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,…
The Donald Trump administration has announced that the Coronavirus pandemic is now considered a national emergency, freeing up billions of dollars to combat COVID-19. Coronavirus is officially a national emergency. After Trump faced criticism over the administration’s…
When singer-songwriter Alma-Sofia Miettinen was 16, she placed fifth in a 2013 season of the Finnish show Idols. She returned to school afterward, putting her musical ambitions on hold. A year later, though, one of the show’s judges,…
Tonight’s edition of WWE SmackDown, featuring John Cena, will be held without fans at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando. WWE will not be cancelling tonight’s episode of SmackDown due to the coronavirus outbreak, but they will…
Warriors coach Steve Kerr preaches the importance of social distancing in response to footage of Post Malone’s sold out show in Denver. In the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak, several cities have banned large social gatherings in…
"I Have This Friend" did not make it into the final cut of the musical. Lin-Manuel Miranda feels the tension in the air and he’s here to make your day a little brighter. With the U.S. going…
“When I walked back through campus, all I saw were all my CDs I made thrown all over the ground,” says Derrick Milano. Fresh off a flight from Toronto, he sits comfortably on a couch at Billboard’s…
Lil Uzi Vert is going for the gusto. After gifting the world his sophomore attempt Eternal Atake last week, on Friday (Mar. 13), Uzi doubled back by releasing Eternal Atake: Deluxe: LUV Vs. The World 2 — a sequel to his…
The Air Jordan 5 “Alternate Grape” is a dope take on an established classic. One of the best sneakers of the 1990s was the 5 “Grape.” This shoe was a pop culture phenomenon and was mostly seen…
Blueface was on Nick Cannon Radio when he revealed that his childhood crush is Mariah Carey. Blueface is fresh off the release of his , which came out today. With features from , , , Ambjaay, and…
The stripped-down version was released on Friday (March 13). Sam Smith is gearing up to release their third album in the best way possible. After dropping an emotional lyric video for “To Die For” last month, Friday…
Adam Silver is hoping to make an example out of Utah Jazz star, Rudy Gobert. over the last 48 hours and it’s pretty well for all of the wrong reasons. On Wednesday night, it was revealed that…
Lupe Fiasco takes to Twitter to address the ongoing Coronavirus crisis and panic, offering advice and updates on his own career. With the Coronavirus sending the world into a state of barely restrained panic and uncertainty, many…
It’s Friday the 13th and Ozuna has a lot to celebrate, beginning with his 28th birthday. He’s also in the midst of his Nibiru World Tour and happy to have recently reached 1 million followers on TikTok,…
Gabe Lee’s Honky Tonk Hell — including the track “Heartbreaker’s Smile,” premiering exclusively on Billboard below — is heaven for fans of the stylistic diversity that can be found under the country music umbrella. And the Nashville-based…