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
If Hayley Williams were a doctor, she would prescribe everyone a dose of ego death. Ego death was created to help people “deconstruct expired systems” and “survive the daily onslaught of a sexist, racist, white supremacist, phobic and fascist hatred.” Ego death should not be taken by those allergic to empathy. At least, that’s what
Composer Mark Smythe, who was nominated in 2023 for a Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) Award and World Soundtrack Award for scoring The Reef: Stalked, died May 9 after collapsing while hiking on Mt. Wilson in Los Angeles. He was 53. Smythe was a beloved member of the film and TV composing community and
The highly anticipated return of the Irish band U2 to Mexico City this week to film the music video for their single “Street of Dreams” has resulted in an official invitation from the capital’s head of government, Clara Brugada, for the group to perform at the iconic Zócalo, the country’s main public square. On Tuesday
Madonna, Shakira and BTS will perform during halftime of the World Cup final game, Global Citizen announced first thing Thursday (May 14). The Sunday, July 19, match at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, will mark the first time the FIFA World Cup final has ever featured a halftime show. Billboard understands that the
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Eladio Carrión secures his seventh top 10 entry on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart as his seventh studio album, CORSA, debuts at No. 6 on the May 16-dated ranking. Released on April 30 via Rimas Entertainment, the 15-track album tallied 12,000 equivalent album units in the United States during its first tracking week (May 1-7),
These stars can’t say their BET Awards invites got lost in the mail — Druski is making sure of it. In a new promo for the 2026 BET Awards, comedian and this year’s host Druski visited the homes of some of the culture’s biggest stars to personally ensure that they know to be at the
Young Thug knows what it’s like to be sitting behind bars awaiting your day in court. Thugger took to X on Wednesday (May 13) with a message in support of Lil Durk, calling for the Chicago rapper’s freedom. Explore See latest videos, charts and news “Free smurk please god,” he wrote. Free smurk please god
