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James Brown’s Heirs Settle 15-Year Dispute Over Soul Icon’s Estate, Song Publishing Rights

James Brown’s Heirs Settle 15-Year Dispute Over Soul Icon’s Estate, Song Publishing Rights

Nearly 15 years after James Brown’s death, his children and grandchildren have reached a settlement over a legal dispute involving the Godfather of Soul’s lucrative holdings. Brown had specified in a 2000 will that he would bequeath little to his heirs, other than a $2 million scholarship fund for his grandchildren, but his daughters Deanna […]

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BTS Will Cover This ’90s Hot 100 No. 1 Hit for BBC Radio 1

BTS Will Cover This ’90s Hot 100 No. 1 Hit for BBC Radio 1

BTS are set to perform their Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits and a special cover for their first-ever BBC Radio 1 broadcast special next week. The K-pop septet will make their debut at the Radio 1 Live Lounge with their career-first chart-topper “Dynamite” and their current leader “Permission to Dance,” plus a cover of another

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Billboard Buys: The Apple Watch Got a $50 Price Drop on Amazon, Cheaper Than Apple.com

Billboard Buys: The Apple Watch Got a $50 Price Drop on Amazon, Cheaper Than Apple.com

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. The Apple Watch Series 6 just came out last fall and retailers are already starting to offer up discounts on the popular smartwatch online. Target has a number of limited-edition Apple Watch models available

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Billie Eilish Is Making Her Disney+ Debut With ‘Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles’ Special

Billie Eilish Is Making Her Disney+ Debut With ‘Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles’ Special

Billie Eilish will make her Disney+ debut on Sept. 3 with the concert special Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles. The singer’s upcoming album, Happier Than Ever, will drop on July 30, and according to an announcement on Thursday (July 22), the special will feature intimate performances of every song from the

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Lil Nas X Pens Heartfelt Note to His Younger Self Ahead of ‘Industry Baby’ Drop: ‘I Need You to Keep Going’

Lil Nas X Pens Heartfelt Note to His Younger Self Ahead of ‘Industry Baby’ Drop: ‘I Need You to Keep Going’

Just before the official release of his new single “Industry Baby,” Lil Nas X is taking some time to reflect and offer a bit of advice — to himself. In a tweet on Thursday (July 22), Lil Nas X shared a note with his fans that he wrote to his younger self. Dedicated to “20-year-old Montero”

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Producer Roget Chahayed Tells the Stories Behind 5 of His Biggest Hits: ‘Kiss Me More,’ ‘Broccoli’ & More

Producer Roget Chahayed Tells the Stories Behind 5 of His Biggest Hits: ‘Kiss Me More,’ ‘Broccoli’ & More

This week at Billboard, we’re celebrating the producers, while recognizing some of the figures and stories currently at the forefront of their corner of the industry. Here, we talk with California-based hip-hop and pop producer Rogét Chahayed about some of the signature hits of his career.  On a quiet suburban corner of California’s San Fernando Valley,

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Drake, Taylor Swift, The Beatles & All the Acts That Have Replaced Themselves at No. 1 on the Hot 100

Drake, Taylor Swift, The Beatles & All the Acts That Have Replaced Themselves at No. 1 on the Hot 100

Sometimes an act is so dominant that the only act that can dethrone it from atop the Billboard Hot 100 is … itself. BTS is the latest example, as the group’s “Permission to Dance” replaces its own “Butter” atop the Hot 100 dated July 24. Such a succession had last occurred three years ago this

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20 Questions With Nora En Pure: The Producer on Her Love of Deep House, The Ocean & The Offspring

20 Questions With Nora En Pure: The Producer on Her Love of Deep House, The Ocean & The Offspring

In the same way a mountain vista or a particularly potent sunset is moving, that’s how Nora En Pure’s music is moving. The deep house productions of the South African-born, Zurich-based producer possess a certain kind of epic grandeur — just like the natural world that inspires so much of the music by the artist

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Ariana Grande Switches Up ‘Positions’ For Live Performance Video: Watch

Ariana Grande Switches Up ‘Positions’ For Live Performance Video: Watch

Ariana Grande switched and live mixed “Positions” for her sixth and final Vevo live performance on Thursday (July 22). She kicked off the sultry display by expertly layering her vocal harmonies, as previously heard in a behind-the-scenes clip from the recording of the song, before repeating the pre-chorus, “I’m tryna meet your mama on a

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