Nine years after Lorde last played the Governor’s Ball in New York City, the New Zealand native returned Friday (June 5) to close out night one of the 2026 festival. And with the time she had on the main stage, she chose to deliver a powerful set that both expanded her Virgin universe and, more
Billboard wrapped day two of its second annual Billboard Country Live on Friday (June 5), with fans packing the main floor and two upper levels to hear music from several established hit makers and rising artists at Luke Combs’ Category 10 in downtown Nashville. Tucker Wetmore, who earlier in the week was honored with Billboard’s
Lizzo returned Friday (June ) with her first album in four years, BITCH, hitting streaming services. Shortly after the project’s arrival, the Detroit native shared an alternate edition of the LP’s title track, which seemingly finds her taking aim at Nicki Minaj. Lizzo reposted a screenshot of Minaj’s tweet from Feb. 1, which saw the
Joe Budden has apologized to Latto in a clip from a Patreon episode of the Joe Budden Podcast that recently surfaced. Earlier this week, Latto tweeted out a picture of her handwritten lyrics to “Hostage” from her new album Big Mama, and @’d the podcaster after Budden said that her flow reminded him of Drake‘s
For three days, the city of Lecco, in northern Italy, became one of the epicenters of live music in Europe. By the end of Nameless Festival 2026, one thing was clear: the event had achieved something many festivals struggle to pull off – growing larger while staying true to the identity that made it successful
The Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas brings together the top DJs in the dance world every year for an estimated 500,000 attendees to enjoy over 3 days. For many EDM artists, playing the festival is a marker for truly “making it.” This year, Toronto-native, HNTR made his EDC debut. Although he didn’t have a
Hitsujibungaku sat down with Billboard Japan for the latest installment of its Women in Music interview series. The initiative launched in 2022 to celebrate artists, producers and executives who have made significant contributions to music and entertainment and inspired other women through their work, following the footsteps of Billboard’s annual Women in Music honors. This
Skrillex dropped a heavy hint a new album was imminent when he posted the tracklist to a project named Soma earlier this week. It was thus then only sort of a surprise when the album came out today (June 5), marking the fifth studio album in the producer’s catalog. (Although to be fair, his last
Yasuhisa Hara’s Kingdom Vol. 79 holds at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Book Hot 100 released June 4, retaining the top spot for a second straight week. The long-running series depicting the Warring States period again leads in brick-and-mortar and collects additional points in e-books, e-commerce (EC) and social media. Explore See latest videos,
After five years, Baby Keem is back outside. The Ca$ino Tour invaded Brooklyn on Thursday night (June 4) ahead of the Las Vegas native’s co-headlining performance this weekend at Governors Ball in Queens. The North American leg kicked off in April and it’s set to wrap up next week before Baby Keem heads to Europe.
