ZZ Top rises on multiple Billboard charts dated Aug. 14, including to No. 1 on Hard Rock Digital Song Sales, following the first full data tracking week after the July 28 death of bassist Dusty Hill. 1974’s “La Grange,” one of the band’s signature songs, ascends 2-1 on Hard Rock Digital Song Sales with 1,600 […]

Sheltered Music has inked a new worldwide co-publishing and administration deal with country superstar Marty Stuart. The new agreement with the Country Music Hall of Fame member and 5-time Grammy-winner will include both his back catalog, including a host of hits like “The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’” and “Tempted,” as well as his new music going

The past 10 years have been a whirlwind for Luke Hemmings, to say the least. At 16, the frontman of 5 Seconds of Summer left Sydney to move to London with his bandmates Ashton Irwin, Calum Hood and Michael Clifford. The quartet played small gigs and studied the art of pop songwriting as their musical

Trippie Redd announced the track list for his upcoming Trip At Knight album on Wednesday (August 11), revealing features with Drake, Lil Durk and Juice WRLD, among others. The rapper promised to reveal the release date if he got to 200,000 comments, but in the meantime fans were freaking out, with one calling it the “album

Spanish-language media giant Univision Communications, which late last year sold a majority stake to an investor group led by former Viacom CFO Wade Davis and recently agreed to a merger with Mexican TV giant Televisa, reported a big second-quarter advertising revenue improvement. The company said Thursday that its quarterly profit amounted to $36.6 million, compared with a year-ago loss of $27.3 million.

Alt-soul duo Lion Babe channels the past to stay ahead; or, as producer Lucas Goodman calls it, “futuristic nostalgia.” From the rare vintage 45s interpolated throughout the duo’s instrumentals to frontwoman Jillian Hervey’s sweeping cateye and towering hairdos, a myriad of decades can be spotted throughout the pair’s eccentric artistry.  Sitting at a table alongside Goodman

The inaugural ad campaign from high-end electric scooter company Unagi features punk godfather Iggy Pop extolling the virtues of the zipping around on two carbon-emission-free wheels. “Unagi… I’d steal one… if I could,” Pop says in his instantly recognizable baritone in a slick 30-second spot shot at the rocker’s Miami home cued to The Stooges’

Metallica’s self-titled fifth album (dubbed “The Black Album,” due to its artwork) is more than just a collection of songs; it was a cultural event. When it dropped 30 years ago, on Aug. 12, 1991, the mega-selling LP fueled a pop culture moment, vaulted metal to the top of the charts, and altered the genre for

Tempo Music Investments, the firm launched by Providence Equity Partners, has made an undisclosed investment in Twenty One Pilots frontman Tyler Joseph’s entire pre-2020 song catalog, including such songs as “Stressed Out,” “Ride” and “Heathens.” As part of the deal, a strategic alliance has been formed that will see Joseph and his long-term manager Chris

Typically unflappable America’s Got Talent judge Simon Cowell got emotional on Wednesday night (August 11) when one of his favorite acts of the season dialed in to give an update on her health. “It was a great show (last night) but there was somebody missing – Nightbirde,” host Terry Crews said during Wednesday’s live results show. He was referring to