On Thursday night (Sep. 4), Cardi B accepted the 2025 Billboard impact of the year award at the R&B / Hip-Hop Power Players Event in Brooklyn. After the presentation by this writer — Billboard‘s senior director of R&B / Hip-Hop — Cardi delivered a rousing speech, highlighting her love for hip-hop and building a long-lasting legacy
It’s back to school season, which means two things: getting used to the insane morning rush to the bus again and the obligatory first-day-of-school pics from everyone you know. And, in this case, celebrities really are just like us. Take Carey Hart. P!nk‘s husband and former motocross champ got in on the fall tradition by
If you listened to our 1996 Oasis Vintage Pop Stardom episode of the Greatest Pop Stars podcast, you’d know that host Andrew Unterberger and his longtime partner Lisa Ebe were planning on going to see Oasis on the Live ’25 tour in Dublin, Ireland last month — but were hardly positive that the Gallagher Brothers would make
Billboard’s Friday Music Guide 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. Explore See latest videos, charts and news This week, Justin Bieber shows us more Swag, Lady Gaga dances into
The Prince of Darkness will have another moment in the light on Sunday (Sept. 7) when some of Ozzy Osbourne‘s musical compatriots and biggest fans will take the stage to honor the late metal legend at the 2025 MTV VMAs. According to a release announcing the special tribute, Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe
Atlanta police said that Mastodon co-founder Brent Hinds, 51, was at fault in the motorcycle crash that took his life on the night of Aug. 20. According to Atlanta New First, the details are in contrast to the initial findings in the investigation that put the fault on the 22-year-old driver of the BMW SUV
Kelly Clarkson returned to Instagram on Thursday (Sept. 4) for the first time since the death of her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock last month. In a sentimental post tied to the 23rd anniversary of her life-changing American Idol win on Sept. 4, 2022 that capped the iconic music competition’s first season, Clarkson gave thanks for the
As we’ve learned from watching the New Heights podcast, Travis Kelce‘s got jokes. Which is why it was no surprise when the Kansas City Chiefs’ three-time Super Bowl champ had a pithy quip when asked by reporters on Thursday (Sept. 4) to describe the biggest change in his life since recently getting engaged to longtime
Billboard sizes up the 23 new songs on Bieber’s semi-surprise sequel set. 9/5/2025 Justin Bieber Renell Medrano Swag, swag, swag… on II. The suddenly very prolific pop superstar Justin Bieber announced over social media on Thursday (Sept. 4) that midnight would bring with it the surprise sequel to his equally unexpected Swag album from July.
Things just got swaggier. In the small hours of Friday morning (Sept. 3), Justin Bieber unleashed new album Swag II with just a short warning. Coming just a couple of months after the release of the pop star’s first Swag album, Swag II arrived after Bieber announced its existence via a slew of electronic billboards
