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PARTYNEXTDOOR Courtesy Photo Watch Latin American Music Awards With April coming to an end, music is still in full swing with a bunch of new releases. It’s a big day for hip-hop and R&B, as Normani teamed up with Gunna for the sultry “1:59,” which is set to be featured on the former Fifth Harmony...

Gaspard Augé, left, and Xavier de Rosnay of Justice photographed March 13, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Joel Barhamand Watch Latin American Music Awards This week in dance music: We talked to current Billboard cover star Peggy Gou about her ascent and forthcoming debut album, we talked numbers with Steve Aoki, we learned the value of...

Nahmias jacket and pants, RCSLA t-shirt, Icebox chain and bracelet, Rolex watch, Kaws x Air Jordan sneakers. Eric Ryan Anderson Watch Latin American Music Awards Earlier this week, Flavor Flav posted a video standing up for Jelly Roll after the country star’s wife, podcaster Bunnie XO, revealed that her husband had quit social media due...

Steve Aoki photographed on April 17, 2024 in Las Vegas. Balenciaga hoodie, jacket, pants and shoes. Jessica Chou Steve Aoki has seen the future and he’s unafraid. The world-beating DJ/producer and cake boss tells Billboard in this week’s cover story that while he’s still a bit of a “novice” at using artificial intelligence to create...

Taylor Swift and St. Vincent perform onstage during Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour Live In Los Angeles at Staples Center on Aug. 25, 2015 in Los Angeles. Christopher Polk/TAS/Getty Images for TAS In October, Taylor Swift‘s “Cruel Summer” unexpectedly climbed its way to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, four years after it...

Steve Aoki photographed on April 17, 2024 in Las Vegas. Balenciaga hoodie, robe, jeans and shoes. Jessica Chou In addition to our Steve Aoki cover story, check out this Q&A with Jessica Chou, who photographed Aoki for Billboard‘s AAPI issue. Tell us a little about your own background. I’m from the San Gabriel Valley –...

(left to right) Kyle Ramar Freeman as Lion, Nichelle Lewis as Dorothy, Wayne Brady as The Wiz, Phillip Johnson Richardson as Tinman, Avery Wilson as Scarecrow. Jeremy Daniel This year, Wicked isn’t the only Wizard of Oz-inspired musical that’s eliciting standing ovations on Broadway. A new revival of THE WIZ at the Marquis Theatre in...

St. Vincent attends the BRIT Awards 2024 at The O2 Arena on March 2, 2024 in London. Jim Dyson/Redferns St. Vincent is back. The musician, songwriter and guitarist unveiled her seventh studio album, All Born Screaming, on Friday (April 26). The album features previously released single “Broken Man,” “Flea” and “Big Time Nothing.” “There are...

Kelly Clarkson Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Kelly Clarkson is in the trees, in the breeze with a brand new Olivia Rodrigo cover. For her The Kelly Clarkson Show‘s popular Kellyoke segment on Thursday (April 25), the star took on Rodrigo’s “Can’t Catch Me Now,” the powerful ballad off the Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds...

Estere, Julia Garner, Madonna and David Banda pose during “The Celebration Tour” at Barclays Center on Dec. 14, 2023 in New York City. Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Live Nation Madonna‘s Celebration Tour is a family business. And in a new Instagram post on Thursday (April 25), the pop icon thanked her son David and daughters Mercy,...