Ariana Grande has a message for any of her fans who are unvaccinated. “vaxxed n masked,” Grande captioned a selfie she shared on social media on Sunday (Aug. 1). “this is your gentle reminder to please get your vaccines if you are eligible,” the pop star wrote. “this thing is not yet over !” Any […]

Charles Connor, known for being Little Richard’s drummer who performed with other music greats including James Brown and Sam Cooke, has died. He was 86. Connor’s daughter, Queenie Connor Sonnefeld, said her father died peacefully in his sleep early Saturday (July 31) while under hospice care at his home in Glendale, California. She said her

In the wake of Apple’s iTunes service offering a 69-cent sale price for many R&B songs, several tracks that span from 1960s classics to 2010s hits flood Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart dated July 31. The digital retailer has developed this sales campaign in recent months, rotating between musical genres or other designated song

The Rift Tour, featuring Ariana Grande, is coming to Fortnite next weekend. On Sunday (Aug. 1), it was announced that Grande will be the latest superstar to perform within the Fortnite realm, headlining an in-game event — or a “musical journey into magical new realities” — that’s scheduled for Aug. 6-8. “Ariana & the Rift Tour” will

Roddy Ricch banks a fifth No. 1 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart as “Late at Night” surges from No. 5 to lead the list dated July 31. The single advances with a 17% burst in plays in the week ending July 25 to become the most-played song of the week on monitored U.S. rhythmic stations,

Lizzo has something good in the works. On Sunday afternoon (Aug. 1), she shared an image on Instagram that simply said: “SHHHHHHHH.” “Don’t even like this post cus you REALLY gon like my post tomorrow,” she wrote, adding six “shhh” emojis to her message. Billboard reached out to a rep for Lizzo for more information.

ZZ Top played its first concert following the death of longtime bassist Dusty Hill. On Friday (July 30), the legendary Texas blues-rock band performed live in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where Elwood Francis, the group’s guitar tech of 20 years, filled in for Hill. During the show, guitarist Billy Gibbons expressed the late bass player’s desire for

Silk Sonic’s new summertime jam “Skate” has topped this week’s new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (July 30) on Billboard, choosing the second song from Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s collaborative project as their favorite new music release of the past week. The duo’s uptempo, beach-ready single brought in 57%

MTV is marking its 40th anniversary with a relaunch of its iconic image of an astronaut on the moon, with an MTV flag planted nearby. On Sunday (Aug. 1), the media network unveiled a large scale Moon Person during a ceremony at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The new design (seen below)

The “Queen of Soul’s” handprints are to be unveiled outside the Detroit Historical Society Museum in advance of the release of a new film on Aretha Franklin’s life and career. The Sunday (Aug. 1) unveiling on Legends Plaza will coincide with the opening of a new, temporary museum exhibit on Franklin, who died in 2018.