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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/01-Drake-2026-credit-Ben-Dorado-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Drake’s ICEMAN scores a fourth No. 1 on Billboard‘s Rhythmic Airplay chart as the set’s “Shabang” crowns the list dated Aug. 22. With its ascent, the album becomes just the fifth project — including another by Drake — to launch at least four leaders on the radio ranking. Related…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2pac-sister-interview-youtube-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Nearly 30 years after the rap icon’s killing, 2Pac’s murder trial began in a Las Vegas courtroom Monday (Aug. 17). Related Tupac Shakur’s Murder Trial Is Finally Here, 30 Years After Infamous Hip-Hop Crime Tupac Murder Trial Day 1: Prosecutors Say Gang Leader Carried Out ‘Act Of Revenge’ & Admitted It…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2160130817-e1787145424976.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Céline Dion is gearing up for her grand return to the stage with a five-week, 16-show run at Paris’ La Défense Arena this fall slated to kick off on Sept. 12 and run through an Oct. 17 gig, before returning in the spring for another 10 shows in May…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2250257011-e1787149594777.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Netflix is facing a lawsuit over KPop Demon Hunters from a Christian metal band that’s used the name Demon Hunter for decades. In a case filed Tuesday (Aug. 18) in Los Angeles federal court, the metal band said the streamer’s wildly successful animated musical — which spawned a chart-topping…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/121824-E-COMM-Sling-TV-2024-billboard-1548.jpg?w=1024″] All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. With America’s Got Talent season 21 in full swing for the quarterfinals, host Terry Crews and judges Howie…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/jamie-t-2026-cr-tom-beard.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Jamie T is digging up the past with Ghosts (100 Days Of Morning), his sixth studio album, due Oct. 9 via Polydor Records. The 11-track effort sees Wimbledon-born songwriter reckoning with the passage of time and the nostalgia of the ‘00s indie era, according to a press release. The…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/the-beatles-help-1965-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard As the quartet of Beatles biopics inch ever closer to their April 2028 simultaneous release date, the Universal Music Group has cut a deal with Apple Corps on a new global exclusive licensing deal covering the band’s merch, licensing and e-commerce businesses, the companies announced today (Aug. 19). Universal…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/abby-cadabby-golden-sesame-street-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard HUNTR/X‘s Rumi, Zoey and Mira may have worked together to deliver hits while taking down ghouls in KPop Demon Hunters, but for Sesame Street‘s Abby Cadabby, she feels most “Golden” when she and her pals support each other in their simpler but equally worthy goals. Related ‘Sesame Street’ Takes…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/velvet-trip-2026-1800-cr-macami.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard SYDNEY, Australia — Velvet Trip has signed an exclusive global publishing agreement with BMG. Velvet Trip is the dreamy, psychedelic-pop project of Zeppelin Hamilton, the Wiradjuri singer, songwriter and producer, an act with two appearances on the ARIA Albums Chart, a classy live show, and a growing fanbase. The BMG deal…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/84803542-e1787128406609.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard The Stray Cats are a very rare breed. Hailing from Long Island, schoolmates Brian Setzer (vocals, guitar), Lee Rocker (double bass), and Slim Jim Phantom (drums) smashed their way into the British mainstream in the early ‘80s, a glorious time of musical freedom when post punk, new wave, and…