If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. A year after the coronavirus pandemic put the world on pause, the Olympics are finally heading to Tokyo! NBCUniversal is airing the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games programming across its broadcast, cable and digital platforms, and we […]

We all know that Olivia Rodrigo is headed for a big night at the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which will be held at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Jan. 31. She is an overwhelming favorite to win as best new artist and is the clear front-runner to win record and song of the year

Industry veteran Kim Bedier is bringing her expertise to Southern California. Bedier has been named the senior vice president and general manager of the new Orange County entertainment district ocV!BE. Opening in 2024, ocV!BE will open in 2024 with the current Honda Center as its anchor. The full district is expected to be completed by 2028.   Bedier was most recently the director of venues and events for Tacoma Dome in Washington. She has also

Edited by Dan Rys After ‘Battle Of The Platforms’ Lost $10 Million, Investors Including James Harden Are Jockeying for Their Money A boxing event pitting YouTube creators against TikTok stars on June 12 called the Battle of the Platforms was supposed to usher in a new era of post-pandemic live entertainment, combining high-energy performances from

Sony Music Group announced the extension of its Artists Forward program to songwriters on Tuesday (July 20), expanding the policy it announced last month to pay through existing unrecouped balances for acts that signed to the company before 2000 and have not received an advance since.   According to an internal letter to Sony Music Publishing songwriters

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 Nashville-based writer-producer Jordan Schmidt about some of the signature hits of his producing career.  Jordan Schmidt is refreshingly candid when asked to recall the stories

Britney Spears’ new attorney Matthew Rosengart said that he and his firm are working “aggressively and expeditiously” to remove her father, Jamie Spears, as her conservator. The former federal prosecutor told reporters outside the Los Angeles courthouse following a brief hearing on Monday (July 20) that he and his firm, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, would file a

Post Malone powers to his fifth No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart as “Motley Crew” debuts in the top slot. The song, released July 9 on Republic Records, leads the July 24-dated chart as it begins as the genre’s most streamed song of the week. With “Motley Crew” joining Post Malone’s collection, here’s

When the 2022 Grammy Awards air in January, we could see some very familiar faces onstage. On the latest episode of the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, we discuss some veteran acts — artists who have been releasing music since at least the 1980s — who could be eligible for Grammy nominations at the next awards

Justin Bieber earns his fourth No. 1 debut on Billboard’s Streaming Songs – and The Kid LAROI his first – as their collaboration “Stay” starts atop the tally dated July 24. In the tracking week ending July 15, “Stay” received 34.7 million U.S. streams, according to MRC Data. The song marks Bieber’s sixth Streaming Songs