Katy Perry gave her fiancé Orlando Bloom a shout-out for “portraying a real hero” in his new movie The Outpost. The 35-year-old pop star took to Instagram on Saturday (July 4) to share a trailer for the war drama, where…
Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. This week, Pop Smoke’s legacy…
In hopes of tapping into the vein of nostalgia and honor legends, DJ Cassidy will be kicking off his new Pass the Mic series, he tells Billboard. The concept came into fruition when Cassidy was having a conversation with Earth,…
London Music Stellar award-Winning an anointed singer and songwriter, new BBC- UK Recording Music Groups, LLC Recording Artist; BaShir Hogue Began his music ministry at the age of 10 years old by singing for the open door Baptist church…
Would you pay $150 for a ticket to see a virtual Monsta X concert if it included a 20-second digital meet and greet with the band? Plenty of the Monbebes (the nickname for the K-pop group’s fans) would gladly pay, according to…
6ix9ine’s steady release of new music continues. The 24-year-old New York rapper took to Instagram on Thursday (July 2) to announce that his new song “Yaya” and its accompanying music video will drop Friday at 11:30 a.m. PT/2:30 p.m. ET.…
"I think people have been longing for simpler times and a nostalgic escape," says one radio programmer. The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” again beams at maximum wattage on Billboard‘s Pop Songs radio airplay chart, making a return to No. 1. The…
Some 1,500 artists backing #LetTheMusicPlay warn of ‘mass insolvencies’ from ongoing concert lockdowns due to COVID-19. Some of the U.K.’s biggest music stars are pleading with their government to come to the aid of the £4.5 billion ($5.6 billion) live…
Concord Music Publishing has signed an exclusive administration agreement with artist and songwriter Boz Scaggs in North America. The deal covers Scaggs’ catalog from 1968 to the present and all his releases going forward. Scaggs has been releasing music for…
Official Joseph Mensah has slaughtered a Black young person and two other men in his five years of policing. A Wauwatosa, Wisconsin cop named Joseph Mensah is under scrutiny after lethally shooting three men during his five years…