Billboard's First Stream Live podcast is back and ready to delve into major releases by everyone from BTS and Taylor Swift to Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. In this week's episode, we break down the K-pop boy band's highly anticipated fourth…
Since Westworld premiered in 2016, the HBO thriller about a dystopian pleasure world filled with androids has repeatedly surprised viewers with haunting, chill-inducing takes of modern songs reimagined as piano tunes or orchestral soundtracks. The new versions work so well thanks…
Close to $500,000 was raised for cancer research at the fourth annual Martell in Miami gala which took place Feb. 19, honoring WK Entertainment CEO/founder Walter Kolm and UMPG President for Latin America & US Latin Alexandra Lioutikoff. The amount…
Kevin Garrett unveiled his introspective new EP, Made Up Lost Time, on Friday (Feb. 21). Across the project's five tracks, the singer-songwriter crafts deeply personal narratives laden with chill-inducing harmonies, balancing his lithe, warm vocals with icy, echoing production on tracks like lead…
This week's new music brought the heat, with BTS' blazing choreography in their "ON" music video off their latest studio album Map of the Soul: 7, The Weeknd's slow-burn return to his melancholic R&B roots on the After Hours title track and Grimes'…
In April 2017, Coin released their sophomore album, How Will You Know If You Never Try, which featured a track called "Don't Cry, 2020." Since then, the Coin guys (frontman Chase Lawrence, drummer Ryan Winnen, and guitarist Joe Memmel) have gone through…
YoungBoy Never Broke Again is back with his first full-length release of 2020. NBA dropped off his Still Flexin, Still Steppin album on Friday (Feb. 21). The Baton Rouge native's 14-track effort is mostly guest-free outside of a lone appearance from…
It’s a big week for ARMY members, as BTS’ Map of the Soul: 7 arrived on Friday (Feb. 21). But while BTS may be the only thing on some people’s minds, several other exciting things happened in the music world…
It's the eve of the 2020 NBA All-Star Game in Chicago, and Pusha T is marveling at the turnout of his lush Maison Courvoisier event. Though the NBA Slam Dunk contest is taking place a few blocks away at the…
Gerardo Ortiz has released Más Caro Que Ayer under Sony Music Latin and Badsin Entertainment today (Feb. 21) — his first album since 2017, and after cutting ties in 2019 with longtime record label DEL Records. “For a really long time now I’ve…