Inspirations is a Billboard interview franchise that examines the process behind new standout releases. Since the release of their debut album in 2005, All Time Low’s career has been nonstop. When they weren’t making an album, they were rigorously touring,…
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, Drake wants to…
When pop artists are first introduced as “the next big thing,” it can sometimes feel a bit manufactured. But as they grow older and have real-life experiences, that journey is reflected in the music. In the case of Diana Gordon,…
Groups like Mongolia's The Hu & thrash vets Testament are all feeling the pandemic's effects. About 320 nights of the year, Saint Vitus Bar — a 200-capacity venue in Brooklyn — hosts performances by such bands as Gozu, Witch Taint…
Bill Withers was a singular voice in the history of soul music — masterful and mighty, but modest and unassuming. Still Bill was the title of his most successful album, and also something of a guiding principle: Even on his biggest…
Drake’s torrid takeover on TikTok over the last month has people wondering what The Boy might have up his sleeve next, and this week might be his moment to shine. On Friday (April 3), Drizzy unleashed his new song “Toosie…
Kanye West was spotted rolling up to a McDonald’s in Calabasas despite strict social distancing measures in California to prevent spreading coronavirus. apparently did not get the memo about social distancing as much as possible during the global coronavirus pandemic,…
Soul singer Bill Withers, known for his hits, “Lean On Me,” “Ain’t No Sunshine,” and “Lovely Day,” has died at 81 years old from heart complications. Bill Withers, the Grammy-award-winning singer-songwriter who wrote and performed soul music hits like “Lean On…
Mumford & Sons frontman Marcus Mumford couldn’t have picked two better songs for his digital performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday night. Directed by wife Carey Mulligan, Mumford started off his set by strumming his Major Lazer-assisted lullaby “Lay…
Alexis Skyy showed off her twerking skills for Tory Lanez on Quarantine Radio, and Joe Budden couldn’t help but crack jokes. Back by popular demand, T. What started off as a regular Instagram Live to entertain his fans has turned…