a career in label publicity to join the management side, the 30-year-old former head of marketing for Roc Nation — where she worked with artists such as Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Big Sean, Kelly

It’s been a decade since Adele released her 2011 masterpiece “Rolling in the Deep,” and it would be an understatement to say that it still holds up. Even now, when those guitar eighth notes start playing, everyone in the room knows it’s time to start belting. The lyrics, the delivery, the passion — everything about “Rolling in

On July 2, 1988, Michael Jackson’s “Dirty Diana” reached the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100, creating chart history in the process. The No. 1 hit was the fifth straight off Jackson’s 1987 album Bad, breaking a tie with the Bee Gees-led Saturday Night Fever soundtrack from 1977 and Whitney Houston’s own ’87 album Whitney – making the global superstar

3LAU’s latest drop is here, and it’s not a song or an NFT. The DJ, producer and crypto enthusiast whose $11.7 million payday from a single NFT collection in February helped spark the music industry’s interest in the art form is now co-founding Royal: A blockchain-based platform for investing in music rights. The platform goes live

Lizzo had the perfect reaction to former Full House star Bob Saget’s lip-synch video to her hit “Rumors.” Cut. It. Out! The rapper made the iconic gesture from the sitcom in a TikTok clip in which she appears incredulous next to the video of the raunchy stand-up comedian-actor’s take on her new single with Cardi

As fans seemingly wait to see if Kanye West will release his elusive 10th studio album, Donda, on Friday (Aug. 27), they are also wondering if Drake will attempt to play spoiler and crash the party with his own long-awaited project, Certified Lover Boy. Considering the pair’s recent war of words, some are wondering if a head-to-head sales

Tame Impala performing his 2010 debut Innerspeaker from the oceanside studio where the album was made. St. Vincent bringing fans back to the ’70s in a psychedelic concert with a full band. Isaiah Rashad performing his album The House is Burning in, well, a burning house. Those are just a handful of the virtual concerts that

Exit light, enter Rina Sawayama’s stunning new cover of a Metallica staple. On Thursday (Aug. 26), Sawayama shared her brand new cover on Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” as part of the band’s continuing rollout of their upcoming anniversary covers album, The Metallica Blacklist. Sawayama becomes the second artist on the album to cover the band’s signature single, following