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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/madonna-press-2026-credit-Rafael-Pavarotti-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to New Music Friday’s most essential releases each week — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.  Explore gayle Madonna See latest videos, charts and news Last week, we…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/01-madonna-2026-Credit-Rafael-Pavarotti-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] From murmurs to reality, Confessions II is upon us. Years of online whispers – which typically mean nothing – have somehow inadvertently culminated in the creation of the sequel to Madonna’s 2005 classic Confessions on a Dance Floor. It’s the first sequel album she’s ever made – though in truth, Confessions II…

[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 Madonna has always been a master of reinvention, but this time around, she’s working in extension via the release of her new album Confessions II. Out Friday (July 3), the project is a follow-up to her 2005 masterpiece Confessions on a Dance Floor, which found the Queen of Pop…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/hearts2hearts-sm-entertainment-2026-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard There is a longstanding question in K-pop about what actually holds a girl group together: a single breakout star, a concept strong enough to carry eight people, or something harder to manufacture. Hearts2Hearts, the SM Entertainment octet now 16 months into its career, is proof of the third option.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/2284263759-e1783034101612.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard The United States Men’s National Soccer Team is on a roll during this 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament, and Weston McKennie made sure to celebrate their latest victory while jamming out to country music’s biggest song. Following the team’s 2-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday night, the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/2281470698-e1783027441837.jpg?w=1024″] Scooter Braun and Sydney Sweeney’s relationship has become one of Hollywood’s most talked-about romances since they made it public. The music executive and the actress have been spotted together around New York City and Los Angeles. During the past year, they have also appeared side by side at a series of high-profile…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/461473320-e1783033929979.jpg?w=1024″] Disgraced British glam rock star Gary Glitter has been charged with additional counts of child sexual abuse in the U.K. The 82-year-old “Rock and Roll” singer (real name Paul Gadd) has repeatedly been convicted of pedophilia and is currently serving a 16-year prison sentence in England for sexually abusing three young girls…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/P106TUPB.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard 50 Cent has responded to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently telling Complex that he would invite the rapper to a dream dinner party at Gracie Mansion and the supposed beef between the two has been “one-sided.” Related NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Still Has Love for 50 Cent…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/pretty-lights-2024-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Pretty Lights has announced his first new album in 13 years, the 45-song A Trip Thru Time Fantastic. The project is the artist’s fifth studio album and first since 2013’s A Color Map of the Sun. Explore Pretty Lights See latest videos, charts and news The project’s 45 songs…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2281596190-e1782137984649.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Michael Rubin hosted his fifth annual White Party at the Fanatics CEO’s estate in Southampton, N.Y., on Wednesday (July 1), and the bash was a star-studded affair with dignitaries from across Hollywood, music and sports connecting.  Related The Top 25 ‘America’ & ‘USA’ Songs on the Billboard Hot 100 Here’s…