Month: July 2024

Billboard cover star Charli xcx made a statement this summer with BRAT. She takes us through a day in her life in London, showing us her favorite spots and reflecting on how her previous records contributed to her current success. She explains how her BRAT inspiration transpired and why the […]

Reggaetón star Daddy Yankee sold some of his master recordings to Cinq Music and a financial partner around 2021, Billboard has learned, laying the groundwork for Cinq to reissue his 2004 breakout album, Barrio Fino, and five other LPs on vinyl later this year. Cinq did not provide any details […]

“Now I swear this green is just everywhere,” Charli xcx jokes. The British pop star is sitting in a crisp leather seat within a black Mercedes-Benz van, a few minutes into the long journey across London from her home to Wembley Arena. Tonight, Charli will be making a surprise appearance at […]

“Now I swear this green is just everywhere,” Charli xcx jokes. The British pop star is sitting in a crisp leather seat within a black Mercedes-Benz van, a few minutes into the long journey across London from her home to Wembley Arena. Tonight, Charli will be making a surprise appearance […]

At the beginning of 2013, Mike Luba says he dragged Mumford & Sons’ Ben Lovett to Forest Hills Stadium in Queens on a sort of vision quest. He was working with the band on its Gentlemen of the Road Tour and knew that Lovett had grown up in the tennis town […]

This September, Billboard will host its live concert series Hip-Hop Live in conjunction with its R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players celebration. Kicking off Sept. 6 at Brooklyn’s immersive rolling rink Xanadu, Hip-Hop Live will feature performances by the night’s headliner, Teezo Touchdown, rising rapper BossMan Dlow, with a DJ set handled by […]

When Argentine musicians Gustavo Cerati, Zeta Bosio and Charly Alberti released their debut album as Soda Stereo 40 years ago, regional success was the ceiling for most Latin rock bands. In the early ‘80s, most Latin American rockers didn’t tour outside of their home country, much less play Anglo-style arena […]

The Recording Academy has renamed its two-year-old Best Song for Social Change Special Merit Award in honor of the late Harry Belafonte, who was a powerful voice for social justice throughout his career. The award will henceforth be known as the Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change Award. It […]

Chappell Roan‘s epic run will continue its upward trajectory this fall after the “Good Luck, Babe!” singer announced some additional dates on her Midwest Princess Tour on Tuesday (July 16). The new fall shows will include appearances at the All Things Go festival in Forest Hills, N.Y. on Sept. 28 […]

Two years after it was announced, the first authorized Ol’ Dirty Bastard documentary finally has an air date. The two-hour doc, Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys, is slated to premiere on A&E TV on August 25 at 9 p.m. ET before hitting streaming the next day. Explore […]