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Beéle Wins Big at 2025 Heat Latin Music Awards: Complete Winners List

Beéle was the top winner at the 2025 Heat Latin Music Awards that aired on Thursday, May 29 from Medellín, Colombia on TeleMedellín and the LosHeat app. The Colombian breakout star and this month’s Billboard Latin Artist on the Rise took home four of seven of his nominations including best urban artist and best collaboration […]

HarbourView Buys Part of Rodney ‘Darkchild’ Jerkins’ Catalog

HarbourView Equity Partners has acquired part of Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins‘ royalty catalog, the Newark, N.J.-based entertainment company said on Thursday (May 29). The deal was facilitated by Chapter Two, a Stockholm-based tech company that gathers royalty data for catalog buyers and sellers to forecast future income and speed up the due diligence […]

John Fogerty Reclaims Creedence Songs With New ‘John’s Version’ Recordings

John Fogerty has announced a new album titled Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years, due out Aug. 22 via Concord. To celebrate, Fogerty has released three newly recorded versions of CCR classics: “Up Around the Bend,” “Have You Ever Seen the Rain,” and “Porterville,” the latter originally released in 1967 under the band’s earlier name, […]

CISAC Elects APRA AMCOS CEO Dean Ormston as New Chair

CISAC, the international trade organization for copyright collecting societies, has a new Chair, with APRA AMCOS CEO Dean Ormston elected into the role. Announced on Thursday (May 29), Ormston is only the second Australian to hold the title in CISAC’s 99-year history, with his APRA AMCOS predecessor Brett Cottle having previously served in the role […]

See Who Won Big at the 2025 SESAC Latina Music Awards

SESAC Latina celebrated the global success of its songwriters and publishers at its annual SESAC Latina Music Awards, which took place at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Wednesday (May 28). Two years after taking home the award, Latin urban star Lenny Tavárez was named pop/Latin rhythm songwriter of the year once […]

Thom Yorke Releases ‘Dialing In’ as Theme to Apple TV+ Series ‘Smoke’

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has unveiled a new song, with “Dialing In” serving as the theme to Apple TV+’s forthcoming series Smoke. Released on Wednesday (May 28), and recorded with Sam Petts-Davies, the haunting track presents a dark and brooding atmosphere as Yorke’s trademark vocals warmly accompany a tender and eclectic musical bed. The song […]

Kneecap Removed From Scottish Festival Following Safety Concerns From Police

Northern Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap will no longer be appearing at Scotland’s TRNSMT festival this July following safety concerns from law enforcement. The Belfast outfit had been scheduled to appear at the Glasgow festival this July, appearing on a lineup that also features 50 Cent, Gracie Abrams, Fontaines D.C., and more. However, local law enforcement […]

Every Song From SEVENTEEN’s 10th Anniversary Album ‘Happy Burstday,’ Ranked

From captivating Billboard upon their debut as the unexpectedly large 13-member boy band to now setting new Boxscore records for K-pop acts, SEVENTEEN is throwing a party to celebrate their 10th anniversary. The group marks the triumphant milestone with the new album, Happy Burstday, which captures every facet of their decade-long K-pop evolution while initiating […]