Month: May 2024

Sophie Turner is reflecting on the toxic media frenzy that followed the news of her September divorce from Joe Jonas. “I mean, those were the worst few days of my life,” the Game of Thrones star told British Vogue in a new cover profile published on Wednesday (May 15), pointing […]

Ashley Gorley presents Nate Smith with Rookie of the Year at Billboard’s Country Power Players 2024. Ashley Gorley:It is my privilege to present this year’s Billboard Rookie of the Year Award to my friend Nate Smith. Any Nate Smith fans in the house, come on. Within the first few minutes […]

Time flies when you’re having fun. After shedding the exhausting weight that came with executive-producing Gunna’s first post-prison release, 2023’s A Gift & a Curse (Gunna reached an Alford Plea deal in the YSL RICO case and was released in December 2022), hitmaking producer Turbo and the Georgia-bred rap star […]

Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s Love Earth Tour, their first trek together in a decade, rolled through New York City’s Forest Hills Stadium on Tuesday (May 14) for the first of two shows at the charming open-air venue. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts […]

Country music tastemakers united in Dallas for the second annual Billboard Country Live and all eyes were on Lainey Wilson as the country titan accepted the Record Breaker award presented by Lone River. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news At the evening […]

For Mental Health Awareness Month this May, Billboard is teaming with Brandon Holman of the Lazuli Collective on a series of articles focused on mindfulness and the professional development of executives, creatives and artists in the music community.  Today’s conversation is with Kenji Summers, an advertising executive turned certified mindfulness instructor. Summers […]

Ms. Lauryn Hill has just about seen it all in her decorated career. She checked off another box with a heartfelt moment when she performed alongside her son YG Marley for his late-night TV debut. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Marley […]

For the last two years, I’ve poured my angst, joy, wonder and grief into a musical project called Current Dissonance. I read the news voraciously, and every few days, a story resonates with particular thunder. I sit with that story in mind, as inspiration and intention, and then record a […]

Taylor Swift is anything but an anti-hero, as far as Sophie Turner is concerned. In an interview with British Vogue published Wednesday (May 15), the Game of Thrones actress opened up about temporarily living with her daughters in the pop star’s New York City apartment last year amid her divorce […]

Just two days before Sinkane hopped on Zoom to speak with Billboard about his stunning new We Belong LP – a 46-minute ode to the music of the Black diaspora and the undying legacy of the Black Arts Movement – the NYPD stormed the campus of Columbia University and arrested […]