In the past six years, the creative polymath Devonté Hynes has kept remarkably busy. Despite a global pandemic flatlining the music industry, Hynes contributed to albums by Lorde and Turnstile, crafted film scores for Passing and Master Gardener, and just last year penned some original music for the Broadway play Job. In 2023, Hynes was
Losing a parent is one of the hardest things most people will go through in their lives. But when that person is also one of the most beloved rock stars of all time, someone you’ve had to share with the world your whole life even as you made your own private, cherished memories with them,
Irving Azoff is set to receive the BMAC Icon Award from the Black Music Action Coalition at its fifth annual BMAC Gala taking place Thursday, Sept. 18, at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. Grammy-nominated country trailblazer Mickey Guyton and cultural curator Kenny Burns will co-host the event. The BMAC also identified recipients of
Several years ago, Ravyn Lenae found herself backstage at a House of Blues, in tears. With a minute left in her opening set, the crowd had started booing and chanting for the headliner to come out — and the venue had cut off her mic. “It’s funny now,” the 26-year-old singer-songwriter says with a laugh
Mariah the Scientist achieves her first No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums chart with Hearts Sold Separately, which enters atop the list dated Sept. 6. The set, released on Buckles Laboratories/Epic Records, begins with 36,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States for the tracking week of Aug. 22-28, according to Luminate. Streaming
We are closing out the summer with the Greatest Pop Stars of August 2025 — and we are very happy to be ending the summer in a much better place with pop stardom than when it began, with the return of a few major pop stars and the announcements of more exciting things to come in the
Olé! The latest round of the America’s Got Talent 2025 quarterfinals has come and gone, and one standout musician got the biggest possible stamp of approval from the famously hard-to-impress Simon Cowell thanks to a high-energy performance of the hopeful’s original ode to soccer. As it turns out, America seemed pretty impressed too, since that
Just one day after The Weeknd wrapped the latest North American leg of his ongoing After Hours Til Dawn Tour, the superstar announced on Thursday (Sept. 4) that the show must go on: He’s headed to Mexico, Brazil, the U.K. and Europe next year. The international extension of the tour kicks off with back-to-back shows
Mariah Carey is Christmas royalty, per her performance on Billboard’s holiday charts with “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” But the bounds of her reach know no seasons. She’s also among the top-charting acts in the history of Billboard’s Songs of the Summer chart. As previously reported, Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” reigns as the No.
It looks like Justin Bieber isn’t turning his swag off just yet. On Thursday (Sept. 4), the pop star announced that a sequel to his July Swag album is arriving at midnight Friday (Sept. 5), posting multiple photos to Instagram of new electronic billboards that have gone up in different cities. With pink backgrounds, the
