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, Lil Wayne drives… Read More
Allie X's Cape God era is shaping up to be her most complex yet, as she confronts all-too-familiar demons on the new song "Devil I Know," out Friday (Jan. 31). On the ominous track, Allie grapples with a toxic relationship. "I could pretend that I'm… Read More
In this week’s episode of My Billboard Moment, Ella Mai recalls how it felt when her song “Boo’d Up” debuted on the Hot 100 chart in 2018. The singer notes that while her “Billboard moment” probably should be when her… Read More
In November 2016, Billboard published an update on what each member of One Direction was up to nearly a year after beginning their hiatus. Now, the guys are four years removed from the band — and needless to say, quite… Read More
Only the young can save us. Taylor Swift pulls exactly zero punches on the new urgent, clear-eyed song "Only The Young," from her just-released Netflix documentary, Miss Americana. The song, out today (Jan. 31) along with the doc, was written… Read More
Meghan Trainor did all the things you expect a pop star to do when they hop into the car with James Corden for a "Carpool Karaoke" segment. The singer celebrated the release of her new album, Treat Myself, by busting… Read More
Kesha celebrated the release of her High Road album on Thursday night (Jan. 30) with a very trippy performance of "Resentment" on The Late Late Show with Wrabel. Instead of just singing the moving, country-tinged ballad in the traditional way, the singer took fans… Read More
If you love music and haven’t heard Omer Kringel’s debut project OKAN Project, we strongly advise you to give it a listen. Crafted over 5 years of work and captured over 5 weeks of recording while travelling around the globe,… Read More
Meghan Trainor isn’t only about that bass. The Grammy-winning pop singer and songwriter today drops her third full-length studio album, Treat Myself. Spanning 15 tracks with a handful of assists, the new set arrived at midnight across all digital music services. Treat… Read More
Since One Direction's split in 2015 and a handful of Louis Tomlinson solo songs since, fans have been itching for a full album. Their wish finally came true on Friday (Jan. 31), when the crooner released his debut album, Walls.… Read More