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All the Special Awards Honorees at the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Awards

The 2024 Billboard Latin Music Awards will honor some of Latin music’s biggest stars with special recognitions during the ceremony, which will broadcast Oct. 20 on Telemundo. As previously announced, regional Mexican star Pepe Aguilar will receive the Hall of Fame Award, joining past recipients like Joan Sebastian, Marc Anthony and Vicente Fernández. Colombian hitmaker […]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ ‘Maps’ No. 1 on TikTok Billboard Top 50

For the fourth straight week, the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart has a new No. 1 — this time Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Maps,” which reigns on the Oct. 12-dated survey. The TikTok Billboard Top 50 is a weekly ranking of the most popular songs on TikTok in the United States based on creations, video views […]

Disturbed Plot 2025 ‘The Sickness’ 25th Anniversary North American Tour

After 25 years, Disturbed still can’t shake The Sickness. The hard rockers announced on Thursday (Oct. 10) that they will embark on a 34-date North American tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of their 2000 debut album, on which they’ll perform the entire LP and a second set of greatest hits each night. The Live Nation-produced […]

A Timeline of Taylor Swift’s Generosity

Taylor Swift is one of the world’s richest and most powerful women, crossing over into billionaire territory in 2023 thanks to her blockbuster Eras Tour and record-selling Taylor’s Version releases. In fact, Billboard estimated in December 2023 that Swift earned nearly $2 billion that year through her music, tour and accompanying tour film and merch […]

Spotify Rolls Out Free Tier in South Korea

Spotify made its free tier available to listeners in South Korea on Wednesday (Oct. 9). When the streaming service launched in the country in 2021, it only made its subscription option available for music fans.  “We’re opening the door to every Korean listener to start discovering and connecting with millions of songs and podcasts with […]

Iron Mountain Pairs With ANALOGr to Preserve Artists’ Cultural Legacies, With Jam & Lewis First On Board

Iron Mountain Media and Archive Services, which provides physical and digital archiving for the media and entertainment businesses, has struck a partnership with ANALOGr Authentication to help artists preserve their cultural legacies, the companies tell Billboard. Through the collaboration, artists will have an end-to-end solution to protect their assets while monetizing and preserving them for […]

Shaboozey’s ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’ Is No. 1 Again on TouchTunes Chart

The top spot of the second iteration of the TouchTunes Frontline Chart is the same as its first: Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” reigns on the ranking for the third quarter of 2024. The TouchTunes Frontline and Catalog charts for the third quarter of the year track the most played music on TouchTunes jukeboxes from […]