The first year festival was going to be a major payday for breakout star Lizzo. A $6 million battle is brewing between Virgin Fest and WME over deposits paid to Lizzo, Ellie Goulding, Kali Uchis and others who had agreed…
Billboard Japan revealed its 2020 mid-year charts Friday (June 5), tracking the weeks of Nov. 25, 2019, through May 24, 2020, and Official HIGE DANdism dominates the top two slots of the Japan Hot 100 with their long-running hits “Pretender”…
This year, the annual Latin Alternative Music Conference officially kicks off June 9 offering an array of industry panels, workshops and showcases that will live online. Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic and as the nation begins to reopen gradually, the…
Lady Gaga lands the biggest opening week for any artist on the U.K. album chart in 2020 as Chromatica (Interscope/Universal) debuts at No. 1. Chromatica records 53,000 combined units to become her fourth U.K. No. 1 album. The Official Charts…
Selena Gomez joined the rising swell of voices calling for justice for Breonna Taylor on Friday (June 5) — which would have been the Louisville, Kentucky, native’s 27th birthday. Taylor’s name has become a familiar refrain during the nearly two…
Donations are just one part of the multi-faceted approach needed to fight systemic racism. But these music companies are putting their money where their mouth is. This week dozens of music companies participated in “Black Out Tuesday,” an initiative created…
Billie Eilish is going down a rabbit hole like the rest of us during quarantine. In a wide-ranging interview with British GQ Eilish says being locked down due to COVID-19 is “pretty bad, but with good reason.” She lamented that we…
Alongside Mother Monster, Ariana Grande scores her 18th Streaming Songs top 10, tying Gaga for third all-time. Lady Gaga scores her highest-charting entry on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart in over six years with Ariana Grande collaboration “Rain on Me,” which…
In a week when the heart of the country is heavy with protests, police violence and the fight for racial justice, artists from Run the Jewels to Kane Brown and YG have channeled the national mood into powerful new music. …
British producer, songwriter and advocate Rupert Hine, who put his stamp on classic albums dating back five decades and who carved out an enduring recording career of his own, has died at the age of 72. The London native’s death…