It’s Paulina Rubio’s birthday! “To all my Gemini, I send you a big kiss and I hope you have an incredible birthday,” the Mexican singer shared on Instagram June 8 as she kicked off her birthday month. “I want to thank…
When John Legend finished recording his seventh studio album in February, he, like everyone, couldn’t have imagined the state of society four months later, juggling both a global pandemic and a social revolution, with the police killing of George Floyd…
After releasing his album Artist 2.0 earlier this year, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie tantalized fans with his new song “Bleed” Tuesday (June 16) in honor of the deluxe project set to be released Friday. The visual finds Boogie swerving through unstable…
Warner Music Group, Sony Music, Spotify and more plan to commemorate the June 19 holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the U.S. Over the last two weeks, music companies have been rallying around the movement for racial justice in…
After Mickey Guyton cited an all-female music video that she said she was disinvited to participate in in a guest column for Billboard that ran June 9, it was revealed that the video she declined to name was The Highwomen’s…
The artist Young Dayo, born as Isaiah King in Philadelphia Pa 1995 in the Uptown section. Young Dayo grew up aspiring to be a Professional Athlete. He was raised as a musician, but never took interest in rapping until…
Looking ahead to reopening, he says music industry leaders "should be having conversations now about what happens next year." When the concert business shut down in mid-March, Bobby Garza abruptly shifted from putting on live events to tearing them down…
Lena Waithe, the award-winning Master of None and Queen and Slim scribe, said that while she feels accepted as a Black, gay woman in the entertainment industry, she believes audiences need to see even more Black queer representation. “If you…
Bobby Lewis, singer of “Tossin’ & Turnin’,” died on April 28 after contracting pneumonia. The news — initially reported but not widely circulated in late April — was announced by his granddaughter Sabreen LaRae Simmons on Facebook, and has been confirmed…
New Music Friday is intense. Hundreds of songs drop from artists around the world, and you’re supposed to somehow find the best ones. It’s fun work, but it’s time-consuming — so we at Billboard Dance want to give you a hand.…