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
Sabrina Carpenter etches her name in chart history as the first leader on the all-new ARIA Albums Chart, as Man’s Best Friend roars to No. 1. As previously reported, ARIA, the national labels trade body and charts compiler, undertook a major overhaul to its official chart methodology, the goal of which is to increase visibility for
Tones And I will get the place bouncing when she performs next month for an historic series of pre-season NBA games in Australia. Association franchise New Orleans Pelicans will make the long haul to Melbourne, where they’ll tackle NBL finalists Melbourne United on Friday, Oct. 3, and semi-finalists South East Melbourne Phoenix, Oct. 5th, 2025,
Kevin Parker is taking the Deadbeat route. The celebrated psychedelic pop artist and production wizard is lining up his fifth Tame Impala album, Deadbeat, for a global release Oct. 17th — his first through the Sony Music machine. Deadbeat is inspired by the “bush doof” culture of his native, Western Australia rave scene, and recasts
Ladder safety is no laughing matter. Saturday Night Live vet Jorma Taccone, a member of The Lonely Island comedy troupe, shattered his pelvis and detached his sacrum in a fall from a 20-foot ladder at his farmhouse in Connecticut. The accident was on Aug. 31, his daughter’s 5th birthday. “It wasn’t the coolest way to
John Fogerty’s new Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years (John’s Version) collection, a set of re-recorded hits from his years as frontman of Creedence Clearwater Revival, makes a top 10 debut on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart. The set launches at No. 9 with nearly 8,000 copies sold in the United States in the week
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Justin Bieber is no stranger to making history on YouTube, and now the pop superstar has scored his first music video to rack up 4 billion views on the platform. On Thursday (Sept. 4), YouTube announced that Bieber’s “Sorry” music video had surpassed 4 billion views. Ironically, Bieber himself is nowhere to be found in
As Kenny Chesney prepares to officially be inducted as a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame later this year, his friends and peers Old Dominion have words of praise for their fellow country star. “He definitely is deserving of that, for sure,” Old Dominion’s Matthew Ramsey recently told Billboard. “The guy has successfully
Karol G will help ring in the new NFL season with a special performance live from Brazil on Friday (Sept. 5). The Colombian star will headline the halftime show during YouTube’s first-ever exclusive NFL live broadcast, set to take place at Corinthians Arena in São Paulo, where the reigning AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs will take on the
