Category: Music
First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos & albums that dropped this week. Kelsea Ballerini, Rolling Up the Welcome Mat Ballerini continues in the recent lineage of divorce albums from artists including Adele and Carly Pearce with her most intimate work to date, a six-song …
Kyle Jacobs, songwriter/producer and husband to country entertainer Kellie Pickler, has died at age 49, Billboard has confirmed. TMZ first reported the story. Jacobs was found dead in an apparent suicide in the couple’s Nashville home on Friday afternoon (Feb. 17). According to a statement from the Metropolitan Nashville Police …
Skip to main content Chris Olsen reveals how he found out Meghan Trainor was pregnant, the concept behind his new coffee company ‘Flight Fuel’, his dream TikTok collab and more! ad {{ result.published_at | date: “%h %d, %Y” }} {{ result.name }} ]]> 0) { __qc.qpixelsent.length = 0; } // …
Last Friday (Feb. 10), Linkin Park finally unveiled a previously unreleased Meteroa-era track – “Lost” – to the bittersweet reactions of countless fans. In fact, the powerful tune was so heavily anticipated and popular that it became the first song in over a decade to debut at No. 1 on …
Paul McCartney is releasing a photography book compiling 275 of his snapshots taken between the end of 1963 and the beginning of 1964—when Beatlemania was becoming a global phenomenon. 1964: Eyes of the Storm will be published June 13 by Liveright. The 35mm images are McCartney’s personal record of the …
Skip to main content The 25-year-old star reveals how his viral coffee delivery videos transitioned into his own brand. TikTok superstar Chris Olsen is fresh off the launch of his highly anticipated coffee company, Flight Fuel, and to celebrate, he sat down with Billboard‘s Rania Aniftos to discuss how his …
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Season 21 of American Idol premieres this Sunday (Feb. 19). Judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and …
The Ledger is a weekly newsletter that covers the financial and economic side of the music business. An abridged version appears at Billboard Pro. Pro subscribers automatically receive The Ledger. Sign up here to receive the newsletter without a Pro subscription. Keen observers noticed that last quarter Warner Music Group’s global streaming …
Machine Gun Kelly live guitarist Sophie Lloyd recently denied rumors that she’s been romantically involved with the divisive rapper turned pop-punk artist. While that’s undoubtedly made the past week difficult for her, some good news is on the horizon, as it looks like she’ll be collaborating with Trivium vocalist/guitarist Matt …
Elon Musk’s controversial involvement notwithstanding, Twitter remains immensely popular, with countless public figures – including Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea, John Frusciante and Chad Smith – maintaining profiles. However, frontman Anthony Kiedis doesn’t, and when asked by a fan why that is, the celebrated bassist offered a delightfully sarcastic yet …
Coldplay are going to perform on the February 4 episode of Saturday Night Live. The episode will be hosted by Pedro Pascal, the actor known for his roles in Narcos, Game of Thrones, and The Mandalorian. Coldplay have performed on Saturday Night Live numerous times, with the band’s most recent …
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Two more senators are calling for restrictions on TikTok’s operations in the U.S., citing alleged risks to national security and consumer privacy presented by the Chinese-owned platform. In the letter sent Thursday, U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) called on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the …
Roseanne Barr is promoting her new comedy special on Fox Nation by complaining that she has been silenced, telling the Los Angeles Times, “I’m the only person who’s lost everything.” “Has anyone else here been fired recently?” she says near the top of Roseanne Barr: Cancel This! It’s a reference to her 2018 dismissal …
You won’t have to travel far to catch one of the best live music experiences around this summer. AEG’s new Re:SET Concert Series is bringing an all-star, artist-curated lineup to 12 US cities, spearheaded by boygenius, LCD Soundsystem, and Steve Lacy. Each artist has handpicked a lineup that Re:SET will rotate through …
Skrillex has teamed up with Bladee for a new song. “Real Spring” is the latest in a string of collaborative singles from Skrillex, following “Rumble” (with Fred Again.. and Flowdan), “Way Back” (with PinkPantheress and Trippie Redd), and “Leave Me Like This” (with Bobby Raps). “Real Spring” comes with a …
Rauw Alejandro has shared a new song with Daddy Yankee called “Panties y Brasieres.” Meant to be the new seventh track on Alejandro’s 2022 album Saturno—which was previously a 19-second loop of noise called “Loading”—the song samples Daddy Yankee’s “Camuflash” from DJ Playero’s Playero 40: New Era mixtape. Alejandro premiered …
Ever wonder how your favorite bands got their ‘big break’? We asked members of Sevendust, Clutch, Lamb of God, Mastodon and more about the moment they knew their bands had made it. “In 1993, when major labels were signing any band that remotely resembled Nirvana… rule of thumb is they’ll …
Popular Japanese voice actor and singer Sumire Uesaka is set to drop a new CD single called “LOVE CRAZY” on Feb. 8, which can be heard here. The title track is the opener for the TV anime series Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack, in which she voices …
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Taco Bell continues to mine the music rock’s hottest young bands to promote their menu items. While Turnstile‘s “Holiday” is remains in heavy commercial rotation hocking Taco Bell’s Nacho Fries, Meet Me @ The Altar are the latest act to get a Taco Bell commercial push. Fans might have caught …
Mr. Big shut things down after the 2018 death of drummer Pat Torpey, but after plenty of speculation in recent months, it now appears as though the veteran band will regroup in 2023. The band’s frontman, Eric Martin, revealed the news that a reunion was afoot for the coming year …
Daisy Jones & the Six, the fictional band at the center of a forthcoming Prime Video series, are releasing an album. Blake Mills led the construction of the band’s 1970s-era debut, Aurora, which features songwriting contributions from Phoebe Bridgers, Jackson Browne, and Marcus Mumford. Aurora is out March 3 (via …
A new ruling from a California appellate court states that Jeezy and Live Nation are not legally responsible for a fatal shooting that occurred backstage after a Wiz Khalifa show in Mountain View, California, in 2014, Billboard reports. In August of that year, a 38-year-old man, later identified as concert …
Taylor Swift has shared a new video for her Midnights track “Lavender Haze.” Swift wrote and directed the softly psychedelic visual, which finds her wandering through her home in a dream state as flowers sprout from the carpet and her house floats through the cosmos. The clip also stars Laith …
If you somehow missed out on either attending or watching the stream of Metallica‘s 2022 All Within My Hands foundation “Helping Hands” benefit show, Metallica have you covered for one of the special moments. During their performance, they debuted a new cover song, taking on the Thin Lizzy track “Borderline” …
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, Linkin Park unearths a rousing cut …
The touring/live music situation isn’t all that great right now. At the same time that fans are paying record prices for concert tickets, countless bands are also losing money on the road and Sabaton singer Joakim Broden explains how and why this is happening, despite sold out shows. Recently, underground metal …
Skip to main content The rocker also talked about collaborating with Måneskin on their new single “Gossip.” Tom Morello attends Metallica Presents: “The Helping Hands Concert” at Microsoft Theater on Dec. 16, 2022 in Los Angeles. Kevin Winter/GI Rage Against the Machine received its latest nomination for the Rock & …
Hugh Hudson, director of the triumphant sports classic Chariots of Fire, is dead at the age of 86. In a statement to The Guardian, his family said he “died at Charing Cross hospital on 10th February after a short illness.” A longtime director of commercials, Hudson made the leap to films with the …
