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KATSEYE Marvel At Their Rapid Rise to Global Stardom in First High-Energy Trailer For ‘KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS’ Film
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/katseye-wild-hearts-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard If it seems like Grammy-nominated international girl group KATSEYE had a wildly rapid rise to fame, don’t worry, they think so too. In the fast-paced first trailer for the vocal group’s upcoming special theatrical release KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS, member Sophia Laforteza wonders, “How did we get to this point…
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Pasek & Paul Play Ball With Savannah Bananas For Single ‘Show Starts Now’
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/savannah-bananas-1800-2026.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Pasek & Paul and Atlantic Records are playing ball for the launch of the Savannah Bananas baseball team’s first-ever original single, “Show Starts Now.” Announced today, July 15, the historic partnership is through Ampersand, the multimedia production company founded by the EGOT-winning songwriting and production duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul…
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How Did Madonna’s ‘Confessions II’ Score Such a Successful First-Week Debut?
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/02-madonna-2026-Credit-Rafael-Pavarotti-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Six-and-a-half years into the 2020s, and we still hadn’t gotten a new album from Madonna, from whom we last heard in full on 2019’s Madame X set. But on July 3, she finally returned, and with a sequel set to perhaps her most-beloved LP of this century to this…
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Luminate Midyear Report 2026: R&B/Hip-Hop Falls, Dance Rises, CDs Surge 16% & More
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/bts-world-tour-arirang-live-viewing-trailer-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] In Luminate’s annual midyear report for 2026, a few key takeaways are apparent: R&B/hip-hop continues to lose ground, but remains the biggest streaming genre in the U.S.; dance/electronic music is on the come up; and the kids are loving CDs. In a time when superfans care just “as much about aesthetic ownership…
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BandLab Acquires AI-Powered Digital Music Studio Aiode
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/bandlab-logo-2022-billboard-1548.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard BandLab Technologies has acquired AI-powered digital audio workstation Aiode, adding to its suite of products which includes BandLab, Cakewalk, ReverbNation and Airbit. Aiode is a digital music-making product that allows music creators to write and produce songs by using audio-to-audio models, meaning a user can upload a half-finished track…
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Lily Allen Scaling Down Fall 2026 Leg of North American West End Girl Tour From Arenas to Theaters: ‘We’ve Had to Make Some Adjustments’
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/P103LAD9-e1774376117600.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Lily Allen has rethought the routing for her upcoming tour in support of her acclaimed West End Girl album. After playing a series of North American theaters in the spring, Allen had announced a run of arenas in the fall. But this week, she’s downsized a majority of the…
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Queens of the Stone Age Return With ‘Easy Street,’ Announce Tour of Australia and NZ
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/queens-of-the-stone-age-1800-2026-cr-andreas-neumann.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Queens of the Stone Age is back with new music, and the announcement of an extended tour that will see the rockers finish the year touring the lands down under. But first, the arrival of QOTSA’s new single “Easy Street” (via Matador Records / Remote Control Records), the band’s first…
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‘Our Laws Will Spell That Out Plain as Day:’ Australia’s Prime Minister Commits to Copyright Protections In AI Age
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/2285284894-e1784106555472.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard SYDNEY, Australia — A nervous music community was put at ease Wednesday, July 15 when prime minister Anthony Albanese removed any doubt that creatives would maintain control, and the value, for their work in the age of artificial intelligence. During an address on AI at the University of Sydney,…
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Bryan Adams Will ‘Roll With The Punches’ For 2027 Australasia Arena Tour
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/bryan-adams-2025-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Bryan Adams will punch on when his Roll With The Punches world tour sweeps into Australia next February and March, for what will be his second full-scale trek of these parts within two years. Explore Bryan Adams Natalie Imbruglia See latest videos, charts and news The veteran Canadian rocker…
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Merlin Appoints Dan Nevin as VP, Industry Relations
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/dan-nevin-1800.jpeg?w=485″] Trending on Billboard LONDON, U.K. — Dan Nevin will lead Merlin’s engagement with independent trade associations and strategic partners worldwide as vice president, industry relations. In this new post, the Australia-born executive will also oversee the independents’ rights organization’s global membership development team, supporting membership growth and diversification, particularly across Asia, Africa,…