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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Soundcloud-Logo-2025.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard SoundCloud announced that it will begin rolling out direct music purchases, now in beta, on the streaming platform direct from artist pages. Starting Wednesday (Aug. 26), around 200 Artist Pro creators will be able to sell songs directly from their profiles on SoundCloud, providing an additional source of revenue…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Pablo-Alboran-cr-Christopher-Polk-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard UPDATE (Aug. 26): Pablo Alborán will not be able to perform this weekend at the Festival de la Luz in Boimorto, Spain. The Spanish star, who is recovering from a “severe pneumonia” that forced him to cancel a performance last week in Ciudad Real, remains on bed rest under…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/P10605OC-e1778175141189.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard UPDATE (Aug. 26): The World Soundtrack Awards announced nominations in four additional categories today, including the public choice award. Fittingly, the nominees in that category hail from around the world. Simon Franglen (Avatar: Fire and Ash) and Daniel Pemberton (Project Hail Mary) are English, Kevin Smithers (Soy Frankelda) is…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/P10TMF5-e1774370232862.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard A Jay-Z 30 pop-up experience is set to land at London’s UMusic Shop Camden this week, giving fans a chance to celebrate the rapper’s upcoming shows at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium . Explore Jay-Z See latest videos, charts and news Located at The Stables Market, the pop-up will be open…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/nene-royal-agt-2026-1800.jpg?w=857″] Trending on Billboard Nene Royal didn’t enter America’s Got Talent to dilly-dally about. She came to rock. Hailing the Phuket, Thailand, the teenager made the long-haul to the United States to compete in the current, 21st season of AGT, getting it done with an electric guitar and a knack for cast-iron metal.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cover-camilo-billboard-espanol-david-cabrera-2-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Welcome to the club, Camilo. That is, YouTube’s Billion Views Club. The Colombian singer and songwriter passes one billion streams on YouTube with his feel-good tune from 2020, “Vida de Rico.”  Directed by Camilo’s wife Evaluna Montaner, the music video for “Vida de Rico” is his second to reach…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/dolly-parton-glastonbury-2014-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Dolly Parton isn’t a national icon. She’s an international icon. As fans from the music and entertainment communities share their memories of the late country music superstar, Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese has paid tribute to the “Jolene” singer and songwriter.   “Dolly Parton made our world a better…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/darren-hayes-2026-1800-cr-jess-mac.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard It was anything but an ordinary Tuesday night (Aug. 27) in Sydney as Darren Hayes was feted with the Excellence in Community Award at the 17th annual Music In The House event. Explore Darren Hayes Savage Garden See latest videos, charts and news The ex-Savage Garden singer and songwriter…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/853860792-e1785988493853.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard MELBOURNE, Australia — Ralph Carr, the disgraced promoter and talent manager who guided the careers of Kate Ceberano, Tina Arena, Vanessa Amorosi and others, is behind bars after a court found him guilty of rape. The Melbourne businessman was this week sentenced to six years’ jail for his crimes…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/dolly-parton-taylor-swift-split-billboard-1548.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Dolly Parton and Taylor Swift never recorded a song together, but openly shared a mutual admiration. Now, Swift is sharing her heartfelt appreciation for Parton, who died Tuesday (Aug. 25) at age 80, thanking her for “the melodies and lyrics she wrote that thawed even the coldest hearts.” Swift…