Month: July 2024

Could Bunnie XO be teaming up with Dolly Parton? It’s possible, judging from a recent Facebook post from the entrepreneur in which she notes that 10-time Grammy-winning country icon could potentially be an upcoming guest on Bunnie’s popular Dumb Blonde podcast. “Y’all, I MIGHT get Dolly Parton on the podcast […]

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. Summer is here, and if you want to keep the tunes bumping during your next pool […]

Pop star Sam Smith has seen plenty of highs and lows in their career, but in a new interview, they detailed a personal low that left them immobilized. On the latest episode of the Sidetracked With Annie and Nick podcast, Smith revealed that in January, they were in a horrific […]

SoundExchange is suing a free streaming service called AccuRadio over allegations that the company failed to pay royalties for music, claiming the streamer has “directly harmed creators.” In a lawsuit filed Friday in Washington D.C. federal court, SoundExchange accused AccuRadio of violating the federal law that governs how radio-like services […]

A little over two decades ago, Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez sat in the tiny apartment he shared with his wife and three children in Villa Kennedy, a housing project in San Juan, Puerto Rico. “¡Cómo le encanta la gasolina! (She really likes gasoline!),” shouted the voices beneath his window, taunting […]

Social media had a field day with President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the upcoming presidential election on Sunday (July 21). A contingent of hip-hop fans even compared Biden to J. Cole when the rapper backtracked from a Kendrick Lamar feud in April. The floodgates opened on X, with […]

This week’s crop of new tunes features Jelly Roll in collaboration with Alexandra Kay for a song included on the soundtrack Twisters: The Album. Meanwhile, Joe Nichols brings a sunny new tune and Old Dominion’s Brad Tursi offers some top-shelf songwriting on a solo outing and Caylee Hammack teams with […]

A month after embattled music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs deleted all his Instagram posts, the Bad Boy Records founder was back on the platform on Sunday (July 21) with a post celebrating his daughter Chance’s 18th birthday. “My babygirl turned 18 today,” Combs wrote alongside a photo of his daughter […]

The path to 50 has not always been easy for Journey, whose members have been celebrating the milestone on the road, including a summer stadium tour with Def Leppard. Over the decades, there has been rancor amid the music, lineup changes and lawsuits, periods of uncertainty and open-ended hiatus. And […]

More than a dozen NBA teams are facing copyright lawsuits from Kobalt and other music companies over allegations that the basketball teams used songs in social media videos without permission. In 14 separate actions filed in federal court Friday, Kobalt and others accused each club of using copyrighted music in […]