Month: March 2024

New Music Latin is a compilation of the best new Latin songs and albums recommended by Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors. Check out this week’s picks below. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Alex Zurdo, “En Hora Buena” (AZ Music) [embedded content] Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Alex Zurdo delivers […]

Chayce Beckham’s “23” flies from No. 6 to No. 1 on Billboard’sCountry Airplay chart (dated April 6), becoming his first leader on the list. The single gained by 22% to 28.2 million audience impressions during the March 22-28 tracking week, according to Luminate. Explore See latest videos, charts and news […]

Chicano Batman reveals five things you didn’t know about the track “Fly” and the creative behind its music video. Chicano Batman: Hey, this is Chicano Batman, and these are five things you might not know about our song “Fly.” One thing about “Fly” that you don’t know is that it […]

New funding is coming to the Canadian music industry. Pascale St-Onge, the Minister of Canadian Heritage, announced at the Juno Awards on March 24 that the government will increase the Canada Music Fund by $32 million over the next two fiscal years. The Canada Music Fund supports both FACTOR and […]

Beyoncé is continuing to change the game with Cowboy Carter, an expansive, genre-mixing exploration of the singer’s upbringing, heritage and musical influences that arrived promptly at midnight Friday (March 29). With a whopping 27 tracks, the project gives listeners a lot to sink their teeth into. Featuring voice note interludes […]

This week in dance music: Charli XCX announced dates for the tour behind her forthcoming album, BRAT, we shared exclusive sets from the spring edition of CRSSD and ran down the best moments of Ultra Music Festival 2024. Meanwhile, Ultra headliner Calvin Harris had some sharp words for critics of […]

Following calls for him to withdraw from and boycott the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s inclusion amid the ongoing war in Gaza, Olly Alexander explained why he will still be participating in the annual competition on Friday (March 29). In a statement posted to his Instagram, Alexander responded to […]

These days, Coldplay approaches touring “as a traveling R&D lab,” says longtime manager Phil Harvey — and the band’s ongoing Music of the Spheres tour does feel a bit like a stadium run as science experiment. There are compostable wristbands, biodegradable confetti and stationary bicycles that fans on the floor […]

Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” with its pleading-to-the-other-woman cries of “please don’t take my man,” has endured over the past half-century. Hundreds of artists have offered up their own renditions of the song— the most recent being musical powerhouse Beyoncé, who included a more steely-eyed, daring reimagination of the song, with revamped […]

Billboard’s Friday Music Guide 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.  Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news […]