Anyma Courtesy of Interscope Records This week in dance music: Skrillex, Flowdan, Fred again.. and Kylie Minogue all won dance Grammys, demonstrating the efficacy of the awards’ new pop dance category, Elements 2024 released a phase one lineup lead by Illenium, Slander, Liquid Stranger, Sophie Ellis-Bextor enlisted Pnau for a remix of her viral hit...
Taylor Swift performs onstage during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at Tokyo Dome on Feb. 7, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Christopher Jue/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management This is her trying … not to wipe out in front of tens of thousands of people in Tokyo. At the Friday (Feb. 9) Eras Tours top...
Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Taylor Swift, and Phoebe Bridgers behind the scenes at The 66th Annual Grammy Awards, airing live from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Francis Specker/CBS From Taylor Swift‘s surprise album announcement to the three golden gramophones Boygenius took home Sunday (Feb. 4), Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus had a lot...
Sophie Ellis-Bextor Laura Lewis As Sophie Ellis-Bextor‘s 2001 disco pop classic “Murder on the Dancefloor” continues its rise up the charts — sitting at No. 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs — on the power of its Saltburn synch, the track is getting extra momentum Friday (Feb. 9)...
Noah Kahan Performs ‘Stick Season’ at ‘Austin City Limits.’ Scott Newton/Courtesy Austin City Limits Noah Kahan sent all his love to Austin City Limits programming with a hits-filled set for an upcoming episode of the beloved music series. In the episode, which the singer shares with Flor de Toloache, Kahan performed a medley of his...
Travis Scott performs onstage during the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 4, 2024 in Los Angeles. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Joe Budden was not feeling Travis Scott and Playboi Carti’s Grammy performance on Sunday (Feb. 4). “What the f— is Travis and his man doing up here?” he said...
John Travolta and host Amadeus dance on stage during Sanremo 2024 on Feb. 7, 2024. Maria Laura Antonelli/AGF On the first night of Sanremo 2024 the co-host was Marco Mengoni (winner of the last edition of the song contest), while the second night saw popular Italian singer Giorgia (who won in 1995). Giorgia took the...
Omoinotake Akari Yagura/Billboard Japan Omoinotake, a three-piece band whose music is fresh, groovy and emotional, is rapidly attracting new fans. Their newest release is “Ikuokukonen,” the theme song to the TV series Eye Love You, released digitally on January 24. Billboard Japan talked to Omoinotake about the story behind this new song. On January 24,...
Beyoncé performs onstage during the “RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR” at SoFi Stadium on September 01, 2023 in Inglewood, California. Kevin Mazur/WireImage The BeyHive is buzzing with excitement over what fans believe will be a Beyoncé cameo during Verizon’s commercial at this year’s Super Bowl. Though there’s no actual proof that the pop superstar has any involvement...
Travis Kelce may play offense most of the time, but he’s not afraid to step up to the defensive line when it comes to the Swifties. During the Thursday (Feb. 8) episode of his and Jason Kelce’s New Heights podcast, the two brothers jokingly went to bat about the major influence of Taylor Swift’s fans...
