Jordan Schmidt rules Billboard’s Country Producers chart (dated Aug. 21) for the first time, thanks to a trio of production credits on the Hot Country Songs chart. Nelly and Florida Georgia Line’s “Lil Bit,” which Schmidt solely produced (and also co-wrote with FGL’s Tyler Hubbard, Nelly and Blake Redferrin), ranks at No. 4 on Hot […]

Liam Payne is bringing the “Sunshine” at the end of summertime with his new single, which he announced on Thursday (Aug. 19) will be out on Aug. 27. “Sunshine” will also be featured in the upcoming computer animated children’s film Ron’s Gone Wrong, which follows a group of walking and talking B-bots who befriend little kids, but

Throughout 2021, Doja Cat has been transforming more and more of Planet Earth into inhabitants of Planet Her. The foundation has been there for years, but with Planet Her, Doja has firmly planted herself in the current class of pop music A-listers. On July 4, the LP became Doja’s highest-charting project on the Billboard 200

Farruko completes a flight to his first No. 1 on Billboard’s multi-metric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart (dated Aug. 21) with “Pepas.” The song hits the top with 9.7 million U.S. streams, up 33%; 7.2 million radio airplay audience impressions, up 11%; and 2,500 downloads sold, up 25%, in the tracking week ending Aug. 12, according

Little Mix is kicking off their 10th anniversary with a celebration of their biggest hits and some new songs they’re mixing together for a new album titled Between Us. From Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and former member Jesy Nelson’s individual auditions on the U.K.’s The X Factor to their formation as one of the most successful girl groups with over

Aventura and Bad Bunny are out to get their girls back in their first-ever collaboration, “Volví.” The urban-bachata, with a touch of merengue ripiao’, quickly climbed the Billboard charts, earning the Dominican group — helmed by Romeo Santos — its first No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs since “Dile Al Amor” in 2010. “Volvi” —

It’s a vast understatement to say that Selena Gomez has had a very rough couple of years. The 29-year-old singer-actress-chef-entrepreneur opens up about emerging from tragedy onto solid ground in a new Elle magazine cover story, in which she talks about seriously bonding with her veteran co-stars in the upcoming Hulu series Only Murders in

Last Friday, Google was found guilty of infringing on Sonos’ patented smart speaker technology in a preliminary ruling from the International Trade Commission (ITC), marking an early victory for Sonos in a case that stretches back to early 2020 — but the battle’s not over yet. And as the lawsuit moves forward, its outcome could shift

Kanye West and production duo Take a Daytrip tie at No. 1 on Billboard’s Rap Producers chart (dated Aug. 21), each leading for the first time thanks to their shared production of Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow’s “Industry Baby.” The single tallies a third week at No. 1 on the Hot Rap Songs chart,

SixTONES’ new single “Mascara” soars to No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Aug. 9 to 15, with 504,232 CDs sold in its first week. The rising Johnny’s boy band asked King Gnu/millennium parade hitmaker Daiki Tsuneta to write the number, which hits No. 1 for sales, look-ups and Twitter mentions, while