Lizzo just got Chris Brown‘s endorsement for her new album, Bitch — whether he knows about it or not. On Wednesday (May 13), the Yitty founder shared an edited version of the polarizing R&B icon’s recent video defending his new album, Brown. In the original clip, which Brown had posted on his Instagram Story the
As Janet Jackson celebrates her birthday (May 16), Billboard takes a look at the superstar’s history on the Billboard Hot 100. Born as the youngest of 10 children to Joseph and Katherine Jackson, Janet was almost pre-destined to enter the music industry with her brothers and sisters. By her fifth birthday, five of her brothers
Billy Idol will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November, but he won’t have to wait that long for a major plaudit: He is set to receive a lifetime achievement award at the 52nd American Music Awards on Monday, May 25. The punk icon and survivor will be the third
All week long, we’re celebrating Janet Jackson Week here at Billboard.com, as the youngest Jackson sibling turns 60 on Saturday (May 16). We celebrate her talent, her versatility and, not least, her survival. Pop megastardom is not for the faint of heart. Not many artists achieved success on Jackson’s level in her peak era as
Theodore Shapiro received the BMI Icon Award at the 2026 BMI Film, TV and Visual Media Awards, which was held on Wednesday (May 13) at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The award recognized his body of work across film and TV over the last 25 years. The event also saluted the composers
After sharing the news on Mother’s Day that he and girlfriend Susana Gómez are expecting baby number two, Maluma revealed its gender exclusively to Billboard. “It’s a boy,” he says to Billboard’s Leila Cobo. “We’re still thinking about the name, but we have many options.” The Colombian artist shared the exciting baby news on Sunday
Two years ago when someone recommended that Lindsey Stirling reach out to ARKAI, a New York-based electroacoustic string duo, Stirling was immediately on board with the idea. The legendary genre-blending violinist primarily worked with producers who came to writing sessions with set backing tracks and were too nervous to recommend changes to her violin melodies.
With his new album, Magnolia Sage, Jackson Dean put a different spin on his established gritty persona. In his first Big Machine album, 2022’s Greenbroke, he declined to include more than one love song in the midst of the project’s swampy sound. With this latest release on the newly formed Blue Highway label, he is
Duran Duran has standards, and they’re not slipping anytime soon. The British new wave legends were, for the first half of the 1980s, the most popular band on earth, with the noisiest fans, and hits. One after the next. The awards came, including two Grammys, two Ivor Novellos, the Brit Awards’ Lifetime Achievement, a star
Taylor Swift’s career-transforming 1989, Beyoncé’s iconic “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It),” José Feliciano’s perennial “Feliz Navidad,” Chaka Khan’s defining recording of Prince’s “I Feel for You” and the Broadway cast album to Chicago are among 25 selections newly added to the National Recording Registry. The Library of Congress, which oversees the Registry, announced
