Lady Antebellum served as the special artist guest on the season two premiere of Songland, which aired April 13 on NBC. During the episode, the country trio met with four aspiring songwriters who each pitched their song to the group…
After more than a decade of rocking out in the band Decyfer Down, frontman TJ Harris announces his return to country music with, appropriately, “My Kinda Country,” an upbeat and gritty single whose video is premiering on Billboard below. It…
"The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel" producer Holly Carter discusses the film, premiering Saturday and executive-produced by Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott & Mary J. Blige. “God’s timing is perfect,” Dr. Holly Carter says of the 15-year journey that finally…
More than 20 country artists joined forces Sunday evening (April 5) for ACM Presents: Our Country, a two-hour television special on CBS that featured some of the genre’s biggest stars performing from the comfort of their homes. The 2020 Academy…
Michelle Brooke acknowledges that most of the songs on her upcoming EP Let the Light In are “pretty heavy, emotionally.” But the Nashville-based singer-songwriter approached “Get Away,” premiering exclusively on Billboard today (April 2), with a different kind of mission…
Adam Schlesinger didn’t just understand what made a perfect pop song tick; he could map its genome and replicate it like a mad scientist. From his early hits with Fountains of Wayne to his work in TV and film and…
Dua Lipa’s second studio-album Future Nostalgia fuses lively electro-pop and disco sounds from decades past with new-school production, resulting in a remarkably fresh full-length product. While the 24-year-old notes that Madonna is one of the key inspirations for the album’s…
Tim McGraw lightened the mood while supporting a serious cause, playing his upbeat 1999 hit “Something Like That” while dangling from his pool diving board for the iHeart Living Room Concert for America on Sunday night (March 29). Even though…
Joe Diffie, who died Sunday (March 29) from complications from COVID-19, brought an everyman appeal to every song he did. He charted 17 songs on the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, making him a mainstay on radio…
Everyone’s under a bit of stress in these uncertain times. But long before a global pandemic was the source of worry, David Archuleta was experiencing anxiety in several different forms. On Thursday (March 26), the 28-year-old pop singer debuts his…