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Wearing her best rockstar outfit — leather pants styled with silver chains — Karol G took the virtual stage on Monday (Aug. 30) to headline the first of two Rockstar Summer Spotlight concerts available only on Billboard from Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. ET through Sept. 1 at 6 p.m. ET. “I am very happy to be here tonight...

Blake Shelton likes to win on The Voice, and in the first promo for the upcoming 21st season, he’s clearly sweating the potential competition from the woman in the seat to his right. The country star — who is the all-time champ with eight wins to date — says, “I’m the returning champion of The Voice...

Smoke Bulga is Maybach Music Group’s (MMG) newest signee, and he has already dropped off a new single, “Water Whip’N,” to celebrate his new deal. Featuring the boss Rick Ross and produced by GGAlmighty, the song interpolates Black Rob‘s infamous hit “Woah” and was released with an accompanying video which includes cameos from Fat Joe, N.O.R.E.,...

Despite its bumpy launch period, Cybperunk 2077’s fervent modding community has been hard at work buffing Night City’s immersion in positive and controversial ways. Nevertheless, the impact that mods like third-person perspective and cosmetic upgrades for V have raised the eyebrows of developers at CD Projekt Red. According to a post on the Cyberpunk 2077 Modding...

Luke Bryan earns his 25th leader on Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart as “Waves” swells from No. 2 to No. 1 on the Sept. 4-dated list. The song increased by 9% to 31.9 million impressions in the week ending Aug. 29, according to MRC Data. “Waves” — co-written by Zach Crowell, Ryan Hurd and Chase McGill — is...

Toem is a charming photography-focused game that recently got its due during the Nintendo Indie World Showcase. Those excited to unwind in its cutesy, hand-drawn world and capture photographs will get their chance on September 17. The game whisks players to a whimsical land inspired by Scandanavia inhabited by talking balloons, goofy ship captains, and...

Following a series of homophobic remarks he made about HIV and AIDS, DaBaby sat down with GLAAD and nine HIV organizations to learn more about his ignorant remarks. In a press release Tuesday (Aug. 31), GLAAD revealed that DaBaby was in attendance for a conversation with GLAAD, the Black AIDS Institute, Gilead Sciences COMPASS Initiative Coordinating Centers,...

After weeks of teasing fans with exclusive looks at his debut album, Montero, Lil Nas X is once again delivering on his promise. On Tuesday (Aug. 31), the “Industry Baby” rapper revealed the official album cover art for Montero via social media. The album cover features Lil Nas X naked and levitating in the air, surrounded...

On Tuesday (Aug. 31), Billboard announced it’s launching a new radio show on SiriusXM next week called Billboard Live. The two-hour weekly live radio show will go on a deep dive into the hottest artists, releases, chart insights and music festivals and tours. Hosted by Billboard senior editor Lyndsey Havens and hip-hop editor Carl Lamarre, Billboard Live...

Gene Simmons has been very vocal when it comes to his thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year. And this week he cranked things up a notch when he lambasted the political leadership in two Republican-led states for what the Kiss bass player-singer said was their laser focus on re-election rather than making...

When Chinese antitrust regulators sneeze, the music business catches a cold. Beijing has been cracking down on technology companies, and on July 24, the government gave Tencent Music, the country’s largest audio-streaming company, 30 days to end the exclusive licensing deals that allow it to offer songs that competitors can’t. Months before, another regulator announced...

BTS‘ “Butter” holds atop Billboard‘s Songs of the Summer chart (dated Sept. 4) with just a week left to go in the competition for the season’s hottest hit. The 20-position Songs of the Summer running tally tracks the most popular titles based on cumulative performance on the weekly streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Billboard Hot 100...

A Pershing Square Holdings affiliate will acquire an additional 2.9% stake in the Universal Music Group from parent company Vivendi, according to a release by the hedge fund today (Aug. 31). The acquisition by PS VII Master LP — which is an “affiliated co-investment vehicle,” the release says — increases the amount of UMG that...

Now that Kanye West‘s Donda album is finally out, it’s not surprising that the nearly two-hour, 27-track opus has been met with both praise and reproach. While some have given Ye props for once again laying his heart on the line with a collection of deeply emotional, meditative songs, others are … well, unimpressed. Count The...

The data-miners had preceded Epic Games which formalized the arrival of Will Smith in the universe of Fortnite. Are we really surprised when we know that the most played game of the moment is multiplying the collaboration with all the worlds related to video games. The cinema is inevitably a strong ally and it is...

Heavy metal’s reputation as a niche music genre does not apply to Metallica. The Bay Area band’s self-titled fifth album (often called “The Black Album” because of its cover) debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated Aug. 31, 1991, and went on to become the biggest-selling album in the U.S. — 17.2 million...