The Grammy Museum will host a panel discussion keyed to the new Aretha Franklin biopic Respect on Aug. 12. The discussion will feature the film’s star, Jennifer Hudson, as well as Stephen Bray and Jason Michael Webb. Variety’s Chris Willman will moderate. Harvey Mason Jr., Recording Academy CEO, co-produced the film with Scott Bernstein, but […]

Cory Andersen is the founder of PRYSM Management. My name is Cory Andersen. I’m a music manager to some incredible LGBTQ+ talent, but before my career, I’m a proud member of the queer community. This Sunday, Interscope rapper DaBaby stood in front of 20,000 people and issued a direct attack to the LGBTQ+ community. It

Want to have a hit whose popularity is never-ending? Then you might want to release a song called “Stay.” Or, also fittingly, “Forever.” It tends to work, as multiple songs by those titles have hit the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10. But over the Hot 100’s history, which dates to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception, what

“Life can surprise you,” Taylor Swift says in a brand-new promo for NBC’s coverage of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. And as it turns out, your favorite pop star can surprise you too. Swift narrates the new promo — which is soundtracked by her title track from 2020’s Evermore album with Bon Iver — and

Myke Towers is officially hitting the road, announcing Thursday (July 29) his 2021 El Young King world tour. Marking his first-ever tour, the Puerto Rican rapper and lyricist will hit the road Aug. 1 in Orlando, Fla., and wrap up Dec. 18 in Miami. With more than 35 dates confirmed, Towers will also make pit

Fifteen minutes into her Hot Ones debut, Lorde was not fazed by all of the super spicy chicken wings she had already eaten. That all changed after a few bites of a sauce with a Scoville hotness rating of 135,600, which was so spicy, the New Zealand pop star struggled to keep talking about her

Between the Richness, the second album from post-hardcore quintet Fiddlehead, is an emotionally pummeling meditation on grief, nostalgia and the passage of time defined by leader Pat Flynn’s ragged wail. Flynn focused the 25-minute follow-up to 2018’s Springtime and Blind on his complicated feelings regarding the 10th anniversary of his father’s death and the birth

Wisin, Yandel, Cosculluela and Zion have teamed up on the new single “Ya Paso,” premiering exclusively on Billboard below. Helmed by Puerto Rican producer Revol under his label Update Music and distributed by GLAD Empire, the song’s infectious beat goes beyond just a summer anthem, showing some of reggaeton’s renowned pioneers in a new light. Wisin, Yandel,

Nas is following up his Grammy Award winning album King’s Disease (2020) with the all-new King’s Disease II, dropping Aug. 6 at midnight ET, via Mass Appeal. On Thursday (July 29), the hitmaker announced the upcoming sequel album and unveiled the cover art, which is a modern self-portrait complete with an orange backdrop and yellow text. King’s Disease earned

Two of the world’s most recognizable musicians get into character in the new posters for Ridley Scott’s highly anticipated film “House of Gucci,” coming out Nov. 24 and starring Lady Gaga and Jared Leto. The movie follows the heinous tale of Patrizia (Gaga’s character), arranging the murder of her husband, Maurizio Gucci, following their divorce.