Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. This week, Run The Jewels… Read More
A new week brings a new round of Billboard Live At-Home performances, as artists continue to partner with various organizations to raise much-needed funds for coronavirus relief. Country singer-songwriter Cam will kick the week off on Tuesday (June 9) at… Read More
For about five years now, Madrid-by-way-of-Brooklyn quartet Hinds has enjoyed a reputation in America as a buzzy garage rock act — the sort of band that in-the-know indie fans love to love. But they didn’t always get that same respect… Read More
Major Lazer leads with its first entry on the list. Major Lazer is back atop a Billboard airplay chart, but it might not be one that you expect. The dance trio leaps 4-1 on the Adult Alternative Songs ranking dated… Read More
Plus: Jimmy Buffett heading for highest-charting album in over 15 years. Lady Gaga is set for her sixth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, according to industry forecasters. Prognosticators suggest the music superstar’s latest effort, Chromatica, could launch… Read More
Just a week after her former “Telephone” co-star Beyoncé became the second artist to notch a No. 1 single on the Hot 100 in the ’00s, ’10s and ’20s, Lady Gaga this week became the third. She debuted atop the… Read More
BTS cranked up the Festa 2020 party on Thursday (June 4) with Jungkook’s first solo release, the ethereal, jazzy ballad “Still With You.” Eagle-eyed fans had already anticipated there was something major coming today, which marks one year to the… Read More
Send a card, send a message. This coming Friday (June 5) would have been the 27th birthday of Breonna Taylor, the Louisville woman who was killed on March 13 when a squad of police used a battering ram to enter… Read More
Has not time for trolls, but, okay, a little to take a couple down hard At a time of national crisis when tens of thousands of Americans are marching in the streets in all 50 states demanding justice and accountability… Read More
Jesse McCartney is mourning the death of his former Dream Street bandmate Chris Trousdale, who died at the age of 34 Tuesday (June 2). TMZ reported the death was coronavirus-related, though a statement to Billboard mentioned an “undisclosed illness.” “Chris… Read More