Vanilla Ice cooled off plans for a concert in Texas after taking considerable heat for an event that sought to gather hundreds of fans in one of the nation’s coronavirus hot spots. The 1990s rapper with the hit single “Ice…
Against all odds, Marc Rebillet mounted a national concert tour in June 2020. Performing at drive-in venues from Maryland to Colorado and Texas to Ohio, the Dallas-based dance music star did some of the strongest business of his career, despite…
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…
Tom Morello has unveiled his new song “Stand Up,” a high-octane collaboration with Shea Diamond, Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons and The Bloody Beetroots. On the urgent, hard-rocking track, which dropped Thursday (July 2), the collective artists rail against police…
Amanda Kloots shared an update on her Broadway actor husband Nick Cordero’s health on Thursday’s (July 2) CBS This Morning. After witnessing her husband — best known for his roles in shows like Waitress, A Bronx Tale and Rock of…
DaBaby collects his second No. 1 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Songs airplay chart — and first with lead billing — as “Rockstar” ascends from the runner-up rank on the list dated July 4. The single, which features Roddy Ricch, rises through…
Kelly Clarkson has revisited her heart-wrenching cover of Hamilton‘s “It’s Quiet Uptown” ahead of the Broadway hit’s streaming debut on Disney+. During an episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show on Thursday (July 2), the 38-year-old singer welcomed members of the…
On what would have Jenni Rivera’s 51st birthday, Billboard honors La Diva de la Banda by remembering her five top hits on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart. With more than 30 entries on the tally, fourteen of those hit the…