6LACK has announced he will be heading back on the road this summer after the success of his recently-wrapped Since I Have A Lover Tour. The new 6LACK: No More Lonely Nights Tour dates, produced by Live Nation, will be a limited run of shows visiting seven U.S. cities. The intimate performances will capture the…… MORE
Andra Day, The War And Treaty, Ravyn Lenae and Shinedown will perform at the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum’s inaugural Grammy Hall Of Fame Gala. The Academy said the names of more performers will be announced at a later date. The Grammy Hall Of Fame Gala will take place on May 21 at the Novo…… MORE
CBS and Dick Clark Productions have announced the world’s largest fan-voted awards show, the American Music Awards, will air on the CBS Television Network for the first time, on October 6, and stream on Paramount+. The nominees for the AMAs are determined by the fans – as reflected on the Billboard charts – based on…… MORE
Janet Jackson has announced dates for the U.K. and European leg of her Together Again Tour. The multiple Grammy Award-winning singer will kick off the trek on September 25 in Paris and wrap up in Amsterdam on October 10. Wyclef Jean will provide support on the trek. Tickets go on general sale at 9 am…… MORE
The Weeknd has promised to donate $2 million to provide food to starving families in Gaza. The United Nations’ World Food Program Goodwill Ambassador, whose original name is Abel Tesfaye, is allocating another $2 million from his XO Humanitarian Fund toward the WFP’s humanitarian response efforts in Gaza. This support will provide more than 1,500…… MORE
Coi Leray recently dropped her first single of 2024, “Can’t Come Back.” The single comes along with an official music video that pays tribute to the iconic Janet Jackson. “Can’t Come Back” was produced by Mike WiLL Made-It alongside Melz & True Beats. Dragan Andic directed the video, joined by Alondra Costa for creative direction…… MORE
Saweetie and Cynthia Erivo are among the honorees at the upcoming 2024 Gold Gala. Other honorees include Lucy Liu, Bang Si-Hyuk, Hoa Xuande, Hello Kitty, Karan Johar, Padma Lakshmi, Valkyrae, the creator and cast of Beef, Maui first responders, and Olympic gold medalists. Multi-platinum-selling recording artist and entrepreneur Saweetie will receive the first-ever Billboard Gold…… MORE
Tems recently shared a new song, “Love Me Jeje,” which is the first single from her upcoming debut album, Born in the Wild. “If not you, then I don’t wanna know, I don’t want no story/Day and night, it’s unconditional, got m? living softly/Love me JeJe, love me tender,” Tems sings. Tems wrote “Love Me…… MORE
Normani recently dropped a new single, “1:59,” featuring rapper Gunna. “Back on that vibe again / It’s hard to fight again / Sh*t, we can’t hide again / When I get you alone / Boy, what you gon’ do with it?” Normani sings. Gunna appears in the second verse, rapping, “F**k it, we made love…… MORE
Eminem recently took to social media to announce that he will release a new album, The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce), this summer. A viral video (featuring 50 Cent in a cameo) shared by the singer narrates how he meets his end and asks the question, “Who killed Slim Shady?” 50 Cent is…… MORE
Missy Elliott has the honor of being the first rapper in space…sort of. Her song, “Super Dupa Fly (The Rain),” is the first rap track to be beamed into deep space. The transmission took place last week. NASA’s Deep Space Network was able to broadcast the song 158 million miles from Earth to Venus at…
Prince’s estate will not give approval to Netflix for a nine-hour documentary on the late superstar. The original deal was for a six-hour feature. Director Ezra Edelman’s completed version is three hours longer. Prince’s estate said the extra content violates the initial agreement made in 2018. Page Six reports that Netflix feels “confident a compromise…
Chris Brown’s success continues to impress. The singer recently hit a mark that no other singer has. Breezy became the first artist to have 50 top ten songs on Billboard’s Hot R&B Songs chart. The song that pushed Brown to the mark was Jeremih’s “Wait On It,” with features from Breezy and Bryson Tiller.
Sexyy Red’s upcoming tour is in trouble. According to Touring Data, Sexyy’s has only sold 37.1 percent of tickets for her Sexyy Red 4 President tour. The tickets dropped to the general public on June 28th. There’s online speculation that the low sales could lead to Sexyy canceling some, if not all, of the 24…