When Santana hooked up with Rob Thomas for the first time in 1999, the San Francisco classic rock band led by guitarist Carlos Santana hadn’t had a top 10 hit in a couple decades, and Thomas had just risen to fame with the first few hits from his band Matchbox Twenty. But “Smooth,” the lead […]

While Shawn Mendes and Tainy got us remembering the “Summer of Love” on their smooth collaboration, other A-list artists dropped some hot new releases before the end of the season. While Lorde harnessed the power of the sun for her third studio album Solar Power, Trippie Redd took fans on a Trip at Knight on his fourth LP. Ed

José María Cámara, the former record executive from Spain who headed CBS Records, BMG Ariola and Sony Music Spain and who was instrumental in the success of legendary acts like Mecano and Joaquín Sabina, has died at age 74. The cause was a brain tumor, according to published reports. Cámara rose from his role as

Midway through her Thursday (Aug. 19) night performance at the Apollo Theater, Jennifer Hudson gave a peek into her pre-show thought process. “I said to myself, ‘I wonder what it was like when Mariah [Carey] played the Apollo,’” Hudson mused as she walked across the iconic Harlem venue’s stage in a billowing, vibrant pink dress.

For King & Country, the duo of brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone, bounds onto Billboard’s Aug. 21-dated Hot Christian Songs chart, which blends airplay, sales and streaming data, with “Relate” at No. 15. The pair claims its 31st entry on the chart, a sum that includes 16 top 10s. The song, released Aug. 6 and

On Aug. 20, 2011, Lady A began a two-week stay atop Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart with “Just a Kiss,” its fifth leader on the list. The love song about building a relationship steadily (“I don’t want to mess this thing up …”) was penned by the trio of Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley and Hillary

If you’re looking for Amrit, start with an island. The Singapore-born, Australia-raised DJ, model, influencer, and jazz aficionado has worked her way onto some of the biggest stages in the world with her signature mix of driving techno and downbeat R&B. But Amrit is happiest with the sun shining above her and the waves crashing

Spotify will institute a stock buyback program of up to 10 million of the company’s shares, to the tune of up to $1 billion, beginning in the third quarter of this year, the company announced today (Aug. 20). According to a press release, the company’s board of directors authorized the repurchase program through April 21,

Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. This week, Lorde checks in from a faraway star, Shawn Mendes is adamant that the summer’s just getting started, and

For an artist like Billie Eilish, who has topped the Billboard charts, swept the Grammys and broken countless records along the way, a title such as Happier Than Ever seemed fitting for her second album — even in spite of the single tear descending the pop star’s face on the project’s cover. When the album debuted