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Friday Music Guide: New Music From Future, Katy Perry, Bad Bunny and More

Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.  This week, Future continues his victory lap, Katy Perry dives deep into her pop bag and Bad Bunny salutes […]

Warner Music Group Discloses Expected Financial Impact of Atlantic Layoffs

Warner Music Group is going through a transformational year by cutting costs, reducing its headcount and restructuring some label groups to save an estimated $260 million on an annualized basis, the company disclosed Thursday (Sept. 19).   According to a Warner Music Group SEC filing that details the reduction in headcount and financial impact of the […]

Chappell Roan in London: 7 Best Moments From Her Biggest U.K. Gig Yet

The first time Chappell Roan played in London was at the capital’s Garage to 600 people. That was just over a year ago in June 2023 her introduction to the U.K. She’s since been booked and busy. Related Billboard Explains: Chappell Roan’s Rise to Pop Stardom 06/24/2024 Roan had a mammoth run opening on Olivia Rodrigo’s […]

Mason Ramsey Evolves Beyond His Viral Past With a New Retro Sound: ‘We Just Write What Is on Our Hearts’

It’s been six years since Illinois native Mason Ramsey, then 11 years old, caught the world’s attention after a video of Ramsey yodeling the Hank Williams Sr.’s classic “Lovesick Blues” went viral. In the years following, he’s proven adept at adding more musical milestones — from his song “Famous,” which reached No. 4 on Billboard’s […]

Dale! Pitbull Announces Las Vegas Residency for 2024-2025

Mr. 305 will bring his Miami swagger to Las Vegas again for a new musical residency, Billboard Español can exclusively announce on Friday (Sept. 20). Pitbull: Vegas After Dark the Residency will debut on Nov. 8 at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, where the Cuban-American superstar will take the stage at the BleauLive Theater for a […]

Chart Rewind: In 2014, No. 1 on the Hot 100 Was ‘All About’ Meghan Trainor

“You know how the bass guitar in a song is like its ‘thickness,’ the ‘bottom’? I kind of related a body to that,” Meghan Trainor mused to Billboard in 2014 after her debut hit, “All About That Bass,” debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 that July. Related Meghan Trainor Celebrates ‘All About That Bass’ 10th […]