Month: May 2024

Of 15 debuts on the May 11-dated Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, the most noticeable, at least in terms of a lengthy backstory, may not be Tommy Richman’s seemingly out-of-nowhere breakout hit “Million Dollar Baby” (No. 74) or Kendrick Lamar’s rap battle entry “Euphoria” (No. 98). The most surprising title […]

Madonna played the final shows of The Celebration Tour, closing her six-month trek with $225.4 million and 1.1 million tickets sold over 80 shows, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. The Celebration Tour is Madonna’s sixth trek to gross more than $100 million. The only other acts to achieve […]

We’ve all been there before. Stuck in the house, contemplating every bad thing that has ever happened in life and wondering how exactly did we get here. Well, celebrities are just like us. On Thursday morning (May 9), around 5 a.m. ET, Drake was watching Netflix’s new show A Man […]

Bunnie XO took to social media on Wednesday (May 8) to reveal the devastating news that her father, Bill, has died. “Hey Bill, I’m going to miss you,” the Dumb Blonde podcast host wrote alongside a series of photos and videos with her father throughout the years. “You are still […]

Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour has officially resumed, meaning Swifties are back to getting creative with their concert gear. And one fan in particular really understood the assignment at the pop star’s first show back in Paris on Thursday night (May 9), sporting a homemade cape showing off her recent Billboard […]

Will Lay Bankz be in the No. 1 spot for the third week in a row on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart? Or will she be usurped by Tommy Richman or Shaboozey? Keep watching to find out? Tetris Kelly:Lay Bankz continues to reign, while two new faces debut in […]

Congratulations are in order for Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber, who are expecting their first child together. The “Love Yourself” singer and Rhode founder took to Instagram on Thursday (May 9) to share a series of photos and videos from a film shoot they did among a vast meadow, in […]

Music Business Association president Portia Sabin’s career has reached most of the corners of the music industry, including drumming under the stage name of P-Girl in all-female punk power-pop band The Hissyfits in the late 1990s.   After studying for a doctorate in anthropology and education at Columbia University in the […]

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. Black Twitter takes the spotlight in a three-part documentary exploring the overwhelming impact of a digital […]

Pete Ganbarg is stepping aside as Atlantic Records’ president of A&R, a role he has held since 2018, to launch Pure Tone Records, a joint venture with the label. The first artist signed to Pure Tone Records is platinum Canadian singer/songwriter Forest Blakk, whom Ganbarg originally signed to Atlantic.  Explore See latest […]