This story is part of Billboard‘s 2020 Pride List, which spotlights 40 LGBTQ executives who are shaping the music industry. John Geraghty Founder/artist manager, JPG Projects Carter Gregory Director of A&R, Capitol Records When John Geraghty was 14, he entered a…
Plus, they dropped 'No Mañana' featuring El Alfa. The Black Eyed Peas are gearing up for the release of their highly-anticipated studio album Translation, dropping June 19 via Epic Records. On Friday (June 12), the renowned musical group unveiled the…
This story is part of Billboard‘s 2020 Pride List, which spotlights 40 LGBTQ executives who are shaping the music industry. Elissa Ayadi Senior vp fan engagement and digital marketing, Warner Records Spencer Moya Senior director, digital marketing, Interscope Geffen A&M Growing…
This was a great week for Little Monsters, as Lady Gaga’s new Chromatica album roared in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Gaga also appeared during YouTube’s star-studded “Dear Class of 2020” event, delivering an impassioned commencement speech: “There is much to…
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, Lil Baby reflects…
Even as DaBaby’s “Rockstar” sits at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the rapper dropped a new “BLM” (Black Lives Matter) remix of the song with Roddy Ricch on Friday (June 12) that makes reference to his ascension to…
As Dane County looks toward phase 2 of reopening, the Madison record store continues to see an increase in business. In October 1988, Angie Roloff and her husband Ron opened Strictly Discs in Madison, Wisconsin, after Ron left a career…
Nicki Minaj is officially hitched. Minaj announced that she officially married Kenneth Petty on Oct. 22, 2019, about a year after they started to date again, as the love poured in from friends and her crazed Barbz. Minaj previously teased her retirement…
Singer Elton John founded the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) in 1992 to fight the AIDS epidemic. Now one of the leading independent AIDS organizations in the world, the EJAF currently manages grants for HIV prevention and care in 55…
The pieces will premiere on weekdays from June 15-26. A new series of original works commissioned by the Library of Congress in response to the devastating global COVID-19 pandemic is slated to launch next week. Titled “The Boccaccio Project” in…