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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Alison-Brown-Steve-Martin-CR-Beth-Herzhaft-1.jpg?w=840″] Trending on Billboard When Lil Nas X scored a massive chart-topper with his Billy Ray Cyrus collab “Old Town Road,” which spent 19 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in 2019, the inescapable hit was soaked in elements of pop, trap and country. Explore Billy Ray Cyrus Lil Nas X Steve Martin…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/taylor-swift-spotify-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard This year’s Academy Museum Gala will double as a private Taylor Swift concert, with the pop star locked in to perform at the 2026 ceremony honoring Charlize Theron, Colman Domingo and filmmaker-composer John Carpenter. Related Ahead of Taylor Swift’s Likely Oscar Debut, Here’s How Other 21st Century Pop Stars…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/620664530-e1791397283171.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Awards shows are, by their nature, a competitive format, but when the Country Music Association reached a milestone with its 50th annual awards in 2016, the organization projected a spirit of unity with an intricate single that debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart dated Oct.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/DL-High-Res-Billboard-1800-cr-Lawrence-Family.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Veteran music industry executive and promotion strategist David “DL” Lawrence — who oversaw projects by Mariah Carey, Destiny’s Child, Lauryn Hill, NSYNC and more— passed away in Atlanta on Sept. 30. Billboard has learned the cause of death was a heart attack. Lawrence was 64 years old. Just days after his passing, Lawrence was…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Billboard-Cover-Story-Pitbull-1920×1080-V5.jpg?w=1024″] Pitbull breaks down the night he made history at Hyde Park in London — performing for 70,000 fans, setting a record, and landing a Guinness World Records moment with his “Baldies.” In this Billboard Cover Interview, Mr. 305 reflects on why that show felt different: “Time froze.” From there, Pitbull gets real…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/the-mlc-colllective-logo-2023-billboard-1548.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Starting in April, music publishing companies will be handed a total of roughly $7 million every month — and not for any of the business they’ve done. It’s the result of a process mandated by 2018’s Music Modernization Act (MMA), and the biggest publishers will stand to take home…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/hybe-logo-2026-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Weverse Con Festival is heading to India. HYBE’s flagship global music fest will stage its international debut next March in New Delhi. Indeed, the festival, set for March 27–28, 2027, will mark the first-ever edition of Weverse Con Festival outside South Korea. The new two-day fest will feature “a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2178808583-e1778007169145.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Christian Nodal’s “No Te Contaron Mal” scores a pass to the club. YouTube’s Billion Views Club, that is. Directed by Omar Torres and Victor Zambrano, the official video to Nodal’s 2018 smash passes the milestone on YouTube, and is the regional Mexican artist’s second to clear the mark following…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/annabelle-herd-1548-1611721003-e1791437485855.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard SYDNEY, Australia — Weaken Australia’s copyright laws, ruin the future of the global music community and make the land down under an outcast. That was the message from ARIA and PPCA CEO Annabelle Herd, who joined executives from trade associations representing writers and voice actors to address a parliamentary…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/GettyImages-2298997411-e1791423616992.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Ella Langley has spent the past few years chasing her country music dreams, and she’s been simultaneously thinking about what she wants outside of her glamorous, record-breaking career. During her SiriusXM Small Stage performance on Tuesday at Denver’s The Grizzly Rose, the singer/songwriter prefaced one of her simpler tracks…