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How to Watch 2021 Love Rocks NYC

Love Rocks NYC is coming together for its fifth annual concert on Thursday (June 3) to support a multitude of causes. Jeff Garlin, Michael Imperioli and Bernie Williams will host the show this year, with special guest Tina Fey. The concert will benefit God’s Love We Deliver, which was founded during the AIDS epidemic in 1985 in efforts to […]

The Recording Academy Made History Electing Tammy Hurt as Chair

At each year’s Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy distributes a program book to attendees. It’s mostly devoted to nominees and special merit honorees, but it also includes a full page of head shots of past chairs of the academy’s board of trustees. The list goes all the way back to James B. Conkling, who was acting […]

Atlantic Records Exec VP Juliette Jones Leaving Label

Atlantic Records executive vp urban promotion Juliette Jones is exiting her post at the label, announcing the news Tuesday (June 1) in an internal memo that was circulated to staff and was shared with Billboard. “In alignment with my personal goals, I’ve decided that now is the time for me to move forward into the next […]

Lance Bass & Husband Michael Turchin Expecting Twins

Congratulations are in order for Lance Bass and his husband Michael Turchin, who are expecting twin babies. People broke the news Tuesday (June 1) that the former *NSYNC member and film actor, who have been married since 2014, are expecting a boy and a girl in November via surrogate. “It has been quite the journey,” Bass […]

40 Music Stars Who Are Overdue for Kennedy Center Honors

The 43rd annual Kennedy Center Honors broadcast is set to air on Sunday, nearly six months later than usual — the delay due, of course, to the COVID-19 pandemic. Garth Brooks, Joan Baez, violinist Midori, Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Allen are this year’s honorees. Gloria Estefan, who received the honor in 2017, is hosting […]

Which Is Your Favorite BTS Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Hit? Vote!

BTS has notched four No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 in the last nine months, but which of the K-pop supergroup’s chart-toppers takes the cake as your favorite? RM told Billboard in an interview ahead of the 2021 Billboard Music Awards that their first No. 1 song “Dynamite” was “an upbeat, disco-pop [track] that we tried […]

Lil Loaded, Dallas Rapper Behind ‘6locc 6a6y,’ Dies at 20

Dallas rapper Lil Loaded has died at the age of 20. Ashkan Mehryari, attorney for Lil Loaded (real name Dashawn Robertson), confirmed the rapper’s passing in an email to Billboard on Monday night (May 31). He said the death was a result of suicide. Lil Loaded was known for the viral track “6locc 6a6y” that arrived in […]