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Mexican singer-songwriter Paquita la del Barrio will be honored with the lifetime achievement award at the 2021 Billboard Latin Music Awards, Billboard and Telemundo announced Thursday (Aug. 26). The special accolade will honor the chart-topping artist, born Francisca Viveros Barradas, for an “enduring and exceptional career, encompassing artistic and personal contributions that have had a major...

Electronic artist deadmau5 announced during the opening night of Gamescom on Tuesday that he is developing a virtual music and entertainment experience exclusively for Manticore Games’ video game creation platform, Core. Known as Oberhasli, the experience is designed as an interactive space featuring music, games and other interactive content designed by deadmau5, whose real name is...

The Beatles‘ studio swan song is getting a major revamp. Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe announced on Thursday morning (August 26) that the band’s legendary 1970 album Let It Be will reissued on Oct. 15 in a series of special edition packages, including new mixes in stereo, 5.1 Surround and Dolby Atmos. The expanded edition that will...

Jennifer Hudson’s soundtrack to the film Respect debuts at No. 6 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Aug. 28), marking the fourth top 10 on the list for the singer-actress – the entirety of her charting efforts. Respect is the companion album to the movie of the same name in which Hudson portrays Aretha...

After calling off their summer headlining dates earlier this month, Limp Bizkit revealed on Wednesday (August 25) that they also pulled out of all their scheduled festival gigs as well. The good news, though, is that fans will start hearing new music soon. According to Blabbermouth, in an Instagram Story the band wrote, “To be...

Ed Sheeran gave another sneak peek at his upcoming fourth solo album, = (equals), on Wednesday night (August 25) during an intimate show at the 1,500-capacity HMV Empire in Coventry, England as part of the music chain’s 100th birthday. As first reported by NME, the hit-heavy set featured recent singles “Bad Habits” and “Visiting Hours,”...

Artist Mentioned BTS From far down a hallway in the new Seoul headquarters of HYBE Corp., a crystal-clear falsetto rings above distant footsteps and murmurs, singing the refrain to the blockbuster K-pop group BTS’ summer jam “Butter” — the longest-reigning No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 this year. As the sounds come closer, a dozen-strong...

BTS ARMY, the boys are back on the cover! That’s right, three years after BTS appeared on the cover of Billboard in 2018, the septet are officially the stars of the September 2021 issue, following an impressive streak of hits, including five Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers. Additionally, fans and collectors can celebrate BTS’ new appearance on the...

Chvrches return this Friday (Aug. 27) with the new album Screen Violence. But first, the Scottish electro-pop outfit hit to our screens on Wednesday night (Aug. 25), with a rooftop performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Singer Lauren Mayberry materializes on a TV set, before emerging in the flesh, bathed in red light...

For the third night of her Late Late Show residency, Lorde brought some melodrama to the stage. No, really. The New Zealand artist performed “Green Light,” the opening track from Melodrama, her Billboard 200 chart leader from 2017. After performing two Solar Power tracks earlier in the week, Lorde changed tac, ditched the summery vibe...

Micki Grant, a composer, playwright, singer and actress, died on Aug. 21, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. She was 92. Grant was known for becoming the first woman to write the book, music and lyrics to a Broadway musical with Don’t Bother Me I Can’t Cope, which she also starred in. She won a Grammy...

Anne Wilson’s debut single “My Jesus” reaches No. 1 on Billboard‘s Christian Airplay chart dated Aug. 28. The track increased by 12% to 9.7 million impressions in the week ending Aug. 22, according to MRC Data. The 19-year-old, from Lexington, Ky., co-authored “My Jesus” with Jeff Pardo and Matthew West. Highlighting the coronation, Wilson is...

Lil Nas X’s debut album now has a big release date. The chart-topping hip-hop star sets a Sept. 17 release date for Montero, via Columbia Records. “Creating this album has been therapy for me,” he says in a statement. “I’ve learned to let go of trying to control people’s perception of who I am, what...

Britney Spears might be going through “the hardest years” of her life, but it sounds like she has a pretty good partner to lean on. On Wednesday (Aug. 25), Spears took to Instagram to praise her boyfriend of five years Sam Asghari — while also jokingly calling him a “cute a–hole.” “Not only has this cute...

The wheels on the bus go ’round and ’round, and Travis Scott made sure his 3-year-old daughter Stormi experienced that feeling with a big, yellow surprise. On Tuesday, Kylie Jenner shared pictures of their daughter touching the outside of a yellow school bus and exploring its burgundy upholstered interior while writing, “All Stormi has been...

Halsey already had bragging rights when she announced that Nine Inch Nails‘ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross were producing her fourth album, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. But the newly revealed guest artists are boosting their cred in the pop-rock space even more. Dave Grohl, Fleetwood Mac‘s Lindsey Buckingham, The Bug’s Kevin Martin, Dave...