Olivia Rodrigo and  Machine Gun Kelly are set to perform on the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, live from Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Sunday, Sept. 12, at 8 pm. ET/PT on MTV. It will mark the first VMAs performances for both artists. In addition, Lil Nas X, Camila Cabello and Lorde are set to […]

Kanye West is taking Donda, his 10th studio album named after his late mother, back to the beginning by hosting a third listening event in Chicago. The rapper announced on Instagram Wednesday (Aug. 18) that he will host the third of a series of listening events dedicated to his latest, still-unreleased body of work at Soldier

At the age of 16, Manhattan native Alicia Keys dropped out of one Columbia — the Ivy League New York university — to pursue her musical dream at another: the prestigious, Sony-owned record label. She almost came to regret the decision. Keys signed with Columbia Records at age 15, after a bidding war that resulted

For the first time, George Harrison is No. 1 on Billboard’s 15-year-old Top Rock Albums chart as a solo artist. The 50th anniversary reissue of Harrison’s 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass debuts at No. 1 on the Top Rock Albums list dated Aug. 21 with 32,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S.

Natti Natasha is confirmed for Billboard’s 2021 Latin Music Week, returning to Miami in September with a weeklong event that unites the top Latin hitmakers, influencers and industry leaders, and features live performances and conversations with superstars. Titled “There’s No Hood Like Motherhood,” the Dominican Republic superstar along with Telemundo television host Adamari López will have a

Aventura returns to lead Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart as its new single “Volví,” with Bad Bunny, lifts 2-1 in its second week (Aug. 21-dated survey). It’s the group third No. 1, and first since 2010’s “Dile Al Amor.” The bachata-rhythmic tune takes the lead of the airplay-, streaming-, and digital-blended list boosted by gains

On Wednesday (Aug. 18), the defense and prosecution made their opening statements in R&B singer-songwriter R. Kelly’s sex trafficking trial, which was held at the Eastern District of New York courthouse in Brooklyn. More than two years after his arrest stemming from charges related to sex crimes, the trial began with the prosecution, as Assistant U.S.

Tim McGraw’s musical canon is filled with automotive imagery. Beyond the album titles Two Lanes of Freedom and Emotional Traffic, his singles have included “Truck Yeah,” “Red Ragtop,” “Highway Don’t Care” and “Shotgun Rider” — each of them an obvious vehicle for a car-related storyline. Additionally, “Where the Green Grass Grows” opens in a rush-hour

Britney Spears sent fans into a feline frenzy on Tuesday (Aug. 17) when she posted an eye-popping picture of a cute house pet that appeared to be the size of a jungle cat. But it was the caption of the post that really got the Britney Army into formation since it name-checked the singer’s famous

Hildur Gudnadóttir, who won an Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy for composing the music for the 2019 blockbuster Joker, is undertaking a new adventure for her latest project: She is scoring her first video game. Gudnadóttir and composer Sam Slater are writing the music for Battlefield 2042, the latest entry in the first-person shooter video