Madonna is bringing it all back home to celebrate the upcoming release of her Confessions II album. The anticipated sequel to her 2005 Confessions on a Dance Floor LP is due out on July 3 and as part of the promotional push for the collection, the singer has teamed up with financial services company Bilt
At midyear, business is good. According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, the 50 biggest tours of the first half of the chart year collectively earned more than $2.7 billion and sold 20.7 million tickets. Compared to last year’s first half, those figures are up — not with the velocity of the supercharged, early post-pandemic
Billboard has published its midyear Boxscore report, celebrating the biggest tours, venues and concert promoters, worldwide, of 2026’s first half. Across six months, some of the biggest artists in the world traded places at the top until one emerged victorious. Watch the video below to see the midyear Top Tours chart take shape, from Oct.
Debuting a song on the Billboard Hot 100 is a milestone in any artist’s career. As Billboard’s flagship songs chart, earning even one entry often requires a combination of widespread popularity, audience demand and the right momentum at the right time. The Hot 100 ranks songs based on a blend of U.S. streaming activity (official
The Four Tops will be giving fans plenty of new projects — and possibly even new music — to reach out for in the near future. The venerable troupe was formed during 1953 in Detroit and, starting 10 years later, became one of Motown’s most prolific hitmakers, with hits such as “I Can’t Help Myself
From Broadway to the silver screen and back to Broadway, Cats has a way of landing on its feet. But that doesn’t mean it hasn’t risked a few of those nine lives on its way to earning nine Tony Award nominations for its latest iteration, Cats: The Jellicle Ball. Explore See latest videos, charts and
The chart year is only half over, but Bad Bunny has already staked his claim as one of the biggest touring acts of 2026. On Billboard’s midyear Boxscore report, he tops three charts with the first leg of the Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour. According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, Bad Bunny’s 27
For the first half of the 2026 chart year, one woman was there each step of the way, playing one show after another — no sleep, bus, arena, another arena, stadium, plane, next place, etc. — until she came out on top. Lady Gaga leads the midyear Top Tours chart with record-breaking earnings for The
“To be a part of this cultural event,” Lizzo tells Billboard in a recent interview, “Man, I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’m the perfect person for it.” The singer is referring to her new partnership with Chili’s, for which she recorded her own version of the iconic “Baby Back Ribs” jingle and performed
Lizzo is clearing the air about Love in Real Life, the album she was originally supposed to release last year but ended up delaying to release the mixtape My Face Hurts From Smiling in June instead. At the time, the singer told Vulture that the first project “just wasn’t what I was feeling right now,”
