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Jordan Davis on Co-Hosting ACM Honors, Celebrating Nashville’s Music Community: ‘It’s a Homecoming’

Since launching his career nearly a decade ago, Louisiana native Jordan Davis has added a string of titles to his resume: including five-time Billboard Country Airplay chart-topping artist, purveyor of two RIAA platinum-certified albums (his 2018 album Home State and 2023 album Bluebird Days), hit songwriter, and reigning Academy of Country Music Awards song of […]

Tony Dize Inks Deal with Rimas Music; Returns with ‘Quisiera’

Tony Dize has inked a record deal with Rimas Music, and will make his highly-awaited comeback with new music, Billboard can exclusively announce today (Sept. 24). With a trajectory that spans over 20 years, the Puerto Rican artist born Tony Feliciano Rivera gained popularity as “La Melodía de la Calle” (the melody of the streets) […]

Barry Manilow vs. Hipgnosis: Inside the Deal That Led to Dueling Lawsuits

Hipgnosis Songs Fund, one of the most influential players in the catalog acquisition market run-up of recent years, and Barry Manilow are embroiled in a pair of lawsuits over $1.5 million in unpaid bonuses Manilow’s team claims Hipgnosis agreed to when it acquired his catalog. Hipgnosis Songs Fund sued first in the High Court in […]

Robert Glasper and Blue Note Slate Sixth Annual ‘Robtober’ Residency

Questlove, Common, RAYE, Andra Day and Little Brother are among the talent comprising the lineup for Robert Glasper’s upcoming residency at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City. Kicking off Oct. 2 and running through Nov. 3 with two shows each night (8 p.m., 10:30 p.m.), the Grammy winner’s popular Robtober residency will […]

K-pop Group NMIXX Joins 2024 Billboard Latin Music Week

NMIXX is set to make history in 2024 as the first K-pop group to participate in Billboard Latin Music Week. The female sextet has been confirmed as the first K-pop act to take part in the event, where the group will be featured on an exclusive panel about K-pop and Latin music on Oct. 16, […]

Top-Grossing Latin Artists of All Time, According to Billboard Boxscore

Billboard Boxscore has been tracking touring data and ranking the top live acts around the world across various musical genres since the mid-1980s. Classic rock bands, country troubadours and pop icons have long dominated these lists, but in recent years, Latin artists have increasingly become contenders. Just last year, Billboard celebrated the year in Bad […]