Dexter Wansel, a forefather of alternative R&B and the gifted songwriter/producer of hits such as Patti LaBelle’s “If Only You Knew,” died Sunday in...
The collaborative song appeared during the opening credits of Steve Carell’s recent HBO series Rooster Michael Stipe and Andrew Watt teamed up for a...
Sunita Kaur joins Universal Music Publishing Group as president, Asia, part of a major restructuring at the music publishing giant. Based in Singapore, Kaur...
Following the debut of Paul McCartney‘s deeply nostalgic new album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, fellow singer-songwriter Taylor Swift had high praise for the solo...
Barry Can’t Swim, Interplanetary Criminal and Richie Hawtin (aka Plastikman) are the top billed talent for Bizarro’s 2026 festival run of Australia, which will drop into three east...
In March, Billboard unveiled its 2026 Global Power Players list honoring leaders driving music business success outside the United States. Among the names recognized...
In the seven years since the release of the Highwomen’s self-titled debut LP, the quartet of Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris, and Amanda...
A federal judge has reinstated Megan Thee Stallion’s $16,000 defamation win against blogger Milagro Gramz, finding Gramz was acting on behalf of Tory Lanez...
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When the FCC released its annual cache of Super Bowl complaints earlier this month, it was, unsurprisingly, filled largely with reactions to Bad Bunny’s...
With Cambias Mi Mundo, Lila Downs returns with an album shaped by renewal. Across 10 songs, the Mexican-American singer-songwriter weaves together social concerns, ancestral memory, identity...
One of the most delightfully chaotic festival lineups for the 2026 season has finally been revealed, with Alanis Morissette, Tool, Elvis Costello, Morrissey, and...
A collaboration between opera soprano Renée Fleming and genre-jumping banjo auteur Béla Fleck may seem, on the surface, like something that came out of...
London-born producer, artist, and songwriter MXZI has quickly become one of the defining figures behind the modern phonk movement. What began as an independent...
Last November, when Carín León announced a series of shows at the Sphere in Las Vegas — a coveted venue where he is set to become the first Latin artist to headline — the regional Mexican singer-songwriter and his manager, Jorge Juárez, finally unveiled a...