Tag: billboard.com

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/P10668CW-e1786732083399.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard The Recording Academy is talking to members of the Asian pop community about its new best Asian pop music performance category, which, in an extraordinary move, may be re-conceived for the 2027 awards. (There’s little time remaining: First-round voting begins on Oct. 12. Nominations will be announced on Nov.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/02-Ella-Langley-2026-cr-Caylee-Robillard-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Women have spent much of 2026 rewriting Billboard’s country record books. Ella Langley has been at the center of many of those milestones, while Taylor Swift, Stella Lefty and others have contributed to a broader run of new benchmarks on Hot Country Songs. Related Women’s Country Chart Sweep Is Unlike Any Before,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2211354122-e1775068304528.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Megan Thee Stallion has joined the Interscope family. The Houston Hottie announced on Friday (Aug. 14) that she’s inked a distribution partnership deal with Interscope Records and her Hot Girl Productions company. Megan will maintain ownership of her masters and publishing while releasing future music independently through Hot Girl…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Katseye-x-Target-BB-1548-1.png?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. KATSEYE’s latest era has arrived with a little help from Kuromi. The global girl group released its third…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/retch-2026-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Last month, RetcH dropped his first album in four years since 2022’s Administrative Segregation. During the hiatus, the New Jersey rapper was both dealing with lingering legal issues, while also enjoying the fruits of his labor. Explore Billboard See latest videos, charts and news “When I really think about…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/KATSEYE-Photo-Credit-Julian-Song.png?w=1024″] EYEKONS, EYEKONS, EYEKONS, the moment y’all have been waiting for is finally here: Grammy-nominated global girl group KATSEYE has entered its WILD era. The group’s third EP, WILD., arrives Aug. 14 through HYBE and Geffen Records, following 2025’s Beautiful Chaos, the project that took KATSEYE from one of pop’s most promising new…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2265634798-e1775247673705.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard A man who says he suffered a traumatic brain injury during a fight at a Luke Bryan concert has reached a settlement to end his lawsuit claiming Live Nation didn’t do enough to protect fans at the “rowdy” show. Related Live Nation Pans Former Executive’s $35 Million Lawsuit: ‘Did…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/P10605DK-e1786709716147.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard With just a week to go before the Aug. 21 release of Sam Smith‘s fifth studio album, Hazel Eyes, the singer told The New Yorker Radio Hour podcast this week that they’ve already begun work on LP6, and it sounds like a rager. Explore Sam Smith See latest videos,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ncole-kidman-troye-sivan-shes-the-best-video-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Like a lot of people, Troye Sivan thinks Nicole Kidman is simply the best. The “Rush” singer proves it in the sultry video for his new single, aptly titled “She’s the Best,” in which fellow Aussie Kidman is the picture of elegant, effortlessly cool glamour as she strides with…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/KGLW-2026-press-cr-Maclay-Heriot-billboard.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Uber-prolific Australian band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard has released nearly 30 albums since its 2012 debut — in other words, the band isn’t known for the drawn-out studio perfectionism that often stymies musicians. Explore King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard See latest videos, charts and news But…