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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/P1025H01-e1786843540396.jpg?w=1024″] ‘Violent Fairy Pop Core’ reads the block-capitals slogan emblazoned across Ariana Grande’s new, hardcore-inspired merch line. It appears to be the singer’s personal embodiment of the sound and aesthetic of her latest LP, Petal, which arrived last month (July 29) and feels like a distillation of the music itself: equally ethereal and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/stellar-gospel-music-awards-2026-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Lisa Knowles-Smith and Darrel Walls were the big winners at the 2026 Stellar Gospel Music Awards, which were taped live from the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday (Aug. 15). Gospel superstar Kirk Franklin hosted the show. Knowles-Smith, 42, won five awards, four of them for the hit album Revival:…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/nct127-kcon-2026-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Los Angeles officially belongs to K-pop this weekend with KCON LA 2026, but the city has been deep in K-pop all week. This year’s KCON festival officially opened Friday (Aug. 14) at the Los Angeles Convention Center and Crypto.com Arena. Under the theme “Walk in SOUL CITY,” a play on the South…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/selena-gomez-may-6-2026-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Accusations that Selena Gomez duped investors into putting $1.2 million into mental health startup Wondermind are baseless, the star’s lawyer, Mathew S. Rosengart, says after Gomez was named in a lawsuit filed Thursday (Aug. 13). Rosengart will be filing a motion to dismiss claims made in the suit. Related…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/samantha-barks-oliver-tompsett-greatest-showman-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard The Greatest Showman is heading to London’s West End. On Friday (Aug. 14), Disney Theatrical Group announced that the stage adaptation of the hit 2017 film will open at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in spring 2027. The announcement follows the production’s sold-out world premiere run earlier this year at…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/kristen-bell-josh-gad-idina-menzel-frozen-3-d23-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Frozen 3 is officially underway, and excitement is already snowballing over the franchise’s new music. The third installment of Disney’s blockbuster franchise was announced Friday (Aug. 14) at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, California, where stars Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel and Josh Gad reunited onstage to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Dave-Marsh-02-2018-billboard-1548-1619628368.jpg?w=1024″] Dave Marsh, one of the most influential music writers of his generation and a passionate activist for health care, social justice and freedom of expression, died on Friday (Aug 14). The cause of his death has not been reported but he had been in declining health in recent years. Related Gone But…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Bonnie-Tyler-Crop.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Hundreds of fans lined the streets of a seaside Welsh village on Saturday (Aug. 15) to bid farewell to late singer Bonnie Tyler as her coffin was brought home. The Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star, beloved worldwide for her 1983 chart-topping power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” died last…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/UFC-Islam-Makhachev-Getty-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. The UFC is headed to the “City of Brotherly Love” for UFC 330. Two top fighters will face…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/LSF-FoundationLaunch-MainImage-Wide.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard From career milestones to new releases to major announcements and those little important moments, Billboard editors highlight uplifting moments in Latin music. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week. Explore Eladio Carrion Romeo Santos rosalia See latest videos, charts and news Romeo Santos Launches Fundación Los Santos to Support Children…