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  • Thai Teen Rocks Out With ‘Zombie’ Cover on ‘AGT’: Watch

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/nene-royal-agt-2026-1800.jpg?w=874″] Trending on Billboard Nene Royal has a name, and a voice, that you just might hear again. Hailing the Phuket, Thailand, the teenager stepped onto the America’s Got Talent stage, for the latest round of Auditions, airing Tuesday night (July 7). And she immediately made everyone in the place stand up and…

  • Kylie Cantrall Embraces ‘New Chapter of My Life’ on ‘Valley Girl Problems’ EP: See the Release Date

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Billboard-Photo-Size-2.png?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Kylie Cantrall is entering a new era with the release of her upcoming EP, Valley Girl Problems. The Disney star’s latest project is set for release on July 24. Valley Girl Problems is an eight-track EP that marks a new chapter for the Venezuelan-American artist, as she continues to…

  • Ed Sheeran to Sign With Interscope Records

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/P103LW3L-e1777402269278.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Ed Sheeran will sign a record deal with Interscope, sources have confirmed with Billboard. The news comes after Sheeran announced in May that he had left his longtime label home, Warner Music Group (WMG). Related Ed Sheeran Exits Warner Music Group After 15 Years: ‘I Leave With So Much…

  • Ben Folds Five Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Self-Titled Debut With Reissue Featuring Unearthed Versions of Classic Tracks

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/ben-folds-five-press-2026-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Ben Folds is giving fans a look at what might have been. Folds, bassist Robert Sledge and drummer Darren Jessee are celebrating the 30th anniversary of Ben Folds Five’s self-titled debut album with the release of Ben Folds Five (30th Anniversary), a newly remastered edition set to be released…

  • Primary Wave Closes Kobalt Acquisition, Creating a $7B Indie Powerhouse

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/primary-wave-music-logo.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard On Tuesday (July 7), Primary Wave officially passed all relevant regulatory scrutiny and closed its acquisition of Kobalt, Billboard has confirmed. The deal is estimated to be worth more than $1.5 billion. The possibility of the deal was first reported by Billboard in February. At the time, it was…

  • Jim Jones Claims He Has ‘Better Catalog Than Over 90 Percent of Rappers’ From New York City

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/jim-jones-no-funny-shit-2026-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard One thing about Jim Jones? He’s good for a quote. The Harlem rapper popped by the No Funny Sh– podcast recently and was asked about the Verzuz challenge he made toward his fellow Diplomat Cam’ron back in May. And while he acknowledged that the challenge was just him trolling…

  • Yung Miami’s ‘Spend Dat’ Reaches Hot 100 Top 20, Surpassing City Girls’ Peak

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Yung-Miami-press-umg-brandon-almengo-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Yung Miami continues to achieve new milestones for her career with “Spend Dat,” which jumps 25-19 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated July 11. With its rise, the summer breakout hit becomes not only Yung Miami’s first solo top 20, but the first such hit of her career in…

  • Charli xcx & PinkPantheress Slam Peppa Pig for Shading Clairo: ‘Let’s F— Her Up’

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/P101CET1-e1783459360452.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Peppa Pig is in the middle of some major beef — or should we say pork? — after seemingly shading Clairo in a new Pitchfork interview, which has motivated Charli xcx and PinkPantheress to mobilize on the “Bags” singer’s behalf. The hilarious “drama” started Tuesday (July 7), when the…

  • Telemundo Partners With GTS Label for ‘Operación Triunfo Estados Unidos’ Music Competition Series

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Javier-Pons-Telemundo-Naris-Rebollo-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Record label GTS and Telemundo have entered a strategic alliance around Operación Triunfo Estados Unidos, the U.S. adaptation of the long-running Spanish music competition franchise, which premieres Tuesday (July 7) at 7 p.m. ET. Under the agreement, GTS will have a preferential right to sign artists emerging from the program…

  • Charli xcx Reveals ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ Tracklist Includes a Collab With Director David Cronenberg 

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/2274561232-e1783444086355.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Ahead of the arrival of Charli xcx’s new album Music, Fashion, Film, the British pop star revealed the LP’s tracklist via social media on Tuesday (July 7). “My new album Music, Fashion, Film is out july 24th. 11 songs, 30 minutes, 5 seconds. available to pre order now, love…