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Elle King and Dan Tooker attend The 56th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 9, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. Jason Kempin/Getty Images Elle King is now a mom of two, with the “Ex’s & Oh’s” singer announcing Friday (Feb. 28) that she and partner Dan Tooker have welcomed their second son together. Sharing...
Stryv Sasha Eberhardt It was a stunningly beautiful day on the California coast, and Stryv was feeling it. “We’d walked around the trails; we’d looked at the ocean,” the producer recalls of the day in October 2023. “I was like, ‘Man, this feels so good. I need to capture the feeling from today, and maybe...
RZA is once again weighing in on Kendrick Lamar and Drake‘s famous feud, with the Wu-Tang Clan member comparing it to a clash of two other famous titans on The Late Show Thursday night (Feb. 27). When host Stephen Colbert asked whether he’d been tuned in to the two hip-hop stars’ explosive exchange of diss...
Rema Alex J. Piper African female artists have been killing it this month. A week after Ayra Starr dropped her new single “All the Love,” she became the first African female artist to win best international artist and first female artist to win best African music act in 16 years at the 2025 MOBO Awards....
Lisa Wontae Go Say hello to LISA‘s Alter Ego. After months of buildup, the BLACKPINK star has at last unveiled her debut solo album, complete with 15 new tracks and collaborations from Megan Thee Stallion, Future, Tyla and more. Featuring the previously released singles “Rockstar,” “New Woman” featuring Rosalía, “Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me)” and “Born...
Shirley Manson of Garbage performs at the Mad Cool Festival on June 16, 2016 in Madrid, Spain. Juan Aguado/Redferns Garbage are back, announcing their first new album in almost four years. Dubbed Let All That We Imagine Be the Light, the new LP will be their eighth, and follows on from the release of 2021’s No...
beabadoobee Jules Moskovtchenko Beabadoobee has used her recent time Down Under to share a cover of a beloved New Zealand classic, covering Bic Runga’s “Sway” for Like a Version, the long-running segment from Australian radio station triple j. Recorded during the 24-year-old singer’s latest trip to Australia as part of the Laneway Festival, Beabadoobee offered...
Justin Timberlake performs on stage during the ‘Forget Tomorrow’ World Tour at Barclays Center on October 07, 2024 in New York City. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation Justin Timberlake has canceled his show in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday night (Feb. 27), due to the flu. The star took to his Instagram Stories shortly before...
Katy Perry accepts the MTV Video Vanguard award after performing onstage at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards held at UBS Arena on Sept. 11, 2024 in in Elmont, New York. Christopher Polk Katy Perry is leveling up from women’s world to women’s outer space. Shortly after it was announced that she’d be joining the...
NOW PLAYING JAPAN Riko Kato/Billboard Japan The third installment of the business conference NOW PLAYING JAPAN, organized by Billboard JAPAN and Luminate, was held on Feb. 6 at Billboard Live Tokyo. At this event, executives from Billboard JAPAN and Luminate gave presentations on the latest domestic and international trends in music consumption. Additionally, Tatsuya Nomura,...
