Month: May 2024

05/20/2024 After 22 seasons of the show, who are the most successful entertainers to emerge from the reality singing competition? By&nbsp Katie Atkinson, Rania Aniftos, Fred Bronson, Stephen Daw, Kyle Denis, Paul Grein, Gil Kaufman, Jason Lipshutz, Joe Lynch, Heran Mamo, Rebecca Milzoff, Melinda Newman, Andrew Unterberger 05/20/2024 American Idol […]

When the Recording Academy put the Grammy Hall of Fame on hiatus for one year, they said they were rethinking the entire process. They weren’t kidding. The first fruits of the retooling will be seen on Tuesday (May 21) when the inaugural Grammy Hall of Fame Induction Gala is held […]

Katy Perry ended her seven-year American Idol run in style on Sunday night (May 19), singing, table jumping and pizza-tossing her way off the stage during the three-hour season 22 finale. While the episode was ostensibly meant to crown this year’s winner — which it did, spoiler alert, in singer […]

Carín León’s new album will be released May 30, and it won’t be business as usual, as the Mexican star exclusively tells Billboard. Boca Chueca Vol. 1 drops at 8 p.m. ET on May 30, and features 19 songs, including bilingual collabs with country stars Kane Brown and Leon Bridges […]

Vince Staples announced the upcoming release of his sixth full-length studio album, Dark Times, on Monday morning (May 20), revealing that his Def Jam LP will drop on Friday (May 24). The 13-track collection is described in a release as “a muscular and revelatory work refining elements that have been […]

Take a bow Abi Carter. The 21-year-old Indio, CA native wins the 2024 edition of American Idol, joining a list of previous champs that includes Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard and Carrie Underwood. Carter held her nerve during Sunday night’s (May 19) three-hour finale, winning ahead of Jack Blocker, a 25-year-old […]

Taylor Swift is in the neighborhood and back at No. 1 on the U.K. albums chart. Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department (via EMI) returns to No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, published Friday, May 17, as the European leg of her The Eras Tour kicks off in Paris, […]

Zayn‘s Room Under the Stairs tops this week’s new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (May 17) on Billboard, choosing the star’s latest album as their favorite new music release of the past week. The former One Direction singer’s latest studio album brought in more than […]

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. It all comes down to this. After a back-and-forth series between two of the NBA‘s most […]

The second (and last) day of the Tecate Emblema festival in Mexico City was all about female power, with Christina Aguilera, Nelly Furtado and Annita gracing the stage. The international superstars all sang and spoke in Spanish, conquering the almost 72,000 attendees that packed the Curve 4 of the Autódromo […]