Month: May 2024

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When William Shatner released The Transformed Man in 1968 on Decca, he was still soaring around the galaxy as Captain Kirk on the culture-shifting TV series Star Trek. A musical project that found the trained thespian and sci-fi star delivering the words of Shakespeare, Dylan and The Beatles as go-for-broke […]

When Amanda Rovitz met Megan Boni at a college study abroad program in Sydney, Australia in 2018, she says she “always had this feeling” that Boni had star power.  “She’s just always been the funniest person I know,” says Rovitz. “I thought she would definitely emerge in entertainment somehow, not […]

Bailey Zimmerman notches his fourth career-opening leader in a row on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “Where It Ends” elevates to No. 1 on the ranking dated June 1. It advanced by 18% to 33.3 million audience impressions May 17-23, according to Luminate. Explore See latest videos, charts and news […]

This week in dance music: The hype around the supposed Calvin Harris and Miley Cyrus collab continued hype-ing, SiriusXM announced a new show by Steve Angello and AN21 along with a new channel dedicated to Avicii, we spoke with Moby about the 25 year anniversary of his era-defining album Play, […]

Travis Kelce has finally weighed in on Harrison Butker’s controversial Benedictine College commencement speech, during which the Kansas City Chiefs kicker quoted a Taylor Swift song while condemning President Joe Biden, abortion, birth control, LGBTQ Pride, the “cultural emasculation of men” and more. On the Friday (May 24) episode of […]

When The Rolling Stones launched their latest album, Hackney Diamonds, at the intimate Manhattan rock club Racket NYC last October, it was a celebrity-studded affair (boasting a surprise Lady Gaga duet) at a venue that caps at 650 people. Thursday night (May 23) at New Jersey’s gargantuan MetLife Stadium in […]

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 […]

Sean Kingston was arrested on fraud charges in California on Thursday (May 23), according to the Associated Press. The “Beautiful Girls” rapper — born Kisean Anderson — was reportedly apprehended without incident on the Florida warrant in Fort Irwin, Calif., which is about 150 miles northeast of Los Angeles. Kingston’s […]

Lainey Wilson, who graces the cover of this year’s Billboard Country Power Players issue, has solidified her status as a top-tier performer, singer, songwriter and all-around entertainer. She’s the reigning entertainer of the year at both the CMA Awards and the ACM Awards; in the process of winning the ACM’s […]