Last summer, Kelvin Evans was arrested for allegedly stealing hard drives containing music and tour plans belonging to Beyoncé from a rental car in Atlanta. He pleaded not guilty to his charges, which

BMI, a global leader in performing rights management, dedicated to supporting songwriters, composers and publishers and championing the value of music. This week, Warner Music Group posted calendar Q

Actor Seth Rogen and The Daily Show host Jon Stewart slammed Ye (formerly Kanye West) for attempting to make a music comeback following his repeated antisemitic remarks in recent years, which West has

Kneecap have scored the highest UK chart position for an Irish language album with their new album ’Fenian’ and will donate sales profits to charity. The West Belfast band’s second studio album was r

Last month, Maren Flagg, who is suing Taylor Swift for trademark infringement over The Life of a Showgirl, filed a motion for a preliminary injunction. At the time, attorneys for Swift had yet to resp

Dua Lipa sure does come and go. On Thursday night, the pop star surprised the audience at London’s the O2 Arena when she came out during Tame Impala‘s show to perform a couple of tracks. Lipa joined

Trending on Billboard Ringo Starr’s latest studio album, Long Long Road, debuts on five Billboard album charts (dated May 9), including a No. 9 start on Top Album Sales. The set also arrives on Indie

Trending on Billboard Nashville’s music community was emotionally leveled on Jan. 30, 2025, when local Warner Chappell president/CEO Ben Vaughn died. The loss was palpable. Vaughn provided an unders

Trending on Billboard Two-time Grammy-nominated reggae star Protoje has spent the past 15 years valiantly merging classic reggae with contemporary audiences’ increasingly cross-genre sensibilities —

Steven Knight’s upcoming “landmark” documentary on the Oasis reunion tour is set to stream on Disney+. The Peaky Blinders creator has overseen and is producing the film, which will document the Britp

Jieun Kim has been elevated to president of Warner Music Korea, Warner Music Group announced. She will report directly to Lo-Ting Fai, also known as Lofai, president of Warner Music APAC. Prior to he

Trending on Billboard May is in full bloom, and so is the new music scene. As the first full week of the month comes to a close, Billboard has rounded up all of the biggest releases that just hit str

We’ve come a long way from Liam Gallagher outright denying plans to make a documentary about Oasis‘ long-awaited reunion. In 2024, the musician wrote on X, “There’s been enough said about this band it

UPDATE (May 8): “Rein Me In” by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean holds at No. 1 on the Official Singles Chart in the U.K. on the chart that was published on Friday (May 8). This is the 10th nonconsecutive w

George Ward Freelance journalist and online editor for CLUNK. Can be found out and about in Bristol, finding cheap records or having a pint on King Street. Read More From George With their new album

Trending on Billboard Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s duet “Rein Me In” has notched an impressive 10th non-consecutive week at No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart dated May 8 as they close in on

Trending on Billboard Michael Jackson has emerged victorious in a three-way battle to earn his first U.K. No. 1 album in 17 years. MJ was competing against Northern Ireland rap trio Kneecap and Spic

Trending on Billboard Rubén Blades was always an iconoclast. He got a master’s in international law from Harvard, but gained global prominence and unlikely commercial success as a salsa musician, kno

Trending on Billboard Kendrick Lamar and Dr. Dre have served up a piece of Compton to the masses, but the pair of California rap dignitaries returned to their alma mater for a groundbreaking ceremony

Trending on Billboard I first discovered Abeer Nehme through her music nearly 20 years ago. I met her in person only 24 hours before our Billboard Arabia cover interview, and it didn’t take long to r

Trending on Billboard From the start of Dancing On the Wall (out today via Saddest Factory Records), the LA-based band’s fourth studio album drops listeners into a sweaty warehouse of queer power pop

Trending on Billboard Cher is not known for mincing words. And to hear her frequent musical collaborator songwriter Diane Warren tell it, the legendary singer doesn’t hold back at all, even when it c

Trending on Billboard K-Pop supergroup BTS and its Mexican ARMY became one once again on Thursday (May 7) during the highly anticipated return of the South Korean giants to the Latin American country

Trending on Billboard As KATSEYE continues promoting upcoming EP Wild, Manon — who is currently on hiatus from the girl group — is having her own top-model adventure. The Swiss Dream Academy alum wi

Trending on Billboard After conquering stadiums across the globe in 2025, Oasis is now taking on the movie theaters with a new documentary revealing the inside story of the triumphant reunion tour.

The Tame Impala / Dua Lipa cinematic universe continues to expand. During the Kevin Parker-led band’s show last night (May 7) at the O2 in London, itsurprised the crowd by bringing Lipa out for a two-

Trending on Billboard When Zach Top made his debut on airwaves in 2021 with “Sounds Like the Radio,” the song took listeners “back [to] ’94, you know.” Radio in that era was a different animal — mor

Trending on Billboard Luke Combs earns a fifth week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart with “Sleepless in a Hotel Room.” The song leads the list dated May 16 with 34.5 million impressions,

Trending on Billboard When Alok returns to London this June, it’s not just another show. He’s heading back to Brixton — the same area in the capital where he once worked as a barman after moving the

Trending on Billboard This week, Billboard’s New Music Latin poll — curated with key recommendations by Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors — features a number of new albums, including Carí

Cheap Trick has decided to stay the road after their shared dates with Styx later this month. First, they'll take a few days off and then go on a run of June headliner shows in the U.S., with stops i

Ariana Grande is sowing the seeds of a new era. The pop star announced her highly anticipated eighth studio album Petal via Instagram on April 28. After previously stating that she would need “an ext

Trending on Billboard In times of upheaval, there is always opportunity — a condition that aptly describes the past year in the indie sector of the music business. Across the industry, there has been

Chris Brown’s albums bring about many feelings. Excitement from his diehard fanbase. Hate from the people who understandably cannot forgive and forget his past transgressions. Exhaustion from the musi

In Rolling Stone‘s latest installment of Song Shuffle, Maya Hawke took a leap of faith of faith. Speaking to Rolling Stone at SXSW, she didn’t share just her playlist, but her entire iTunes library, n

An Atlanta rapper accused of shooting an 18-year-old multiple times on a Florida beach allegedly continued his night by performing at a nightclub just hours after the violence, according to investigat